I just got back from seeing The Dark Knight in IMAX for the first time. I know what you're thinking "Oh, please. I saw that thing in IMAX twelve times. IN A ROW, BITCH!"; well, I managed to see it at a special screening (aren't I awesome?) at MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry) in Tampa Florida, where their IMAX screen is in the shape of a dome that surrounds 3/4 of a circular theater. It makes you feeling like you're in the middle of the psychological mind fuckery that is TDK! And it got me thinkin' in that ol' partially deteriorated brain of mine; what other movies, despite their age, I would want to see in either that local dome or in any IMAX theater.

The Shining

If seeing the The Dark Knight in IMAX taught me anything, it's that IMAX + deeply psychologically torn characters = awesome and showing any Kubrick movie would fit that criteria. Some might say 2001 would better fit the IMAX format, but I just can't imagine sitting through that entire movie in an IMAX theater. Shining, however, would be a better watch in IMAX due to the great combination of surreal horror and abstract cinematography... not to mention the fact that Nicholson's mug scares the shit out of my on the small screen, let alone being stretched out on a 100 foot screen!

Great IMAX Worthy Scene(s): The Famous Blood Elevator Scene, "Here's Johnny!", the Various Long Steady Cam Shots.

Point of Dizziness: The Opening Credits; those sweeping aerial views of the rocky mountains will get the vertigo going.

Brazil

Terry Gilliam's surreal imagination was made for the IMAX screen, but no studio would give him nearly the amount of money he would need to shoot his warped images. Brazil is probably the prime example of visual glory that the MAX of I was built to project. Whether it be the interconnecting tubes, crowds of people or exploding model shots, this film would please anyone's visual eye candy high, especially when this shit is stretched out that high!

Great IMAX Worthy Scene(s): The Flying Dream Sequences, the Over Crowded Office Shots, the Entire Ending Torture Sequence.

Point of Dizziness: The Dream Sequence Where the Skyscrapers Shoot Out of the Earth; when those things sprout out and stretch to the top of the IMAX screen, get ready for the stomach churning.

The Evil Dead Trilogy

Yes, some might groan with annoyance when I list these film because they think I'm bias due to their cult status. If you watch the films again, however, you'll realize that it fits under the same reasons as The Shining; surrealist horror and innovative cinematography. Plus, Bruce "Mother Fucking" Campbell projected on a huge screen like that! Who could resist?!

Great IMAX Worthy Scene(s): Evil Dead: The Opening Lake shot, the Claymation Decomposition scene, the Final Shot; Evil Dead II: The First Demon Spirit Chasing Ash scene, the Laughing Room scene, the "Groovy" Chainsaw Construction, Ash's Time Travel; Army of Darkness: Ash Testing the Books, the Skeleton Battle, the Alternate Ending.

Point of Dizziness: Any of those Canted Angle Shots; canted angles are weird enough, but at that height, its just too off the wall for the human eye ball.

Moulin Rouge!

Hey, another reason for fellow males to call me gay! Baz Luhrman's film is one of many on the list that are here based on their original cinematography and for non musical fans, it also can be filed under the "surrealist horror" idea as well. To me, however, certain musical segments of the film were shot at such an epic scale that musical lovers, straight or otherwise, would flock in to see it.

Great IMAX Worthy Scene(s): The Your Song number, the Let's-Fit-Every-Single-Love-Song-of-the-20th-Century-Into-This-Medley number, the Tango De Roxanne number, the Finale.

Point of Dizziness: The Can Can number; with all the legs and people and general fucked up subliminal images & flashes thrown onto a screen like that, this would cause America's first contagious seizure in that IMAX theater.

The Blues Brothers

Okay, this is where I take my "look at me, I'm a film scholar type" hat off and trade it for my baseball cap that reads "AWESOME". While it doesn't have the groundbreaking cinematography, obvious surrealism or extraordinary special effects, this thing is pure, balls to the wall awesome fun & would translate well onto the IMAX due to its larger-than-its-budget scope. Plus, the only way to fit the late Belushi's large than life personality into this medium is the IMAX screen.

Great IMAX Worthy Scene(s): The Apartment Explosion, The Massive Car Pile Ups, The Everybody Needs Somebody Number, the Armed Forces Gaining on the Blues Brothers Scene, The Jailhouse Rock number.

Point of Dizziness: The Red Car Falling scene; this shot usually confuses people, but with the addition of IMAX, the confusion factor will cause them to explode.