any ideas when IMAX release is? particularly in U.K.?
All I found is this:
Latest News:
UK release dates for The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions have not yet been confirmed. Details will be posted here as soon as the screening dates are confirmed.
some IMAX news I found on net :
By BRUCE KIRKLAND -- Toronto Sun
TORONTO -- The Matrix Reloaded just got bigger, sharper and even more
spectacular. The IMAX verion of Larry and Andy Wachowski's controversial
science-fiction film is being released today at the seven Famous
Players IMAX theatres across Canada, including three in the Toronto area.
The IMAX treatment does not make Reloaded any smarter: If you already
despise the film in its regular 35-mm form -- as many Toronto Sun
readers and e-mailers do -- then the Wachowski's pop-culture
philosophizing, loose-ends plotting and extended fight-scenes will still
drive you nuts.
But if you think the film is provocative fun -- as many other readers
obviously do in their endorsement of my gung-ho review -- then this new
format enhances the experience.
IMAX, a Canadian invention, is renowned for documentaries shot on large-format
film stock with frames 10 times larger than 35-mm. Combined with the
most stable projection in cinema, viewers are guaranteed a much sharper
image with far more detail seen on screen. The aural experience is also
pumped up with 12,000 watts of quality sound.
Since 2002, IMAX has been converting 35-mm films into the equivalent of
true IMAX. This is different from projecting 35-mm films in an IMAX
theatre, where the results are usually disappointing because the image
gets fuzzy and warped.
Technically, Reloaded might be IMAX's best effort so far. The detail
revealed in the re-mastered IMAX format is astounding, from the moon-crater
pores on Laurence Fishburne's face to the intricacies of the mechanics
of the city of Zion.
IMAX also enhances flaws. If a hair or dust particles contaminate the
print, they are distractingly large when projected on screen. Inside the
film itself, systemic flaws are also magnified, such as awkward colour
shifts from one dimension to another. An example comes when Neo (Keanu
Reeves) first meets the Oracle (the late Gloria Foster). In IMAX, when
he goes through the door to her "reality" in the grotty urban park, the
special effects of the transition look fake.
In contrast, sequences such as the entire highway demolition chase look
even better, more believable. Overall, the eye candy of The Matrix
Reloaded is simply staggering.