# "The Odyssey": How important is it to see it in 70mm IMAX?

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**Created:** [July 24, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-odyssey-how-important-is-it-to-see-it-in-70mm-imax/1031890 "2026-07-24T01:16:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-odyssey-how-important-is-it-to-see-it-in-70mm-imax/1031890/3 "2026-07-24T01:30:01Z")

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I put my thoughts here in the one of the other threads:

> [@Plan to see Nolan's The Odyssey this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-to-see-nolans-the-odyssey-this-weekend/1031722/59):
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> I don’t watch many IMAX films, but I heard that it is highly recommended that this film be seen in the IMAX format. There are two theaters in my state (Connecticut) that supposedly have IMAX screens. Then I saw this thread and the helpful YouTube video above explaining the difference between the different IMAX formats and quickly realized that the theater I was going to see it in was a retrofitted “LieMAX” screen. In fact, it was the lowest quality 2K IMAX Digital Xenon with a relatively small s…

As I indicated in that thread, after some switching around, I’m scheduled to see it in an “IMAX with Laser” showing next week (with a hopefully really good seat right in the center). It’s also being shown in 70mm IMAX about 1-1/2 hours from my house, but every showing there is sold out (other than a seat or two in the front row).

Since I posted this, I saw _Toy Story 5_ at the local theater, and then popped into the adjacent theater afterwards and saw the last act of _The Odyssey_ on a regular movie screen as kind of a preview. (I figured I couldn’t spoil myself considering the story is 2700 years old.) It looked fine and not too cropped. I’ll let you know next week how much better the second-tier IMAX version is.

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