Has anyone else seen the digital projection of Star Wars at the Merrifield theater in Falls Church?
I saw it on Tuesday, the crispness is pretty amazing. I’d seen AOTC already, on saturday, and noticed as others have that almost the entire movie looked slightly out of focus on a regular projector. If you have any interest in the technology be sure to check it out, I think there are only about 25 theaters nationwide showing it on a digital projector. It really is impressive how much nicer it looks.
The thing I can’t figure out is why THAT theater snagged the digital equipment. It’s one of the worst theaters in the area and the last place I would have liked to see Star Wars. Old, kinda junky vinyl seats and mediocre sound. The equipment supposedly costs around $100,000 so the only think I can think of is that they had a pile of cash sitting around because they never improved the theaters in any other fashion.
If you decide to go make sure you see one of the digital screenings, I believe they only have it in one of the theaters. There are several other screens showing Star Wars but they’re just standard projections.