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post Nov 25 2024, 12:16 PM

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QUOTE(khainiz94 @ Nov 25 2024, 12:08 PM)
Anyone have experience watch a movie in ScreenX?
Want to ask, what is the best seat for this hall?

Thinking to watch Wicked in ScreenX at Aurum TRX.
Since it is Wednesday which ticket is cheaper and I have A LOT of points, nak tengok sini.

Thanks guys!

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The general consensus is ScreenX gives the least value for money among all the premium halls. Better spend the money at other premium halls, eg IMAX, 4DX
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post Nov 25 2024, 12:34 PM

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QUOTE(khainiz94 @ Nov 25 2024, 12:23 PM)
Why the hall is not worth it?
Because I never experienced it before, so I want to feel how was it.
IMAX in Aurum TRX already experienced it, so want to watch in ScreenX format pulak.
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These commercial movies are not made to be watched in ScreenX, hence the 'extra' image on the side doesn't really add much value.

But for your case (that you dont mind spending the money/ coins / time).. maybe no harm to try it for a new experience (it's not like you will be tortured inside, it's just that it's usually not worth the money)
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post Feb 27 2025, 09:03 AM

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I'll be visiting the highly reputable BIG hall in Tropicana Gardens for the first time, unexpectedly for a Taeyeon concert screening hahah (any Taeyeon fan here..? 😆)

What is the recommended row for this hall? Just managed to get a seat at the side at Row E but maybe would try around the seats before /after the screening
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post Mar 3 2025, 10:30 PM

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Abit off topic - anyone has experience with cinema in Taipei? Visiting Taipei during mid of March, was planing go visit the IMAX GT Dual Laser hall at Miramar but now thinking to go Dolby Cinemas instead for Mickey 17, since there's no IMAX film that is shown in 1:43 format (so no point going to GT Dual Laser hall).

Just curious if anyone tried Dolby Cinema before and is it worth the time /money? Compared to what we have in. Malaysia
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post Mar 4 2025, 06:41 PM

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QUOTE(Katharsis @ Mar 4 2025, 12:42 AM)
Be the one to try it for us XD. According to USA citizens, Dolby Cinema is better than IMAX mainly for more comfortable seats, better visual quality (Dolby Vision projection, so better hdr performance + brighter) and have way more speakers for surround sound vs IMAX's 12. The screens are supposedly big, but not as big as IMAX. I would say try it for the "better" technical set-up.

Apparently, Mickey 17's 1.9:1 aspect ratio is NOT exclusive to IMAX this time, so normal cinema halls should benefit too, so definitely check it out at Dolby Cinema.
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Sure! I will share my experience here when i get back.


I was hoping Dune 2 to win Best Pictures at Oscar and get a rerun in IMAX, then I will get to experience my lifetime dream of watching Dune in 1:43 aspect..

But I guess Mickey 17 in Dolby Cinema is not bad! (Parasite is my number 1 favorite movie of all time - I even own the official storyboard book hahah)
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post Mar 14 2025, 08:55 AM

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Any Ne Zha hype around here?

I still don't understand the hype, but people are going crazy about it and it's my first time seeing a film having so many showtime in cinema, it's insane.


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post Apr 20 2025, 05:27 PM

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QUOTE(xpole @ Apr 20 2025, 10:06 AM)
I followed one of the british guy on Instagram and this is exactly what TGV and GSC should do to let people know about the screening time.

Instead of upgrading into fancy cinema halls and environment, how about making it more practical to customer.

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If my memory is correct, TGV at Pavilion Bukit Jalil has some informative screen outside cinema halls. I really love it too

Maybe that cinema has it as it was previously built by DADI Cinema, before TGV tookover

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post Apr 26 2025, 01:55 PM

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Guys go watch Sinners in an IMAX hall.

The film uses 2:71 aspect ratio (wider than most movies) and IMAX aspect ratio - but where it really shines is the IMAX scenes.

The IMAX scenes are beautiful and the sound and music is one of the best (composed by Tenet, Oppenheimer Ludwig Goransson).

However due to the 2.71 scenes, there will be serious letterboxing, black bars at the top and bottom, especially at tall screens like the one at Velocity IMAX. Personally watched it at IOI City, which is a wide 1:90 screen so the black bars are still ok.

Also try watch in a Laser hall, as some scenes are quite dark so I think non-Laser hall might suffer

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post Apr 28 2025, 04:04 PM

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QUOTE(Katharsis @ Apr 27 2025, 06:54 PM)
Agreed haha. Watched this is Velocity IMAX. This is the best movie of the year for me so far and my god, it's been a dry year for films hahaha. I like the use of the aspect ratio here where the longer 2.71:1 scenes are used for intimate and dramatic moments for characters, then into the tall 1.9:1 scenes for the spectacle. I'm hoping to watch this film one more time before it's removed from IMAX for Thunderbolts. This film is seriously so much fun to watch haha; stylish, charming and basically a celebration of cultures.
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I dare say it's one of the best IMAX experience ever for me, just slightly behind Tenet / Dune 2 (yes, I rank Tenet as my best IMAX experience laugh.gif )

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post Apr 29 2025, 11:11 AM

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QUOTE(Katharsis @ Apr 27 2025, 06:54 PM)
Agreed haha. Watched this is Velocity IMAX. This is the best movie of the year for me so far and my god, it's been a dry year for films hahaha. I like the use of the aspect ratio here where the longer 2.71:1 scenes are used for intimate and dramatic moments for characters, then into the tall 1.9:1 scenes for the spectacle. I'm hoping to watch this film one more time before it's removed from IMAX for Thunderbolts. This film is seriously so much fun to watch haha; stylish, charming and basically a celebration of cultures.
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Wanted to watch Sinner again, but contemplating whether to watch in Velocity or Pavilion Bukit Jalil. Usually Velocity is the easy choice, but Sinner is a bit tricky with its 2.71 aspect ratio.

@Katharsis how was your experience watching Sinners in Velocity?
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post Apr 29 2025, 06:40 PM

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QUOTE(Katharsis @ Apr 29 2025, 05:09 PM)
Amazing. The 1.9:1 scenes were sublime and smartly used. The wider aspect ratio scenes weren't really big of a distraction and mainly serve to focus the scenes' mood and tone. The 2.71 scenes are still large on the Velocity screen. In many ways, because of how good the acting and scene directions are, you'll be invested in the scene which the shorter aspect ratio will help in terms of focus.

Since its theme is about music, the audio shines a lot with the extra speakers hahaha. I was vibing and enjoying myself. I will say some of the spoken dialogues can be a bit hard to comprehend considering the accents of the characters in the film, which is made slightly worse with the bassier IMAX speakers (not speaker problem, it's the film's own audio mixing issue)

I would say take the chance and go for Velocity's. The taller aspect ratio on that screen helps a lot for taller image. For me, the other IMAX halls are only in consideration if their aspect ratio are longer (2.39:1 and above) and won't have any 1.9:1 scenes. Even then, Velocity is still fantastic for those films without taller scenes.
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Awesome! Thanks for the feedback! Which row were you sitting at?

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post May 2 2025, 08:03 AM

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QUOTE(Katharsis @ May 1 2025, 05:24 PM)
Good list. How was Thunderbolts btw? Also, anyone watched films recently in IOI City Mall's 2 IMAX hall? Wondering if GSC has fixed the muffled audio problem from the middle of the screen.
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I watched Sinners at IOI IMAX. Don't have a sharp ears, but didn't notice any audio issue
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post May 17 2025, 08:53 PM

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Thoughts on watching Mission Impossible on 4DX vs IMAX?
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post Jul 25 2025, 05:46 PM

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Disregarding screen size, image & sound quality, which hall gives you the BEST experience? (except Aurum theatre, because that should be the best haha)

It can be the seats, the popcorn, the washroom, the walkway, the staffs, or the smell - whatever it is!

As much as I love Velocity IMAX for its screen size, image & sound quality, I still love (and miss) the IMAX at i-City, it's a darn beautiful hall, but it's been years since my last visit as I am staying far away from it now.

The IMAX at IOI Putrajaya gets my second place, due the hall being new and the seats are also very very comfortable.

Would like to hear you guys thoughts!
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post Sep 10 2025, 09:28 PM

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QUOTE(LightKeyDarkBlade @ Aug 19 2025, 12:28 AM)
Nice! Yeah, if I wanted to watch it on a really big screen, I would watch it in BIG or something instead of IMAX. I just don't see the benefit in Demon Slayer in IMAX with pretty much the same visual and audio quality. Any other format would've been better than IMAX for Demon Slayer in my opinion.

I'm really surprised that Demon Slayer in IMAX is full everywhere when I last checked. Not that I should be surprised, I guess. The common moviegoers don't really understand what IMAX is. Sometimes I also question the cinemas' decisions in selecting IMAX for films. I get it for Demon Slayer since they know people will watch it in IMAX anyway so there's profit right there (really good profit 'cause they're all full). But I'll never forget when they used literally all IMAX halls for Madame Web when there were films like Dune: Part Two showing around the same time. Thank God they brought the IMAX halls back for Dune after 1 or 2 weeks. Like, bruh... why?
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Just curious - if purely based on image & sound quality (disregarding price & value), which format & which hall do you think would've been better than IMAX for Demon Slayer?

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post Sep 26 2025, 08:46 PM

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QUOTE(LightKeyDarkBlade @ Sep 26 2025, 03:55 PM)
I'm wondering, does anyone know what the aspect ratio for One Battle After Another is for IMAX?

According to IMDb, it's 1.43:1 for IMAX GT Laser & IMAX 70MM. But we have neither in Malaysia, right? As far as I know, we only have either CoLa or XT.

So does that mean we only get the default aspect ratio that is 1.85:1 for IMAX?
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Yeap, definitely no 1:43:1 in Malaysia, unfortunately.

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post Sep 26 2025, 08:46 PM

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QUOTE(LightKeyDarkBlade @ Sep 26 2025, 03:55 PM)
I'm wondering, does anyone know what the aspect ratio for One Battle After Another is for IMAX?

According to IMDb, it's 1.43:1 for IMAX GT Laser & IMAX 70MM. But we have neither in Malaysia, right? As far as I know, we only have either CoLa or XT.

So does that mean we only get the default aspect ratio that is 1.85:1 for IMAX?
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Yeap, definitely no 1:43:1 in Malaysia, unfortunately.

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post Dec 11 2025, 09:24 AM

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hey guys, I am planning to watch Avatar at TRX Aurum IMAX

Anyone experienced the hall before? Any recommendations in terms of which row is best?

Tickets is super expensive so wanna make sure I get the best out of it!

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