Should you see 'The Odyssey' in IMAX?

If you want to see Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey the way he intends it to be seen, you're going to want to see it in IMAX. But if you're looking at that price tag and the amount of sold-out sessions, there are a few things to know. Based on Homer's epic poem, Nolan's new star-studded fantasy adventure is two hours and 52 minutes' worth of otherworldly oceanic struggle, strange mythical monsters, and brutal battles, as Odysseus (Matt Damon), king of Ithaca, tries to get his men home after the Trojan War. Here's what to know before forking out for big screen tickets. It's a first. The Odyssey is the first feature film ever shot entirely on IMAX 1570 cameras, the highest resolution film in the game. Nolan has long loved this format, shooting sequences on these colossal cameras for Oppenheimer, Tenet, Dunkirk, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises. But The Odyssey is completely shot on 1570s, which means Nolan and director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema set sail through a laborious shoot. IMAX 1570 cameras are behemoths, weighing up to 270 kilograms, needing at least five people to lift around the set onto dollies, and they constantly have to be changed — accordi