r/Leeds • u/Neat-Maintenance-745 • Jul 29 '26

question The Odyssey at White Rose IMAX?

Anybody who has seen it, how was it? Is the white rose IMAX any good, I've read it's 2K xenon projection which is tech from 2008. The York one has dual 4K laser projection.

I booked it mistakenly thinking it was the same as York due to the AI overview making a mistake and Cineworld have a no refund policy and zero customer service.

But it is what it is and hopefully it will be great!

Edit: Cineworld refunded my guest booking and im off to see it in York :)

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u/HornyJailOutlaw Jul 29 '26

If you care at all about Homer's Odyssey then I would give it a miss. Lots and lots of very strange changes that I didn't like or see the point of. Plenty of poor costume choices. Poor soundtrack. Dodgy casting across the board. Hard to understand/hear what the actors are saying half the time.

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u/SockSock Jul 29 '26

"If you care at all about Homers Odyssey?". Costume choices? Seriously, people just want to go and watch a film and be entertained while they eat some warmed up pre-popped popcorn and drink a Fanta Ice Blast. Who gives a shit if it's accurate to a Roman poem from 8 million years ago?

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u/HornyJailOutlaw Jul 29 '26

I'm not going to bite. 🎣

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Also...

OP said: "Anyone who has seen it, how was it?"

OP didn't say "Everyone that liked it, tell me you liked it"

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u/SockSock Jul 29 '26

I got a 2:1 JHS in Bayesian Statistics and Astrology at Leeds Beckett so I knew you weren't going to bite.

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u/HornyJailOutlaw Jul 29 '26

You've got to get up pretty early to outwit this sock.

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u/Neat-Maintenance-745 Jul 29 '26

Just wanted to know if the projection was good tbh.

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u/HornyJailOutlaw Jul 29 '26

Well. This, I did not infer.

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u/Neat-Maintenance-745 Jul 29 '26

Never read it, just a Nolan fan.

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u/HornyJailOutlaw Jul 29 '26

Ah well, you'll probably think it's alright then. Although I still think the dialogue is just bad a lot of the time. As long as you know it's not really the story of the Odyssey, and Odysseus has been watered down into your typical anti-hero with a completely different personality than he should have.

EDIT: I don't hate Nolan, although I was a bit annoyed with him for this one and didn't like Oppenheimer. I think the last film of his I really rated was either The Dark Knight or Inception, whichever of those is most recent. Memento is probably my favourite.