There’s something special about going to the movies. Look, we love streaming services as much as the next movie fan. And we’re not ready to say that physical media is dead quite yet. But neither will ever match the experience of seeing a movie in theaters with a crowd of fellow film fans. There’s no shortage of reasons we haven’t closed them up and just started releasing everything directly to Netflix yet: Watching a movie at home can’t match the scope of a movie screen, or replicate the feeling of being in an audience and collectively gasping at a great reveal or screaming at a great jump scare.
Of course, plenty of films are just fine to take in for the first time on your home theater or portable device of choice, but every year brings a new crowd of releases that really need the big screen to be truly appreciated, and 2018 is no different. Here’s a look at some of the biggest 2018 movies that demand to be seen in theaters.[/nextpage][nextpage]
Mission: Impossible – Fallout is as big as they get
Mission: Impossible – Fallout is the action spectacle to end all action spectacles. Short of a particularly bonkers Fast and Furious installment, you’re not going to find a more spectacularly bombastic action thriller from start to finish. From a ridiculous skydiving stunt (that Tom Cruise pulled off for real) to a helicopter battle ranking among the best action scenes of all time, it’s an adrenaline-drenched thrill ride. Why wouldn’t you experience it in the theater — particularly an IMAX theater — the way it was meant to be seen?
Even the sharpest home display can’t properly convey the spectacle of Tom Cruise and company speeding through European landscapes in cool cars, jumping out of planes, or narrowly escaping explosions. Mission: Impossible – Fallout is a big movie, and it demands a big screen. You can take your pick between IMAX and standard screenings, but either way, you can pretty much guarantee it’ll be a great time. Everything great about seeing a summer blockbuster in a movie theater is present in Mission: Impossible – Fallout.[/nextpage][nextpage]
First Man takes you into orbit
Action movies and special effect-driven science fiction outings look great on a big screen, it’s true. That said, they’re far from the only films that demand a theatrical experience. Take Damien Chazelle’s First Man, for instance: the Best Director winner is following up 2016’s La La Land with a period piece about the Apollo 11 moon landing. Starring Ryan Gosling as the legendary Neil Armstrong, it looks to be a riveting drama that could easily earn Chazelle some new awards season hardware for his mantel.
Chazelle shot select scenes with IMAX 70mm film, and that’s the way he intends for First Man to be seen. It”ll look great on home media, but there’s something particularly spectacular about seeing films shot for IMAX on an IMAX screen (the opening scene of The Dark Knight is a stellar example). Second, it revolves around the most famous lunar mission of all time. The Apollo 11 launch and subsequent landing on the moon (uh, spoiler alert) is going to look spectacular on a massive screen. Why waste the chance to see a director recreate the moon landing with an IMAX camera?[/nextpage][nextpage]
Go out for a bite with The Meg
There are certain things you just have to see on a big screen, and a really big shark is absolutely one of them. The Meg is about a prehistoric Megalodon that has somehow survived into the present day. Said Megalodon then goes on to munch on some beachgoers and fight Jason Statham (all due respect to the Rock, but this has gotta be the all-time greatest matchup in a Statham movie).
Sure, you could watch Jason Statham fight a prehistoric shark on your laptop, but why do that when you can watch Jason Statham fight a prehistoric shark on the biggest screen possible? In addition to the giant shark, the film features a marine base located at the bottom of the ocean floor, with the trailer spotlighting a whole lot of killer sequences that take place underwater. A big-screen experience is going to fully immerse you in the marine world of the film, and that’s exactly how you should see The Meg. Plus, again, this is a movie in which
There are certain things you just have to see on a big screen, and a really big shark is absolutely one of them. The Meg is about a prehistoric Megalodon that has somehow survived into the present day. Said Megalodon then goes on to munch on some beachgoers and fight Jason Statham (all due respect to the Rock, but this has gotta be the all-time greatest matchup in a Statham movie).
Sure, you could watch Jason Statham fight a prehistoric shark on your laptop, but why do that when you can watch Jason Statham fight a prehistoric shark on the biggest screen possible? In addition to the giant shark, the film features a marine base located at the bottom of the ocean floor, with the trailer spotlighting a whole lot of killer sequences that take place underwater. A big-screen experience is going to fully immerse you in the marine world of the film, and that’s exactly how you should see The Meg. Plus, again, this is a movie in which Statham fights a Megalodon. This is why movie theaters still exist.[/nextpage][nextpage]
Venom isn’t your average hero
Few types of movies suit the big screen quite like superhero films. They’re so inherently, well, big. From the stakes often revolving around the potential end of the world to the massive special effects to the characters themselves, there’s just something right about seeing them in a theater with a bunch of fellow fans. While some of the year’s biggest superheroic spectacles have already come and gone from theaters, Superhero Season 2018 isn’t over quite yet.
Spider-Man’s goth symbiote twin makes his solo big-screen debut in Venom, and this is definitely one you need to see in a theater. Director Ruben Fleischer (of Zombieland fame) has put together a twisted, brutal, and witty take on the popular Marvel antihero. Aside from the great cast led by Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams, the effects look killer — and with an IMAX release to accompany its standard theatrical run, you aren’t going to want to miss Venom at a theater near you.
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