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Because there are not enough IMAX screens in the world to give the movie a wide release relying on IMAX exclusively. Even if they could, each blockbuster movie usually gets a couple weeks tops in IMAX auditoriums before the next one comes along to take over those screens, especially during the competitive summer season.I was more lamenting the fact that if you're going to shoot with Imax cameras, why mask for 2.35 at all?
It probably was. But Raimi also knew that the availability of the IMAX version would be limited, which is why he also created the 2.35 version.But because it looks like it was framed intentionally for IMAX, not just action in 2.35 with extra headroom.
I saw the scope version in theaters because my local theater of choice does not have an IMAX. I go to Cinemark. Their premium screens are called Cinemark XD and provide a presentation similar in quality to a multiplex IMAX, but don't get to show the IMAX framing because they are not part of the IMAX company. So they show the MCU films in scope. It didn't look cropped to me. Even though I know intellectually there's more information up there I could be seeing in IMAX, I didn't feel like I was missing anything while watching. I can understand why it would look that way if you're actually switching back and forth between the two versions and able to note the specific differences. But If you're just watching it in scope, it looks fine.
I think the first Doctor Strange is helpful because it establishes who he is better than any of the subsequent MCU films in which he has appeared. It also gives you backstory on his relationships with Christine, Wong and Mordo which come into play here. Even though this is also absolutely a sequel to WandaVision, Doctor Strange is the one in the title and as such it is supposed to be his sequel. I don't think it entirely succeeded in that regard because it is not the sequel that the first film was setting up. But I still think you get more out of this one if you've sen the first one. I understand why some people who are less plugged into the MCU might balk at watching WandaVision beforehand. But I think it is entirely reasonable for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to assume that audience members are aware of the previous film in its named franchise.As for the film, watching previous MCU films doesn't seem necessary except, maybe, the first Dr. Strange film.
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