"Lights...camera...popcorn!" ?? They actually did it! IMAX just revealed their own special popcorn bucket offering for
The Odyssey and it's an actual
IMAX camera as a popcorn holder. Hilarious! As everyone knows, Christopher Nolan's
The Odyssey is the first ever movie filmed entirely with IMAX cameras, which Nolan has been trying to do ever since
The Dark Knight. They even invented new cameras for this project - the first is the state-of-the-art
"Keighley" camera (named after one of its inventors) along with the massive filming "
blimp" to put the camera inside of (to cover up loud noises IMAX film strips make while recording). "Now you can crunch in style with the limited-edition IMAX Film Camera Popcorn Bucket inspired by the legendary IMAX 15/65mm Camera, the very camera Christopher Nolan has called 'the Gold Standard' and used on films such as
The Dark Knight,
Interstellar,
Oppenheimer, and
The Odyssey. A tribute to IMAX's groundbreaking film technology & the craft of filmmaking, this
collectible bucket features a viewfinder that lights up to reveal a scene from Nolan's latest epic,
The Odyssey, in IMAX's exclusive
1.43:1 Expanded Aspect Ratio." I'm personally not a big fan of the popcorn bucket trend, it's mostly just plastic waste as a marketing gimmick. But I'll admit this is cool. Super clever to go with this instead of just a helmet or sword. //
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