AMC White Marsh 16

Reposting my deleted post, my memory of this place being Loews Cineplex branded and that I saw ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Meance’ in ‘99 and the last Next Generation movie 'Star Trek: Nemesis’ in ‘02 in the largest THX auditorium. I don’t remember the number but I recall entering in on the farthest end to the right, screen was h-u-g-e with decent stadium seating. My memory also was one of disappointment with the sound being on the low side and foreboding due to the small attendance opening weekend. Also, there was the fact that the Jennifer Lopez movie 'Maid in Manhattan’ happened to open also with larger and more sustained box office! This venue appeared to be the best place to see it as it was the largest and THX certified from what I saw advertised in the Baltimore Sun. :) I also saw either the first or second of the Tobey Maguire starring Spider Man movies in the same large auditorium a few years later. Another distinction that I recall is the varied food menu (hot chicken wings) offered here that was at a time where movie menu fare expanded beyond your usual popcorn, candy and sodas.

When the cinema still had film projectors, auditoriums had Dolby Digital installed (probably after opening), as they had the respective signs outside each auditorium entrance, even after the THX signs were removed. All of these signs were removed during the recent remodel (if they had not been already removed beforehand).

The Dolby Cinema screen in auditorium 4 is scope ratio. The screen looks noticeably wider but around the same height as the Dolby Cinema screen at AMC Columbia, which is a flat ratio screen.

The Dolby Cinema reissue of Titanic (color graded in Dolby Vision HDR) was presented in Dolby 3D at this location.

I believe auditorium 6 has a 70 mm projector (along with the digital cinema projector), which was used to screen “The Hateful Eight” and “Dunkirk” in 70 mm film.

According to the cinema’s respective websites (amctheatres.com + MovieTickets.com + Fandango), Dolby Cinema is opening in the other largest auditorium (#4) this weekend. I wonder if they went with a wide scope ratio screen or a flat ratio screen for Dolby Cinema. Seating was cut from over 400 rocker seats to around 160 reserved power recliner seats with transducers for Dolby Cinema.

The retrofitted IMAX screen directly across the hall in #5 is ceiling to floor but not wall to wall due to emergency exits (as mentioned in the last post). The width of the IMAX screen does cover the width of the seating area, so most won’t notice anyway.

This venue had an original posting years ago, with comments since. I know because I had several postings on it!