The Dark Knight Rises

Tonight I was one of the few privileged to see the opening sequence of Christopher Nolan's next movie, The Dark Knight Rises.

To say I'm a little amped is an understatement. For the sake of those out there and how fast my heart is (still) racing - I won't go into length about what I saw, but just a quick description of the technical side of it.

The ENTIRE thing was shot in IMAX format. For those of you who may not know, normal film (in a regular theater) is 35mm. IMAX is 70mm. The screen it is projected on is almost 4 stories tall. What you see before you is breath taking.

Not only is the format of this impressive, but the cinematographer, Wally Pfister, who is coming off his first Oscar for his work in Inception is responsible for the imagery of the film. Now, I only saw 6 minutes, but everything I saw was gorgeous. Every shot was beautiful. IMAX cameras are notoriously loud, hindering their ability to shoot close ups since the audio recording would usually pick up the noise of the camera, yet, in this footage, they even shot close-ups.

I really can't describe at this time what I saw. It was an action sequence that had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Things were filmed that I didn't even know were possible. It was truly something I had never seen captured on film before.

I'm literally speechless.

I'm sure I can describe it better in the future (and I'm sure I will) but make sure you see the opening sequence - whether that means in theater before Mission Impossible, or online once it makes its way there.

I literally cannot wait for July now. It's a gigantic tease that the film comes out so far away.

Wow. Just wow.