In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Nolan says that his IMAX enthusiasm dates back to childhood, when he would go to science museums to specifically seek out such films — and marvel at the audience's reaction: "I remember looking at the audience every time a helicopter banked, and everyone was leaning slightly to the side. I had never seen an audience so immersed in a film."
And while Nolan's final installment in his own Batman trilogy isn't the only summer movie to feature such scenes, it is the lone film shot with IMAX-ready cameras: Surefire blockbusters The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, Men in Black 3, Dark Shadows and Prometheus were all merely converted to IMAX — much the same way many "3D" movies were during that technology's recent boom.
