MaxQ
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Guys, just came back from the Imax premier here.
I was pretty much blown away.
I'm glad that all the reviews I've read and TV spots that I have seen leading up to this did not give a hint at the unexpected things that happened towards the end of this story.
And I would urge you guys that see it - not to post any spoilers here, at least not for awhile - if I had read spoilers it would have altered my experience as the story unfolded.
Yes, one of the previous posts mentioned Director M. Night Shyamalan, now I know why.
For all the talk of science fact or fiction about wormholes, black holes etc, what they look like etc, well that was just the scenic backdrop for the human interest story here.
I will say a couple of things...the approach to the wormhole was extraordinary, scenes on the planet are visually stunning, and there is a scene toward the end that slapped me in the face just like Kubrick did when Astronaut Dave Bowman landed in that room at the end of "2001".
I was thinking on the way home, this storyline is fairly complex, and I felt this movie made the movie Contact seem very simplistic (you have to pay attention, particularly to the dialogue, which wasn't easy given how booming the IMAX sound system in the theater was).
I'll definitely see it again. Begs a second look.
Three hour long movie....no problem. Story was engaging.
When I got out, - it felt like only an hour had passed.
Hows that for time dilation for ya!
I was pretty much blown away.
I'm glad that all the reviews I've read and TV spots that I have seen leading up to this did not give a hint at the unexpected things that happened towards the end of this story.
And I would urge you guys that see it - not to post any spoilers here, at least not for awhile - if I had read spoilers it would have altered my experience as the story unfolded.
Yes, one of the previous posts mentioned Director M. Night Shyamalan, now I know why.
For all the talk of science fact or fiction about wormholes, black holes etc, what they look like etc, well that was just the scenic backdrop for the human interest story here.
I will say a couple of things...the approach to the wormhole was extraordinary, scenes on the planet are visually stunning, and there is a scene toward the end that slapped me in the face just like Kubrick did when Astronaut Dave Bowman landed in that room at the end of "2001".
I was thinking on the way home, this storyline is fairly complex, and I felt this movie made the movie Contact seem very simplistic (you have to pay attention, particularly to the dialogue, which wasn't easy given how booming the IMAX sound system in the theater was).
I'll definitely see it again. Begs a second look.
Three hour long movie....no problem. Story was engaging.
When I got out, - it felt like only an hour had passed.
Hows that for time dilation for ya!
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