Over the holidays I went to see Avatar at the Wachovia IMAX theater at Marbles Kids Museum.\u00a0 Yuck.\u00a0 While standing in line like cattle we watched as the people leaving the theater from the previous showing returned their 3D “glasses”, more like goggles, into a rolling metal rack.\u00a0 This rack was then rolled over to the theater entrance doors where the goggles were handed to us as we were herded through the cattle stalls into the viewing area.\u00a0 No cleaning, no sanitizing, and some even looked like they still had makeup on the nose bridges.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s just gross.<\/p>\n
The 3D goggles were horribly uncomfortable.\u00a0 Give me the regular, smaller, Real 3D glasses at a normal theater any day.\u00a0 They come in a sealed plastic bag which has a notice insuring they’re new or sanitized if recycled.\u00a0 So the IMAX screen is bigger.\u00a0 Annoyingly bigger in my opinion.\u00a0\u00a0 I was expecting some type of other super surround effect because of all they hype.\u00a0 But aside from the size I didn’t see any difference between the IMAX screen and a typical 3D movie theater screen.<\/p>\n
Then there was the warehouse.\u00a0 That’s what it felt like I was entering from the cattle stalls in the lobby, a warehouse.\u00a0 The theater did not strike me as comfortable at all and they seats quickly proved my first impression correct.\u00a0 They were no where near as comfortable as the seats at North Hills Cinemas.<\/p>\n
For all the IMAX hype it was not an enjoyable experience.\u00a0 The goggles were dirty and hurt my nose, the seats were uncomfortable and the warehouse theater itself was inhospitable.\u00a0 I won’t do it again.\u00a0 I’ll go see every 3D release at good ‘ol North Hills and leave IMAX experience to those who buy the hype.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Over the holidays I went to see Avatar at the Wachovia IMAX theater at Marbles Kids Museum.\u00a0 Yuck.\u00a0 While standing in line like cattle we watched as the people leaving the theater from the previous showing returned their 3D “glasses”, more like goggles, into a rolling metal rack.\u00a0 This rack was then rolled over to … Continue reading Two Thumbs Down for the IMAX theater at Marbles Kids Museum<\/span>