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Magnificent Desolation - Walking on the Moon (IMAX)
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Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
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Directed By: Mark Cowen
Audience Rating: Unrated
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Theatrical Release: September 23, 2005
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Tom Hanks, John Corbett, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
Only 12 have walked on the moon. You're next! Presented and narrated by Tom Hanks Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon is an IMAX documentary film that transports the viewer to lunar surface where they can walk alongside the 12 extraordinary astronauts who have been there experiencing what they saw heard and felt.Running Time: 40 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 026359332128
User Submitted Magnificent Desolation - Walking on the Moon (IMAX) Reviews
May 12, 2008
The closest I have come to actually being on the Moon!
I have dreamed about space travel and going to the Moon for much of my life. This film is quite imaginative and exhilirating.
I took my kids to see the IMAX version- we all were stunned silent by the drama that unfolded. You can read about this story many times, but actually feeling it is different.
-Tahir Rahman, author of We Came in Peace for all Mankind: the untold story of the Apollo 11 silicon disc
May 8, 2008
Disappointing
I saw this at an IMAX theater. I was hoping for real film of real astronauts. But it is almost all computer graphics which are not even all that good in a rather contrived 'docudrama' format. In addition the science is 'gradeschool' level stuff. You would be better off spending your money on 'Full Moon'. Its a book but the images are the real deal.
May 4, 2008
Glad to see it available on DVD
I went to see this movie at the pink palace IMAX in memphis and it was fantastic, I remember commenting after the show how it would be great on dvd and worthy of purchase. It was educational and had some great humor as well.
March 4, 2008
Great Movie
For all those who "believe" that man didn't go to the moon, see this movie and get educated. This is the best documentary on the moon missions that I have see and I really admire Tom Hanks and Mark Cowen for making this DVD possible. I also recommend "In the Shadow of the Moon".
February 25, 2008
CGI Promo Film
Disappointing. I had hoped for actual photos and images from the Apollo missions, but found mostly computer generated images. The best real stuff, and the majority of it, is in the end credits. The bonus material is anemic. If you are looking for something to get pre-teens excited about going back to the moon, show them this. If you are someone that grew up in the early days of space travel, as I did, don't waste you time or money.
February 22, 2008
Amazing.
Although a couple of scenes are missing from the Home version, and it is cropped from its native IMAX aspect Ratio to be seen on HDTV, it is still the very best film about the moon, the people who worked to get there, the history, and the future. You will be amazed!!!
If you want to see the ORIGINAL FILM, in IMAX 3D, you should visit Kenedy Space Center, Florida, or your local IMAX theater which offers IMAX 3D. YOU WILL SEE, HEAR, FEEL, EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING!!!
-Alex
February 14, 2008
Quite disappointing
I'd like to rate this 2-1/2 stars. I saw it at the IMax theatre at the Kennedy Space Center. I was quite disappointed. Only a small portion of the film was in IMax - the part that was to give you a feel for what it is like to walk on the Moon. The majority of it was just standard stuff.
February 6, 2008
A Colossal Gyp
This is a total fraud and a colossal gyp. The product descirption says it provides the experience of walking on the moon along side of astronauts. And so it does -- for about three minutes total. The rest of the time is taken up with things like asking some dumb, dumb-looking kids if they know who Niel Armstrong is. And the whole movie is only 36 minutes long. The walking scenes are simulated (the simulation is a good one), so it would have been easy to expand them to 30 minutes.
I have had much the same disappointment with some other IMAX products. Don't buy this disc -- teach movie makers, at IMAX and elsewhere, not to be so full of themselves, and instead to give the viewers what they would really like to see, which in this case is what IMAX promised.
January 6, 2008
Almost makes you feel you're really there!
This is an awesome film. Try to see it in IMAX first. Spectacular footage. Helps you really sense what it might have been like to walk on the Moon. If NASA had been this good at 'simulating' Moon exploration in 1969 we'd have to believe the hoaxsters and conspiracy theorists. Wow!
December 30, 2007
Kiddies film only
I had high expectations for this film, but they weren't really met. The special effects are good, but it is interspersed by a mainly NASA recruiting film for kids. It has dumbed down the moon landings to a 8 year olds level. Ok it may be great for kids and I guess that is the intended audience, but I am sick of the modern way of dumbing everything down so it is boring. There is nothing to inspire me, no romance for returning to the moon, no excitement or adventure, even though they did try on this. The series "From the Earth to the Moon" got it right, why did Tom Hanks let us down with this one which could have been the best ever? The IMAX films "The Dream is Alive" and "Hail Columbia" got it right why did this one miss the boat I wonder?
Go see it at an IMAX theatre, but don't bother with the DVD if you are a real space fan. Also the extra material is of such low res graphics it could have been shot with a cell phone camera. It froze up my DVD player and I had to reboot it.
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