Nascar
3D: The Imax Experience Movie Review:
As IMAX
moves further into the 3D universe, you continue to be dumbfounded
to what can be accomplished with that old 1950s gimmickry.
Remember
those old flimsy 3D glasses that we used to get at 7-11
or out of a Cracker Jack box? Can you recollect some of
the 3D films of old like “Creature from the Black
Lagoon”, “Jaws 3D”, “Friday the
13th 3D” or even last summer’s family flick
“Spy Kids 3D”? Well no matter what fond or disappointing
images you have of 3D, IMAX seems to have found a way to
almost perfect the process.
With
IMAX’s latest venture into 3D, car enthusiasts and
NASCAR fans are in for a treat. We have all dreamed of being
part of the action as those incredible machines of the NASCAR
circuit are constructed, driven and even crashed. Now as
fans we can experience a lot of what our heroes see as they
embark to capture the checkered flag.
The
new IMAX 3D process transports you into the seat of the
driver, deep into the thrill of the pits, through magnificent
shrines of legendary drivers and you may even learn something
along the way. With the new 3D technology you are there.
The
problem with a film of this type is that it focuses more
on educating and experiencing the fanfare of NASCAR than
delivering some eye-popping 3D effects. Even with its pulled
back approach to the full effect of 3D, fans are sure to
be thrilled. I really can’t wait to see how IMAX will
continue with the whole 3D element because it is amazing
how far it has come.
NASCAR
3D is a wild and enjoyable ride for fans of the sport and
for grease monkey enthusiasts. I just wish last summer’s
“Spy Kids 3D” used this state of the art 3D.
Imagine the potential there.
(4 out of 5)
So Says the Soothsayer.
Dean Kish
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