Okay,
this IMAX film is an undeniable gimmick, being little more than an excuse
to show off the latest 3-D tricks. Still, you can't knock the execution,
its 100,000 hours of digital rendering leaves me believing that a
full-scale 3-D movie is certainly technologically feasible. The 40 minute
films portrays a "demonstration" of the newest version of three-dimensional
film hosted by mad scientist Stuart Pankin and his robotic sidekick; before
you get there (it's Elvira doing a song-and-dance routine - we'll take
comments like "and who better to be seen in 3-D?" as read, shall we?), you
get a romp through the history of the medium, as well as clips from
cutting-edge work like Universal Studios' fabulous Terminator 3-D.
Unlike some IMAX films, you don't need the full headsets, just oversized
sunglasses which have the necessary polarised lenses, but these provide a
remarkable depth of field, particularly round Pankin's lair. If you don't
flinch at least once, you're a cooler citizen than I. All we need now is
the right plot to permit lots of pointy-object action, and we'll be
away...
B
