Magnificent Desolation - Walking on the Moon (IMAX)
by Mark Cowen
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Actor: Bryan Cranston, John Corbett, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Tom HanksDirector: Mark Cowen
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 40 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Movie Reviews of Magnificent Desolation - Walking on the Moon (IMAX)
Movie Review: Good, but "In the Shadow of The Moon" was much better
Summary: 3 Stars
I have to say that I was somewhat disappointed with this one. The photography and effects are spectacular, which is what you would expect from an IMAX film anyway, but it falls down pretty badly as a historical document of the Apollo program. In the Shadow of the Moon was just so much better in this regard. I think the mission of this movie was more to inspire the younger generation and it certainly deserves to be praised if it succeeds in this aim. Obviously I'm not in the target audience.
Part of the problem I guess is that the 40 minutes of an IMAX documentary just isn't long enough to give the subject proper treatment. "Fragmented" is probably an adequate one word description of this movie. Having said that, I did enjoy some of the sequences though, with the spectacular Apollo 15 landing being the best part in my view.
The DVD extras are nothing to write home about, being mainly just a collection of Apollo mission photographs. Once again, In the Shadow of the Moon provided much more.
I think this is still worth three stars though. One has to respect Tom Hanks for the work he does in promoting human spaceflight.
Summary of Magnificent Desolation - Walking on the Moon (IMAX)
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.DVD Features:
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Tom Hanks continues his love affair with space that began with Apollo 13 and his miniseries From Earth to the Moon with this compelling IMAX adventure, Magnificent Desolation. Fans of space fact and fantasy will not want to miss this engaging docudrama, which combines actual footage of lunar walks and interviews of the few men who've trod there with dramatizations of scenarios both exciting and terrifying.
The true way to experience this film, of course, is in its IMAX splendor, but home-theater buffs won't be disappointed. The footage takes the "lunar visitor" along moon's craters and potholes, with nothing but the vastness of space all around. Unseen film shows close-ups of terrain as well as technical infrastructure that may well be models for future moon-living. One particularly scary scene thankfully has never happened on a moon mission, and involves the sudden loss of breathing apparatus. Scuba divers will recognize the "buddy system" of sharing a single air source--and viewers with any kind of claustrophobic issues may want to fast-forward. But overall, the thrills of space travel are made as real as possible for us mere mortals who will only experience it from our comfy chairs. Roger that.--A.T. Hurley
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