Space Station (IMAX)
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Movie Reviews of Space Station (IMAX)
Movie Review: I need bigger TV
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought it right after we returned from NASA. The content is identical as what we saw at IMAX theatre in FL. This will make you want to buy bigger TV. It is an excellent item.Movie Review: The best
Summary: 5 Stars
All I can say is wow. I saw this twice at KSC and I still would like to see it again. The views of earth are just so beautiful.Movie Review: Amazing view and pictures
Summary: 5 Stars
Fantastic. If you llike this kind of documentary, you have to buy now.Movie Review: A loving tribute to the Space Station
Summary: 4 Stars
"Space Station", IMAX's latest space video, is Tom Hanks loving tribute to the ISS now in orbit. Don't look here for controversy about the program, or to a debate about whether it should have been built in the first place. Instead, it is a visually spectacular tribute both to the astronauts (who did much of the filming) and to the multi-billion dollar, multi-national project itself. There is nothing in here that would upset the NASA PR machine.
Having said this, it is a film to sit back and enjoy the awesome footage taken both from the inside and from the outside of the station. The visual quality of the film looks good even on a small television and must have been awesome on the big IMAX screens. One especially memorable scene was when they placed a camera (too) close to the Russian Proton rocket that launched the first station component. The flame, roar and flying debris (some of which nearly destroyed the $40,000 IMAX camera) attest to the power of that large rocket. Interior shots of the station show the large amount of internal space, far more than the little small spacecraft that we sent into orbit and on the moon, and the sheer joy of floating around weightless.
A good supplemental film described how they made the film, including interviews with a former NASA astronaut who participated in the filming.
Overall, though it is more a NASA-sponsored PR piece than a penetrating look at the station program, the visual spectacle make it a must buy for any space fan
Movie Review: Space Station (IMAX) (2002)-Almost like being aboard the ISS
Summary: 4 Stars
Space Station (2002) was another great IMAX film sponsored by Lockheed Martin that I rate at four or five stars. This film showed the International Space Station (ISS) in the crystal clear high definition we have become accustomed to in all IMAX productions. All of the footage filmed within the space station was taken by the Astronauts who did a fine job.
In addition to absolutely clear footage of two early ISS missions, it featured IMAX coverage of a Russian Proton (~2.5 million pound thrust) mega-booster rocket launching the largest module of the ISS, interior and exterior shots of the Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft while docked to the ISS, and coverage of multiple American Space Shuttle launches to service the ISS.
Other wonderful features were included like coverage of missions 7 and 8 to the ISS which, while not filmed in IMAX, provided detailed hand over hand tours of the International Space Station and a good feel for the basic overall layout of the early space station. In addition an interesting documentary on the making of this IMAX production was included.
These features add up to just under 50 minutes of quality IMAX footage as well as the three excellent featurettes which are a bargain for under $10.00 from Amazon. This is definitely one to own and see again and again.