Thrill Ride - The Science of Fun (Large Format)

Thrill Ride - The Science of Fun (Large Format)
by Ben Stassen

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Actor: Cassandra Peterson, Harry Shearer, Neil Armstrong, Paul Harper
Director: Ben Stassen
Brand: IMAX
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Japanese (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: IMAX, 1.33:1
Running Time: 40 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-03-14
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Sony Pictures

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Movie Review: Great fun to be learned by all!
Summary: 5 Stars

Thrill Ride is educational, while still living up to its name. Having enjoyed this while it was in IMAX theaters, I was extremely excited to see it on the small screen. Be warned, though, that if you view it on a large enough screen, you're likely to be pretty nauseous by the end. Even on a 19" screen you will still feel your stomach jerked this way and that. After the IMAX experience, it was a few hours before I recovered. Who knew nausea could be so fun?

A history of thrill rides, this film takes a deliberate slant toward motion simulators as we get closer to our own time. Since this is a movie about thrill rides, and not just roller coasters, that made sense to me. The history and technology behind thrill rides are cut in with fly-throughs of a few rides, some famous and some created (I believe) just for Thrill Ride. There's even a pretty good-sized chunk of the Back to the Future ride from Universal.

If you have even a passing interest in amusement park rides (especially motion simulators), or if you have a home theater projector, *definitely* get this movie.

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Summary of Thrill Ride - The Science of Fun (Large Format)

Imax movie shows the front seat view from a number of the wildest roller coaster rides in the United States.
Genre: Documentary
Rating: G
Release Date: 22-MAY-2001
Media Type: DVD

Ever since a daring fellow in France constructed the first rudimentary roller coaster nearly 200 years ago, people have eagerly sought thrills and chills on the most frightening rides they could find. Featured in this video are the royalty of today's white-knuckle adventure rides, including high-tech roller coasters in Tampa's Busch Gardens and the Big Shot ride in Las Vegas which magnifies its intensity by being perched atop a skyscraper. Originally filmed in 70mm, the footage of the rides is intense even on the small screen. But the video loses velocity during segments explaining how the technology of thrill rides has merged with movie special effects, and the video never fully recovers from the uneven pacing. The material covered is consistently interesting, but there's no escaping the reality that explanations of how rides are conceived are no substitute for the fun of the rides themselves. But if the video never fully lives up to the promise of its first several minutes, there are still scenes in the video that are heart-stopping, and it does provide an entertaining look at the science of thrill rides. --Robert J. McNamara

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