Ghosts of the Abyss

April 27, 2003

I love IMAX movies. I love IMAX 3D movies. I love Jim Cameron movies. So when I saw that there was going to be an IMAX 3D film of Cameron research dives down to the wreck of the Titanic, I thought it was all good.

I didn’t really like Ghosts of the Abyss much. It’s a cool movie, but compared to the last few IMAX movies I saw (Ultimate X, SpaceStation 3D) it’s not quite thrilling. Content wise, it’s actually fine. It’s pretty interesting to be able to see the wreck of the Titanic, and the computer recreations help to tell the story of the Titanic (again). The main problem is that the moment they go underwater… it’s NOT FILMED ON IMAX. That kind of killed all the fun for me. It’s still interesting, but the 3D and the IMAX weren’t really necessary. This could have been just as easily aired as a Discovery special on television.

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