It's an entertaining movie, and the effects, boosted to the size of a downtown hotel, will all but take you to outer space.
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10/24/02
Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 19 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.4/10
Consensus:
Apollo 13's compelling drama and spectacles are enhanced by the huge IMAX screen and sound system.
Synopsis: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and IMAX Corporation bring Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience to IMAX screens worldwide. Apollo 13 tells the dramatic true story of the heroic actions needed to bring a three-astronaut crew safely back to Earth after the Apollo 13 space mission... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
Director: Ronny Howard
Reviews
1 - 19 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Could I have been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format? In a word: No.
10/04/02
An irresistible combination of a rousing good story set on a truly grand scale.
09/20/02
If you thought Tom Hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star, wait until you've seen him eight stories tall.
09/20/02
The transfer to the IMAX screen diminishes none of the film's drama, which was always much more about human emotions than technology.
09/20/02
The kind of history lesson that you wouldn't mind seeing again and again, no matter the format.
09/20/02
Suffice to say that after seeing this movie in IMAX form, you'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks' face than his wife is.
09/20/02
The special effects and many scenes of weightlessness look as good or better than in the original, while the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system.
09/20/02
Top Critic
The re-release of Ron Howard's Apollo 13 in the IMAX format proves absolutely that really, really, really good things can come in enormous packages.
09/20/02
[Apollo 13] looks bold and crisp on the big screen, and the sound has never sounded better -- perhaps couldn't have ever sounded better, because IMAX uses some 70 speakers.
09/20/02
Top Critic
This story is larger-than-life to begin with, so it is enhanced by the new super-size format. The movie grabs you and doesn't let go for nearly two hours.
09/20/02
This is IMAX and Ron Howard’s epic retelling of NASA’s heroic near-tragedy has been blown up to wonderous proportions to behold even while the film itself has been chopped down just as much.
09/19/02
On a purely pictorial level, this is one of the best-looking IMAX movies ever.
09/19/02
Blowing up some 35mm films to an image 10 times larger could magnify their plot faults and performance shortcomings. But Apollo 13, with its taut cast, script and direction, profits from the process.
09/19/02
Remains a solid, if somewhat heavy-handed, account of the near-disaster...done up by Howard with a steady, if not very imaginative, hand.
09/19/02
Big Breakthrough! First time a 35mm pic is blown up to fit the 8-story tall IMAX screen.
09/17/02
It's a great American adventure and a wonderful film to bring to IMAX.
09/03/02
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