An average movie

Honestly, it is a seriously obscure flick (apparently, I’m the only who has seen it since the other ratings seem to be fake) but I thought it was quite an interesting watch, especially at the time. Indeed, it was the first dramatic film ever shot in the IMAX format. Indeed, nowadays, I go maybe 3 or 4 times to the IMAX every year with my step-son (actually, it is not really by choice, it’s because some of the new releases, like ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ for example, are only available on this format for a while so they can charge you a full 15 euro even if you don’t really want to). So, of course, if you compare this flick which was made almost 20 years ago (Damned! I feel so old now…), of course, it doesn’t really look impressive any longer but, back then, it was quite a big step forward concerning this technology. Back then, I’m not sure when it was, my guess is at the end of the 90’s, I saw this movie in IMAX 3D at the Parc Futuroscope in France and I thought it was really neat. Sure, the story was nothing really amazing and it was just too short to become a really strong narrative, especially with such material which needed to be further developped, but it was visually quite impressive. To conclude, it was another daring movie directed by French pioneer Jean-Jacques Annaud and it is definitely worth a look.

6/10