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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:28
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: This inspirational 3D IMAX film approximates for audiences what it is like to set steps on the moon.
Theatrical Release:Sep 23, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $30,577,464
Synopsis: This 3-D IMAX presentation cuts no corners when it comes to its mission, recreating--down to the most precise detail--the experience of landing on the moon. An educational extravaganza, the unique... [More]
Starring: Neil Armstrong, Alan Bean, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon
Director: Mark Cowen
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Reviews for Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
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 3.5/4 |
This is a mesmerizing film that serves as a reminder of just how amazing our country's space exploration has been. Full Review |
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4/5 |
It’s a stirring and persuasive plug for resuming in-person space exploration -- and it’s a lot of fun besides. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Overall, the production successfully maneuvers through 2D and 3D nearby-space with a playful spirit of curiosity, experiment and wonder. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Go see Magnificent Desolation on the giant IMAX screen and Tom Hanks will moon-rock your world. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
"Magnificent," indeed. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
In a cinematic era in which seemingly any feat or place can be generated for the screen, it's what these men said -- in mundane exchanges and insightful retrospection -- that stirs one most. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
condensing the moon program into roughly 60 minutes is a pretty impressive feat. Giving you the feeling of actually being part of it is even more impressive Full Review |
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Tom Hanks' folksy narration could be intended to bury as much as praise the space program: Apollo missions belonged to an era of American optimism unlikely to be revisited. Full Review |
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As contrived as its title, Magnificent Desolation has the look and feel of a NASA fundraiser. Full Review |
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon is an earnest but insubstantial Imax 3-D spectacle that, even at 40 minutes, seems unduly padded. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The illusion is impressive but incomplete, and therefore mildly disappointing. But I cannot deny having felt a little nervous when 'we' were standing too close to the edge at the Grand Canyon-like Hadley Rille. So clearly I am a liar. Full Review |
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2/4 |
One of the astronauts describes his excitement during the lunar mission as 'like a kid playing in a sandbox.' Unfortunately, that could also sum up the film's visual content. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Adults will be more than passably entertained by this short, patriotic feature, and kids will be entranced. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Playful, inspirational. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Offers the most realistic approximation of a moon visit that Earthbound mortals have ever seen. Full Review |
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10/10 |
The movie's very realistic 3-D simulations and cleverly collated archival footage give filmgoers the best idea yet of what it's like to set foot on gray lunar soil. Full Review |
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The film is fascinating history and unabashedly inspirational. Full Review |
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D promises to put viewers on the lunar surface, and through previously unreleased photos and footage from NASA's archives, along with CGI and re-enactments, it pulls off the illusion. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It cleverly re-creates what it must have felt like to walk in the astronauts' weighted boots. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The whole package is as entertaining as it is educational. Full Review |
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