Magnificent Desolation - Imax 3D

Yeah yeah u are right about the title (If u did gave it a thought), it's influenced by Magnificent Desolation:Walking on Moon 3D by Tom Hanks, which i watched a few hours ago. It's being played at Prasad's Imax from past two months, and i heard a great talk about it. Today, getting bored with nothing to do, i ended up at Imax to watch the show.

The show was scheduled at 1.30 pm. Since I tele-booked two tickets (i thought that i'll get my buddy Ramz for company. I booked the tickets without informing him and later smsd him about the plan), I spent the earlier part of day in a meaningful manner, relaxing myself, thinking about nothing. Believe me, It felt good to think about nothing. (It's not that i'm straining myself too much these days, but u know, watching Basic Instinct 2:Risk Addiction on Friday night at Prasads, and then again V for Vendetta on Saturday night in Prasad's Imax, i felt i'm in need to relax..)

At 12.30, i got phone from Ramz that he won't be able to make it b'coz he's still engaged in the personality development programme he's attending, in Ramakrishna Math. Heck, i thought as it flashed my mind that i booked two tickets. Thinking that they wont cancel the extra ticket if i'm late, i quickly got ready and reached Prasads by 12.40pm. I went to the tele-booking counter and said my highly-confidential code-word(just an confirmation code that would be given when we book tickets through phone). I was thinking how to convey him that i need only one ticket, but for my ease the fellow asked me how many tickets i need. "Great!", i said to myself and took a ticket paying 155 bucks.

Still 30 minutes to go for the show, i ended up at the games room playing a couple of SuperBike games. At 1.25, i went to the entrance gate, and there's already a long queue to enter the theater. I spent some time gulping down a chicken sandwitch, and took popcorn and cold coffee thinking that it would be a long movie without a break. As i was doing this, to my disgust, the queue hasn't been lessened, it got longer. I wasn't worried about the time since i felt they wont start the movie unless until everyone's in. By the time they checked my ticket, gave me the 3D glasses and walking through the corridor, It was 1.45 when i entered the hall, and to my astonishment, the show has already begun.

I quickly rushed to my seat, adjusted my Cold coffee and popcorn into the cupholders, and put on the glasses, almost 10-15 minutes of the film passed. The next 10 minutes, i was adjusting my 3D glasses to get a clearer view. The picture was all fogged to me. I looked by my side and my co-watchers seems to have no problem at all and were watching the movie with full attention. They were so deeply immeresed that when i was going through them to get to my seat, i actually landed my foot(no dudes, not on the moon) on the foot of a guy, he did not show any reflex actions(at that time, i thought the film seems to be too interesting.. i had the least idea that it's gonna be not that way). After struggling for some time, i found out that the problem's not with me, but with the glasses. Someone who previously used that glasses made impressions of his greasy thumbs all over the glasses(What was he thinkin? maybe he felt leaving his thumbprints like leaving foot-marks over the moon)

10 minutes passed watching the movie, and i started to realize that it's not actually a movie.. it's something different than that.. that it's... it's.... it's a documentary!! Just like the routine informative documentaries that are aired in Discovery or National Geographic. The movie pictured triumphant moments in history of mankind, short videos of the six Appollo missions to the moon by US. I did enjoyed the 3d effect of being in space and sometimes chuckled when i felt the 3d experience. 10 more minutes passed, and the narrator in the movie started to give closing statements.. 5 more minutes, and the ending titles began to scroll...

Slowly the lights in the theater started to brighten up. People started to leave the theater chitchatting with their fellows about the movie. I was still sitting there in my seat, still trying to digest the fact that the movie's over. Suddenly i heard my inner self calling me, "Aka, aka.. get up. It's ok, the movie's running time is 45 minutes only. The movie's over. C'mon, let's go home."

I call it Magnificent because the 3D experience in Imax indeed is characterized by grandeur, and i call it Desolation because after spending 155 bucks+transport+refreshment costs, what all i'm left with is a feeling that i could have spent my money on something more worthy of.

That's how my weekend movie was, and I, to my utmost satisfaction, call it Magnificent Desolation:Imax 3D