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Also Includes the 2-D Version, Playable on Your Standard Blu-ray Player.
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The partnership with NASA and IMAX films continues with a tour of the next step in space exploration: the International Space Station (ISS). Sixteen countries helped build this giant station (still being built upon the film's release in 2004). We see the first building blocks being constructed, including shots from inside the slick NASA shuttle launches to the friendly informalities of the Russian program. The crystal-clear pictures of the station and the Earth are the best aspects of this film. The entertaining footage delivers human elements, but sometimes the carefulness of experimentation makes for boring photography; a test of a super-cool jet pack has the astronaut moving mere inches. To the film's benefit, the narrator is Tom Cruise with a script tailored to his strong suits (the first line of "What an incredible sight!" is vintage Cruise). The film is also so light on its feet with a nice dose of music, including "Up on the Roof" and the Talking Heads "Naive Melody," that it makes up for the staginess of some of the scenes. The film was shown in 3-D in theaters but only 2-D for home video. --Doug Thomas
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Tomorrow begins here, at the breathtaking intersection of Hi-Def Blu-ray 3D depth and clarity and high-resolution 70mm IMAX photography: 220 miles above the Earth at a speed of 17,500 MPH aboard the most complex scientific project ever assembled – the International Space Station. Tom Cruise narrates this fascinating look at the high-flying laboratory where today’s space heroes develop technologies to make possible future voyages to Mars and provide solutions to earthbound problems. Blast off into the next home entertainment frontier!
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73 of 74 people found the following review helpful
A Kid's Review
Space Station 3D is my favorite IMAX movie ever! I saw it at the aquarium's IMAX 3D theater. It was great! The opening credits are very cool in 3D. It feels like they are forming in front of you and moving back. The narrator starts out showing you the real ISS. Then it moves to a very cool simulation of how to use a jet pack that will save you if you get away from the station that astronauts are using. Then we see a very loud (thanks, IMAX corp.) rocket launch that sends the station's first module, Zarya, into orbit. Then we see the shuttle Discovery conect the Unity Node to Zarya with help from the shuttle crew. Then, the narrator talks about recycling air and water in space. The Zvesda module, that contains the technology to recycle these resorces in space, gets conected. Now the first crew is ready to come up. The crew includes two Russians and an American as comander. The comander has a while to get used to being away from his wife, yet he is very proud. The crew goes on the shuttle, (that we see launch) and they go to the station. Most of the scenes after that are about living in space. We get to see astronauts shave, eat, drink and sleep in space. We also get to see two laboratories get attached to the station and the narrator also talks about how the Space Station can come in use in the future in the end. All in all, I recommend it as the best IMAX film EVER!!
52 of 54 people found the following review helpful
I saw this film twice in the IMAX theatre at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. It's absolutely phenomenal. The narration, camera work, direction and editing are very impressive. Some launch scenes will leave you scrambling for cover they are so real! Some shots of Earth from the Space Station are breathtaking. At times I felt as if I were there outside the Space Station looking down toward Earth. I strongly recommend it!
35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Space Station", IMAX's latest space video, is Tom Hanks loving tribute to the ISS now in orbit. Don't look here for controversy about the program, or to a debate about whether it should have been built in the first place. Instead, it is a visually spectacular tribute both to the astronauts (who did much of the filming) and to the multi-billion dollar, multi-national project itself. There is nothing in here that would upset the NASA PR machine.
Having said this, it is a film to sit back and enjoy the awesome footage taken both from the inside and from the outside of the station. The visual quality of the film looks good even on a small television and must have been awesome on the big IMAX screens. One especially memorable scene was when they placed a camera (too) close to the Russian Proton rocket that launched the first station component. The flame, roar and flying debris (some of which nearly destroyed the $40,000 IMAX camera) attest to the power of that large rocket. Interior shots of the station show the large amount of internal space, far more than the little small spacecraft that we sent into orbit and on the moon, and the sheer joy of floating around weightless.
A good supplemental film described how they made the film, including interviews with a former NASA astronaut who participated in the filming.
Overall, though it is more a NASA-sponsored PR piece than a penetrating look at the station program, the visual spectacle make it a must buy for any space fan
Having said this, it is a film to sit back and enjoy the awesome footage taken both from the inside and from the outside of the station. The visual quality of the film looks good even on a small television and must have been awesome on the big IMAX screens. One especially memorable scene was when they placed a camera (too) close to the Russian Proton rocket that launched the first station component. The flame, roar and flying debris (some of which nearly destroyed the $40,000 IMAX camera) attest to the power of that large rocket. Interior shots of the station show the large amount of internal space, far more than the little small spacecraft that we sent into orbit and on the moon, and the sheer joy of floating around weightless.
A good supplemental film described how they made the film, including interviews with a former NASA astronaut who participated in the filming.
Overall, though it is more a NASA-sponsored PR piece than a penetrating look at the station program, the visual spectacle make it a must buy for any space fan
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
:)
I bought this DVD. It is pretty good and I am very pleased with the purchase. I will definitely recommend this product.
Published 7 days ago by Z. Khan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bien aimé.
Des images magnifiques en plus en 3D.Très instructif,très beaux reportages,en général tout est bien fait. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Serge De Carufel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best 3D footage I've seen so far.
This video is short and doesn't go into any depth about technology or the ISS, but what it does do is allow you to see the full capabilities of your 3D TV. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Chris Roden
1.0 out of 5 stars
it was not as interesting as could be
could have been better and could have done with out tom cruise narrtoring the voice of the doc should have used a the voice of voices mr freeman
Published 27 days ago by John P Wilkerson
5.0 out of 5 stars
International Space Station 3D
Although just 45 minutes long; the Blue-Ray 3D images are breathtaking. Together with the DTS soundtrack, the take off of the Russian rocket and the Space shuttle and the scenes in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Raymond Standing
3.0 out of 5 stars
Space. Real space.
The subject matter is, of course interesting. I found the 3D effects a little bit on the middle of the road side, but with no expectations it fit my deires for new 3D T.V./movies.
Published 1 month ago by Jennifer
4.0 out of 5 stars
excelnte
muy bueno lo recomiendo exvelente como se arreglo con el vendedor, tiempos y formas segunlo programado de antemano, muchas gracias
Published 1 month ago by maximiliano
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quick
QUICK turn around!!! One of the best ever to deal with. I highly recommend them, as you won't be disappointed. You'll see!!!
Published 1 month ago by Teacher2121
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good but a little short
It's fun for demonstrating 3D in Space and that's about it. One of the collection but I'm afraid it won't be viewed too often.
Published 1 month ago by Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars
great choice
great just got back from the kennedy space center and that was the movie showing in 3d at their imax theater
Published 2 months ago by donald muller
