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www.filmcritic.com - : When Tom Hanks gets his mitts on a topic, he squeezes it within an inch of its life. So just when you thought Hanks was done with space (Apollo 13, From The Earth to the Moon), he teams with NASA and an all-star roster of talent for this thorough, occasionally thrilling 3D IMAX feature. more...
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www.filmjerk.com - : Looking to examine the NASA space program of the 1960s, “Magnificent Desolation” comes armed with large-format aspirations, and the power of 3D. Being the latest lunar adventure from space-obsessed Tom Hanks, the picture is made with care and admiration, and provides a first-class look at what it took to travel to the moon at a time when it seemed impossible. more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : With the admonition that ''Time has dimmed the historic impact of going to the moon,'' this 3-D IMAX movie, narrated, written and produced by Tom Hanks, approaches the seven lunar landings that took place between 1969 and 1972 from the perspective of the 12 men who've made the three-day, nearly quarter-million-mile ultimate road trip to walk on the moon. But the focus here--aside from a montage that would play like a blooper reel if the circumstances weren't so precarious--is not on the goofy what-do-they-eat-and-how-do-they-pee gravity-free antics of space travel. Rather, what's portrayed is the pressure of conducting delicate experiments in unwieldy Stay-Puft spacesuits against a ticking clock; the mortal danger of an airless frontier without the atmospheric haze that signals scale and distance; and the at-times spiritual awe with which the astronauts greet the alien landscape. more...
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