While everyone cultured went to see Amelia, my wife and I went off to check out the new cinema at Villagio.
A few people complained that the entrance to the cinema and the foam seats looked cheap and tacky. I can't say I particularly noticed that, although it didn't look anything special.
To be honest, I don't care. This is an IMAX 3D cinema, and I wanted to see a 3D film, not gaze at cinema architecture.
We went to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". Given the title, it's not the sort of film I would usually choose (sounds too cultured, though as it turned out it wasn't), but was the only 3D option available.
The 3d effects were just awesome. At the start of the film you are sailing through clouds before you sudddenly dive and race towards the ground. That's pretty impressive in 3D - in fact, everyone in the cinema gasped.
At times, I was also struck by how realistic, apart from the actual characters, the sets were.
And at the end, the water in the film seems to lap out of the screen and up over the seats.
The film was also good - imaginative, funny and touching. I'll have to make more effort in future not to judge books by their covers...
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