The movement wasn’t enough to make me feel ill, but it was a pretty impressive amount of jostling. As someone who gets occasionally carsick - and ate a giant breakfast before Thursday’s screening - let’s just say that throwing up into my popcorn bag was a bit of a concern. I can’t recall what was showing - something about sharks or space or dinosaurs - but I do remember that my entire family became quite ill about halfway in, and closing our eyes didn’t help. A few years ago, while on a Disney trip with my family, we saw Disney’s version of a 4D movie in what was much more like a ride than a film screening. It’s a combination of vibration and air-blowers around your calves that does make for a, let’s say, unique experience.Īnd then there’s the movement. Your legs will also experience what CJ 4DPLEX calls “ticklers,” which is not, in fact, something you would buy at Fascinations. It’s not enough rain to soak you, but it is enough for glasses-wearers to require a quick squeegee. When it storms in the movie, flashing lights simulate lightning, and rain trickles down from above (you can turn this feature off, by the way, via a button on your armrest). You’ll feel a lot more than just car wrecks: Your seat vibrates with heavy footsteps and even lightly “punches” you in the back during fight scenes. Because, truth be told, “Fast & Furious” may be the perfect franchise for 4DX, what with its myriad action scenes, car crashes and even the mist spraying around your head when Jason Statham dramatically breaks a bottle of Champagne.

Now, I’m not trying to discourage anyone from feeling the sensation of a high-speed car chase or, say, a helicopter crash at the base of a Samoan waterfall, but you should have all the information going in. But your post-movie chiropractor visit might set you back a little more. The tech simulates lightning, thunder, rain, fog, even explosions and the low rumble of a passing car’s engine.Īs you can imagine, seeing a movie in 4DX doesn’t come cheap: Tickets for a Friday night screening of “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” in 2D 4DX (which means it’s not in 3D, but you’ll still get the 4DX effects) will set you back $20.24, compared to classic 2D, which costs $12.74 per ticket if you’re buying online. The technology comes from CJ 4DPLEX, a Korean company that hires producers to perfectly sync chair movement, utilize smoke machines, vibrations and water vapor with Hollywood blockbusters like “The Lion King” and the latest in the “Fast & Furious” franchise. There are now 25 4DX theaters in the United States, with plans for more. The “immersive theater format” uses hydraulic seats, smells and simulated weather to “create a multisensory experience, immersing movie fans in an unforgettable cinematic event,” according to a press release. Last month, Regal UA Denver Pavilions quietly opened a new state-of-the-art 4DX movie theater. I could make up a reason - while rescuing a fallen hiker on a fourteener, perhaps, or getting into a fistfight with a City Park goose - but the reality is so much more embarrassing: It happened at a press screening Thursday of “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” in 4DX. The first person to ask me how I threw my neck out is going to get what Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson refers to as “an ice-cold can of whoop-ass.” Wednesday, June 14th 2023 Home Page Close Menu

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