MEDIA MEDITATION NUMÉRO DEUX: The Ultimate Movie Experience?

An intimidating title, I'm aware... So, for this blog I thought I'd bring up a particular event that happened to me over the summer.  There was a movie.  There was Tempur-Pedic®.  There was Awesome.  Any clue? Well, I'll start by giving you some backstory.

Sometime midway through July, I was sitting at my home computer (during a dreary afternoon) which happened to be situated in my bedroom.  Suddenly, I recieved a phone call -- one of my best friends, who so generously bought me and his fiancé (another good friend) dinner for my birthday, offered to buy me, his fiancé, and their roommate tickets to see INCEPTION... IN IMAX!

Now I know what you're thinking... "Stupid Jeff, I saw INCEPTION in IMAX too!" Well, here's where things get interesting...

As a native of Massachusetts, the most obvious IMAX theatre to go to would be in Boston (at the BOSTON AQUARIUM).  However, I was in no mood to drive a few hours -- even to see INCEPTION in the IMAX.  So, I looked at the IMAX website, and found that the closest one to go to would be an hour or so drive (Reading, Massachusetts -- the theatre itself was inside JORDAN'S FURNITURE).  Telling my friend of the locale, and offering to drive the four of us, the ticket orders were placed and, before I knew it, we were at the furniture outlet.  

Now, the problem with getting to the theatre was we had to walk through showcases, dinettes, bedrooms, living rooms... etc.  A genius strategy, on JORDAN'S FURNITURE's part.  To spare the details, we got our tickets and fought to get good seats... which weren't that great, but (as you'll soon find out) all sins were forgiven.  After being sat down, and enduring the lightshow before the previews, a small image of Eliot Tatelman appeared on screen.  He welcomed us to the theatre and let us in on a little surprise... the seats we sat in? Tempur-Pedic®.  Not just that... but they had their own sound amplifiers in them! And these seats were exclusive to the IMAX in Reading.

I know what you're thinking... "HOLY S#!T! HOW AWESOME WAS IT?!"

It was most excellent.  The movie seems to thrive off playing with all three of your brains.  I don't want to spoil too much of the movie (as those who haven't seen it will have it ruined), but here are some ways this movie seemed to toy with me: for one, my reptilian brain was constantly being squeezed for its fight or flight response.  The intense action sequences and certain moments that will frighten you (if only for a moment) drew out my inner beast.  Second, the neocortex is easily broken down.  This movie is about dreams and in dreams anything is possible. There are scenes in this movie that break reality... one of which is the famous bending city...(and the Penrose Stairs. )


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But, believe me when I say, this movie is much more than impossible steps and flipping cities.  The music (which is tied to events in the movie) plays on the limbic brain easily (example: since our brain processes information faster than we realize, external stimuli such as music sounds slowed down in our dreams), and since the plot and action are never too far ahead of each other, there is no stressful thoughts or trouble keeping up with what's going on.  

If you haven't seen this movie yet, than you need to get to the nearest IMAX and strap in... because Inception is one ride that is not only thought provoking, but is well done and guarenteed to entertain!

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Much credit to Paul Martin's Blog for posting this HIGH QUALITY poster.