Unfortunately I think all those IMAX films from the 80's and 90's are around 40 minutes long, so yeah, the commercial loading is brutal to fill it up to an hour slot. The other thing is just how much Sting music is played over and over and over. In fact I think Mcgillivray or whatever his name is has done several IMAX films involving dolphins and Sting music. How fragile we are. How fragile we are. It gets a little repetitive after a (How fragile we are) while and soon it (How fragile we are) starts to get a little (How fragile we are) annoying (How fragile we are). I'm an Englishman in New York ... oops, I mean, How fragile we are.
Nevertheless it's still good to watch. Palau is a wicked looking place, I love the mushroom shaped islands. And the scenes with the family on the motorboat zipping along going under the archways and low overhanging branches and stuff.. I remember the audience usually gasping a bit when seeing this film in the IMAX back in the day.
And the surfing and stuff in Hawaii. Ahhh... sigh.. Living in Calgary and watching this stuff on TV just doesn't quite cut it.
Actually I kind of miss having an IMAX. It really sucks that they're no longer around, at least the one in Eau Claire would show these IMAX films and not just the Hollywood movies on the IMAX screen like what Chinook does. Does Chinook even play documentaries on their IMAX screen? I never see anything advertised.
