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Movie showman and king of the gimmicks William Castle arguably created his most memorable gimmick for the 1960 schlock extravaganza The Tingler. In the 1940s, surround sound arrived, a decade later movies started to appear in 3D, and subsequently IMAX changed people’s perceptions about the size and resolution of film images that were possible.īut for all these major innovations in technology, there have always been a few that stuck out for the fun they gave the viewer.

The development of sound and color and then widescreen heightened the reality of the cinematic experience, but to some pioneers this was just the start. One of the fundamental strengths of cinema is to place the viewer inside the movie, and the desire to draw the viewer in completely has become a prevailing obsession for filmmakers. They screamed, they ran to the back of the room.

Cinema was an entirely new and unknown phenomenon and the sight of a train seemingly coming at them from off the screen sent viewers into panic. When the Lumière brothers first showed their 50-second movie L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat ( The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station) in early 1896, the audience’s reaction quickly became legendary. But before we explain all about D-Box, let’s go back a little bit… The film will be shown in select theaters with special D-Box technology, which is currently getting buzz for its screenings of the new Harry Potter movie. I, for one, have my eye on the new 'Star Wars' movie next month as my next D-Box seat purchase.This fall, when Focus Features rolls out the animated movie 9, the much anticipated first feature from Academy Award-nominated writer-director Shane Acker, some viewers will be lucky enough to get a little more than just the standard cinemagoing experience. We both left bigger fans of the whole experience. But after the first few action clips in the 'Justice League' trailer shown with the lobby demonstration, she said her earlier attempt was far less 'dramatic' than the Cinemark seats.

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I invited coworker Anna Wolfe to come with me to test out the D-Box simulator in the Pearl theater's main lobby.Īnna said she had tried a similar style of seating before. And as with all new obsessions, I wanted to bring more people to the life-altering realization that comes with sitting in these seats. 'In many cases, especially with the action films, they are the first seats to be sold out.'Īfter seeing 'Thor: Ragnarok' in these seats, I was a new convert.

As you can imagine, the popularity of the seats depends a lot on what film is playing,' he said. 'The response to the D-Box seats has been overwhelmingly positive. I would definitely recommend going for the D-Box with an action movie, a rec seconded by Cinemark's vice president of marketing and promotion, Bryan Jeffries.

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I went for the full experience because I wanted my money's worth. Note: For those who don't want quite as much action, there's a button to adjust the intensity from low to high. Oh, and then the movie starts, and if you're watching an action-filled flick like I did - the latest 'Thor' - you're about to shake, rattle, tilt and more. It's so comfortable, I could binge all the 'Lord of the Rings' movies (including the 'Hobbit' franchise) and still feel good about myself. But the true magic starts when you press the button to raise up a footrest and slightly recline the seat backward.