What was your first “amazing” theater experience?

I’m sure a lot of old baws will say Star Wars, but I wasn’t old enough for the originals.

I would say my favorite theater experiences were all the LOTR in theaters opening night, I saw each 4 times in theaters over the course of their runs. I mention that just to get out of the way my “favorite”, but this post is about most amazing. Not best movie you’ve seen in theaters.

I think the first time my jaw truly dropped in a theater and I was speechless at what I was watching was Avatar.

Yea the storyline was a complete rip off of Dances With Wolves and Last Samurai, but the 3D and CGI I was seeing was absolutely unbelievable. I think that was the first time I truly started to appreciate the technical aspect of film, because Cameron had done something I’d never seen before and it was incredible. I think I went 3 times just because of how cool it was on the big screen, no matter how ho-hum
the story was. That first night scene when Jake Sully is alone and the bioluminescent plants were literally in your face I thought I was on LSD. Then the flight sequences literally took my breath away like I was there due to the camera angles and 3D.

I don’t give a shite about the plot of Avatar 2 when it comes out, but I can’t wait to see what Cameron comes up with in new ways to film it.

I think Cameron is right behind Spielberg in “amazing action sequences” that just leave your jaw dropped wondering how they filmed it. I would imagine Aliens and T2 made you feel the same way if you saw them on the big screen.