Thanks to a recommendation by our Brad, I had a truly bizarre experience the other night.
I watched Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box, an Imax movie that was even shown in 3-D in theaters! The DVD had the option to watch in 3-D, but alas, I had no glasses.
The movie is a documentary style piece, with small boys/teenagers in Lederhosen acting the parts of younger Siegfried and Roy growing up in war-torn Germany. Apparently Siegfried and Roy's dads were both in the German Army in World War II....
While both men came back from the war totally changed and broken, Siegfried's
dad is portrayed as only being able to stare endlessly into the fire. After a visit to a magic shop where a witchy woman tempts and toys with Siegfried over her special Magic Box, Siegfried is fully bitten by the magic bug and starts performing his tricks in an attempt to get his father to see the "wonder" in the world again.
Roy spent his time obsessed with his childhood dog, who saved him from drowning in a swamp Lassie-style, when she runs off to get a farmworker who pulls Roy to safety. Apparently this is how Roy developed his "bond" with animals.
The sets of the film are empty and airbrushed and probably are more interesting/exciting in the Imax format, or even the 3-D format I suppose. My poor mid-sized TV didn't stand a chance and delivering the full "magic" of the film.
I watched Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box, an Imax movie that was even shown in 3-D in theaters! The DVD had the option to watch in 3-D, but alas, I had no glasses.
The movie is a documentary style piece, with small boys/teenagers in Lederhosen acting the parts of younger Siegfried and Roy growing up in war-torn Germany. Apparently Siegfried and Roy's dads were both in the German Army in World War II....While both men came back from the war totally changed and broken, Siegfried's
dad is portrayed as only being able to stare endlessly into the fire. After a visit to a magic shop where a witchy woman tempts and toys with Siegfried over her special Magic Box, Siegfried is fully bitten by the magic bug and starts performing his tricks in an attempt to get his father to see the "wonder" in the world again. Roy spent his time obsessed with his childhood dog, who saved him from drowning in a swamp Lassie-style, when she runs off to get a farmworker who pulls Roy to safety. Apparently this is how Roy developed his "bond" with animals.
The sets of the film are empty and airbrushed and probably are more interesting/exciting in the Imax format, or even the 3-D format I suppose. My poor mid-sized TV didn't stand a chance and delivering the full "magic" of the film.
