There may be SPOILERS below.
I am a huge fan of Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron. Huge fan.
This movie, which has been on my 'must see' list since I saw the trailer, was not up to the standards of either. I sat in the theater (the Malco Grandview in Madison, MS) trying to figure out what went wrong.
Instead of being enthralled and swept up in the stunning Cirque du Soleil visuals the way I was with Dralion and every single other Cirque du Soliel show I've ever seen; I sat shaking my head and trying to actually see the performances through the murky darkness searching desperately for the 'stunning visuals'. I actually tried taking the 3-D glasses off to see if maybe they were dirty. Truthfully, the darn trailer was more 'there' than the actual film.
I expected to have an immersive experience similar to the one I had when I saw Avatar (9 times). Didn't happen. Not even close. I expected to be brought to tears the way I was when I saw my first Cirque show (Nouvelle Experience). Didn't happen.
I knew something was amiss when the film opened with the lead dancer telling us what the storyline of the film was going to be. Really? You have to tell us what happens before it happens? The trailer already set that up..so what's with this little exposition? Well, fellow viewers, if she didn't tell you what was going on you might not have figured it out.
Worlds Away is a huge trailer for Cirque du Soliel shows with a 'story' thrown in to sew the different shows together. And, you know what, that would have been okay except the pieces that were showcased were mindnumbingly repetitive and so boring, so very boring that I started looking at my watch wondering when the mishmash would be over.
I am so disappointed. I parted with several hard-earned dollars, drove miles out of my way to get to the one theater showing the film, re-arranged my schedule and blew off Jack Reacher to see this. I expected better of James Cameron and Cirque du Soliel. Now I have to watch my DVDs of Dralion and Avatar to get the taste of this drivel out of my mind.
I am a huge fan of Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron. Huge fan.
This movie, which has been on my 'must see' list since I saw the trailer, was not up to the standards of either. I sat in the theater (the Malco Grandview in Madison, MS) trying to figure out what went wrong.
Instead of being enthralled and swept up in the stunning Cirque du Soleil visuals the way I was with Dralion and every single other Cirque du Soliel show I've ever seen; I sat shaking my head and trying to actually see the performances through the murky darkness searching desperately for the 'stunning visuals'. I actually tried taking the 3-D glasses off to see if maybe they were dirty. Truthfully, the darn trailer was more 'there' than the actual film.
I expected to have an immersive experience similar to the one I had when I saw Avatar (9 times). Didn't happen. Not even close. I expected to be brought to tears the way I was when I saw my first Cirque show (Nouvelle Experience). Didn't happen.
I knew something was amiss when the film opened with the lead dancer telling us what the storyline of the film was going to be. Really? You have to tell us what happens before it happens? The trailer already set that up..so what's with this little exposition? Well, fellow viewers, if she didn't tell you what was going on you might not have figured it out.
Worlds Away is a huge trailer for Cirque du Soliel shows with a 'story' thrown in to sew the different shows together. And, you know what, that would have been okay except the pieces that were showcased were mindnumbingly repetitive and so boring, so very boring that I started looking at my watch wondering when the mishmash would be over.
I am so disappointed. I parted with several hard-earned dollars, drove miles out of my way to get to the one theater showing the film, re-arranged my schedule and blew off Jack Reacher to see this. I expected better of James Cameron and Cirque du Soliel. Now I have to watch my DVDs of Dralion and Avatar to get the taste of this drivel out of my mind.