Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (32 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (1,681 ratings)

Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on the surface of the moon -- are paid homage in this documentary. Using newsreel footage, rare NASA photographs, and digitally animated re-creations, Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon examines… More

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G, 40 min.
Directed By
Mark Cowen
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Documentary
In Theaters
Sep 23, 2005 Limited
On DVD
Nov 6, 2007
Imax Corporation

Critic Reviews

  • Joe Leydon, Variety

    Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon is an earnest but insubstantial Imax 3-D spectacle that, even at 40 minutes, seems unduly padded.

  • Anita Gates, New York Times

    The illusion is impressive but incomplete, and therefore mildly disappointing. But I cannot deny having felt a little nervous when 'we' were standing too close to the edge at the Grand Canyon-like Hadley Rille. So clearly I am a liar.

  • David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer

    One of the astronauts describes his excitement during the lunar mission as 'like a kid playing in a sandbox.' Unfortunately, that could also sum up the film's visual content.

  • Kyle Smith, New York Post

    Adults will be more than passably entertained by this short, patriotic feature, and kids will be entranced.

  • Jami Bernard, New York Daily News

    Playful, inspirational.

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  • Mark K


    Caught this on a recent trip to the Kennedy Space Center, so there's nothing like being there to enhance your experience! This IMAX documentary is one of a series of excellent films made about one of humankind's great adventures: The moon missions. It takes you from the… More

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