Day 276 : 4D

Diner Menu:

• Coquelet aux groseilles
• Pommes de terres et carottes au four
• Salade laitue, concombre et tomate
• Fromages
• Yaourt de brebis et pomme émincée

This afternoon Fianna and Eliot went to see Aquaman in 4DX.  Needless to say I did not go.  My understanding is that 4DX is a technique which in addition to 3D adds physical effects to the experience (the chair moves, there is wind, splashes of water etc...).  As Louis points out it's more akin to a roller coaster than to a film experience.  Except that 4DX (like 3D) is sold as a movie which in my view is false advertising.  I have not gone to a 4DX film but I have been to 3D movies and they have usually had disappointingly thin plots. 3D movies tend to focus on the technical effects rather than the story.  The best films are the one which appeal to your emotions and/or your intellect which is never done through special effects.  My ten favourite films (in random order):

• Casablanca
• Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf
• Pulp Fiction
• 12 angry Men
• Once upon a time in the west
• Fargo
• L'homme de rio
• Lost in translation
• Vertigo
• A bout de souffle

Bonus: La dolce vita

Not one special effect in any of them.