I tried the “Dbox” experience where the seat moves in a normal movie theater.
It was annoying as fuck and not immersive, in fact I turned off the feature for the last half of the movie.
I also have tried the full 4d like you describe with water, wind, movement etc. It was more like a ride with a short 15 or 20 minute movie. It had way more seat movement, which helped make it more enjoyable, but a full length movie like that would be exhausting.
I did 4dx for Paddington 3, it was a hit with kids, less so with the adults. There is a river scene and the water effect was used to great surprise. You could turn individual effects off.
As an adult I would not want these effects during a ‘proper’ film, they are a novelty only I’d say.
I haven’t been to one yet, but I’ve heard about 4DX movies basically being entire experiences with water, moving seats, and other crazy effects.
I’d expect movies to kind of become mini theme parks in the future.
Edit: I did find this post on Instagram showing off how it works
I tried the “Dbox” experience where the seat moves in a normal movie theater.
It was annoying as fuck and not immersive, in fact I turned off the feature for the last half of the movie.
I also have tried the full 4d like you describe with water, wind, movement etc. It was more like a ride with a short 15 or 20 minute movie. It had way more seat movement, which helped make it more enjoyable, but a full length movie like that would be exhausting.
I did 4dx for Paddington 3, it was a hit with kids, less so with the adults. There is a river scene and the water effect was used to great surprise. You could turn individual effects off.
As an adult I would not want these effects during a ‘proper’ film, they are a novelty only I’d say.
4dx for Spiderman films has been awesome every time