UNT Sky Theater — Attraction in Denton

Beautifica… easily the most uncomfortable I’ve ever felt in a long time. Waste of money and time. I don’t even know where to begin. $80+ for 2 people. I could have went to 2 or 3 movies for that price or splurged on a nice dinner for two.

First off, the theater is tiny. Amazingly tiny. If I were to guess, it is a circle of about 30 feet in diameter. There really is no good seating. Right in the center is terrible. Probably in the back is the best. The chairs all need to be torn up and replaced. They are old and loud and uncomfortable. The armrests are hard, sharped-edged wood. Super difficult to get comfortable in. On top of that, they don’t recline all the way, so you can imagine, you are always trying to readjust in your chair to actually SEE the whole screen, so you get more and more annoyed and uncomfortable. It felt like I was sitting in the very front row of an IMAX theater. Even though we were directly center.

Beautifica- the first words out of my mouth that I said to my wife when it was over was “That was an incredibly terrible waste of time. I apologize you had to sit through that.” The movie was pointless. I can count on literally 1 hand how many times the music and the visuals made sense and corresponded with each other. It could have just as easily played any soundtrack to any song genre and fit just as well. The visuals were completely pointless. It was basically 1 hour of watching a large kaleidoscope with an occasional shape of a sparkly humanoid. If they handed out acid or LSD at the beginning of the show, that would have made more sense. I half expected them to start pumping the theater full of marijuana smoke to help us enjoy the film. There were just random sparkly lights swooshing around (not with the music), and it went from disco music to some alternative stuff, to pan flutes, and then random voices saying things like “peace” “enjoy life” “gratitude” “love yourself”…. They boast of it being composed by this James Hood guy… James, you should be ashamed of yourself. I’m sorry, but this was not art. This was a cash grab and a waste of time.

The only FUN part of the night was that during our 1-hour drive home we made fun of it and were historically mesmerized at how utterly ridiculous this was.

Literally paid close to $100 for VIP seating to watch a 1990’s screen saver for an hour in uncomfortable seating. And the music is useless, I can’t believe this is called an “album”. I’m so glad I wasn’t dumb enough to buy it. It sounded cgi generated. It’s ambient background noise you’d fall asleep to, at best. It truly reminded me of Ross Geller in the tv show FRIENDS when he played the electronic keyboard. Google it… it’s extremely accurate. The music, the random words, the aimlessness of sound… so so accurate to what we just experienced.

The concept is neat, which is why I bought tickets. If it were a space or earth exploration video, maybe it would have been tolerated. But still tiny, unimpressive, and incredibly uncomfortable seating. I’d pay $10 for a ticket if it was a better show. Never would pay a penny...

I hate leaving negative reviews, but I’m hoping this might save a few people some misery. We attended the Mesmerica show this evening, & it was so incredibly loud I almost left the theater. This was touted as a meditative experience, but feeling calm as the creator’s loud voice penetrated deep into my eardrums & soul seemed like a no-go. My solution—Kleenex crammed in audio canals. Provided minor relief while looking totes stupid. Advice: take earplugs or noise canceling headphones. You’ll still be able to hear the music & maybe thank me.

Also, we found the seating uncomfortable & wished we’d brought something akin to an airline pillow. Seats should recline further IMO. Craning necks to see the full experience left us with aches. We were seated directly in the middle. Might have been great at the top but much worse at the bottom.

Side note: hubby didn’t enjoy the Mesmerica music or presentation too much. Said it was like getting a spa massage while watching a computer screensaver…without the massage. ;) I, however, enjoyed most of the explosion of on-screen color.

TAKEAWAY: We are grandparents. Maybe we are too old & crotchety for many things now, so take our humble opinions with a...

This was the worst experience ever! We came for family weekend and we’re not told to purchase tickets ahead of time. It was listed in the parent brochure as included in the weekend activities. My party and I went to the 12 o’clock show but it was full. So we returned at 120 for the 2 o’clock show and waited. At about 2pm the staff came out and stated that ticket holders would be allowed in first. Fine, that’s fair. But then she states that you can still purchase tickets and this allows ppl to skip the line. Fifteen minutes after the start time, they allowed the non ticket holders in which was approximately 15 ppl. The line was out the door and then some. This was beyond frustrating to myself and everyone else who had been turned away. Why list this activity in the parent brochure at all??? There was no mention of needed to sign up early or purchase tickets. The entire weekend was a bust and I wondered what the purpose of paying $300 for my family to attend (plus hotel fees) was for?? This was one of many activities we missed out on and it was the last straw. Never saw the show so I can’t comment on that but I felt like I was being scammed from the time the box...