Charlotte IMAX Dome Theatre at Discovery Place Science — Local services in Charlotte

TL;DR VR headset movie theatre, while sitting in your fixed high school desk chair without the back-popping capabilities, and being forced to watch __, on your phone, 6 inches in front of you.

Just going to state that this was my first and possibly last IMAX experience. Went to go see The Batman at 2 pm. Arrive 10 minutes early and we are told we must get what snacks we need due to the theatre doors being locked at 2. OK. Go grab snacks and run back. Sadly... there was only bottled water and astronaut ice cream cakes. Odd but OK. Take my 21 bucks for 2 waters and 2 cakes. Rush back and find a seat. Found one but it hurts the neck due to no reclining seats and center focal point being a good bit higher than traditional theatres. Found another up top and it's marginally better.

Halfway through and shooting pains through my legs from having an inch of space and that's with me stretching them into the aisle (I'm 5'11, 175 lbs). I couldn't imagine sitting through a movie while being in the middle of a group, although the image quality would hopefully be better. Having maybe 4k in the center of the screen... it quickly degraded in quality consistently everywhere else.

Don't know if the movie was made for IMAX, but it definitely didn't seem so with edges being cut off. How can a theater show this movie and be pleased with what they are presenting? The whole experience was just abysmal.

Astronaut cake was the best thing. I can't even give a rating on the movie; I couldn't focus due to discomfort. Will watch it again once...

Be very selective of what you decide to watch here. Not all movies are made for the screen. I wanted to spend time with my 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren. I thought IMAX would be a good experience for the kids. JAWS was one of only 3 options available that we decided to see. Bad choice. It's an older movie in an old format and definitely not made for IMAX.

CONS: *distorted images because of screen. *Seating too close to screen *Seats sit straight up which can get uncomfortable when you're trying to look up at a screen. *Limited movie choices *Expensive

Pros: *Good sound quality *Not crowded *No distractions during movie *Clean *Easy parking

I will take partial blame for choosing an older movie. I was under the impression it would have been reformatted for the screen. Discovery Place should only show movies made for an IMAX experience. I spent $250 for a movie that we could have seen for half that at a normal theater and had a better experience.

Regardless, the time spent with my family is priceless, any amount spent would have been worth it.

If you plan to go, put more thought into your movie choice than I did. The experience you get is entirely up to you. Discovery Place seems to put very little effort into it. Most of the Pros are due to a lack of visitors because...

Went to see 'Oppenheimer' there tonight and I regret spending my money there to see that film for the first time. Would recommend going to see it at a normal AMC or Regal Imax theatre. This theatre has no business broadcasting films like this at the venue. The footage was stretched and it just looked awful altogether. I had to turn my head several times to look at disproportionately stretched faces on both sides of the screen. I was sitting about 5 seats in from middle left side.

Screening started at 6pm and they didn't open the doors into the cinema until 15 minutes beforehand. On their website it says doors open 20 minutes beforehand. The show was sold out and there were no previews before the film started. Just a 5 minute introduction explaining why this is the most advanced cinematic experience available. Not a venue to see films at more of a planetarium.

Again, they have no business broadcasting this film at their venue. You will have a far better experience seeing normal films at normal Regal or AMC...