this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2025
17 points (94.7% liked)
movies
2456 readers
254 users here now
A community about movies and cinema.
Related communities:
- !television@piefed.social
- !homevideo@feddit.uk
- !mediareviews@lemmy.world
- !casualconversation@piefed.social
Rules
- Be civil
- No discrimination or prejudice of any kind
- Do not spam
- Stay on topic
- These rules will evolve as this community grows
No posts or comments will be removed without an explanation from mods.
founded 10 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
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