First IMAX Theater Opens In Costa Rica – 3-D Viewing

For the first time Costa Rica will be able to see 3D movies

For the first time Costa Ricans will be able to see 3-D movies

IMAX (short for Image MAXimum) is a motion picture film format and projection standard created by Canada’s IMAX Corporation whose technology is geared to the 3D. So there is lot of excitement about the new IMAX theater going in Escazú, and no one is more excited than Repretel, the theater operator. Repretel runs  several Costa Rica television stations, and viewers have been hammered with lengthy news stories about the new theater. In fact a bit of overkill when Channel 11 and Channel 6 ran lengthy segments including discussions about the how good is the popcorn going to be. Some were a bit embarrassed about the over hype of the theater.

It is the sixth IMAX in Latin America but the first in Costa Rica. México has two, Guatemala has one and Colombia has two.

Already expats and Costa Ricans are anxiously waiting in seeing the movie “Avatar,” a science fiction fantasy in 3D.  Read more... (412 words, 2 images, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

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