IMAX Niagara FallsIMAX Niagara Falls delivers the excitement! It's not often that a movie makes my heart pound, but the Falls movie, Legends & Daredevils, certainly did. If you've never seen an IMAX film, picture a giant screen six times the size of the normal puny ones we see in most theatres today. The images are so close and feel so real that viewers can actually get dizzy at times (the solution is to close your eyes for a second). One of the best uses of the IMAX film technology is for dramatic natural scenery and you can't get much more dramatic than Niagara's Horseshoe Falls. In 45 minutes, the movie tells the history of the Falls. It starts out with the earliest human habitation of the area and the legend of the Maid of the Mist (not the boat… the story about a young aboriginal woman who went over the falls in a canoe). It continues with the story of French explorers gaping in awe and wonder at their first view of the magnificent water, then it quickly moves on to the wars between the British and the French over the control of the river. Finally we get some comic relief in the form of a 63-year-old school-teacher, eager to escape the burden of teaching, going over the falls in a barrel. We also see the tightrope walker Blondin. The final story is of a family whose boat is caught up in the whirlpool and cast over the edge. I was on the edge of my seat watching this, and my heart was pounding the whole time. Forget Hollywood; there's nothing like true drama. This one's a guaranteed win. For more information IMAX Theatre SAVE MONEY Need help finding coupons for IMAX and other Niagara Falls Attractions? Check out my money-saving tips at Niagara Falls Ontario Coupons. Related stories Niagara Falls Hotel Packages
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