CyberWorld
CyberWorld is a 2000 American 3D[3] animated anthology film shown in IMAX and IMAX 3D, presented by Intel. Several segments originally filmed in 2-D were converted to 3-D format. The film was cited as the first 3D animated film presented in IMAX, as presented on its website.
For the "Cyberworld 2020" episode, see Understanding (TV series).CyberWorld
- Colin Davies
- Elaine Despins
- Charlie Rubin
- Steve Hoban
- Jimmy Savile
- Hugh Murray
- Hugh Murray
- Todd Alcott
- Additional story work:
- Mark Smith
- Steve Hoban
- Hugh Murray
- Jenna Elfman
- Matt Frewer
- Robert Smith
- Dave Foley
- Intel
- EyeTide Media
- ZeoCast
- IMAX Sandde Animation
- Spin Entertainment
- Consolidated Film Industries
- Pacific Data Images (Antz and Homer³ segment)
IMAX (Worldwide)
DreamWorks Pictures (North America)
20th Century Fox (International)
- October 6, 2000
44 minutes[1]
United States
English
$16.7 million[2]
Release[edit]
CyberWorld premiered at the Universal Citywalk IMAX Theater on October 1, 2000. It is the first IMAX film to have a PG rating (some language from the Antz and Simpsons segments).
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 55% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 6.18/10.[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53/100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]
Roger Ebert, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, praised the film for accurately presenting what 3D technology is capable of. He particularly singled out the size of the IMAX screens the film was projected on. He went on to write, "(The film) takes advantage of the squarish six-story screen to envelop us in the images; the edges of the frame don't have the same kind of distracting cutoff power they possess in the smaller rectangles of conventional theaters."[6]
Contrarily, Paul Tatara of CNN.com was displeased with the film's over-reliance on 3D effects, continuing on to say, "Unfortunately, you can't escape the sensation that you might end up wearing the contents of your stomach while you watch it."[7]