New IMAX Theater Delights Travis Country West Homeowners
December 16, 2011 - 116 views 
Southwest Austin doesn’t want for much these days, as new housing and shopping developments have begun filling the gaps in available conveniences. Now, the area boasts another perk most other parts of Austin don’t have – a towering IMAX screen at the AMC Barton Creek theater. The theater, located just inside Barton Creek Square Mall, is a convenient drive from Travis Country West and can make for a great outing for the entire family.
An advanced screening of Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol made it clear this theater is one of the best places to see action and special effects films – those flicks that won’t cut it on even the best of televisions, the ones you just have to see in the theater. Viewers had the same visceral, edge-of-the-seat sensation that comes with watching a 3D movie, without having to wear the goofy glasses. One can only imagine what a 3D movie on the IMAX screen would be like!
AMC is expanding to offer IMAX screens nationwide to 25 of their theaters in 2011, an amendment to an original agreement to add 104 screens to AMC theaters, and Austin was one of the lucky sites to be added to the amendment. It took only around two weeks for the full conversion to happen, and Contagion: The IMAX Experience was the first film shown on the new screen when it opened on September 9, earlier this year. The new theater is meant to be an entirely different viewing experience, with a 25% larger screen, thunderous digital sound, and crystal clear screen images.
If you’re looking for a fun outing for the family over the holidays, make a quick trip with the older kids to the new IMAX Theater at AMC Barton Creek and check out Tom Cruise’s new action flick, as it’s the perfect way to take in the new screen for the first time. If you’re completely impressed by this new facility and just have to be closer to it, a home in Travis Country West may be exactly what you’re looking for, and Austin REALTOR® Brian Talley is the person to help you find it. — It’s a mission he will happily choose to accept.
