A New Way, Captain America in 4D

Yesterday was yoga day which has been one of the ways I have been trying to work on my IT band as it incorporates both stretching and strengthening of the hip/ass muscles that are involved. However yesterday was the first time I figured out a way to also use yoga to hurt myself. I’m not quite sure what movement did it but I walked out of class with some bad pain in my lower back that steadily worsened during the afternoon.

I was going to the movies last night. When I got home to shower and change it was an absolute shit show. Removing and putting on socks was on the verge of mission impossible status. I popped three Advil and headed to the movies anyway.

I picked a really bad time to attend my first ever movie in 4DX. It is basically like watching a movie while sitting in one of those theme park simulator rides. Not only do the seats move, very violently at times, there is also water sprayed on you, air blown on you and other sensory triggers. The activity is supposed to mimic the action on the screen I guess. The film is also displayed in 3D so glasses are required. It took very little time until I found the experience annoying.

To be fair the fact that my back already hurt going in did not help but generally speaking I did not feel like getting thrown around did anything to add to my enjoyment of the movie. If anything it detracted from it. I found myself almost waiting for action sequences to end so the endless rocking and shaking of the seats would calm down. I mean it’s good that I experienced 4DX so that I now know I have no need to do so ever again I guess.

The movie itself was weird. As I saw in reviews it was as much a movie that continued the story line of the last Incredible Hulk movie as much as it being about Captain America. When Marvel decided to hand the Captain America role over to Falcon I was not a big fan. I still am not one. Despite never being injected with super soldier serum he seems at times to have similar attributes which just doesn’t make sense. They may as well give him the shot. I’d give the movie a B overall which is pretty low on my Marvel scale. I could have watched it at home and been just as happy while not being shaken like a bad martini.