Imax Entertainment Complex

This place is so much more than a movie theater. We ended up going to their sister theater to see the movies that we were looking for, but this place is worth stopping at even if you’re not interested in seeing a movie. There are many shopping vendors inside and some really unique ones. We enjoyed the clock shop and the woodworker towards the back on the right. Lots to look at and see. Lots going on and this is the off season here. The theater employees were very helpful even though they had to send us to the other theater to see what we were looking to see.
Also, this is not just a movie theater either, there are live shows here as well.

watched Star Wars over Christmas break. i love going to this iMAX. it is different from other IMAX theaters i have been. comfortable seats, great concessions, we really enjoy. wish they would put more than one popular movie out and alternate times. we would really enjoy going to more than one showing if they did.

The IMAX is a joke! Showing a wide screen movie on a floor to ceiling screen with half of the screen black is NOT IMAX! IMAX is interactive! The seats move, there’s surround sound, if they get sprayed in the movie with water, the audience does, too. You can feel the movie!
Save the extra $ 3.50 and watch it regular.

Decided to go out to watch Terminator. Thought we would get a nice IMAX experience. Turned out this was just a regular movie projected on half the IMAX screen. They even add it a point to state that their screen was 20 times larger than a typical screen. Nice young man came and told us where the exits were and how great their screen was over a microphone before the movie started. Sound was very poor and the picture was projected 6 feet too far to the left with 6 feet of blank screen on the right. I’d say only half the screen was used making it an average theater experience. I will not be visiting this so called IMAX again. Concessions were average.

The Opry theater is inside this complex and they do tribute shows to late country singers. The Marty Robbins tribute show, sung by Leroy New with a few songs sung by Ray McKuen was really entertaining. Leroy New is an outstanding guitarist. The base guitarist, Ray, was excellent and he has a great voice too. The pianist could have given Liberace a run for his money. Don’t miss this show and here’s a tip– if you buy tickets for one of the Opry shows, you will get discounts on the other shows by showing your ticket stubs. Buy your tickets at the box office rather than from a vendor for these discounts.

I was unable to catch any of the live shows (but intend to on my next visit to Branson), however, I did see the «Rocky Mountain Express» and «Grand Canyon» IMAX films. Both were beautifully shot, educational, and entertaining — my first experience in an IMAX. I came back the next day and caught «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty» on a «regular» size screen — just fine for me!
I did eat at McFarlane’s before Mitty. The waitress was helpful in making suggestions, but I went with the Chicken Pot Pie. It arrived quickly and was good; not «yummy» with every bite, but good enough. I’ll probably order something else on my next trip.
p. s. The second IMAX movie was $ 5 off with their «bounce back» offer.

Great Little complex with lots to see and do. Cute little shops, ice cream parlor, coffee shop, movie theatre with IMAX and even a Little Opry Theatre which seats about 200, only 5 rows from stage. My favorite part was seeing the Johnny Cash Tribute at the Little Opry Theatre (I do hear that the John Denver is even better) and my worst part was that the restaurant inside called McFarlan’s stops serving breakfast at 11 a.m.

Ticket prices were good, screen and sound quality were perfect, and the popcorn was delicious. We were visiting the area and had to find something to do since good old Mother Nature decided to rain out our outdoor plans. We are glad we came here to see a movie — it turned the day around and made us forget the lousy weather!

Okay, I love the big screen for the IMAX experience but there are some issues: 1) this is the biggest issue — in order to get as many seats as possible in the theater, there is no walking room once people are seated. Several people got up during the movie and several stumbled over people and one person fell completely into another persons lap. With the steep pitch for each row, it seems dangerous. Seating was nice when installed but a little dated. 2) The popcorn was bad. I don’t know where you guys have popcorn from but I love going to movie theaters and this is some of the worst popcorn I have ever tasted at a movie theater. I had a large tub for my family (we normally eat it all and get another tub filled) but it wasn’t even half empty when I threw it away after the movie was done.
I love the big screen but otherwise I would have rather had a more comfortable experience.

We went there and saw the John Denver live tribute show and the Johnny Cash live tribute show. They were both good shows, but the John Denver show was definitely better. The musicians for the John Denver show were amazingly talented.
Theatre was very comfortable and cosy. Would love to go see another show at this little theatre.

Clean theatre, comfortable seats. We saw the Avengers on IMAX while on vacation. No complaints.

It’s just an IMAX but I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the facility

We went to Smoke on the Mountain a musical about a family group playing a small country church in 1938 at the Little Opry Theater in the IMAX complex — It was funny and the songs were older hymns and you could sing along if you wanted.

Awesome!
It’s amazing how spoiled I got in Branson when it came to things like the IMAX… we had it great there.
Good prices, REAL popped corn (not the half-​assed air-​popped sh! t we get in LA), comfy seats, and free parking.
People from MO, please take advantage of such a good thing!

EDIT: I’m editing my review of this theatre and lowering the rating from five to three because I went to see The Dark Knight at midnight on opening night there and had an aggravating time. We got there a couple of hours early and got in line (on the left side). There were about thirty or so people already ahead of us. During the time between us getting there and them letting us in I would guess that at least twenty or thirty additional people showed up and cut in line.
In fact, the group at the very front of the line let a good five to ten people in! I was furious. I even started stopping people from getting in front of me and complained to them as well as tried to complain to a worker (who was busy and even walked away from me mid-​conversation!). After the movie, I complained to a manager. I forgot about this but right now I am going to email the theatre and see if they can fix this cut-​in-​line problem for future premieres.
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Original review:
Until you’ve seen a film at Imax you haven’t truly experienced film! The surround sound, sheer size (several stories tall!) of the screen and overall experience at an Imax is unrivaled. Their 70 mm film projectors pump out the most wondrous and beautiful images you’ll ever see on the big screen. In fact, Imax redefines «big screen» and you’ll see what I mean when you see it.
This particular Imax has several regular theatres that show the typical Hollywood films that play elsewhere. In addition to this, they have their premier Imax theatre that consists of only one screen and I mentioned it entirely in the paragraph above. In this amazing, solitary theatre they play mostly Imax-​produced nature and science documentaries that are truly astounding in their visual and audio quality. Occasionally they’ll also play the latest Hollywood blockbuster adapted for the immense Imax screen (normal projectors use 35 mm film whereas the Imax uses a higher resolution 70mm) and I highly recommend watching them (watching the Lord Of The Rings films at Imax was a revelatory experience!).
Also in this complex is at least one restaurant and several shops. I haven’t eaten there nor have I shopped so I can’t really comment on their quality but it appears to be a neat place to go while you’re in Branson. I can definitely attest to the Imax experience and have personally been to three Imax theatres across the country and none have disappointed.