This 2008 IMAX feature went largely-unnoticed by review sites when it hit shelves at the beginning of December, but it deserves to be mentioned here. Argentina, Morocco, Mexico, British Columbia, and good ol' Texas look absolutely majestic as recorded here. The 70mm sequences in The Dark Knight are about as close as most people have gotten to actually seeing what large-format film can look like in HD. This provides an exceptional opportunity to really show off what your setup can do.

The feature is only 40 minutes long, but that's IMAX for you. The only thing that really bothered the hell out of me was the fact the filmmakers show the extremely controversial Mexican vaquero (cowboy) sport of horse-tripping and leave it at that. Roping is one thing, but this stuff is just brutal. No one needs to train that "skill" anymore. Traditions are meant to become things of the past.

The score by Austinite Brian Satterwhite (who I've managed to not meet at about a million local events) is lush, not at all what I'm used to on IMAX features (or modern westerns for the most part). Also on the disc is an episode of the American Quarter Horse Association program America's Horse. As I'm also not used to on IMAX Blu-rays/DVDs, it's actually worth watching. "Horse people" with Blu-ray setups would do well to grab a copy. Otherwise, it's more than worthy of recommending for a Netflixing or rental.