1. Visually as buffed as the athletes it celebrates, but also as airheaded as most of them seem to be.
2. While the finished product is still fun, never dull and the athletes themselves remarkable, inspired and apt, the production could have been improved.
3. Special P.O.V. camera mounts on bikes, skateboards, and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense IMAX screen.
4. Via the IMAX format -- and some blown-up DV -- we get loads of high-adrenaline kicks, as well as some very peculiar philosophy.
5. Rad fun for sports fans and sedentary folks alike.
6. You feel like you're the one moving at 80 mph, not the street lugers.
7. The giant screen format is perfectly suited for the X-Games.
8. Great fun both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex.
9. There's lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN's Ultimate X.
10. Needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion 'grandeur' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism.
What is the consensus?
Taking full advantage of the large IMAX screen, Ultimate X is a thrill ride for extreme sports junkies and novices alike.