Carolina A. Miranda: The Las Vegas Sphere interior's first film is both mind-blowing and Disneyfied

LAS VEGAS — We were somewhere above the Earth, on the edge of the exosphere, when the gummies began to take hold. Or maybe it was the Mai Tais, acquired during an extended happy hour at the Golden Tiki, the sort of joint where the bathrooms have naughty wallpaper and you can pose for photos on a giant plastic clam shell. I remember feeling lightheaded as we plunged through clouds, soared over mountains and then sunk to the depths of the ocean, where I saw huge jellyfish swooping and diving around us. A voice shouted, "Oh, my God! Oh, wow!" The world trembled and shook. Or perhaps that was just my seat.

Director Darren Aronofksy's dreamy film "Postcard From Earth" landed at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Oct. 6, a week after U2 inaugurated the orb-shaped arena with a graphics-saturated concert inspired by their "Achtung Baby" album — and it was an event. About 5,000 people, including Aronofsky, were in attendance for the premiere.