In “The Odyssey,” Odysseus and his men arrive at a beach in search of supplies and encounter a nasty surprise in the form of angry giants, who proceed to kill a group of men.

Like the deadly surprise of the Greeks, a handful of unfortunate moviegoers sail blindly into treacherous waters with fateful consequences. Some people accidentally went to see “The Odyssey” in 4DX, not realizing that the chairs shake and water sprays on them during the almost 3 hour movie.

I realized that people were suffering from this misguided affair when a friend of mine told me what had happened to him. This friend (who requested to remain anonymous due to a desire to hide his recreational drug use as a respectable adult with a job and a family) took a small dose of marijuana gummies and some magic mushrooms and went to see the movie alone, and ended up begging Zeus for mercy.

He bought a ticket to an IMAX screening through the Fandango app, but when it showed up, he realized it was for a totally different theater on the other side of town. The young reviewer took pity on him and let him into a feature starting soon, which turned out to be the 4DX version.

“There’s a lot of shaking the seats, moving them up and down, side to side,” my friend said. “Although the shakes only occur in doses of seconds, you’re probably in for a full seven minutes of seat shaking. It may not seem like much, but is. “It takes a toll on your body.”

Like Odysseus’ journey after the land of the giants, things went from bad to worse. The shaking of the seats caused him to spill the wine he bought at the concession stand (which might offend Dionysus).

In the last decade, 4DX experiences in movie theaters have expanded, requiring special equipment and seating. This month, you can watch “Minions & Monsters” or “Moana” with shaky seats and fog. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” later this month, will also be in 4DX.

Variety sent several of its writers to see the film in 4D and the experience was mixed. “You’re not just immersed in the movie, you’re living in it,” wrote someone who loved it. His colleague, however, became nauseous and left the film early.

My friend’s narcotics-filled trip may have been unique, but he’s not the only person who accidentally watched the movie in 4DX. On social media, I found a handful of accounts of people who made similar mistakes, either because they didn’t know what 4DX meant when they bought tickets or didn’t notice it when purchasing through an app.

Tim Matishek thought he had bought a regular ticket, not an IMAX ticket, when he went alone to see “The Odyssey” at a theater near New York’s Union Square this week.

“I certainly thought the chairs felt off“And I was surprised that they didn’t recline,” Matishek told me. “I don’t mind regular seats, but I thought a Regal had them in most movie theaters.”

It was only when his seat started moving during the trailer for the new “Spider-Man” movie that he fully understood what awaited him. I wasn’t happy.

It seemed like most of the audience was excited, or at least expected it to be. However, he did notice that a man left 15 minutes before the end of the film, during a climactic final fight scene where the chairs shook non-stop.

I asked him if he had ever been to a 4DX movie theater. “I will never, and will never do it again,” he said confidently.