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Avatar... doesn't suck.
15 years ago
Copying and pasting from my Facebook entry.
TLDR: You guys were kinda right. The movie didn't suck, but IMAX didn't enhance it all that much for me. Save the flying seeds and HUD's (when present). Not a movie I'd sit through in the theaters again, but it's not Avatar's fault: my attention span for movies that long is nearly non-existent.
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Prolly not gonna be too long a post, since if you wanna know more about the movie, you can just go and read the Wikipedia entry. Just putting this in a note since it's already past the 160-character limit, and I need space to stretch.
That being said, I finally did go and see that damned movie, and I'll be honest: it was good. I went in with preconceptions that the story was just gonna be recycled from one or more sources, and all it'd have to show for itself are the flashy graphics everyone screams about.
I'll say this: the graphics were superb.
But they weren't in any way, shape, or form, enhanced by the "IMAX 3D" experience. Truth be told there, I saw more 3D in the trailers for Alice in Wonderland and How to Train Your Dragon. The Cheshire Cat's head was actually creepily 3D.
Mere inches in front of my face creepily 3D.
But yeah, as far as the movie itself is concerned, I immediately forgot about any similarities to any stories that this may have had out the window (though upon further thought, it is very Pocahontas-esque), as I was swept up in the movie. The 3D effect suffered (to me) what can be likened to the same problem that this item suffers:
http://www.xump.com/Science/MagicIl.....sionSaucer.cfm
If you didn't click the link, 's to one of those saucer-type deals that comes with a small rubber pig figurine. Viewed from a certain angle, it appears that the pig is floating on the top of the saucer on a mirrored surface. You can even shine a light on it. Change your angle enough, though, and the pig instantly becomes 2D as it approaches the edges of the rim of the saucer.
And that's what happened in Avatar: as stuff came nearer to the edge of the screen, the illusion was shattered. They instantly became 2D on the screen once more.
And that happened a lot.
Except to the flying seed dealies.
And anywhere that there were need computer HUDs being displayed.
Anyway.
Visuals were great, the fact that Cameron made an actual language specifically for the movie was a bonus, and the bestiary... wow. The flying lizards made me all hawt and bothered.
That being said, the movie was good, and I'll buy it when it hits DVD or whatever, but only if I've got a 120hz TV at that time, as that's what you need to enjoy the graphics of the film's namesake game.
As I said in a previous post: if you haven't seen it in 3D, don't stress it. You're not gonna notice too much of a difference. If you're gonna see it, see the matinee and save yourself some bucks.
Well whaddaya know, it was rather lengthy.
TLDR: You guys were kinda right. The movie didn't suck, but IMAX didn't enhance it all that much for me. Save the flying seeds and HUD's (when present). Not a movie I'd sit through in the theaters again, but it's not Avatar's fault: my attention span for movies that long is nearly non-existent.
* * * *
Prolly not gonna be too long a post, since if you wanna know more about the movie, you can just go and read the Wikipedia entry. Just putting this in a note since it's already past the 160-character limit, and I need space to stretch.
That being said, I finally did go and see that damned movie, and I'll be honest: it was good. I went in with preconceptions that the story was just gonna be recycled from one or more sources, and all it'd have to show for itself are the flashy graphics everyone screams about.
I'll say this: the graphics were superb.
But they weren't in any way, shape, or form, enhanced by the "IMAX 3D" experience. Truth be told there, I saw more 3D in the trailers for Alice in Wonderland and How to Train Your Dragon. The Cheshire Cat's head was actually creepily 3D.
Mere inches in front of my face creepily 3D.
But yeah, as far as the movie itself is concerned, I immediately forgot about any similarities to any stories that this may have had out the window (though upon further thought, it is very Pocahontas-esque), as I was swept up in the movie. The 3D effect suffered (to me) what can be likened to the same problem that this item suffers:
http://www.xump.com/Science/MagicIl.....sionSaucer.cfm
If you didn't click the link, 's to one of those saucer-type deals that comes with a small rubber pig figurine. Viewed from a certain angle, it appears that the pig is floating on the top of the saucer on a mirrored surface. You can even shine a light on it. Change your angle enough, though, and the pig instantly becomes 2D as it approaches the edges of the rim of the saucer.
And that's what happened in Avatar: as stuff came nearer to the edge of the screen, the illusion was shattered. They instantly became 2D on the screen once more.
And that happened a lot.
Except to the flying seed dealies.
And anywhere that there were need computer HUDs being displayed.
Anyway.
Visuals were great, the fact that Cameron made an actual language specifically for the movie was a bonus, and the bestiary... wow. The flying lizards made me all hawt and bothered.
That being said, the movie was good, and I'll buy it when it hits DVD or whatever, but only if I've got a 120hz TV at that time, as that's what you need to enjoy the graphics of the film's namesake game.
As I said in a previous post: if you haven't seen it in 3D, don't stress it. You're not gonna notice too much of a difference. If you're gonna see it, see the matinee and save yourself some bucks.
Well whaddaya know, it was rather lengthy.
Anyway, glad you decided to put your preconceptions aside and go see it. The visuals really are something else aren't they? Like the forest at night. I knew you wouldn't be disappointed.
Real life looks way too bland by comparison.
Glad ya saw it and enjoyed it! :D
Honestly, I'll appreciate it the same when it comes to DVD/BD as I did in the theater. Maybe even more so due to the fact that I can get misty-eyed in the confines of my own home.