Avatar: The Way of the water (Dec 2022)
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I watched the original in 3D and for me it was the first time I'd seen 3D done correctly. I mean there were the odd elements of the effect coming out of the screen but for the most part the world looked like it had proper depth, that you could actually get up out of your seat and go walk in the scene.
I enjoyed the first one, probably more because it was a visual masterpiece. I think I need to convince the mrs we need a double date night to watch them both.
I'd say you've nailed exactly why I enjoyed my initial viewing so much at the cinema, I felt immersed within and as you say, everything felt like you could reach out and touch it.
Only other 3D experience that was as good was Dredd but that was also due to an excellent soundtrack and the slo-mo drug effects. I haven't seen anything that matched it and i've seen most 3D offerings of note at the cinema.
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James Cameron himself is worried that it will not have the same impact and success as the first. So he is under pressure and was taking apart the first movie to identify and use the same traits to the sequel.
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Tbh the only other 3D films I've seen were in the horror genre & well they just ruined the effect by just throwing things at the audience.
Your not alone. I have a special hatred of Avatar, I appreciate subjectiveness but I think, how much the first one is liked makes me hate it even more. Its terrible.
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The first one is classic blockbuster-by-the-numbers material, albeit prettier than just about everything ever and a technical marvel. I will give James Cameron my money even if I know I’ll likely only ever watch it the once on a huge screen (as it should be seen… if you’re going to see it) and end up poking holes on internet forums about it afterwards.
Same here, the first "modern" 3D film I saw was the CG film Beowulf which, being CG, was easy to make 3D but it used it poorly, doing the old "spear coming out the screen" thing as it's lone gimmick. Avatar I only went to see purely based on the reviews of it being "3D done correctly" and I was absolutely blow away by it, not the film, story, acting etc, just the Depth/Immersion that well done 3D gave the film.
However that was 13 years ago and the 3D craze has now died out again and I don't see this bringing it back. In fact I think it's missed the boat and this, whilst it'll do well due to nostalgia factor, I'm not sure it'll be another billion dollar film, but I'm often wrong so who knows
well i thought the director cut version they released few months after the original avatar was much better had the new intro, fill in some the gaps like it show you graces school which the original didn't. version that came after that one was the family friendly version to remove the strong language and tone down some of the scenes.
This. I saw it in imax 3d and up until then i hadnt been impressed by 3d movies. This blew me away. The scene with the tree with them all chanting and moving around it felt as though there was depth and you were in the middle of them all and could touch them.
Its probably the reason both myself and my partner have such a high rating for the first movie despite the storyline being a rehash.
I went to see the original again on the recent re-release, in 3D, and as good as the visuals still were you could tell it was showing signs of it's age. Especially when they showed some sequences of the new film before and after, omg it was just absolutely stunning.
Got my tickets booked for the Showcase X-Plus screen in Nottingham, which I actually prefer to the Nottingham Imax, as it's very small for an Imax tbf.
Got my tickets booked for the Showcase X-Plus screen in Nottingham, which I actually prefer to the Nottingham Imax, as it's very small for an Imax tbf.
Havent they shot this one and the next one .. possibly the one after too back to back? so its succesor might not be to far away in the future either?
Thought I'd be the first to mention how close this release is here ... I need to get out of bed earlier in the morning! Heh
But its got to look and sound stunning ... right? and worth the watch for that alone, OK last one was like Dances with Wolfes in Space plot wise ... nobodys denying that ... but I'm intruiged and can switch my brain off at suitable times for the bigger show experience.
Interesting too its out in 3D even at my local small cinema, they provide the glasses like last time I hope?
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And then of course it will eventually get a Blu ray release, but its hard to find 3D TV's now, still have my old 3D 60" Plasma, so wonder if these new Avatar 3D films will filter down to physical 3D disk media in time? I love to collect physical media disc movies too, have hundreds of them
Someones mentioned 3D can be iffy, and I agree, but at times its stunning, not just for the shock factor throwing stuff at you kinda thing, even some tacked on old movies like Titanic can give subtle 3D moments without you even realising you were watching an in the face ... overly 3D shock flick.
Thought I'd be the first to mention how close this release is here ... I need to get out of bed earlier in the morning! Heh
But its got to look and sound stunning ... right? and worth the watch for that alone, OK last one was like Dances with Wolfes in Space plot wise ... nobodys denying that ... but I'm intruiged and can switch my brain off at suitable times for the bigger show experience.
Interesting too its out in 3D even at my local small cinema, they provide the glasses like last time I hope?
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And then of course it will eventually get a Blu ray release, but its hard to find 3D TV's now, still have my old 3D 60" Plasma, so wonder if these new Avatar 3D films will filter down to physical 3D disk media in time? I love to collect physical media disc movies too, have hundreds of them
Someones mentioned 3D can be iffy, and I agree, but at times its stunning, not just for the shock factor throwing stuff at you kinda thing, even some tacked on old movies like Titanic can give subtle 3D moments without you even realising you were watching an in the face ... overly 3D shock flick.
It does but they haven't said if that's purely for Avatar 2 or in general as they've filmed the other films back to back.
Or all the Avatars? Take what you read with a pinch of salt, nobody knows for sure or nobody would commit to making expensive films again and Cameron sure feels confident about this series.
I wish he would get round to a 4K release disc of The Abyss though, he promised it years ago.
I wish he would get round to a 4K release disc of The Abyss though, he promised it years ago.