James Cameron's 'Avatar' - The next gen of cinema
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I was between them.
LOL! Very understanding and liberal of you!
Saw this on Sunday, loved most of it although it was rather predictable, sometimes you just need an easy to watch film!
2 Questions though.
1. When I get to the cinema the only seats available were at the front, does this affect the 3D experience at all?
2. When it comes to Blue-Ray, can it still be watched in 3D, or does it need the digital projectors?
2 Questions though.
1. When I get to the cinema the only seats available were at the front, does this affect the 3D experience at all?
2. When it comes to Blue-Ray, can it still be watched in 3D, or does it need the digital projectors?
You'll need a 3D ready TV or projector of course but I don't know much about them.
The first gen 3D TV's are due out the 1st half of this year I believe.
saw it on sunday at the odeon in epsom in 3d i tried booking tickets for the imax in london but unfortunately they are fully booked for the next couple of weeks!!
But i thought the visuals were truly spectacular by far the best i've ever seen and very believable. the scenery of where they lived looked amazing made me want to go there
The story was rather predictable and easy to watch but i guess thats what makes big sales! After about 5 minutes though i totally forgot that it was in 3D felt totally normal.
I cant wait for the future for when this will be available for the likes of us at home..
But i thought the visuals were truly spectacular by far the best i've ever seen and very believable. the scenery of where they lived looked amazing made me want to go there
The story was rather predictable and easy to watch but i guess thats what makes big sales! After about 5 minutes though i totally forgot that it was in 3D felt totally normal.
I cant wait for the future for when this will be available for the likes of us at home..
Well I'm the guy who created this Avatar thread over 5 months ago and after a 5 week booking wait for BFI London IMAX I saw the film last Friday. So it's about time I gave my opinion! 
Bear in mind I watched it in prime seats on the biggest cinema screen in the country (20m x 26m), in 3D with the IMAX resolution and 11,600-watt digital surround-sound. So the setting added to the experience.
It was possibly the best cinema experience of my life. I was transfixed for most of it, just in awe of what I could see and hear developing in front of me. Visually, I can't think of anything else I've seen that equals the film. In terms of the three dimensional and the CGI. Cameron's achievement in creating an alternate alien world with floating mountains, mile high trees, crazy plant life and animals which somehow still felt so real was one of the most impressive things about the film. Add to that the overall design of the human colony with their weapons and technology etc. in my opinion make Avatar a landmark accomplishment for cinema. It sucked me in from the first frame. I was totally immersed with 3D world I spend 160mins in, and didn't want to leave!
Most criticisms come from the plot being unoriginal and predicatable. I guess that's true but personally didn't detract anything from the film for me at all. There was a strong cast and the story was delivered and paced in such a way it reaches beyond being just a leave-your-brain-at-the-door type *looks at the likes of G.I. Joe* . If i want an high-brow, original, complicated, unpredicable movie there's plenty of ones that do that but they'd not normally come close to the pure amazment and entertainment I got from Avatar.
I'll be aiming to watch again at the cinema, hopefully IMAX if it stops being fully booked for a month in advance
Bear in mind I watched it in prime seats on the biggest cinema screen in the country (20m x 26m), in 3D with the IMAX resolution and 11,600-watt digital surround-sound. So the setting added to the experience.
It was possibly the best cinema experience of my life. I was transfixed for most of it, just in awe of what I could see and hear developing in front of me. Visually, I can't think of anything else I've seen that equals the film. In terms of the three dimensional and the CGI. Cameron's achievement in creating an alternate alien world with floating mountains, mile high trees, crazy plant life and animals which somehow still felt so real was one of the most impressive things about the film. Add to that the overall design of the human colony with their weapons and technology etc. in my opinion make Avatar a landmark accomplishment for cinema. It sucked me in from the first frame. I was totally immersed with 3D world I spend 160mins in, and didn't want to leave!
Most criticisms come from the plot being unoriginal and predicatable. I guess that's true but personally didn't detract anything from the film for me at all. There was a strong cast and the story was delivered and paced in such a way it reaches beyond being just a leave-your-brain-at-the-door type *looks at the likes of G.I. Joe* . If i want an high-brow, original, complicated, unpredicable movie there's plenty of ones that do that but they'd not normally come close to the pure amazment and entertainment I got from Avatar.
I'll be aiming to watch again at the cinema, hopefully IMAX if it stops being fully booked for a month in advance
Similar to my comment - Yes the plot is simple and somewhat predictable, but somehow the film get away with it!
Well I'm the guy who created this Avatar thread over 5 months ago and after a 5 week booking wait for BFI London IMAX I saw the film last Friday. So it's about time I gave my opinion!
Bear in mind I watched it in prime seats on the biggest cinema screen in the country (20m x 26m), in 3D with the IMAX resolution and 11,600-watt digital surround-sound. So the setting added to the experience.
It was possibly the best cinema experience of my life. I was transfixed for most of it, just in awe of what I could see and hear developing in front of me. Visually, I can't think of anything else I've seen that equals the film. In terms of the three dimensional and the CGI. Cameron's achievement in creating an alternate alien world with floating mountains, mile high trees, crazy plant life and animals which somehow still felt so real was one of the most impressive things about the film. Add to that the overall design of the human colony with their weapons and technology etc. in my opinion make Avatar a landmark accomplishment for cinema. It sucked me in from the first frame. I was totally immersed with 3D world I spend 160mins in, and didn't want to leave!
Most criticisms come from the plot being unoriginal and predicatable. I guess that's true but personally didn't detract anything from the film for me at all. There was a strong cast and the story was delivered and paced in such a way it reaches beyond being just a leave-your-brain-at-the-door type *looks at the likes of G.I. Joe* . If i want an high-brow, original, complicated, unpredicable movie there's plenty of ones that do that but they'd not normally come close to the pure amazment and entertainment I got from Avatar.
I'll be aiming to watch again at the cinema, hopefully IMAX if it stops being fully booked for a month in advance
Lovely sight at night
, took me a while to work out how you get into the bloody thing though.
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Glad you liked it, but he just pulled the 'Aliens' human technology look/feel so it had been seen before.
The story to me felt almost identical the whole American Indian and first settler history lesson.
As a cinema experience yeah it was canny. But to be honest had it not been for the 3D it wouldn't have been owt special and when it hits Blu-Ray I think people will see it for what it is, a cinematography tech demo. The story was bad, and that's what should draw you in not the the visual effects.
One other thing that I thought was pants was the aliens having African accents
Glad you liked it, but he just pulled the 'Aliens' human technology look/feel so it had been seen before.
The story to me felt almost identical the whole American Indian and first settler history lesson.
As a cinema experience yeah it was canny. But to be honest had it not been for the 3D it wouldn't have been owt special and when it hits Blu-Ray I think people will see it for what it is, a cinematography tech demo. The story was bad, and that's what should draw you in not the the visual effects.
One other thing that I thought was pants was the aliens having African accents
Don't quite agree because the story is simple it = bad? I also don't believe the story is quite as simple as people suggest, if only because it's told (on the screen) extremely well, which makes it look easier (simpler) that it is.
Anyway, I certainly didn't see it as a tech demo, but one of the most enjoyable and refreshing cinema visits I've had in a long time - simple story or not
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Don't quite agree because the story is simple it = bad? I also don't believe the story is quite as simple as people suggest, if only because it's told (on the screen) extremely well, which makes it look easier (simpler) that it is.
Anyway, I certainly didn't see it as a tech demo, but one of the most enjoyable and refreshing cinema visits I've had in a long time - simple story or not
I didn't actually say it was simple.
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the sections of the film in 3d with the luminous greens and pinks and bright whites. colours were amazing and so vibrant i couldnt stop smiling just watching those scenes. amazing effects