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Avatar - The Movie
ark_ader:
Saw it today, and like Saint said about using the glasses with existing glasses is very true - 30 mins into the film and the bridge of my nose was complaining. I totally agree with the Dances with Wolves similarities. The Navi were big blue American Indians in my book.
They could have shortened it a bit.
I enjoyed it, even though it cost nearly 7 pounds (sterling) to see it even with my student discount. :cheers:
protokatie:
Tigger STILL missed the point... *sighs*
As per anyone trying to look at an LCD watch using polarizing 3D glasses, it doesnt matter what kind of lighting it is, one of the filters will block it (unless you tild your head 45 degrees, then each filter will only block part of it). When I was a kid I had an LCD pocket calculator that had a removable front polarizing filter (after you took the calc apart) that I would flip over and reinstall. Kinda cool to see the digits as white on a black background.
Blanka:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on January 06, 2010, 06:30:52 pm ---I enjoyed it, even though it cost nearly 7 pounds (sterling) to see it even with my student discount. :cheers:
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That's better than 12 euros. :D
ammitz:
--- Quote from: Blanka on January 07, 2010, 05:10:43 am ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on January 06, 2010, 06:30:52 pm ---I enjoyed it, even though it cost nearly 7 pounds (sterling) to see it even with my student discount. :cheers:
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That's better than 12 euros. :D
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Or 105 danish kroner -> 14 euros
shmokes:
I saw it a week or so ago while visiting family. 3D Imax. It sucked for the most part.
The CGI is amazing. I didn't even notice it for the most part. The film may just as well have been filmed on sets, or on the planet Pandora. The 3D was totally underwhelming. I've seen three or four 3D movies over the last couple years and I was expecting this to be some kind of revolution. It was just 3D effects, and the 3D effects in Coraline were WAY better. In Coraline things were extending way out of the screen over the audience. And it wasn't just gimmicky. It really added to the experience. So while the CGI was great, I just don't care. I've seen great CGI a billion times already. Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, 300 . . .
The plot, characters, dialog, etc. range from formulaic to idiotic, trending more often toward idiotic. And the bad guy at the end who climbs in a mech and jumps out of the air ship that's falling out of the sky. OMG. Did a 10-year-old write this movie? I used to think that if I was in a plane or an elevator that was falling I'd just jump out a few feet before I hit the ground so that I would only fall a few feet and I'd be fine. I was maybe 8 at the time. I could go on and on and on and on about one stupid thing after another, one stupid character after another, one stupid cliche after another, one stupid nonsensical plotpoint after another.
For anyone who hasn't seen it, let me give you an idea of just how utterly ham fisted James Cameron is anymore when it comes to telling a story. The extremely rare and valuable rock that the evil humans want to mine on the alien planet is called . . . wait for it . . . . wait . . . . for . . . it . . . . . . . . unobtanium. I'm not joking.
FWIW, I am not one of those people who hate on any movie requiring a suspension of disbelief or any move that can't be characterized as "arthouse". I loved the first two X-men movies, the first two Spiderman movies, the first two Terminator movies (James Cameron was once capable of making great film, apparently), Lord of the Rings, the first 3 Star Wars, many of the Star Treks, the first Matrix, Hellboy, etc., etc., etc. I can go on and on. I got nothing against sci/fi, fantasy, event films, action, special effects, etc.. I love that stuff. Avatar just sucked.
Edit: the blue chick was hot, btw.
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