The Avatar Thread

Garp · 03-01-2010, 18:59

Saw this yesterday in Real3D (Dolby).

Wow... what an awfully transparent plot. As soon as they introduced any plot element you could immediately figure out exactly what was going to happen

It was very weird seeing Phoebe's stupid brother from Friends as the on-site manager. I kept expecting him to start trying to melt things.

Visually it's superb. Stunning. James Cameron has done a fantastic job setting the bar for those that follow. An absolutely solid throwing down of the gauntlet: "This is here, this is what we can do, DO BETTER!"

Contrasting the trailers that preceeded it (Shrek 4 3D, Piranha 3D.. and something else I've already forgotten) it was noticeable the completely different approach he was taking. Avatar was never felt like it was "3D for 3D sake". There was no shoving of stuff in the face, no attempt to have bullets or arrows or anything flying past. It made the 3D feel just completely natural.

The only one complaint I have was that when action on screen was fast, e.g. someone walking past right in front of the camera, there was an element of jerkiness to it. Wasn't enough to be distracting, but was there.

03-01-2010, 18:59	#11
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Saw this yesterday in Real3D (Dolby). Wow... what an awfully transparent plot. As soon as they introduced any plot element you could immediately figure out exactly what was going to happen It was very weird seeing Phoebe's stupid brother from Friends as the on-site manager. I kept expecting him to start trying to melt things. Visually it's superb. Stunning. James Cameron has done a fantastic job setting the bar for those that follow. An absolutely solid throwing down of the gauntlet: "This is here, this is what we can do, DO BETTER!" Contrasting the trailers that preceeded it (Shrek 4 3D, Piranha 3D.. and something else I've already forgotten) it was noticeable the completely different approach he was taking. Avatar was never felt like it was "3D for 3D sake". There was no shoving of stuff in the face, no attempt to have bullets or arrows or anything flying past. It made the 3D feel just completely natural. The only one complaint I have was that when action on screen was fast, e.g. someone walking past right in front of the camera, there was an element of jerkiness to it. Wasn't enough to be distracting, but was there. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?