Stupid 3D movies discriminate against those of us with vision in only one eye. :-( You wear the annoying glasses just so the movie looks normal instead of blurry. You feel me, right, Pat??? :-) I hate the 3D craze right now; I had hoped it would have gone away with the 80s, oh well.
Holly PS Happy New Year, all! :-) On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 8:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > The film is designed for homo superior! It's a shame your evolutionary > inferiority precludes you from full enjoyment of this masterpiece. Stay > warm with your cave fire, backman! > > Read a book! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 3:56 pm > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] An Avatar Tale (No Spoilers) > > It appeared to be the same 3D technology that Universal and Disney use > > on some of their 'rides', and it gives me a wicked headache. I'll take > > the flat, lifeless, yet pain-free film, and will strive to somehow > > find the joy in my otherwise pallid theatrical experience. > > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 5:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you didn't see it in 3-D, your opinion is completely invalid. That's > > > like reviewing a restaurant from listening to people outside who are talking > > > about it. You missed an entire third of the movie, you 2-D nooooooob! > > > Delete that podcast, loser! > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 8:10 am > > > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] An Avatar Tale (No Spoilers) > > > > > > If I had been 12, this would have been the greatest movie I'd ever > > > > > > seen. Unfortunately, I have seen a few movies in the past 15 years so > > > > > > yeah, as I said in the podcast this is the most beautifully done > > > > > > cliche in the history of filmmaking. Very enjoyable (although I > > > > > > couldn't bring myself to go to the 3D showing) and I'd definitely > > > > > > recommend seeing it, but beyond the visual appeal it's tired and > > > > > > trite. I noticed some Last Samurai, Dances With Wolves, and Fern Gully > > > > > > aplenty in the story. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Okay. So this is a Avatar thread? Is this the first one posted since the > > > > > >> movie came out two weeks ago? Maybe. I haven't been paying too close > > > > > >> attention with the holidays being so busy. > > > > > >> So, without spoilers I will say that it was an enjoyable film. Extremely > > > > > >> gorgeous, but I think I only enjoyed it for the beauty of it. The story is > > > > > >> old and has been done over many times. I almost compare it to a modern day > > > > > >> Dances with Wolves. I'm trying very hard here to not give away spoilers > > > > > >> but seriously, I believe we all have seen this same story over and over > > > > > >> again. > > > > > >> However, just for the beauty of it, I would recommend everyone go see this > > > > > >> movie, especially in 3D. It may be the most beautiful movie ever. > > > > > >> By the way, there were parts I did fall asleep due to the boring and > > > > > >> extremely cliche portions of the movie, but don't let that stop you as I > > > > > >> tend to have A.D.D., even with movies these days. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> Have a Better One, > > > > > >> Edward Crosby > > > > > >> http://www.edwardcrosby.com > > > > > >> ----- > > > > > >> "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > > > > > >> Merlin Mann > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> I haven't seen Avatar, but I loved your story! > > > > > >>> Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee you looked for them. ;) > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> The Irredeemable Shag > > > > > >>> http://firestormfan.com > > > > > >>> http://onceuponageek.com > > > > > >>> http://twitter.com/onceuponageek > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> -------- Original Message -------- > > > > > >>> Subject: [The Unique Geek] An Avatar Tale (No Spoilers) > > > > > >>> From: [email protected] > > > > > >>> Date: Thu, December 31, 2009 6:41 am > > > > > >>> To: [email protected] > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Went to see Avatar on Christmas with another couple. In the car, the > > > > > >>> girls admitted neither one really wanted to see it. Who are these girls? > > > > > >>> So...we settled on Sherlock Holmes. That's why we don't buy tickets in > > > > > >>> advance! So, got to the theater. Packed! Everything sold out but Nine. > > > > > >>> Nine was beyond terrible. A true stinker from the Kingdom of Malodoria. > > > > > >>> Made not seeing Avatar worse than not seeing Avatar. It exists only to > > > > > >>> punish. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> The other dude and I pledged to return to see Avatar. It worked out > > >>> that > > > > > >>> we went tonight. Failed to buy tickets in advance, since Wednesday night > > > > > >>> and who goes to the movies on Wed.? Apparently, the answer is everyone. > > > > > >>> Packed again! Sold out in Imax, Sold out in 3D, sold out in standard > > > > > >>> (which we had no intention of seeing). > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> We decided to buy tickets for tomorrow in advance, but since the line > > >>> was > > > > > >>> huge we decided to use one of the machines. I like the machines anyway. > > > > > >>> They work! > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> This is Seattle, however, and they just got the telephone poles out > > >>> here, > > > > > >>> so despite the dominance of Microsoft, folks don't know how to use > > > > > >>> machines. Only two people in line ahead of us, but they were, like, > > > > > >>> reading the instructions and unsure if it was touchscreen technology and > > > > > >>> how to select their movie or how to do anything really. They were looking > > > > > >>> at the movie titles and using their Iphone to read reviews of the movie. > > > > > >>> With a line behind them. Where were they raised? The world isn't your > > > > > >>> facebook. You can't just block other people. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> So...without getting too Brooklyn on them, I made enough snorts and > > > > > >>> stamps to let them know there was a world beyond the selection screen, > > > > > >>> one even more finely and delicately rendered than the 3-D images of James > > > > > >>> Cameron's epic, one real enough to touch and feel and shame you into make > > > > > >>> a fucking decision. So, they chose and they left, and when I walked up > > > > > >>> to the machine...their tickets came out. And they were for tonight. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> It seems they were, in fact, collecting their tickets after having > > >>> bought > > > > > >>> them in advance, they had never done it before, and they took the receipt > > > > > >>> and not the tickets. So, by the time I pieced this together they were > > > > > >>> long gone, and since the tickets were for a showing in two hours, they > > > > > >>> weren't in the lobby being told they didn't have tickets. They were off > > > > > >>> at a juke joint or a soda shoppe or connecting antennae in the parking > > > > > >>> garage. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> So...we sort of looked for them, but sort of took the tickets, grabbed a > > > > > >>> five-dollar footlong, ate a five-dollar footlong and saw the movie on > > > > > >>> their dime. I swear we looked for them, but you know, in Seattle > > > > > >>> everyone wears black hoodies. So...Avatar...in 3-D....for freeeeee! > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> It was pretty immersive and enjoyable. I liked the hell out of it. > > > > > >>> Thought it was like John Carter meets Adam Strange and then some. It was > > > > > >>> pretty and fun. Not as Ferngully as some of the haters have said. Maybe > > > > > >>> it could have been sexier? Cameron doesn't do that, though. Unless you > > > > > >>> count the drawing scene in Titanic or the headphones scene in Terminator. > > > > > >>> So, liked it, but seeing it for freeeeee probably made me like it even > > > > > >>> more. It made up for paying for Nine. 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