Ok, I went to see the non-3D version of the movie Avatar. Here's my take: Pros: -animations, especially character animations are light years ahead of Beowulf -details, everything you would have in real life is there (sometimes a bit more) -special effects, water and fire look real enough to fool anyone -cinematography, just perfect for an action film, not too exaggerated
Cons: -materials, still most of the things, especially skin, looks like plastic -plot (B level) -dialogue (poor even with B standards) -acting (B, except for Sig) First 1/3 of the movie looked stunning at times, but I wouldn't call it a giant leap for cinema. Considering that it's probably the most expensive movie of all time, I can expect nothing else but spectacular from the audiovisual department (enough money can make any movie look very good). Plot-wise I wouldn't watch it again and I wasn't enjoying that even for the first time. However, I will probably go watch it again in 3D at some point, because this is certainly a film worth watching in 3D. Also, after that I can have better opinion on does the novelty of the visual splendour wear off after couple of times. I hope to watch only the first half though, because most of the good-looking scenes are there and the plot and dialogue were so stupid I don't want to experience them again. BR, Jouni 2009/12/24 Jean-Sebastien Perron <[email protected]>: > Funny, never considered working in marketing because I could not sell what I > don't like. > > I was so impressed and transported by this movie that's all. Just wanted to > share my experience. > Have you seen it? For years I have been criticizing CG movies and now > finally a beautiful cg photoreal movie. > While watching the movie I heard people almost orgasming in awe and making > weird noises you don't usually hear in a theater and people applauded at the > end. There is a scene in the beginning of the movie that is so graphically > beautiful that I had tears in my eyes. Never experience that before. > > Until very recently, most young people had never seen StarWars on a giant > screen. For 20 years the only way to watch StarWars was on VHS and an small > ugly TV. Many people will wait for the Avatar DVD or Blue-Ray version and > will see it in 2D, they will never understand or live the true experience of > watching it in 3D on a giant screen. > > Imax movies are best watched in Imax theaters, Vector graphic video games > are best experienced on an XY monitor. > Opera looses it's appeal when seen on TV. Sadly for now, nothing beat the > theater for watching movies. I have an HD DLP projector at home and my 10 > feet screen is not enough compared to 50+ feet. > > 60" HDTV are small, really small I never watch movies on HDTV. HDTV is the > poor man cinema. HDTV is pathetic. > I can see in 180 degree and I want a screen that match my visual range. > Why limiting ourselves to screen, why not go full 360. The target is full > immersion not watching a screen. > > What I am saying is that it is best to watch things on their targeted > medium. > > Polar Express was a masterpiece on Imax3D and only a good movie on blu-ray > anaglyph. > > Anyway I am glad that 3D has finally returned back to movies after 50 years > of absence. > > Avatar is not 100% CG, it is a mix of cg and traditional miniatures. > Common CG industry, wake up, there is still work to do, Your 3D software are > not capable of creating a full 100% pure cg movie. > > Jean-Sebastien Perron > www.NeuroWorld.ws > > Jouni Hätinen wrote: > > Are you, or have you ever considered working in marketing :-P > > -Jouni > > > > 2009/12/24 Jean-Sebastien Perron <[email protected]>: > > > Yesterday I saw Avatar in Dolby3D. > From my experience I prefer Dolby3D to RealD. Dolby3D is more painful to the > eyes, but the image is much brighter and bigger. > > This movie is not a movie, it is an experience and a sensual one, you feel > everything like you were there. > Avatar is so far ahead (technically and in the way it is directed) that it > will take years to come close if it ever happened. > > James Cameron just owned all the masters including Stanley Kubrick. > I have never seen to this day a movie so perfectly directed. Everything has > a meaning, a mass, a smell, a touch, a purpose. > > The most impressive technical innovation in Avatar is the facial expressions > (eyes, lips, thong, skin, muscle...). > Avatar is not a movie it is real, Even for a technical guy like me, this was > pure magic. > > Avatar is the first photoreal CG movie in the world that has: sharp, super > bright and colorful images. > In other movies they use the usual dark images, desaturated colors and > blurred images. > > Go live this movie in 3D theaters now, This movie is an experience of a > lifetime and the DVD/BlueRay version will never do justice to the silver > screen version. > > Congratulation James Cameron you just made Christmas magic again. Thank you. > > Jean-Sebastien Perron > www.NeuroWorld.ws > > > >
