Re: James Cameron's Avatar : giant leap for cinema.

[Jean-Sebastien Perron]

True Jouni,     Dialogs are sometimes over simplistic and childish (remember this movie is mostly for an American audience used to Michael Bay movies).     Story is predictable, it's Titanic all over again.     Skin shader look more like candle wax mixed with leather.     CG sex scene could have been more explicit. I noticed while watching the trailer in 2D that the "real scenes and actors" have been made to look more unrealistic, closer to CG. Maybe to smooth the gap between cg and real. The most beautiful scenes are at the beginning but all the action is at the end. The best acting in the movie is the evil military boss and Sig. Jean-Sebastien Perron www.NeuroWorld.ws  Jouni Hätinen wrote: 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 <j...@neuroworld.ws>: 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 <j...@neuroworld.ws>: 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