Who's going to see Avatar?

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 01-27-2010, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Except for the people it didn't work for, like me. To me it was more like a distracting and pointless gimmick that added nothing to the experience.

Really? Complete opposite of this. I felt like I couldn't go without the extra dimension. Really added something to the picture for me atleast.

FETCHER. · 01-27-2010, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

Really? Complete opposite of this. I felt like I couldn't go without the extra dimension. Really added something to the picture for me atleast.

Ditto. You put what I was trying to say, into clever words

**Janszoon** · 01-27-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Jaws 3D is one of the biggest pieces of sh*t you'll ever see in your life.

I never said it was good. In fact, yes, it's hilariously bad. I just said it was an example of an old, big-budget, 3D movie.

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Hell, even as a gimmick for old 50s horror and sci fi movies, it's a fun gimmick. Though I didn't watch the 3D version of Coraline because I worried I would be too distracted and also a big part of the films visual appeal was it's use of color and the red and blue would totally ruin that.

I hope the kinda glasses Avatar used becomes mandatory for now on.

Um... I think most 3D movies do use those glasses. The old blue and red kind are certainly not very common these days at least.

**Janszoon** · 01-27-2010, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

ok ok...damn. 3d has obviously offended you in some way.

It hasn't offended me, I just don't get what the big deal is.

Sodacake · 01-28-2010, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Well, I'm with Tore here, I just found it distracting. I think I would've felt more involved in the movie if I didn't have to deal with eye strain and wearing an uncomfortable pair of glasses.

Way to nit-pick.

**Janszoon** · 01-28-2010, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sodacake

Way to nit-pick.

How is that nitpicking? The 3D was one of the major selling points of the movie, talking about it is basically the opposite of nitpicking.

boo boo · 01-28-2010, 10:01 PM

I used to see 3D as just a gimmick but this movie completely changed my mind.

Still, gimmicks are fun, in the old days movie venues had all kinds of gimmicks, like the drive in theaters that have become an iconic part of 50s american culture, the old grindhouse theaters which took the ingenius idea of combining movies and strippers and of course the old horror movie showings where theaters would be decorated with appropriate horror themed props and sometimes even feature live actors in costume to pop out and scare the audience at certain points of the movie.

Going to the movies used to be much more of a social experience, that's very much lost today in an era where a bunch of people think a movie can be experienced on a 3 inch iphone screen which is f*cking stupid, Avatar is proof that the theater is still the best possible way to experience a movie.

duga · 01-28-2010, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I used to see 3D as just a gimmick but this movie completely changed my mind.

Still, gimmicks are fun, in the old days movie venues had all kinds of gimmicks, like the drive in theaters that have become an iconic part of 50s american culture, the old grindhouse theaters which took the ingenius idea of combining movies and strippers and of course the old horror movie showings where theaters would be decorated with appropriate horror themed props and sometimes even feature live actors in costume to pop out and scare the audience at certain points of the movie.

Going to the movies used to be much more of a social experience, that's very much lost today in an era where a bunch of people think a movie can be experienced on a 3 inch iphone screen which is f*cking stupid, Avatar is proof that the theater is still the best possible way to experience a movie.

good point...there need to be more reasons to want to see it in a theater. a lot of friends avoid the theater totally and just end up downloading the movie. that is lame to me.

debaserr · 01-28-2010, 11:27 PM

im gonna go see it at imax. that should be awesome.

**Janszoon** · 01-29-2010, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I used to see 3D as just a gimmick but this movie completely changed my mind.

I still see 3D as a gimmick. I think, basically, until they come up with 3D where you don't have to wear glasses to watch it, it's always going to seem like a gimmick to me.

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Originally Posted by duga

good point...there need to be more reasons to want to see it in a theater. a lot of friends avoid the theater totally and just end up downloading the movie. that is lame to me.

That is definitely exactly why they have been trying to re-introduce 3D lately. It's the same pattern things have followed every time they try to hype 3D. Back in the 50s it was because the movie industry felt threatened by the rise of TV, in the early 80s it was because they felt threatened by the VCR, and now it's because they feel threatened big, flatscreen HD TVs. The funny part to me is that they keep just applying the same solution again and again. You'd think they'd come up with something new.

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