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Avatar - the movie

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:57 pm
by }TCP{Coco
Hi!

I have watched Avatar in 3D in the local cinema yesterday. I must say it really is a great movie that I highly recommend to watch! It got impressive CGIs, a good story and fantastic ideas every here and there.
Spoiler (mark with the mouse if you wanna know something about the story) wrote:The story is about a planet called Pandora that has been discovered by the humans who want to harvest a very rare and expensive kind of metal there. But there lives a population of intelligent humanoids on the planet that has a great bound to nature and all living things. The humans, however, have some technology that allows them to transfer their mind into clones created from that race. By doing so, they try to study the habits and culture of that race in order to find a way of getting the metal with minimal resistance.
It's been the first movie I've seen in 3D. It requires special glasses (not the red-green ones) that were handed out for free when buying the tickets and that had to be returned after watching the movie. I must say it was very fascinating and the 3D effect is really strong! Sometimes, I had the feeling that I was sitting in the same room with the actors. It requires some concentration, however, and was a little exhausting during the first 30 minutes. But after my eyes had adjusted, it was a great experience after all.

There are some side effects that are not perfect yet. One is that very objects appear to be a little blurry (cause you can't focus in the 3D scene as you would in the real world - the camera still sets the focus). And the other is that whenever objects are close and move out of the screen, they unnaturally disappear from the room that is created between the screen and the eye.

Anyway, it's definitely a fascinating experience and I do believe it will dominate the range of movies offered to watch in the cinemas very soon. I strongly recommend watching this movie in the cinema, rather than downloading a crappy rip that will never match what you get there (and of course you'll lack the 3D features ;-)). Enjoy!

Coco.

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:07 pm
by }TCP{Trønec.
mate why dont you post this in the movie topic? =D

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:51 pm
by partydevil
movie looks good
but the story is not much special
also the movie doesn't look that realy great if you don't use the special glasses

anyway expect to come more of this kind of movies in the futeur
cause "dreamworks studio's" has announced that they wont be making normale movie's anymore
only this kind of 3D movies
so let's hope there soon will be 1 whit a good story

and evry1... go get yourself some of those glasses cause you will need them latter anyway when there are more of this kinda movie's
they work just as good @ your home as they work in the cinema they say
you can test that whit the movie "monsters vs alians" it uses the same 3D thingy as this movie but it's out on dvd allrdy

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:25 pm
by menace
the movie is not bad :) i have the retail dvd <3 i watch it in cinema and at home like it aswell!
but 3D is much beter

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:10 pm
by }TCP{Snowbird
I am going to go watch it today with a few friends and wife. I have read a little about it, and it really does sound like a good story.

Update when I have seen it. Frank

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:42 pm
by }TCP{Coco
Nice, Snowbird. Are you watching it in 3D as well? Wish you good fun!

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:13 pm
by }TCP{Snowbird
Just got back. There was a problem with the kino, so we could not watch the movie, and since I am going on vacation on Friday (more in another post) I will not be able to see it until I get back. :(

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:11 pm
by }TCP{Coco
Awww, too bad! :-(

Wish you a good vacation then!