I really liked Senjak’s discussion on the difference between inevitable and predictable events and how they are presented. Don’t have nothing to add to it right now, except maybe one of my favorite quotes ever, where the hero is going to his final fight.
His fate hovered near
unknowable but certain
True, but what I am trying to say is that objectively, if we are talking about views and breathtaking vistas… I don’t think about character and plot. Just the view. Character and plot might help me cherish that memory more. But not always.
I would also like to note that during that HTTYD scene, I spent a lot more time watching the characters than the scenery.
Thanks for the idea. I took my older daughter to see it yesterday and we had a blast (she did love Avatar in 3d as well though). I was quite a bit more impressed with How to Train Your Dragon than I expected to be.
My favorite part of Avatar is its subtle environmentalism message.
;-)
I finally saw this last week and it may have been said already, but I think the reason the masses ate this up is because they don’t play videogames and haven’t seen this story about a zillion times before like we have.
It all felt like a giant cutscene to set up some gameplay. If you’ve seen those for the last fifteen years like gamers have, you’re all bummed out that there’s nothing really exciting about the movie (whether on a technical level or a human drama one). If you never played games, it’s like entering a whole other world you didn’t know could exist.
“…they killed their mother.”
/eyeroll
I’m pretty sure some of the first hour was just remastered FMV sequences from Wing Commander.
Console gaming… isn’t main stream? You what?
The Wing Commander movie would’ve been a LOT better if that’s what it had been.
Seen it tonight in the cinema, first 3D movie I’ve seen so far. The tech is good and interesting, and Avatar was totally forgettable and boring. No 3d or 4d can save that movie… the movie does not have a story at all… save the princess, or save tha Navi is not a story worth telling… what a pitty! 3D could be great for porn, I guess…
I dunno, there are some things I don’t want waving around in front of my face.
Recently I was on a flight from Europe to the US and the guy ahead of me watched Avatar on his iPad three times in a row.
watched Avatar on his iPad three times in a row.
probably to make up for the 2D on his iPad…
3D is like looking into a box. Instead of having wide, cinematic spaces, now we have cramped boxes. I think 3D is actually hurting the cinematic experience…
Oh please no.
Aren movies for the iPad cropped because of the iPad’s 1:1.33 aspect ratio?
Just imagine: 3D bukkake.
particle effects work best in 3D…
God I hope they don’t make a sequel.
I would guess a trilogy is inevitable.
I wonder if there ever will be a director who will use 3D in a way, that is integral to the experience. And I don’t mean some action blockbuster… but we don’t have directors like Kubrick, Goddard, Truffaut, Lean, Lynch, Scorsese, Coppola or Lucas anymore… (they had their time, they are not 3D guys… ), I guess you need some talent who is willing to sacrifice his life to make a 3D movie… established directors don’t have the passion (I hope they prove me wrong).
I think we will get great, serious 3D movies if 3D stays and people will grow up with it, agreed?