Avatar 3D
2010.01.03 12:38 PM Filed in: Reviews
Good afternoon!
Last night, Shannon and I finally went to see Avatar in 3D. All I can say is WOW! This was my first 3D movie experience, and it was incredible. Unfortunately, Shannon didn’t have the same experience as I did — she ended up getting nauseous for most of the movie. If you haven’t seen a 3D movie yet, be aware that you may end up feeling nauseous. I found that my eyes were sore for the first 10 minutes or so until I got used to it, and when the movie was over I found that I had one of those right-behind-the-eyes headaches. Seeing a movie in 3D is definitely an experience that you’ll have to adjust to.
Physical discomforts aside, I thought it was implemented quite well. It was really cool to be able to choose what object and depth of focus I want to turn my attention to. That said, sometimes it felt like they had some 3D scenes that were there just for the sake of being 3D and didn’t have anything at all to do with the movie. That’s okay, though — if I was a filmmaker and had this great new technology to play with, I’m sure I’d go a little overboard too.
There were also some occasions where the 3D objects looked very flat. One scene in particular had the colonel’s body in front of some people and other objects in the background, but the colonel himself seemed very flat, almost like a cardboard cutout placed in front of something else. For the most part, though, I found it quite well done. I found myself turning my head to the side and tilting it trying to get a better view of a sign on the side of a wall. I also jumped back and to the left at one point when an object seemed to come right out of the screen just to the right of me. There were a lot of scenes that really implemented the 3D very well.
That’s a lot of discussion on the “gimmicks” of Avatar. How was the movie itself? I really enjoyed it! It was a long movie at 2 hours and 40 minutes, but that was fine. We originally went to see the 9:00pm show at Polo Park, but when we got there an hour early it was already sold out. We then ventured to St. Vital for the 10:15pm show and were third in line. I am very much a morning person, not at all a night owl, and so I was mildly concerned about being able to stay awake until 1:30am or so (after 30 minutes of commercials and previews — sheesh!). There was no chance of that. I was captivated from the first scene right to the closing credits. I don’t want to give any plot details other than to say that was one tough colonel!
Overall, I found Avatar to be a great movie, and the 3D effects were quite spectacular. I strongly recommend you go and see it in a 3D theatre instead of waiting for it to hit Movie Central or your local rental store.
Avatar 3D: / 5
Last night, Shannon and I finally went to see Avatar in 3D. All I can say is WOW! This was my first 3D movie experience, and it was incredible. Unfortunately, Shannon didn’t have the same experience as I did — she ended up getting nauseous for most of the movie. If you haven’t seen a 3D movie yet, be aware that you may end up feeling nauseous. I found that my eyes were sore for the first 10 minutes or so until I got used to it, and when the movie was over I found that I had one of those right-behind-the-eyes headaches. Seeing a movie in 3D is definitely an experience that you’ll have to adjust to.
Physical discomforts aside, I thought it was implemented quite well. It was really cool to be able to choose what object and depth of focus I want to turn my attention to. That said, sometimes it felt like they had some 3D scenes that were there just for the sake of being 3D and didn’t have anything at all to do with the movie. That’s okay, though — if I was a filmmaker and had this great new technology to play with, I’m sure I’d go a little overboard too.
There were also some occasions where the 3D objects looked very flat. One scene in particular had the colonel’s body in front of some people and other objects in the background, but the colonel himself seemed very flat, almost like a cardboard cutout placed in front of something else. For the most part, though, I found it quite well done. I found myself turning my head to the side and tilting it trying to get a better view of a sign on the side of a wall. I also jumped back and to the left at one point when an object seemed to come right out of the screen just to the right of me. There were a lot of scenes that really implemented the 3D very well.That’s a lot of discussion on the “gimmicks” of Avatar. How was the movie itself? I really enjoyed it! It was a long movie at 2 hours and 40 minutes, but that was fine. We originally went to see the 9:00pm show at Polo Park, but when we got there an hour early it was already sold out. We then ventured to St. Vital for the 10:15pm show and were third in line. I am very much a morning person, not at all a night owl, and so I was mildly concerned about being able to stay awake until 1:30am or so (after 30 minutes of commercials and previews — sheesh!). There was no chance of that. I was captivated from the first scene right to the closing credits. I don’t want to give any plot details other than to say that was one tough colonel!
Overall, I found Avatar to be a great movie, and the 3D effects were quite spectacular. I strongly recommend you go and see it in a 3D theatre instead of waiting for it to hit Movie Central or your local rental store.
Avatar 3D:
/ 5