Avatar - see it in regular or 3D?

[channlluv]

I've seen that it's PG-13, but I'm not sure what that means. Graphic sex scenes? Violence? Language? I'd like to take my 11-year-old daughter because she loves fantasy stuff, but I don't want to take her to something inappropriate.

I also want to go see Sherlock Holmes, but just the commercials for that seem a bit inappropriate to me (the scene of him tied up in bed with a pillow in front of him) -- DD was embarrassed to see that in the previews at New Moon.

Roxy

[Irulan]

The poll needs another option.
Wait for the DVD.

I know, I know it's probably really cool and all that, but I've got a really nice home theater, can watch movies in my jammies, in HD on the large flat screen, and am not captive to commercials while waiting for the main feature. I really get bent out of shape paying good money and being subjected to advertising.

I.

[VeloVT]

I think the last movie I saw in 3D might have been "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson.

So yeah, it's been a long time.

My bf really wants to see this in the theater in 3D though. So we probably will.

[SadieKate]

The poll needs another option.
Wait for the DVD.

I know, I know it's probably really cool and all that, but I've got a really nice home theater, can watch movies in my jammies, in HD on the large flat screen, and am not captive to commercials while waiting for the main feature. I really get bent out of shape paying good money and being subjected to advertising.

I.

Normally, I'd totally agree with you because, for one thing, I make better popcorn, but:

1) there are some movies which need the big screen. For instance, to this day, I regret not seeing "Dancing with Wolves" on the big screen. Big Sky Country requires a big screen. The spacecraft in the first Star Wars produces such low Hertz and is so big, it absolutely needs to fly "over your head" for maximum effect.

2) Date night: I think Bill and I went to a movie theater maybe twice in 20-some years. In the couple of years since we moved here, we've gone to the movies a couple of times and it's been fun. Just a new change of pace for us.

3) Respite from the heat during a mtb vacation: If you have to be in southern Utah in the summer, go ride at 6 am, take a shower and then go to the movies.

4) And lastly, if you do want to see it in 3D, you have to go to the theater (unless you're Donald Trump, maybe).

[zoom-zoom]

Saw 3D IMAX yesterday...DH and DS were both speechless afterwards...hubby said it took him a while to be able to string together words in a coherent pattern.

Yeah, it was that cool. Overwhelming...amazing, gorgeous. DVD is gonna suck after seeing it so big and feeling IN the picture.

[Irulan]

Saw 3D IMAX yesterday...DH and DS were both speechless afterwards...hubby said it took him a while to be able to string together words in a coherent pattern.

Yeah, it was that cool. Overwhelming...amazing, gorgeous. DVD is gonna suck after seeing it so big and feeling IN the picture.

We did the IMAX-3D version last night. Yes, yes, yes. Definitely worthwhile. Most definitely.

I was pleasantly surprised that I wasn't subjected to ads for 15 minutes before the show began too. That is one of my big beefs with the theatre experience.

2 of the 3 of us wear glasses, the 3D glasses worked just fine over my bifocals and DH's regulars.

SK, my original position was "wait for the dvd" but I take that back now.

Also, re IMAX. We have 2 IMAX now. A regular old school IMAX five stories tall, and the new IMAX screen in the multiplex, which is where this movie is playing. It is a regular multiplex size theater, but the film takes up the whole screen from top to bottom and side to side, which is bigger overall from the widescreen experience. I wasn't clear that we now had 2 IMAX until I saw this movie.

[SadieKate]

SK, my original position was "wait for the dvd" but I take that back now.

I hope you got to hold hands with your sweetie at the same time.

[bikerHen]

Also, re IMAX. We have 2 IMAX now. A regular old school IMAX five stories tall, and the new IMAX screen in the multiplex, which is where this movie is playing. It is a regular multiplex size theater, but the film takes up the whole screen from top to bottom and side to side, which is bigger overall from the widescreen experience. I wasn't clear that we now had 2 IMAX until I saw this movie.

DH and I discovered this too. We went to the IMAX at the park and were redirected to the multiplex. Made it just in time to the multiplex. No one in town seems to know about this 2nd IMAX. It's been "news" to everyone I've told!

We both were blow away by this movie. The 3D is just amazing. I've been a second time and was totally suck into the story once again. Yes, I'm a total sicence fantasy nerd! bikerHen

[divingbiker]

I've seen that it's PG-13, but I'm not sure what that means. Graphic sex scenes? Violence? Language? I'd like to take my 11-year-old daughter because she loves fantasy stuff, but I don't want to take her to something inappropriate.

I have absolutely no interest in seeing Avatar, but the Washington Post reviewer that I heard on the radio the other day said that the PG-13 rating was due to a graphic violent fight, not nudity or language.

[channlluv]

I have absolutely no interest in seeing Avatar, but the Washington Post reviewer that I heard on the radio the other day said that the PG-13 rating was due to a graphic violent fight, not nudity or language.

Thanks!

[Tuckervill]

My dilemma is that I really don't want to go see it at all (I'll get it from Red Box sometime). I'm sure it's wonderful, but it's not my favorite kind of movie. But I'm always out voted on the annual Christmas night trip to the movies (since the youngest son has been old enough to see decent movies). No one would want to go see Nine or the one with Meryl Streep and Steve Martin. I have to give in every year, and usually I'm ok with it, but it's really going to grate on me if I have to wear community glasses.

Karen

[Becky]

DH and I are thinking of going to see it next week when we're off from work. I've been wondering though- what's the difference between Imax 3D, Imax Dome, and RealD 3D? Which would be best?

[OakLeaf]

Can I change my vote? I saw it last night. DEFINITELY see it in IMAX. It was a long drive for us, and it was TOTALLY worth it. The only thing I can compare it to is when Star Wars came out, people who had the time and money would drive that far to go see it in digital surround sound. Same idea... on a whole 'nother level. This is really the first 21st century movie.

Re: the rating - mostly the anti-war/anti-imperialist theme, I think. There's intense violence but very little blood; evidence of injury is mostly shown after the wounds have healed. The aliens are scantily clad humanoids, but you never see anything resembling genitalia (human or alien), and only the occasional hint of a nipple. There's one love scene that never shows anything beyond embracing. I think a mature 11-year-old could deal with the themes, but to me it's definitely a movie where "PG" is really the appropriate rating - use your judgment of your daughter's maturity.

[Flybye]

but it's really going to grate on me if I have to wear community glasses.

Karen

The glasses are sent away and sanitized and repackaged. They come sealed in individual plastic bags. Completely safe and sanitized. No cootie worries.
If you have ever had a medical procedure including a pap smear, or been to a dentist, their stuff is clean and gets crammed in much more disgusting places than a pair of sanitized glasses will ever go.
For what it is worth, I do not like Science Fiction - it is never a book choice of mine - and yet I loved the movie.

[OakLeaf]

The glasses are sent away and sanitized and repackaged. They come sealed in individual plastic bags.

Depends on the theater. Where we saw it, the glasses are wiped off by a theater employee after each show. (And definitely not autoclaved anywhere, unlike the medical equipment you reference. )

Just bring some alcohol gel and a tissue (or swipe a hank of TP and use the alcohol gel we're all carrying with us these days anyway ).