Avatar - see it in regular or 3D?

[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 ).

[Flybye]

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 ).

Well in that case, ew!

[arielmoon]

Glasses in mine came individually wrapped and there was a bin to put them in for recycling.

My sister saw it last night in Imax 3D and she LOVED IT!!!

[lph]

Oh wow. I just saw Avatar and I LOVED it! Kind of funny, actually, because though I'm a sci-fi/fantasy gal through and through I don't usually get all het up about special effects because I never think they can really stand up to what my imagination can produce. So I usually want my movies to have substance and a plot more than just visual beauty. But this has a pretty thin plot, but is a visual joy to watch. The flight scenes literally had me in tears.

Oh, and my 12 yr. old saw it. It's a long movie and pretty intense, and a lot of destruction and sadness. I didn't find the graphic fighting disturbing though.

[beccaB]

I get really depressed by any kind of violence. I did not like Sherlock homes at all. My teenagers have to screen movies for me. I'm 48 and an 18 year old has to tell me if a movie is suitable for me.
Another question- will those 3-d glasses fit over my eyewear prescription? I have been wanting to see Avatar.

[bmccasland]

I think the 3D glasses will fit over regular glass - they're sort of the 1950's big black frame glasses. If you saw "Up" or anything from the 1950's or 1960's with a scientist in it - those are the type of glasses. I just saved mine from "Up" and tucked them in my purse. Figured I'd need them again.

Just back from the movie. I had the three options - IMAX, 3D, or regular. I didn't realize that IMAX was 3D. If I see it again in the theater, I'll see it there. I chose the 3D option, and skipped my normal popcorn and soda. Thoroughly enjoyed it. My brain got fooled on the 3D with the bugs and the ash - both I swear were closer than on the screen. Really cool graphics!

[Tuckervill]

I get really depressed by any kind of violence. I did not like Sherlock homes at all. My teenagers have to screen movies for me. I'm 48 and an 18 year old has to tell me if a movie is suitable for me.
Another question- will those 3-d glasses fit over my eyewear prescription? I have been wanting to see Avatar.

I have the same problem. The violence in Holmes had the same effect on me, too. It seemed like an entire MMA fight through the whole movie. I liked the plot, but not the gross things always portrayed about Victorian England (dead rats). I did like the way Holmes was portrayed as some kind of eccentric super-genius, except with social skills. I wouldn't see it again, even on DVD, because of the fight scenes. I quite often had to hide my eyes.

Karen

[Irulan]

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.

ours weren't like that. They were on big trays and we were told they'd been run through the dishwasher.