Avatar - see it in regular or 3D?

[crazycanuck]

My dear saw it the other day in 3D and mentioned it was just another hollywood film and ok...

I want to see a heap of foreign films : The White Ribbon, Peaceful Times, Five Munutes of heaven, Amreeka, Max Manus

[lph]

I want to see a heap of foreign films : (...) Max Manus

Good Lord! So people outside of Norway do actually notice Norwegian films from time to time! Cool, I always thought it was just the journalists wanting it to be so...

Max Manus is good as a realistic portrayal of a war "hero", also the negative sides. It's also very good on 40's atmosphere. It's pretty tightly connected to Norways experience of the war, som it might be a bit too insiderish for others. Even though I don't like Aksel Hennie much (he's in every other NOrwegian movie and I'm a bit sick of those souldful eyes...) this is one of his better roles.

[crazycanuck]

Cool LPH! It won't screen @ at the Film Fest til March but will throw my thoughts out once seen

[ny biker]

So I'm the only person here who has no interest in ever seeing this movie, not even on dvd or on tv?

[crazycanuck]

I'm with you NYB! Not at all interested...

[Tuckervill]

It wouldn't be my first choice, as I mentioned. I could go my whole life without seeing it. Buuuut, I live in a house full of men and almost-men who love such things, and I would be left out of a lot of conversations and cultural references. So, if they wanted to get it on DVD I'd probably sit and watch it with them again.

However, this movie does not hold their interest and imagination like, say, Star Wars does, or provide just the right stolen line at the right time like, say, Fight Club did. (I haven't seen Fight Club, either, because of the fighting.)

Karen

[Pax]

So I'm the only person here who has no interest in ever seeing this movie, not even on dvd or on tv?

I thought I wanted to see it when the first previews showed up, but have since decided not to bother. It just doesn't look that interesting.

[OakLeaf]

It just doesn't look that interesting.

The plot really isn't, but it's engaging enough, and the visuals are truly amazing. It's probably not worth seeing on the small screen. Although 3D TV should be here in a couple of years... so you could wait until then.

[alimey]

Just seen it in snowy London (in 3d). I thought it was amazing. I am a sci-fi fan - but not really a fantasy fan. I would say this movie is a combo of sci-fi & fantasy. The story is somewhat predictable, but that didn't detract from the movie. I thought the most amazing thing was the forest. I saw it in 3d & I would say definitely see it at the big screen - the 3D was great. Now all I need to know is where I can get one of those flying dinosaur things (oh yes, and a sort of filament from my spinal cord that goes all the way down my plait . . .)

[papaver]

So I'm the only person here who has no interest in ever seeing this movie, not even on dvd or on tv?

nope.

[papaver]

nope.

But then I got two free tickets to see it in 3D (no Imax).

I liked it. But i found the 3D bonus not that spectacular and the glasses annoyed me. I just wonder if people with glasses or that are blind on one eye can see 3D (or is that a stupid question????).

[OakLeaf]

I just wonder if people with glasses or that are blind on one eye can see 3D (or is that a stupid question????).

Not a stupid question.

You do need binocular vision. It works by giving different images to each eye, that the brain processes into depth.

The glasses can be worn over corrective glasses, lots of people do, including my DH. This is the third IMAX movie we've seen together, plus three or four in regular 3D, and he's had no complaints about the glasses fitting over his regular glasses.

[zoom-zoom]

I liked it. But i found the 3D bonus not that spectacular and the glasses annoyed me. I just wonder if people with glasses or that are blind on one eye can see 3D (or is that a stupid question????).

With the glasses over their eye glasses a person should be able to see 3D, but one has to have binocular vision for that technology to work. Even in daily life one needs binocular vision to have accurate depth-perception.

[SadieKate]

So I'm the only person here who has no interest in ever seeing this movie, not even on dvd or on tv?

There are almost 5,000 registered TE members. Why would you think that?

[SadieKate]

Still haven't seen Avatar but we did see Sherlock Holmes yesterday because it's raining and raining and raining here (while I do live in Oregon I live on the DRY side so it should be snow . . . dammit). I liked Sherlock Holmes. Yes, there was some violence but both of us thought the film portrayed the original characters much more accurately than Hollywood has managed in the past.

It also appears that a sequel is possible.