Avatar - see it in regular or 3D?

[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 . . .)

[salsabike]

Now all I need to know is where I can get one of those flying dinosaur things

With color-coordinated face paint...

[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.

[tulip]

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.

I am blind in one eye. I guess that means I don't have accurate depth perception, but I don't really notice because I've been this way for so long. I do sometimes miss the glass when I pour my orange juice, and I'm a horrible basketball player. But the only time that it gets in the way of life is driving at night when it's raining. But then, I hear about all sorts of people who don't like to drive at night when it's raining, and they all have binocular vision.

3D movies don't do much for me. Neither do those posters that you are supposed to look at and see something (but I never do).

But I get by pretty well just the same . I probably won't go see Avatar in 3D or 2D. It just isn't my thing. I prefer westerns and mysteries and anything that was filmed in Paris.

[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.

[ny biker]

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

Because everyone who responded had some interest in seeing it and "not interested" was not a choice in the poll.