Avatar - see it in regular or 3D?

[ny biker]

Ah . . . . sorry I didn't design my poll to ask a question I didn't care about!

But if most people answered "don't bother, the trailers are misleading and it's not worth your time at any theater," wouldn't you want to know that?

[SadieKate]

Not really. I wasn't asking for me. I was asking for my hubby who has had mixed results with 3D and I was going to buy tickets ahead of time. Because the poll focused on 3D, I decided that I needed to consult with him about 3D vs regular before purchasing the tickets.

Therefore, why ask for a response from people who don't want to see the movie?

Doesn't really matter, but you shouldn't feel alone in not wanting to see the movie just because that subset hasn't responded to this poll.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[7rider]

It was Pocahontas with better special effects and without all the singing.

Okay....always a day late and a dollar short. Story of my life.

But DH and I just had what could pass as a date night.....dinner and a movie.
We intended to see Avatar in IMAX, but every showing today, except the one at 10:30 this evening, was sold out. So "regular" 3D it was.
I've never seen Pocahontas, but while watching this, all I could think was "OMG...It's "Dances With Wolves" set in the future...not the past."
Think: Wounded soldier, sent to a remote outpost. Sent in among the natives. Learns their ways. Falls in love. Pitched battle against what he used to value.

[Mr. Bloom]

Wow 7! You're right! I too never saw Pocahontas...

[eclectic]

7 I am a day late and a dollar short on this too

I saw 3-D in regular theater would LOVE to see it IMAX.

Our glasses were packaged and we didn't turn them in unless we wanted too (good halloween costume glasses)

They worked fine over my prescription glasses

Re the movie itself - I loved the special effects of the world of Pandora.
Story line I found trite and predictable but I didn't care.
Character development - redundant and stereo-typical but I didn't care about that either
Fighting machines reminded me of Waterworld and Transformers but I didn't care about that either

Overall I LOVED the movie in spite of it's weakness's because the scenes were very well shot, the creatures and plants very interesting and the movie was timed very well. It was a great way to get lost into fantasy for 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Would I go again? YES but I want to see it at an IMAX!

DVD just wouldn't cut it.

[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

[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.