Avatar - see it in regular or 3D?

[tulip]

3D only works if you have two eyes in focus....

So true. With only one good eye, I'm not sure the 3D will do much for me. But I'm still interested in seeing the movie.

[copndoc]

We saw it today and the whole movie is one huge special effect and is amazing! The 3-D was really good and the glasses aren't like they used to be. No more red and blue lenses. The story line reminded me of "Dances with Wolves" and it was good, but the 3-D effects were better.

[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.

[arielmoon]

I saw it in 3D and it was AWESOME!!

It would still be awesome in regular but it did have some specialness in 3D that I enjoyed. I dont usually splurge for it but I wanted the experience so...

[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!

[colby]

My first preference would be for digital, non-3D.

My second would be for RealD 3D. I can't do red/blue 3D because I don't have stereo vision (so I get some of the combined image and a lot of ghosting - a big headache), but the RealD wasn't bad - there were several cool effects, sort of like snow falling, and some good depth of field stuff like being in the trees and seeing what was in front and what was behind. My husband saw more features than I did, so YMMV. For about the next 24 hours, my eyes and brain were definitely fighting with each other, reading was fairly difficult.

My third would be for old-school film.

For most movies, I would skip the 3D, but Avatar is one of those movies that looks good digital. It's too bad the RealD 3D took away from some of the crispness of digital, which is what I was really hoping for, but it was better than film.