_Avatar_, directed by James Cameron

What was the audience reaction like at the showings you've seen? I mean, mine was the premiere and half the audience were involved in the making of the film in some way (people whooping as certain sections of the credit crawl scrolled past), so it was hardly a good sample - but people were cheering. But when I saw Titanic at a cinema in Baltimore shortly after it came out, people stood and applauded at the end. As Dan said upthread, that film was pretty engrossing for its duration on the big screen, but withered quickly in the memory. This one has a similar trajectory, I think. But I can't tell whether people are going queue round the block for this in the way they seemed to for the Yosser Hughes vs the Iceberg.

Pretty much all that was left for me by the time I did see it was the 3D high-def fireworks, as I'd seen it several times at various qualities (low-contrast, heavily-spoilered rough cut with no music/effects audio track, low bit-rate encrypted 15fps, then a decent telecined MPEG), read the script, blah blah blah. So I knew all its shortcomings.

Cameron in setting out to create giant 3-D spectacle and achieving it shockah!

has no one ever seen a 3-D film before? this technology has been around forever, I'm surprised at people getting all SUPERJAZZED about it all of a sudden. oh, but its 3-D CGI this time!?! whoopdefuckindoo

there, there.

ya i dunno, i can take it or leave it w/r/t 3D

oh so you're a CUTE FUCKING kitten? LAH DE DAH with your whiskers and pretty grey fur. FUCK YOU

remember Jaws 3-D that was so awesome when the dude's arm was like floating right in front of your face. or Captain Eo, dude that was so mindblowing

I remember "Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Sin" (or however you spell it short of me looking it up).

^^^arrgh was totally trying to remember the title of that meself!

pretty sure it's jared-syn and if I'm right I feel deep shame

deep shame ensues

movie anthologists are the art of pretend contrition

ts: metalstorm the destruction of jared-syn vs. megaforce

has no one ever seen a 3-D film before? this technology has been around forever, I'm surprised at people getting all SUPERJAZZED about it all of a sudden. oh, but its 3-D CGI this time!?! whoopdefuckindoo

― Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:20 PM (21 minutes ago)

yeah dude ive seen plenty of 3d in various forms and the point you are missing is that the 3d in this movie works like a bagazillion times better and looks immersive, not gimmicky.

shakey mo thought the wire ws like the movie traffic

sorry

srsly tho the 3D is pretty good

in the wire or

wd pay $$$$ for wire remastered w/THX & 3D

and mcnulty as a tall blue dood

http://www.montrealmirror.com/2009/121709/images/film2.jpg

CAMERON: Right from the beginning I said, "McNulty's got to have tits"

shakey mo thought the wire ws like the movie traffic

oh come on you have to admit there are some superficial similarities.

by contrast, jj thought Inglorious Basterds was "horrible" but stans for this bullshit

ts: metalstorm the destruction of jared-syn vs. megaforce

vs. Warriors Of The Wasteland

the problem here is that i have actually seen both movies which makes that whole opinion having mechanic work a lot better

hahaha

fair enough but I don't have to jump off a cliff to know it's not a good idea

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also you should get a new mechanic

can't talk for jj obv (and I thought inglorious basts ws great) but I didn't think he was stanning; merely pointing out tht the 3D in this is v.v.good, which it is, and difft from what's come before

ribisi doing his best j.piven impersonation throughout this btw

you know, if there are two activities that are directly analogous, it's going to a movie and jumping off of a cliff

you can now do both in 3D

hang on, u could always go see a movie in 3D

but cliff-jumping is so much better than it used to be

jesus shakey, stop being such a morbs.

i mean seriously, i'm hardly this movie's #1 defender, but if you're going to have an opinion—a strong one that you're going to spend your time pompously trotting out and defending—on a movie you might as well fucking see it.

maybe he's afraid he'll like it ;-)

I saw "Avatar"
And I liked it
The flash of the pyrotechnics
I saw "Avatar"
Just to try it
Hope my film friends don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'll miss
Foreign Film Night
I saw "Avatar"
And I liked it
I liked it

(if all I've done is get Katy Perry stuck in people's heads, I'll consider that a success)

a stanning that dare not speak its name

oh u dick xpost

SUCCESS

I can see Shatner reciting that.

London just spat out its dinner. >_<

sheep's heart, liver, and lungs all over the keyboard

hahaha

http://www.chronicart.com/cinema/chronique.php?id=11577

«Vingt ans qui déboucheront sur ce space-opera écolo un film-monstre où le rapport de force humain / digital se renverse en un plan, celui du premier contact : en 1989, c'est l'alien qui se reflétait sur le casque du plongeur ; en 2009, c'est le visage du soldat qui se réfléchit sur le corps de son avatar. Un signe des temps.»

The only film I've ever been to where the audience stood up and applauded (normal cinema goers) was, ummm, Fahrenheit 9/11... I was well confused when it happened, even if I did enjoy it.

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la dargis:

He hasn’t changed cinema, but with blue people and pink blooms he has confirmed its wonder.

how does this compare to, say, Beowulf 3D

Angelina Jolie's boobs weren't nearly as immersive.

This "confirming cinema's wonder" type argument really STICKS IN MY CRAW. Go on a fuckin motionmaster or something if you want ooh wow it looks so cool type crap, man. Or take some drugs, I dunno. I could be entirely wrong, it just seems silly to think that the wonder of cinema consists of special effects w no decent context (haven't heard anyone standing up for the plot etc so far, after all)