You will be amazed

[Jeff]

Now that Jeff and other friends of mine have said that the 3D is a must, I'll probably go back and watch it again, in 3D this time, with the Mrs. 

Ya gotta do it.

The kids are here for our family Christmas today, and since they had not had a chance to go yet, we all went to see it again as part of their Christmas present. As tough as i am to impress with that sort of thing, my son is even tougher. We both agree its going to be something else to top this, but we are sure they will some day.  I'm ready for the 3rd viewing. :D

[Warbird]

We went and watched the 9:30am showing this morning.  I have now seen it on the big screen in both 2D and 3D.  There really is no comparison.  The 3D version is absolutely amazing.

[BaldBob]

This thread reminds me of the time many many years ago when I worked one college summer break on the Olympic Peninsula on what is now called FIA.  The use of aerial photo pairs and 3D was integral to our work.  One weekend while walking down the street of Forks,WA,  one member of our crew called me into a jewelery store. He told me that he had been explaining to Mr. Smith, the store owner, what we did, and had been trying for hours to get him to see 3D. I carefully explained to Mr.Smith how seeing 3D from the stereo pairs worked, and when I finished Mr. Smith said " Do you think the fact that I have a glass eye, may have something to do with it?"

[SwampDonkey]

The jeweler was smarter than you think. He was having fun.  8)

[SPIKER]

I have to agree I have not seen a move this good in at least 15 years...   We saw the 3d version last tuesday and thankfully we got in.   unfortunately there was an old woman with a cell phone that kept ringing behind us and a guy with 4 under 8yr old kids to our right....   going to have to see it again just for the fun of it.   
One thing is be sure you dont have any polerzing glasses/lenses on as this will mess up the screen, I did this at an IMAX pile once and wasted my time watching it due to the glasses I had on...   I passed the BOOMER vision test in USAF, only about 1.2% of the people can pass that now that is a depth perception test!

I thought it was good not only for the 3D but the story line, plot and charters, I agree with the slightly political aspect but still very well done...   I thought the sparks/embers were the best 3d effects I have ever seen in all the 3d movies I have watched!

First MUST SEE of the 21st century....
Mark

[Warbird]

Did you guys see the 3D preview for Alice in Wonderland?  When the Cheshire cat appeared, it was amazing.

I need to read up on how this "Real 3D" technology works.  We brought our glasses home but I am uncertain if they will work for normal 3D movies that we have.

[Jeff]

They won't. And your won't be able to watch any dvd in 3D either until they make available a 3D T.V.  :-\

[DR Buck]

AWSOME  !!!!

Just got home from seeing the 3D version.  All 2 hours and 50 minutes.     Amazing graphics, special effects and photography.   The story was even pretty good even with the "political undertones".

[Dan_Shade]

Am I the only person that refuses to subject himself to "political undertones"?

I heard some crap on the movie, and I don't care how amazing it is, i have no interest in watching it.

i guess i'm stubborn.

[Brad_S.]

What movie doesn't have some sort of political undertone? Even children's fairy tales have political undertones. This movie is pretty much just "Dances with Wolves" in 3D. IMO, and it is only my opinion Dan, no offense intended, to boycott it for that reason is to deprive yourself of a fascinating cinematic experience.

I saw it again in IMAX. Rather than the Drew Carey black glasses I had the first time, I got flimsy yellow/orange ones this time. I concur with Jeff's analysis of the Drew Carey model but a slight tip of the head with the yellow ones caused the image to go fuzzy. They definitely detracted from the experience this time out.

[Dan_Shade]

I hear ya, Brad, but I don't want to give kooks my money, so I don't.

I may miss out here and there, but I"m ok with that, Besides, i've seen "dances with wolves"  :-D

[Jeff]

Am I the only person that refuses to subject himself to "political undertones"?

I heard some crap on the movie, and I don't care how amazing it is, i have no interest in watching it.

i guess i'm stubborn.

Maybe you will find you agree with some of the undertones and they won't be offensive at all. If you don't go because of what someone else thought of the theme, and dont give yourself the chance to decide, then you've simply chosen someone elses political view already, no matter what the message was. In this case its not the message. Its just something worth experiencing. 

[Burlkraft]

I saw it yesterday.

As a movie I hated it. Political undertones is putting it mildly.

That's all I'm gonna say about that here.

The 3D was okay and the computer animation was good.

I'm not much for this type of movie anyway  :-\  :-\

[Norm]

Hey I thought you were saving up your money for lion king tickets.

[Burlkraft]

The Lion King's all bought and paid for.   ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

Best news is that her Mom is going with her  ;D  ;D

I've been very good this Christmas  ;D  ;D  ;D

[Warbird]

Heh.  I hear you, BK.  The movie (plus some other personal stuff involving the movie) was such that I almost wanted to request access back to Restricted Topics just to be able to discuss this particular topic with you guys.

[Burlkraft]

I almost wanted to request access back to Restricted Topics just to be able to discuss this particular topic with you guys.

I try to stay outta there..........

I like talkin' about food better  ;D

[Gary_C]

IMO, and it is only my opinion Dan, no offense intended, to boycott it for that reason is to deprive yourself of a fascinating cinematic experience.

I think I will wait till they make a porn movie in 3-D. Now that would be a truly fasinating cinematic experience.  ;D

But I will pass on this one too.

[VT_Forestry]

I think I will wait till they make a porn movie in 3-D. Now that would be a truly fasinating cinematic experience.  ;D

Haha, I said the same thing when me and the little lady went to see A Christmas Carol in 3D.  She wasn't nearly as curious or interested as I was to see something like that

[Bibbyman]

The girls had brought home a DVD that was in 3D.  I tried the glasses and found it all annoying.  Brooke just loved it and wore the glasses even when there was a regular stuff showing.

I'm more of the old school I guess.   Mary's folks kept using a black and white TV in their home some 20 years after color became the norm because they couldn't stand looking at the people in color.  The flat screen TV we bought some two Christmas' back now is HD and we have a DVD player that ups everything to HD plus getting some stuff off the Dish.  I'm amazed at some things (like Planet Earth) and not that impressed with other things.  Sometimes it shows way too many flaws.  I can remember so many old movies where they used a softening technique on ladies to make them look a lot better.  Now you can see every pore if not covered up by computer generation.

[DR Buck]

I'm more of the old school I guess.   Mary's folks kept using a black and white TV in their home some 20 years after color became the norm because they couldn't stand looking at the people in color.  The flat screen TV we bought some two Christmas' back now is HD and we have a DVD player that ups everything to HD plus getting some stuff off the Dish.  I'm amazed at some things (like Planet Earth) and not that impressed with other things.  Sometimes it shows way too many flaws.  I can remember so many old movies where they used a softening technique on ladies to make them look a lot better.  Now you can see every pore if not covered up by computer generation.

Like the country song says......"welcome to the future"     ;)

[SwampDonkey]

I asked dad once if he liked the old black and white movies. We can see one now and again on the local PBS station. He told me he doesn't like black and white at all. :D Mom's brother doesn't either.

[Bibbyman]

I asked dad once if he liked the old black and white movies. We can see one now and again on the local PBS station. He told me he doesn't like black and white at all. :D Mom's brother doesn't either.

Now where I am amazed is where they've went back and restored old black and white movies.  Some they have colorized and they look pretty good.  We watch more old movies than new.  We're watching some old Little Rascal movies that have been restored and they're amazingly sharp and clear without all the old scratches and jerks, etc. 

We sure don't go to the theater to see new movies.  We wait until their on Dish or the $5 rack in Wal-Mart.

[SwampDonkey]

I'd sure like some "Little Rascals/Our Gang" and "3 Stooges" movies. Some day I'll start a collection. Hey, I never said I didn't like black and white. ;D

[Warbird]

Currently, you will not be able to get the same experience watching 3D at home, as you will watching "Avatar" in 3D at the theater.  This movie will be the entertainment cultural phenomenon for this generation, much as "The Matrix" was ~10 years ago.

The 3D at the theater, with the large screen and the actual 3D projector, makes the movie so much more 'immersive' that at times, you feel like you are actually standing right front of that big tree Jeff mentioned.  Or right on the branch with the main characters.

I find it ironic, yet appropriate, for this movie called "Avatar" to be so immersive, given the definition of the word avatar.  I think it is best summed up by a line out of the aforementioned "The Matrix" movie.  Morpheus was initiating Neo into what reality (supposedly) truly is and said the following about the way Neo looked when he went back inside the computer:  "Your appearance now (referring to the way Neo looked 'online') is what we call residual self-image.  It is the mental projection of your digital self."

And that is much like what we do even here on the FF.  We project an image of our 'digital self'.  This digital being is made up of pieces of us that we want to share.  Some share more than others and some outright lie about who they are.

I would really like to discuss this further with you guys, and also the political/religious views portrayed in this movie, but this isn't the place to do it.