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Imperial Entertainment TV and Movies => Non Star Wars Movies and TV => Topic started by: Clonehead on December 19, 2009, 09:55:53 AM
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Images thanks to avatartrailer.com
Official Avatar Website (http://www.avatarmovie.com/) with a nice trailer.
James Cameron "Terminator, Aliens" has been quoted as saying that this movie was made to be seen in the Imax 3-d format and yesterday, I took the wifey to see it at an Imax theater. Being the most expensive movie ever to produce, at 300 million dollars, this flick boasts some of the best visual effects ever created for a full length motion picture. With a long running time of 2hrs 40 min, I would have to say that I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. The scenery was stunningly beautiful and the visual effects were jaw dropping as I had expected. The story was pretty good if not a bit predictable from what was shown in the trailer. I haven't been to see a 3-d movie in some time and while they seem to be able to do it better than they did in the old days, I found that I was missing some of the clearer diffinition that one experiences watching a digital theater's 2-d presentation of a movie. That being said, this was the best representation of the 3-d format that I have ever seen and some of the scenes were quite convincing as to there presented depth. During some of the flying scenes, I did experience some vertigo from sudden movements and the perception of dizzying heights in these sequences were rather convincing. The poor wifey nearly got sick and had to take off her 3-d glasses do to vertigo and a slightheadache for about the last 20 min of the flick. The theater we were in had digital sound and at times, it was rather loud, which I always enjoy.
There was a scene when the humans were attacking the local lifeform's "home tree" where the explosions were so loud, with the 3-d mayhem, you would swear that you were there. Something must be said of the character, creature, and scenery design as this is some of the best graphic design i have ever seen.
My brother sent me a pretty cool link that goes into more detail of the movie's graphic design as explained by 5 of the movie's designers (http://gizmodo.com/5420143/5-designers-reveal-secrets-of-james-camerons-avatar)
On the small screen, I believe that real 3-d is the only option kind of like the Imax version but you owe it to yourself to go see this one. I would go ahead and call this one the movie of the year for me.
The movie is fairly kid-friendly as there is not alot of foul language, and no nudity. There is alot of action, some fisticuffs, and some really loud explosions but kids like that sort of thing anyways. The most racy thing that I seen was veteran actress Sigorney Weaver smoking in a few shots. She was the only face that I really recognized and she played a good part. She still looks pretty good for 60.
I really look forward to seeing a nice crisp 2-d blu ray version of this movie to come out, sometime in the future.
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Sounds like an entising movie, Clint.
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I'll be seeing it at some point, the story is intriguing and the trailers look very cool
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I'm going to go this week for sure.. Must see it soon!!
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Just came home from the cinema after seeing this movie with two of my friends! 1 word to describe this movie: BRILLIANT! Unfortunately i didn't saw this movie in 3D but me and my girlfriend will drive to another town to see it in 3D!
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This is definitely a movie that I think needs to be seen on the big screen. I'll go as soon as I am able, and just hope it lives up to the incredible hype.
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I will see this movie within the week. I was all set to go last weekend before we got two feet of snow, but I will see this one. Clint's review just makes me want to go more.
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This movie sounds great! I've been wanting to see this ever since it came out, but my family doesn't want to go see it because they don't like the CGI and they think it's a kids movie.
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let them know that if the liked Dances with Wolves they will like this movie =)
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I saw this movie and was absolutely amazed. I couldn't tell on some occasions what was CG and what was the real movie footage. Remarkable technology. Any SW movie hereafter had better use at least that good of tech to bring across thier SE.
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It just 'dethroned' Star Wars as biggest box office Sci-Fi movie..... >:(
I get it it's new and the cgi is amazing.... but you can't dethrone something that technically is Sci-fi
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Hopefully this will spur Lucas back into the movie ring and he will start work on SW Eps VII!!! or a really nice EU movie that will recapture the top mark!
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Would love to see Hamill , Fisher , and Ford again ;D in a movie that sets 25 years after episode 6
But they will probanly not do that ( altough Harrisons return to indy gives me some hope)
Cheers-
Jesse
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Hopefully this will spur Lucas back into the movie ring and he will start work on SW Eps VII!!! or a really nice EU movie that will recapture the top mark!
I thought the same thing. Wouldn't you love to see see CG that good applied to Star Wars!
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well no offense guys but i think avatar is crap. well it may have great effects but it copies star wars a lot with those blue creatures. blue like the people from ryloth and the look a lot like those guy from episodes 13 and 14 from TCW season 1, i forgot their names.
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well no offense guys but i think avatar is crap. well it may have great effects but it copies star wars a lot with those blue creatures. blue like the people from ryloth and the look a lot like those guy from episodes 13 and 14 from TCW season 1, i forgot their names.
James Cameron came up with the idea for the Na'vi and wrote the script in the 90s. He just had to wait to make the movie because he didn't have the technology to make it.
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I saw Avatar tonight in 3D with my parents. It was amazing! It was definetley much better than I expected it would be! I hope they don't make a seque lto it, it would kind of ruin it.
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well no offense guys but i think avatar is crap. well it may have great effects but it copies star wars a lot with those blue creatures. blue like the people from ryloth and the look a lot like those guy from episodes 13 and 14 from TCW season 1, i forgot their names.
James Cameron came up with the idea for the Na'vi and wrote the script in the 90s. He just had to wait to make the movie because he didn't have the technology to make it.
well the ryloth people could be seen til then. and who knows, maybe he modified it...
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well no offense guys but i think avatar is crap. well it may have great effects but it copies star wars a lot with those blue creatures. blue like the people from ryloth and the look a lot like those guy from episodes 13 and 14 from TCW season 1, i forgot their names.
I had a 'Meh' feeling about it .... I liked the combat and stuff but hated the treehugging crap.
And also it's not that original it's basicly Aliens seen from the Alien point of view ( complete with mech robot at the end)
Its a Mix of his former movies
*Aliens = combat
*Abyss = Friendly mysterious aliens
*Titanic= Cheesy romances
And some treehugging crap thrown in
Do not get me wrong i was impressed , the cgi was amazing and i liked some parts..But it's not better than Aliens in any way
Cheers-
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i loves this movie 10/10
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I think this movie has set the bar for all future cgi movies to follow. Wouldn't we all like to see our beloved SW redone with this type of skill!
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Um, I shudder everytime I think of Lucas redoing a SW movie, Shawn. I do believe that it has been rumored that Uncle George has been positively influenced by Avatar's success to go ahead and pursue the conversion of the SW saga to a 3-D format, just like he had always dreamed about.
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Um, I shudder everytime I think of Lucas redoing a SW movie, Shawn. I do believe that it has been rumored that Uncle George has been positively influenced by Avatar's success to go ahead and pursue the conversion of the SW saga to a 3-D format, just like he had always dreamed about.
Yeah Lucas does sometimes mess with things better left alone (Mondalorians, cough cough daggone it). Still, I try not to envision what the Battle of Hoth would look like given the same type of effects we have seen in Avatar.
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Well, it's been 13 years. A lot of other movies were made in the meantime and its release was delayed 7 times also due to the pandemic.
But now Avatar: The Way of Water is finally out now for us to enjoy. And since the second installment by James Cameron directly connects to the first one that wowed us all, I think it makes sense to get this topic back from page 4 to the top, again.
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Before I share my thoughts about it here, it might make sense to share some affiliate links to Amazon here. DK have developed some amazing art books to this movie once again:
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https://www.amazon.com/Art-Avatar-Way-Water/dp/0744028736/ref=sr_1_5?crid=34CUHA0ZDY7HL&keywords=avatar+book&qid=1671872810&sprefix=avatar+book%2Caps%2C265&sr=8-5
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https://www.amazon.com/World-Avatar-Visual-Celebration/dp/1465489894/ref=sr_1_4?crid=34CUHA0ZDY7HL&keywords=avatar+book&qid=1671872856&sprefix=avatar+book%2Caps%2C265&sr=8-4
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We went to see it in the theatre and wow was it gorgeous.
This takes cgi to an entirely new level.
And the movie's story took way too long to come to fruition. I mean wow.