Avatar after only hitting the cinemas for a few weeks is well on its way to making movie history, by surpassing Titanic as the world's biggest earning movie. Certainly the local cinemas showing the 3D version are booked out for multiple days in advance, even for late-night and afternoon sessions.
So I went along to see - what all the hype was about and were 3D movies any good. I was too young to have caught the original craze for watching the aliens pop out of the screen at you in the 1950s and 1960s - so, outside of IMAX theatres, Avatar 3D was the first time I had seen a genuine 3D movie. I really did want to be impressed. Was I? In a word - no I was not. The special effects and the animation of the 3D blue-skinned Na'vi - was very well done and, yes, you did forget that you were watching animation.
However the 3D effects seemed most impressive in the 3D Dolby Sound Check count down at the start. I think I noticed the odd dandelion-like plant floating towards me - but that was it. The dragon-flying scenes were very slick - but flat as a pancake as far as I could see- no dragons flew out of the screen which seemed like a huge waste. The enormous battle scene towards the end - again nothing come right at you in the audience - and isn't that the point of 3D - not even the high-tech screens used to direct the mining (which in real life are close to being 3D now) - were not rendered in 3D.
So yes I am completed surprised at the rave reviews that Avatar is getting. Personally I wouldn't bother at all with the 2D version - the script is certainly not this movie's strength. Maybe the IMAX version might be a better option for those really wanting to see some real science fiction 3D action.
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