Dances with smurfs aka AVATAR

[loobee]

Just been to see AVATAR and I’m going to eat humble pie on thinking ‘Meh’ at the trailers as I thought it was fabulous darling. No it’s not the film to end all films that Cameron was boasting but it was still very entertaining nether the less. If you’ve played video games, watched/read Sci-fi and fantasy it’s nothing new but if you love those genres you’ll enjoy this film. The visuals were astounding, the story was serviceable if a little cliché. But Pandora was so Immersive I kind of though bugger the rest of the film I want to see David Attenborough walking around commenting on the world around him.

Only downside, I have migraine from the 3D.

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[starsandgraces]

Our reactions to Avatar are basically identical, right down to the migraine (mine lasted almost a week, jesus). I really, really hope some of the special features on the DVD will just be getting to look around Pandora some, because the attention to detail in the film suggests to me that there's so much more to see!

[loobeeinthesky.livejournal.com]

I'd heard of people saying it hurt their eyes so never expected to come out with my brain hurting so badly, well worth the pain though ;)

I would love to see that so much as the bioluminescent world was amazing. You can imagine what they could show us on Blue Ray if they can perfect the 3D interactive sections on there ♥ Apparently Cameron said there may be 2 more films to come so I hope we see much more of Pandora. I loved the fact that the whole world was so alive, literally :)

[starsandgraces]

Definitely! Though I'm not unhappy about my dad saying he's fine to see it in 2D when I go to see it again with him. ;D

Really, the world-building was exquisite, and I have a HUGE thing for detailed world-building so it was perfect for me from that point of view. I hope they do concentrate slightly more on the plot for the next film(s) if they do make them, because that was the only disappointment for me (though when I was watching it, I was so engrossed in the visuals that I didn't really have a chance to think about that until we came out of the cinema).

[loobeeinthesky.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Probably best for your dad, don't want him doing what my sister did either, she almost flew out of her chair because she thought a rock was going to hit her XD

*nods* I really can't think of a world in any film that was so well visualized, well apart from our own ;) I feel the same way too about that, I pretty much could guess what was going to happen before it did. Cameron has a habit of doing visuals over story and he's even rehashing his Aliens plot a little with the evil corporation doing anything to get their money :( So yeah I wish next time he ups the originality more, I just hope the next films won't be a rehash of the humans coming back with more force. He has a whole world to play with now :D

[rubbersoul1967.livejournal.com]

That movie made me feel dizzy too.
You're right, the visuals were very nice and my family loved it, but I guess that just wasn't enough for me personally cause I just wanted it to end so I could go home and sleep, haha.
But, I was very impressed that there was absolutely no uncanny valley effect going on.

[loobeeinthesky.livejournal.com]

I still have my headache, I just hope it was because I was tired and not the 3D ;_;

Haha I've had people next to me asleep and done it myself during 'Troy' so you could have nodded off at the cinema. It's quite comfy sometimes if you can drown out the booms and bangs ;)

True, the Na'vi were enough like us but still alien enough to not cause revulsion. I've heard people say it was because of the eyes, they made them big and childlike.