Comments on: Avatar http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2009/avatar/ Science, astronomy, politics, movies, and various minutiae. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Ridger http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2009/avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-169542 The Ridger Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:46:49 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/?p=508#comment-169542 I can't remember the last 3D movie I saw in the theater. I tried watching the 3D version of Coraline on the DVD, but it was no good. Of course, the technology may have progressed since ... a quarter of a century ago? I hate the oo-look-3D!! shots, and they're particularly annoying in a 2D print (yes, Journey to the Center of the Earth, I'm looking at you). I can’t remember the last 3D movie I saw in the theater. I tried watching the 3D version of Coraline on the DVD, but it was no good. Of course, the technology may have progressed since … a quarter of a century ago?

I hate the oo-look-3D!! shots, and they’re particularly annoying in a 2D print (yes, Journey to the Center of the Earth, I’m looking at you).

]]> By: JC http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2009/avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-169445 JC Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:52:22 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/?p=508#comment-169445 I found the Avatar 3D to be very good. I think I saw it in a theater that had a particularly good screen for the RealD technology - which is to say a screen that does a good job of preserving the polarization of the light from the projector. What’s the last 3D movie you saw? If you’ve seen a RealD 3D movie and had problems, then I doubt this would be any better. It’s expensive, and it’s long, so this wouldn’t necessarily be the best movie to try out if you’re concerned about a headache. What I found to be nice was that there weren’t a lot of shots of things coming out of the screen, which I find very distracting. I found the Avatar 3D to be very good. I think I saw it in a theater that had a particularly good screen for the RealD technology – which is to say a screen that does a good job of preserving the polarization of the light from the projector. What’s the last 3D movie you saw? If you’ve seen a RealD 3D movie and had problems, then I doubt this would be any better. It’s expensive, and it’s long, so this wouldn’t necessarily be the best movie to try out if you’re concerned about a headache. What I found to be nice was that there weren’t a lot of shots of things coming out of the screen, which I find very distracting.

]]> By: The Ridger http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2009/avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-169272 The Ridger Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:53:41 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/?p=508#comment-169272 I don't like 3D. It gives me a headache and it takes 30 minutes for the effect to kick in. (I think it's because I have unbalanced color perception; one eye sees much yellower than the other.) Do you think this method will be any better - which is to ask, I guess, did you adapt to it as quickly as always? Anyway, my main complaint about the movie was: why do the Na'vi have four limbs and two eyes, unlike every other creature on the planet (moon)? That really bugged me. I don’t like 3D. It gives me a headache and it takes 30 minutes for the effect to kick in. (I think it’s because I have unbalanced color perception; one eye sees much yellower than the other.) Do you think this method will be any better – which is to ask, I guess, did you adapt to it as quickly as always?

Anyway, my main complaint about the movie was: why do the Na’vi have four limbs and two eyes, unlike every other creature on the planet (moon)? That really bugged me.

]]> By: Aylia http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2009/avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-168276 Aylia Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:32:09 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/?p=508#comment-168276 And I'll see it with you. On the big screen. In 3D. :) And I’ll see it with you. On the big screen. In 3D. :)

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