Resident ATOT downer??? Everyone on here complains about everything. It's what makes ATOT ATOT but the 3D didn't make the movie any better. The movie was good without it and didn't need it. 3D is just like motion controls, a stupid gimmick to try to sell to people to try and enhance the experience when it doesn't need enhancing and actually makes it worse most of the time.
made the movie what was worth seeing imho. Otherwise, it's a story I just don't care to watch. Not because it's a bad story (and not the unoriginal part either), it just gives me an odd feeling. It was a good movie story wise but not something that'll have be craving to watch it again just for the story.
Without the 3D, I won't see the movie ever again. I will probably go watch it in 3D again, however, and if I do it will be further from the screen. I was basically at the front and I don't like sitting that close, and kind of messed with the 3D image and the ability to see the whole screen without moving your head. I don't like moving my head to see different parts of the screen. Theater was packed last night though ($6 Tuesdays at National Amusements theaters).
I don't want the gimmicky 3D, and this movie was a treat. It was exactly the type of 3D I like - depth, not gimmick. The out of focus background and foreground clued your eyes into what you need to look at, and then the layers just popped into view perfectly. There was a real feeling of foreground and background, something very very hard to achieve without 3D effects, and even then - the best films with dimensionality cannot come close to what Avatar achieved.
Also, when you pan your head real fast, you don't see very well during the panning process. To me, the 3D effect was there to make you feel like you were there, right in the middle of everything. When you are running around and tumbling, you don't see anything with absolute clarity. Things blur together until you set your eyes on something to focus on.
Oh, and I think with the 3D, the CGI blended in perfectly and just felt real. It was quite impressive, what helped what how everything behaved. It felt like a lush and surreal world, and with that mindset, the world just looked alive.