Finally saw Avatar tonight with my wife and some close friends

[AznAnarchy99]

And its number 1 again this week.. lol

 

[cutenfit]

Liked it, but I'm one of those that have problems with 3d.

 

[sdifox]

I saw it today too... Dumbass (that would be me) read the time to be 3:30, when it was 3:15. So no surprise I am seated at Row 2.

I jammed the jacket into the back of the seat and slid down the seat a bit more to get the screen

2.5hr later, back pain

The movie worked. Though I don't think of Pocahontas. More like Star Trek : Insurrection

 

[BrownTown]

As a side note, I loved the reference to unobtanium...a rare substance highly sought after in the cycling community as a material to make bicycle frames out of.

Just feal compelled to point out that "unobtanium" is used in tons of different contexts. I assumed the movie meant it to be used is the context of the energy sector where it refers to a material with a limitless supply of non-polluting energy. I really doubt that people would be killing natives just to make better bicycles, but killing them for energy supplies seems alot more politically relevant.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Just feal compelled to point out that "unobtanium" is used in tons of different contexts. I assumed the movie meant it to be used is the context of the energy sector where it refers to a material with a limitless supply of non-polluting energy. I really doubt that people would be killing natives just to make better bicycles, but killing them for energy supplies seems alot more politically relevant.

I never said the movie intended for it to be used to make bicycles. Just that it was amusing to me because that term is frequently used on a cycling forum I frequent.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Silly question, would the 3D glasses work at home? I did not have any to try when I watched it. It probably would not be much effect on my 19" LCD though

 

[nick1985]

How close are the friends?

 

[Gothgar]

Haven't seen it, dont really plan on it

 

[Inspector Jihad]

avatar isn't a movie, its a demo for 3d technology.

 

[seemingly random]

Haven't been to a movie theater in 15 years. Will watch it at some point.

 

[destrekor]

Silly question, would the 3D glasses work at home? I did not have any to try when I watched it. It probably would not be much effect on my 19" LCD though

You hadn't seen this question posed in any of the other 50 avatar threads?

Short answer: No.
Long answer: No, the lenses are polarized glasses, and require a display that is displaying two images in rapid succession polarized in an opposite fashion (RealD glasses use circular polarization: clockwise/counterclockwise). No home display is capable of displaying this yet.

Though I did recently see what I think was a Toshiba projector coming soon that offers 3D. IIRC, it uses polarization.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Silly question, would the 3D glasses work at home? I did not have any to try when I watched it. It probably would not be much effect on my 19" LCD though

I don't think there's any way to change the polarity of the image on a home screen like they do at the theater. You'd need 2 projectors, each with a lens that matches the polarity of one of the lenses of the 3d glasses, to reproduce the 3-D effect at home. Even then you'd have to know exactly how to offset one of the images to fool your eyes into thinking they were getting parallax data.

 

[KeithTalent]

I saw it for the first time a few days ago and almost fell asleep. Twice.

I did fall asleep.

Does every person that sees this film need to create a thread about it? It's not like people are not aware of the movie.

KT

 

[Locut0s]

I did fall asleep.

Does every person that sees this film need to create a thread about it? It's not like people are not aware of the movie.

KT

Yes EVERY fucking person needs to. In fact I'm going to make one now. :biggrin:

 

[TallBill]

Wanted to see it for $6. $15 is too much.

 

[Deeko]

Saw this finally - considering I live across the street from an Imax theater (literally) and I get tickets for $3.50 from work, I didn't have much of an excuse not to....

It was too long, it was VERY predictable, too preachy, and frankly I could have done without the 3D. However, it was still an enjoyable movie. It was what I expected.

 

[meltdown75]

i am glad you shared your personal opinion of this movie.

 

[MrsBugi]

Haven't seen it yet, looking forward to it next week...