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Dead & Messed Up
03-22-2009, 01:36 AM
It would certainly seem so...

TIME Magazine examines Cameron's Avatar (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1886541-1,00.html)

I'm not really sure what to make of this change. When I saw Coraline, I thought it made reasonable use of the 3D (not overdoing it), but I didn't like having my sight so completely directed by the film.

Obviously motion and composition already directs our eyes when we watch traditional film, but I truly enjoy looking at the entire frame, appreciating the image, and I felt like the 3D was too directive. In a way, it's changing film from two-dimensional portraiture into three-dimensional faux-sculpture.

My hope is that this doesn't become the norm. Some are comparing this to the transition from silent to sound, from black and white to color, but I don't know that I agree.

I don't want to be a flat-Earther or anything. It just bugs me.
Ezee E
03-22-2009, 02:53 AM
Its been a fad twice. Third time might be the charm, but I haven't seen anything that will change the way movies are made. Avatar sounds like it has the ambition to do that though.
Mysterious Dude
03-22-2009, 03:15 AM
I have a suspicion that Avatar will be a massive disappointment.
DavidSeven
03-22-2009, 03:38 AM
I don't see a demand for it. Why hasn't there been a 3-D revolution in photography, video games, artwork, etc.? I think people like a little distance from the art their viewing, and 3-D brings them a little too close.
eternity
03-22-2009, 04:16 AM
I don't think that it's going to be a big fad again like it has been in the past, but will rather become just an assumed thing for animated films. I don't think it will go much outside that though, and will kind of separate itself from live-action films and animation. All animated films will be 3D, barely any live action will.
Ezee E
03-22-2009, 05:06 AM
More 3D is on the way in other forms though. The article mentions it, but there's talk of a 3D desktop to navigate through windows. How it works, I don't know, but it's coming.
ledfloyd
03-22-2009, 10:45 AM
i can't imagine wanting to be bothered with a 3D version of windows.
Morris Schæffer
03-22-2009, 01:08 PM
It's going to be mindblowing!

I know!! I feel it!!
Grouchy
03-22-2009, 04:26 PM
I thought 3D was the past.
Mysterious Dude
03-22-2009, 06:10 PM
I hope they figure out a way to make books 3-D. Why should I be stuck reading text in two lousy dimensions?
Kurosawa Fan
03-22-2009, 06:23 PM
More 3D is on the way in other forms though. The article mentions it, but there's talk of a 3D desktop to navigate through windows. How it works, I don't know, but it's coming.

I can wait to be immersed in a 3-D computer crash.
Wryan
03-22-2009, 08:37 PM
I think Avatar will be good. There will be many imitators, most shit; Ebert will be shocked into loving a 3D film for the first time but will tastefully write that it's not the future and just a fun little toy.
MadMan
03-23-2009, 03:54 AM
The whole thing smacks of gimmick to me. It always has. That said, I think 3D glasses are pretty cool.
lovejuice
03-23-2009, 04:00 AM
It's going to be mindblowing!

I know!! I feel it!!
with you here. i think it's going to be huge.
Ivan Drago
03-23-2009, 05:19 AM
I will believe Avatar comes out this year when I see a trailer. For all I know, it's been delayed since 2006.
Sycophant
03-23-2009, 06:51 AM
Well, Ivan, you could look into it a bit more and find out that it's done shooting and is in postproduction and is apparently on target for a December release. I think this Time article is proof that the studio's gearing up for a major media blitz. It's coming, even though a few months' delay wouldn't be too terribly surprising.

Anyway, I remain unconvinced that 3-D truly has something to offer to filmmaking in a meaningful way. If there's something really valuable it can bring to the table, I haven't seen it yet.

Also, hoping someone figures out how to make a pair of 3-D glasses really comfortable for people who wear actual glasses.
Spun Lepton
03-25-2009, 03:08 AM
Avatar will be different from past 3D efforts because Cameron invented a camera that replicates the way the human eyes focus on objects. I don't know what that means, fully, but I suspect it will give three-dimensional depth to objects on the screen. This could potentially change the face of Hollywood forever.
Ivan Drago
03-25-2009, 05:05 AM
Well, Ivan, you could look into it a bit more and find out that it's done shooting and is in postproduction and is apparently on target for a December release. I think this Time article is proof that the studio's gearing up for a major media blitz. It's coming, even though a few months' delay wouldn't be too terribly surprising.

That's what I mean when I say that - another delay won't be surprising. I only kid around when I say that I refuse to believe it's coming out.
Morris Schæffer
03-25-2009, 11:50 AM
Avatar will be different from past 3D efforts because Cameron invented a camera that replicates the way the human eyes focus on objects. I don't know what that means, fully, but I suspect it will give three-dimensional depth to objects on the screen. This could potentially change the face of Hollywood forever.

It could! It will!! The hype is real!!!
Spun Lepton
03-25-2009, 08:37 PM
It could! It will!! The hype is real!!!

Sarcasm?
NickGlass
03-25-2009, 08:53 PM
No.
Morris Schæffer
03-25-2009, 10:08 PM
Sarcasm?

Not one iota. I'm onboard the hype locomotive!
MadMan
03-25-2009, 10:19 PM
I'm just happy that James Cameron is finally coming out with a movie that isn't a documentary. Time for him to get back to his sci-fi roots.