Friday, December 18, 2009

Avatar 3D

This is the real deal for 3D movies! What an experience! Ok, maybe the plot itself is nothing extraordinary, plus the love story. But the movie is worth for the cinematic experience.

The director James Cameron spent years to develop the right technology to direct his "dream" movie, not so much for the 3D but to create his avatars, or virtual actors, in order get them the most perfect as possible.
The first time you see a Na'vi (the people from Pandora planet) you may say "No, you can see it's computer generated". It's true. But as the movie develops you start to notice the small details and the facial expressions. Even if it wasn't perfect all the time, from a moment on I was really convinced that there was a "person" inside the Na'vis.

The world of Pandora is beautifully represented, with amazing landscapes and a very rich fauna and flora.
One problem regarding the 3D, it's colour quality. During the movie I removed my 3D glasses and I saw a significant difference regarding colours and contrast. I plan to watch the 2D version, because I believe the glasses remove part of the Pandora richness.

Regarding the story itself, it's a normal love story (where the guy pretends/fakes to be someone else to infiltrate but then falls in love) and where the hero change sides in order to defend his beliefs. Then, some parts of the plots/characters could have been better, like the typical speech to the "troops" before the battle (yes, in a "Braveheart" kind of way).

I totally recommend "Avatar" in 3D, but at least you should watch this movie on a big BIG screen! You won't notice the 3 hours length :-P

2 comments:

Espertinho said...

The movie looks great but I wonder if there wasn't too much fuss about it? After all just because the director's James Cameron doesn't mean it's such a pearl (I'm remembering Titanic... boring!)
Anyway, I agree that such a production needs to be seen on the big screen for greater enjoyment...

Rita said...

Gostei imenso do filme e das suas paisagens, mas nao acho que perca cor ao usarmos os oculos para 3D (talvez sejam diferentes entre os usados em Lisboa e em Paris ?!).
E vi o filme da primeira fila com um ecra graaaande..eheh!
A historia nao 'e nada de novo, mas o filme vale pela experiencia 3D e as suas imagens. Os avatars sao uns seres perfeitinhos que inspiram pureza!