The Spirit Incarnated
So, decided to see Avatar today. :)
The plan was to go see some of lady_cinnicat's friends here in Minnesota, then catch the 3:45pm IMAX 3D show. Unfortunately, we didn't take our leave until 3:30pm. Being the intelligent sort, we decide to not rush and just get the 7:00pm show, and hey, we can stop by the theater and get tickets now. Good thing we did, we discovered that 3:45pm had been sold out since the morning, 7:00pm was just sold out and 10:15 was selling quickly. We snarfed up the 10:15pm show.
There followed a period of quiet and happy shopping for games, mp3 players and dinner with the in-laws.
Then 3 hours of 'Wow'. Avatar is good. Yes, predictable, but the graphics and realization of the alien world is simply high-sugar eye candy. We almost forgave the theater for showing the pre-show ads along with the first five minutes of the movie. :) For the prices we charge, we want ad-free! :) There was applause when the extra video feed finally cut out.
Sadly, lady_cinnicat got the better show. Remember that 3D part? My left eye couldn't get enough detail to get that effect with the theater glasses. Fortunately, my right eye could at least get the 2D effect with the glasses. I thought at first without the glasses I would go, but the 3D imagry means that everything on-screen shows in several overlapping images to be interpreted by the two eyes through the eyewear. That's confusing to watch, so I happily retreated to monocle-vision.
Avatar is good. 3 hours, but good. And as a fan of anthropomorphics and transformation stories, it is good fare I can recommend.
The plan was to go see some of lady_cinnicat's friends here in Minnesota, then catch the 3:45pm IMAX 3D show. Unfortunately, we didn't take our leave until 3:30pm. Being the intelligent sort, we decide to not rush and just get the 7:00pm show, and hey, we can stop by the theater and get tickets now. Good thing we did, we discovered that 3:45pm had been sold out since the morning, 7:00pm was just sold out and 10:15 was selling quickly. We snarfed up the 10:15pm show.
There followed a period of quiet and happy shopping for games, mp3 players and dinner with the in-laws.
Then 3 hours of 'Wow'. Avatar is good. Yes, predictable, but the graphics and realization of the alien world is simply high-sugar eye candy. We almost forgave the theater for showing the pre-show ads along with the first five minutes of the movie. :) For the prices we charge, we want ad-free! :) There was applause when the extra video feed finally cut out.
Sadly, lady_cinnicat got the better show. Remember that 3D part? My left eye couldn't get enough detail to get that effect with the theater glasses. Fortunately, my right eye could at least get the 2D effect with the glasses. I thought at first without the glasses I would go, but the 3D imagry means that everything on-screen shows in several overlapping images to be interpreted by the two eyes through the eyewear. That's confusing to watch, so I happily retreated to monocle-vision.
Avatar is good. 3 hours, but good. And as a fan of anthropomorphics and transformation stories, it is good fare I can recommend.