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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Nearly every review of the film is the same. Plot is bland, acting so-so, but the 'experience' is astounding. It doesn't hold up well as a film or a story once you take away the hype and the glasses. Then again, and I've said it before, Cameron is not a good screenwriter, it was his partnership with Gale Anne Hurd that brought out the best scripts. She brought all the intelligence, the emotion and the heart to the stories that made Cameron famous.
The worst thing about all this is that we're going to see a glut of 3D 'event' movies over the next few years as the bankrupt minds in Hollywood latch onto another fad. The only place to see any real stories anymore is in the indie offsprings of the majors, like the stuff that comes out of Sony Classics and Focus. That, and of course, the indie produced stuff itself. Slamdance starts soon, and that always has some good films worthy of attention: http://www.slamdance.com/ |
I still haven't seen
Avatar, but many of the animated 3D films I have seen recently have been excellent. I'm thinking of films like
Up,
Monsters vs. Aliens, and
Coraline (which I saw in 2D, but is was a 3D movie). They had heart, and scripts that could be appreciated by all age groups.
Of course, having an 10 year old grandchild living with us has helped determine many of our recent movie night decisions.
The new 3D is far superior to the old stuff, and I see no reason why it can't be taken seriously by serious film makers. Done right, and used as another tool in the arsenal rather than the centerpiece of the film, it can enhance the story and bring a new dimension of reality to the movie going experience.