Avatar - James Cameron Returns! (Spoilers in thread, obviously!)

If we're talking about CGI and realism then you should add "District 9" to the list. The prawn looked so life like that I thought they were puppets or animatronics.

If a computer image doesn't match the lighting on the live shot, then the contrast stands out and I'm no longer immersed in the story. "District 9" created a seamless blend of CGI and live action.
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
...Somehow though I don't think they did all that motion capture 12 years ago. If they did I would hate to see Sigourney today. :evil:
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I was thinkin' more along these lines...

Cameron (still riding high on Titanic's bow): For my next project, I will master and wield this groundbreaking "motion capture" thingy on film. I'll be great!
Eager Studio Exec: Right! And we should be able to tie the release date in with the new millennium hullabaloo!
Cameron: Naw, it won't.....Riiight..."the millennium"...let's go with that.
 
Wow...just over 2.5 weeks and already over 1 billion dollars. This will make "Titanic" (the biggest selling movie ever) look small.

Somehow...I think Cameron will get his way with Avatar 2 projecting at 48fps in 3D.
 
Ian-T said:
Somehow...I think Cameron will get his way with Avatar 2 projecting at 48fps in 3D.
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Look forward to seeing that, but I have to say Avatar was the first 3D film I've seen where I didn't notice any blurring artifacts on fast motion (I saw a ton in Beowulf).
 
Thanks for the link on that bts clip, Chip. :thumbsup:


Until you've seen it IMAX 3D you can only speculate on the look of this thing. I didn't really know what to expect going in and was blown away by what I saw. This the first time 3D has affected me like that.

I hope I have a 3D television by the time this is released on blu-ray.
 
Blaine said:
I hope I have a 3D television by the time this is released on blu-ray.
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3D tv's are the hottest thing at CES this year and cheap!

ESPN and Discovery Channel just announced thier new all 3D tv channels (more nets to come) so you guys better start learning how to shoot in 3D, call it a gimmic for now but it's going to be a gold mine, little to no contnent out there now and they are hard up for it, really hard up for it, name your price hard up for it.
 
ChipG said:
3D tv's are the hottest thing at CES this year and cheap!

ESPN and Discovery Channel just announced thier new all 3D tv channels (more nets to come) so you guys better start learning how to shoot in 3D, call it a gimmic for now but it's going to be a gold mine, little to no contnent out there now and they are hard up for it, really hard up for it, name your price hard up for it.
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Figures...I finally just got an HDTV...
 
I also don't think 3D will catch on for homes. The main factor is the glasses. When 3D TV evolves to a time when you can see it like regular tv, then I think it will be a serious contender. And, of course, its also about the content. I can't think of any serious director willing to take 3D as seriously as Cameron did. When I say seriously, is to actually think about 3d cinematography and how to best use 3D in a narrative environment. Avatar was probably the first time I've seen 3D fully used as a story telling device and an integral part of the film structure and narrative, and not only for cheap thrills and "experience" sequences in first person or 3rd person chases (although they are obviously there). Directors will still have to have in mind the 2d versions of their films, which will handicap the 3D versions of those films to chase sequences and cheap thrill shots. The cinematography approach has to be different for both deliveries, IMO. Avatar has very deep DOF shots throughout the film because of the 3D experience. This commitment of what type of cinematography would have to be made by the director and the film producers right at the start. And that is a very big business gamble that I just don't see it coming- I'm not talking obviously of big blockbusters like Transformers, which survive basically on thrills and experience sequences, but on regular dramas, thrillers, comedies and indies and small auteur movies. Its a big commercial gamble for people shooting these genres to go full 3D, since these films trully survive on the story, acting and conventional aspects of cinema. Not to say that 3D wouldn't add to these genres, just saying that it would mean a revolution in the way a film would need to be approached and the problems in distribution. Just some food for thought here. I'm open to different opinions and views, since this is such an exciting new time for film!
 
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Man I would love to play Call of Duty on a 3DTV, that would kick ass.

What's the biggest 'reasonably' priced 3DTV (say 5 to 10k).
 
Boxofficemojo isn't updated yet but Avatar just took the #2 spot for all time highest gross, it took him 20 days. Cameron owns #1 and #2 now.
 
Number two on the ladder is The Dark Knight which did $533 mil, Avatar has done $367 mil. That's not adjusted for inflation too.

EDIT: My bad. I just realized you were going on worldwide.
 
Yes, worldwide. I'm told 75% of the people who have seen it in foreign countries had to see the 2D version (not many 3D projectors in these countries) so I wonder what the big draw for them is?
 
I was so lucky, I thought my cinema wouldn't get 3D until 4D was the standard and they got 3D in time for Avatar. I would have had to fly to my capital city otherwise.
 
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