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The Science of Avatar

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the god-i-want-to-see-this dept.

Jamie noted a bit on The Science of Avatar running on Ain't it Cool, written by a professor of astrophysics who has worked on searching for planets and SETI. I believe I might be the last person on earth who hasn't seen it; here's hoping I can find 3 free hours over the holidays.

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  1. Re:Ava-who? by owlnation · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I am not going to vote with my pocketbook that plot, craft, and character development don't matter, and that all that matters is effects.

    As a cinematographer, I'm not going to see it either. I have no interest in VFX movies, all the chromakey work on them is far too boring to work on -- it completely limits what the camera can do (as well as what actors can do, very few work well with chromakey).

    VFX based movies are not filmmaking -- it's working in an office job. I got into movies to be on set, to do creative things with light. VFX kills all of that stone dead.

    By all accounts I've read or heard the story and acting in this film is very poor -- it's just VFX porn with 3D smurfs. I can look at a computer game if I wanted that.

  2. Re:I haven't seen it by cthulhu11 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I paid $12 in Bellevue WA. Desperately wanted popcorn, but despite being thronged, the place only had 1/3 of the concession counters open, so the line was absurd.

    Nobody wants to go to the cinema any more.

    Maybe they just want to avoid eurotrash who go out of their way to use the word "cinema" and talk about "attending university" rather than going to college.