New 'Avatar' trailer

[twaddington]

Anticipation for Avatar is certainly a couple of notches lower than it was before the release of the first trailer.  I don't know what people were expecting, I don't know what I was expecting, but it was something, well, breathtaking. Maybe it is a good thing that expectations have been lowered because now, if it is amazing, people will actually be surprised.  The new trailer is hardly groundbreaking in its structure, it follows the established formula of almost all action film trailers, revealing just enough of the plot so you know exactly what's going to happen. It does showcase some of the undeniably impressive visual effects though and even more of the cliched dialogue.

see the trailer here http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/can-this-new-avatar-trailer-turn-it-all-around-colea.php

I will go and see Avatar but part of me hopes that it is terrible so as to put an abrupt end to this 3D filmmaking revolution which threatens to turn cinema from an art form in to nothing more than a theme park ride. Ok maybe that's an exaggeration, but suggestions that The Hobbit could be filmed in 3D ,if Avatar was to have a huge impact, sent a chill down my spine.

What do you think of the new trailer and do you agree with my concerns about 3D cinema?

source-http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/can-this-new-avatar-trailer-turn-it-all-around-colea.php

[dalmatianjaws]

The full 16 minute preview was breathtaking in terms of visuals. Other aspects left much to be desired.

So far, this is everything he promised visually. I gotta say ... the hammy story line doesn't do a whole lot for me.

[dnwilliams]

this is everything he promised visually

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you think this i photoreal and like nothing you've ever seen before djaws?

[dalmatianjaws]

Oh sure. Those high rez pictures that were up here earlier are proof of that. Astounding stuff. Folks seem to have an issue that they don't look human, which is impossible, cause they're not meant to be human. It's handy in terms of VFX, but bad advertising because it doesn't take into count the mass stupidity of people. While I can't say I'm 100% on board with the overall style of the world (the color scheme would not be my first choice for an action/adventure setting, though I can't deny it's stunning), I do love the monster design and think it delivers on all the promises I heard about, actual or assumed.

The story, however, interests me less and less. I recently watched part of the last hour of Titanic, and it's cheesy as fuck. For some reason, this film seems like the male version of Titanic to me. And while I'm male, I'm no longer 12 years old, so I think it just won't grab me the same way. Here's to hoping.

[dnwilliams]

I agree that the hi-res photos were a significant step up in terms of how good the na'vi looked, but photoreal implies that the CG will never, ever, date. As in, it's photorealistic, it can't get better. That's not the case. I imagine Avatar will date horribly. As for being something you've never seen before...come now.

[Sheridan Passell]

The problem with Avatar is that the more you shrink the screen size the more Jar Jar Binks the fx looks. I will be seeing it on IMAX, therefore that won't be a problem. Soon they will have photorealistic cg that works at any size.

I am taking my ex-girlfriend to see it, as something of a desperate last attempt to win her back. Wish me luck.

[dnwilliams]

Is that really a girlfriend-winning-back kind of movie? Good luck anyways.

[Sheridan Passell]

I'm planning a speech for the way back. "You and me, we're just like two blue people on a planet..."

[dalmatianjaws]

Stick your ponytail in her ear so you can control her. You have a ponytail, right?

Goodluck!

[Sheridan Passell]

That's one word for it.

[dalmatianjaws]

but photoreal implies that the CG will never, ever, date. As in, it's photorealistic, it can't get better.

Um. Fair enough, but I can't say that term implies anything like that to me, so maybe there's the difference. I'm looking at the picture of him screaming and ... well, quite simply, that looks photo realistic to me. Now will that be every shot? Almost certainly not. So there's that.