Reasonable said:
I think the 3D and the CGI is so good Avatar has become a 'must see and judge for yourself' film. Friends of mine who would never see a film like Avatar are taking themselves off to see it to see 'what the fuss is all about'. While I've critised it's story, etc. as have most critics, the simple fact is that, obvious weaknesses aside, the film is pure cinema visually. It's loaded with what we find, as a visually biased species, fascinating about sitting in the dark watching films on a very big screen. What's going to be interesting is how this changes things for 3D. The film industry want's to get us all back in cinema's to see 3D films rather than watching at home, and if Avatar is as big as success as the drop indicates I think we're really going to see the studios really push for more big, visually impressive 3D films. Amazing drop, of course - unless Avatar drops big time by next weekend it's going to sail past 1 billion fairly quickly. It should be noted though, just 'cause it's a fair point, that a large percentage of its sales are from Imax or higher priced 3D showings (I've seen it in Imax and at a higher price showning in a regular cinema) so the large numbers reflect a slightly smaller audience than they otherwise would do, but clearly hoards of people are seeing it nonetheless.
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The 3D was not the best thing about the film. The world, its animals and the setting were the reasons to see it. And ofcourse seeing Cameron back where he belongs, doing huge sci fi epics.
Well Tintin is being shot with stereoscopic cameras, not sure about Burton's Wonderland, so that will be another potential film to check out.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
