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my experience with Avatar was interesting
 
Poll: Which format did you first see AUJ in and how do you feel about 48 FPS?
I love the look of 48 FPS and I first saw The Hobbit in this format.
I love the look of 48 FPS and I first saw The Hobbit in 3D 24 fps.
I love the look of 48 FPS and I first saw The Hobbit in 2D.
I have mixed feelings on the look of 48 FRPS and I first saw The Hobbit in this format.
I have mixed feeliings on the look of 48 FPS and I first saw The Hobbit in 3D 24 fps.
I have mixed feelings on the look of 48 FPS and I first saw The Hobbit in 2D.
I hate the look of 48 FPS and I first saw The Hobbit in this format.
I hate the look of 48 FPS and I first saw The Hobbit in 3D 24 fps.
I hate the look of 48 FPS and I first saw The Hobbit in 2D.
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my experience with Avatar was interesting [In reply to] Can't Post

I will admit Cameron isn't the best storyteller/writer. He does well enough to get my attention but not so skillfully that I want to praise his storytelling.

But Avatar tapped into a lot of things I'm keenly interested in - both in terms of ideology and visuals. And I love well done 3D (cue the old Viewmaster toy as a kid story) so it was like a perfect storm for me. I really, really liked Avatar.

Now, seeing Avatar in 2D (which I did two out of the three times I saw it at the theater), I still enjoyed it very much... but the high flash of 'magic' wasn't there. The one that evokes a childlike wonder and awe at something that captivates me.

I also watched it again on DVD and still liked it quite alot. Not as much as in the theaters but the story and the music still do it for me (although liking Horner is easier the less one listens to his other scores. I watched some other movie he scored recently and was disappointed by how much the score to that sounded like the score to Avatar. It was easier to like Avatar when it sounded 'fresh')

Then I caught parts of it on a small screen tv in a motel and was struck by how much the whole movie looked like a cartoon. Like a well done Saturday morning cartoon. I don't mean the story was any worse for me. But all the magic of the movie had been sucked clean out of it. When I watched Avatar on the big screen, I *believed* the Na'vi were real. I mean, intellectually I know they aren't. But conceptually, I completely bought into them as actual, real beings. On the small screen, that wasn't happening.

But that doesn't diminish the movie in my eyes. It just tells me how much I value magic in my life. We all find magic in different things. One way I find it is in 3D and/or holographic images (I also collect lenticular items). I love glow in the dark, as well. I loved them as a kid and I didn't let or make myself grow out of that as I aged.

It also kind of explains, I think, some criticisms I read from fans about some movies. Those of us who saw the LOTR movies on the big screen, many of us multiple times, saw those images in their intended display. We then might have watched them on DVD with, perhaps, good tv set ups.

But now we have multitudes of people watching them for the first time and maybe the only time on commercial tv networks. Maybe they're cropped. Maybe their cut for time. They surely have interruptions for commercials.

It would take a powerful story/movie to maintain any 'magic' with that working against it. I love the movie Chocolat. (Depp and Binoche) It was on commercial tv on day as I worked on the computer and so I watched it. I was appalled at how badly it was cut. There was no magic and nothing that would have made me sigh with pleasure or recommend it to a friend.

So when one of the LOTR movies plays on TNT and we get an upsurge in troll posts at imdb, I kind of almost understand why. Someone watched the movie for the first time in this handicapped format and, after hearing what a fantastic movie it was from everyone in the world, wondered 'hun? why the love for *that*?'

Subject User Time
Which format did you first see AUJ in and how do you feel about 48 FPS? Kassandros Send a private message to Kassandros Dec 28 2012, 7:15pm
    Will get back to you Ardamírë Send a private message to Ardamírë Dec 28 2012, 7:36pm
    I have no feelings about the look of 48 FPS yet Arwen's daughter Send a private message to Arwen's daughter Dec 28 2012, 8:23pm
    First saw in 2D dubulous Send a private message to dubulous Dec 28 2012, 9:02pm
        Amazing. Kassandros Send a private message to Kassandros Dec 28 2012, 9:41pm
    Mixed feelings Fredeghar Wayfarer Send a private message to Fredeghar Wayfarer Dec 29 2012, 1:18am
    Zero interest in 48 FPS or 3D. Elizabeth Send a private message to Elizabeth Dec 29 2012, 5:38am
    I started off "hating" HFR DanielLB Send a private message to DanielLB Dec 29 2012, 10:01am
        A lot of people Silverlode Send a private message to Silverlode Dec 29 2012, 10:12am
            what she said Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 29 2012, 4:42pm
                I'm kind of the opposite these days... Kassandros Send a private message to Kassandros Dec 31 2012, 12:20am
                    for what it's worth... Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 31 2012, 3:31am
    I wouldn't say I 'loved' HFR... Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 29 2012, 4:47pm
        I probably used the wrong terms in the poll... Kassandros Send a private message to Kassandros Dec 29 2012, 7:02pm
    I saw it in 24 first, went back & saw in 48 Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 29 2012, 5:45pm
        Interesting Kassandros Send a private message to Kassandros Dec 29 2012, 7:08pm
            my experience with Avatar was interesting Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 29 2012, 8:33pm
                James Horner Ardamírë Send a private message to Ardamírë Dec 29 2012, 8:38pm
                    I think Zimmer has the same problem Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 29 2012, 9:53pm
                        Epic and bombastic Ardamírë Send a private message to Ardamírë Dec 29 2012, 10:12pm
                            they certainly are well used for a certain type of film. // Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 29 2012, 10:59pm
                        oh, I agree! Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 30 2012, 5:15pm
                again we agree Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 30 2012, 5:20pm
            maybe the way PJ made it, viewing angle is more important than usual awepittance Send a private message to awepittance Dec 30 2012, 12:20pm
                I was in the center for The Hobbit. Kassandros Send a private message to Kassandros Dec 30 2012, 6:48pm
            hmm Annael Send a private message to Annael Dec 30 2012, 5:12pm
        Entirely agree. Silverlode Send a private message to Silverlode Dec 30 2012, 12:24am
            Thumbs up, but can't give final grade. Joe-Mathews Send a private message to Joe-Mathews Dec 30 2012, 1:24am
    Somewhat unique perspective Eye's on Guard Send a private message to Eye's on Guard Dec 30 2012, 12:19am
        So is your viewing of The Hobbit Starling Send a private message to Starling Dec 30 2012, 7:16am
            That's correct Eye's on Guard Send a private message to Eye's on Guard Dec 31 2012, 3:03am
                I tend to avoid 3D Starling Send a private message to Starling Jan 2 2013, 12:29am
    Based on results so far, my hypothesis is not supported. Kassandros Send a private message to Kassandros Dec 31 2012, 12:22am
        I'm struck by diametrically opposed opinions Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Dec 31 2012, 3:37am
    Terrible CathrineB Send a private message to CathrineB Jan 1 2013, 10:15pm
    yes to 48bfps Noria Send a private message to Noria Jan 2 2013, 1:39pm
    I love 48 fps... Hamfast Send a private message to Hamfast Jan 2 2013, 5:27pm
        Nope. Kassandros Send a private message to Kassandros Jan 7 2013, 10:23pm
    3x 24fps, 1x 48fps Rolfina Send a private message to Rolfina Jan 10 2013, 11:47am
    Liked HFR arithmancer Send a private message to arithmancer Jan 10 2013, 12:58pm
    I've now seen all three formats... HappyHobbitess Send a private message to HappyHobbitess Jan 11 2013, 9:54pm
    My opinion has changed. Kassandros Send a private message to Kassandros Jan 14 2013, 7:19pm
    HFR! swordwhale Send a private message to swordwhale Jan 23 2013, 7:20am
    I'm very excited about 48fps, sauget.diblosio Send a private message to sauget.diblosio Apr 2 2013, 12:37am

 
 
 

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