Comments on: Avatar Take II

By: Gurnam Bedi

Gurnam Bedi — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:28:33 +0000

My original point was that no cinema technology in the world can retain true 3D-ness of an image projected on a 2D plane if you close one eye. And by 3D, I mean real 3D where your brain is pretty convinced something has depth or is sticking in your face. This can only be achieved if each eye gets a slightly different image which is just how the brain works and those 3D glasses achieve.

There is no way around it. If you close one eye or if you are blind in one eye, nothing can help you get the True 3D™ experience

By: Kalyan

Kalyan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:48:30 +0000

True, in real life its no way drastic because our eyes rapidly change focus depending upon the object we are looking at, that change gives a perception of depth and hence 3d. Perhaps like bokehs in photography but only real time so much that we don't notice any difference !!

By: deepakg

deepakg — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:13:58 +0000

Agreed. The first time was for soaking it all in.

By: deepakg

deepakg — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:13:26 +0000

Uhm there is not much point of watching it on a DVD! The immersive 3D experience that a huge screen enables isn't going to work on a DVD. It isn't a keeper. Watch it at a theatre or don't watch it at all

By: deepakg

deepakg — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:11:06 +0000

I was quite enamored of the 3D visual effects and that is what got me there. I was also playing a parent to my parents this Republic Day and it was their first time.

PJ alert: Yes it was too shallow for a 3D movie.

By: govindsk

govindsk — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:38:45 +0000

Princess Mononoke is my benchmark for amazing animation guided by strong story, I for one will wait for DVD avatar of avatar.

By: sajith

sajith — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:27:21 +0000

Watched it a second time? I bow to thee! The first time was boring enough for me. I just wanted to check out what the noise is about and it turned out to be too predictable, too shallow. I wasn't entertained.

By: simplysaru

simplysaru — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:12:55 +0000

Well you get to think about the fon't, the3d etc only during your second time. I never noticed these, just realized all of these after reading here. BTW I've watched it only once and Luckily it IMAX 3D. I would say it was hell of an experience rather than a movie.

By: deepakg

deepakg — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:39:37 +0000

Yikes, didn't realize that the title font took a beating too!

By: deepakg

deepakg — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:35:31 +0000

Oh, the reduction in 3D vision in real life is no where as drastic. Here, things that were popping out of the screen suddenly go flat.

What about holographic projections? They'd seem 3D; in the sense that they'd still look like tangible things you could touch and hold; even with an eye closed wouldn't they?