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post Dec 31 2009, 07:45 PM

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I went to see Avatar with very high expectation!!
This is one movie I know I'll walk out with a big smile on my face.

But.....I just wasted 3 hours and a hundred bucks (yeah..ticket+food+parking+etc) watching it in JB!!! cry.gif
Now I feel Pissed off, CHEATED and hurting inside by it!!

No...it was not about the movie..it passed my snore test wink.gif nod.gif

I mean the subtitle covered almost half of the screen...and the images looks like DVDish quality!!..more like cam quality!!
Yeah..JB dun have Digital Projection cinema and it was sadly needed for the movie to be believable...wow..wat a waste..
It effected the view so much.


But one thing is for sure...McG picked the wrong person for the John Connor role in T4 wink.gif

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post Jan 1 2010, 05:01 PM

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QUOTE(billytong @ Jan 1 2010, 02:39 PM)
since its strong popularity I think I gonna wait for another 1-2weeks to be quieter b4 heading to cinema. I dont feel like sitting a fullhouse Cinema  tongue.gif
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yeah...go to Digital Projector type (2D whatever) cinema....dun be like me, since JB got only normal Cinema...spoil everything!
The movie will exceed the normal Cinemas projector capability.

For me, the normal Cinema I went to looks like a CAM version!...to make it worst.the subtitles covered half the screen mad.gif

This movie needs to be experience with its special effect displayed to the maximum to enjoy it, cause there is nothing else to it!!
Its really funny ppl. posting abt holes and what humans should do or didn't do in the alien world...well, everyone got this own opinion.

For me, this movies was made to entertain with all its CGI glory in Visual and Audio...yeah..nowadays the movie like that one...I've learned to accept that...
If want great acting, story line etc..stay away from such movies....

QUOTE(ulwan25 @ Jan 1 2010, 07:45 AM)
i thought not. McG just focusing too much on Sam Worthington. which leads Bale to be the victim.
my opinion says that Bale is the true John Connor but, they just don't show him enuff.

agreed much, i hope this trilogy will go on til Avatar 3 only and no more sequel (especially diff director whatsoever like Terminator)
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We shall see in T5..I hope I was wrong as Bale is a capable actor (but a bit like robot sometimes..hehe)
I watch most of his movies and got nothing against him.

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post Jan 2 2010, 02:47 PM

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QUOTE(keeseng12 @ Jan 2 2010, 11:13 AM)
greatest movie i've ever watched in 2009, hands down.
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QUOTE(DarkNite @ Jan 2 2010, 02:20 PM)
If ever there is a movie to watch, this is it!
This THE IMAX 3D movie!
Imax 3D is made for this movie! thumbup.gif
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I really wished I can say that, but my place it was let down by the Cinema that didn't have the stuff to produce those awesome stuff clearly and Subtitles that occupy half of the screen...well..have to wait for the bluray version then
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post Jan 2 2010, 10:43 PM

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QUOTE(ongster @ Jan 2 2010, 10:30 PM)
what an overrated movie.a complete rip-off of the last samurai and also the matrix
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Actually...with this kinda movies...what else is new?

I've learned to accept this new gen thing, especially with Hollywood movies.

If want something different, can always watch Quentin Tarantino, Clint Eastwood or some indie movies...that also ppl say copied from some where else wink.gif
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post Jan 4 2010, 12:24 AM

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QUOTE(n00b13 @ Jan 3 2010, 01:32 PM)
What device? What transformation? Wut u toking?  laugh.gif
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Probably its those seat that has a big pin sticking for the neck as interface thats found in the matrix Hovercraft.

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post Jan 4 2010, 09:43 AM

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QUOTE(defaultname365 @ Jan 4 2010, 04:41 AM)
As the movie producer put it "Avatar is not a movie you can talk about. You have to experience it yourself."
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Yeah...experience half of the screen with subtitles.
And I wonder why the fonts were so big for the Bahasa Melayu.
I bet if the alien language was translated into English than it will be 3/4 of the screen..
Spoil a good movie.
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post Jan 5 2010, 08:51 AM

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QUOTE(Hitman66 @ Jan 5 2010, 04:25 AM)
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Good one, but thats only half the story, the rest of it is different.

Pocahontas died in foreign land (England) without John Smith by her side (she presume he was dead)
Some even say Pocahontas died of a broken heart rather than sickness.

Maybe James Cameron might go to that direction to for the sequel wink.gif
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post Jan 7 2010, 05:52 PM

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QUOTE(defaultname365 @ Jan 7 2010, 04:52 PM)
James Cameron should fuse "Avatar" and "Titanic" together... "Avatanic"  tongue.gif

Imagine the Titanic ship mysteriously floats into the unknown cold ocean waters, and when everything clears, they are on Pandora's ocean! The occupants rush to see this mysterious place... and they start venturing. And then the encounters begin... "Top of the morning, mate!" A passenger says to a Na'vi. "<navi language>" says the Na'vi. Then the attack begins. Before the attack, the Na'vi start rounding up more warriors and tribes and give long speeches. All the passengers board the Titanic in panic. Some don't make it. That makes the captain of the ship angry. And wants revenge.

The Na'vi begin attacking the ship and all hell breaks lose. Incredibly, the Titanic is somehow equipped with awesomeness weapons and starts shooting at them Na'vi pew-pew laser fire... then all the Pandora flying creatures including the Great Leonopteryx and Mountain Banshees start attacking the ship.

An epic battle... a tragic tale... and in the middle of it all... Jack and Rose struggles to find balance. In the end, Jack meets Neytiri and falls for her. Rose meets Jake Sully and falls for him. Their worlds cross in a movie unlike anything you've ever seen... or had never been seen in this manner.
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post Jan 8 2010, 04:52 PM

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They should put there...."one of the best movies with Subtitles half of the screen"....anyway, the first time watching this didn't do wonders for me....wanna watch it again at another Cinema next week.
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post Jan 9 2010, 09:28 AM

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QUOTE(QuickFire @ Jan 9 2010, 12:04 AM)


But I found much faults with the 3D. First of all, the framerate looks totally off when there are quick movements, and I dont simply mean fast edits of action scenes, I mean quick movements of limbs in a still shot. The whole damn thing flickers like hell and becomes jittery and choppy. Very annoying. Second, I think the depth perception employed is pretty severely lacking. Interior shots, especially with real sets and real people, looks really good when it comes to depth, but outdoor shots with CGI dont extend beyond like 5 or 10 meters of the object in the foreground, when we should have background that recedes way back to a few hundred metres. The out-of-focus shots which are meant for objects that should be directly in front of our faces also knock the illusion of 3D right out of the window when you actually try to focus on them. It looks like poorly rendered graphics from a 10 year old game.

I more or less noticed all these problems when I watched it in 1 Utama, but it looks worse this time around. There might be a few reasons for this, it maybe be because I'm noticing them more with my 2nd viewing, my 3D glasses might have been faulty, the projection at Pavilion sucks, or the projection in Malaysia sucks. I stand by what I said before. This is a step forward, but not the revolutionary technology so many proclaim it to be. After around 40 minutes this time, I didn't even really like the 3D anymore, save for a few shots. It's so goddamn problematic. But if the movie was graded solely on the CGI and 3D, you can bet RT would be at 100%, with the average score 9.5, which leads me to believe the problem may actually lie in the projection/glasses over here in malaysia.

P/S: For the record I also think Davy Jones is more impressive as a CGI character. He just registers so naturally in my mind.
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QUOTE(azarimy @ Jan 9 2010, 02:20 AM)
bad frame rates? i think u're suffering from the lack of technology there, coz ones that i saw had superb frame rate. u can almost freeze a clear frame in ur mind, so to speak biggrin.gif.
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You should watch it at normal cinema...its WORST!!..in JB no such thing as Digital projector whatever...so no choice...as I said previously, most Cinemas in Malaysia can't play this movie as it was meant to be.
There was a lot of out of focus scenes..maybe was meant for the 3D movie...not sure..they can't even produce a proper blue color...and dun start me going again abt the large Subtitles.

Gonna watch this again in another Cinema...it didn't feel right for me the 1st time at all...I hope to absorbed the movie and give praises like other members in here.
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post Jan 11 2010, 09:47 AM

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QUOTE(ahcheap @ Jan 11 2010, 01:07 AM)
Sadly there is no 3D version in Johor here.
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ahcheap...you from Johor meh?..I thought in KL..

Anyway, Johor dun have 3D..digital projection also dun have...image blur one...no point watching here...sakit hati only...better go back to KL to watch it.
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post Jan 12 2010, 05:31 PM

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went on to watch it a second time just now....hmm...must wait for the Bluray version also...overall..I was not so impressed by the graphics cause the SD version is a bit blurry. Those in KL must have a great time watching in Digital.
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post Apr 30 2010, 09:59 AM

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QUOTE(firedauz @ Apr 29 2010, 11:38 PM)
For those who plays IMVU, they have Avatar characters now for both male and female tongue.gif

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man...20inch long standard size laugh.gif

 

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