Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My wife and I, with our oldest daughter, saw it on a regular screen with 3D, and stadium seating. The next time around might be IMAX, but sitting future back. It's not often that I walk away feeling that something had changed. I suspect that mood altering aerosols might be next. S.d. On Jan 4, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > > "slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote >> Definitely agree! >> I walked away as though I experienced something both mythic and >> monumental. >> S.d. > > My eldest aged 32 and my youngest aged 17 both saw the film > separately this week. Both declared it overlong and with a too > simplistic storyline. While they were glad to have seen it, both of > them said that they wouldn't bother looking at it again. That said > it won't put me off seeing it, but IMAX and me don't get on so it > will be a normal cinema screen. > > I remember my first experience of IMAX and feeling nauseous during > it. It was over in Paris at the La Defense dome and I wasn't the > better for the experience for a while. Mind you it followed a couple > of days after I went on the Star Tours ride in EuroDisney. Don't > know if any of you have sampled that particular experience, but you > get into a "space shuttle" which is really a room that moves on > hydraulic motion supposedly in synch with a video in front of you to > give the effect of a space trip. Sadly there's a millisecond delay > and that millisecond is enough to make me very ill. I was in the > horrors after that! > > Didn't effect my son or my wife, but, despite having enjoyed > sailing, motor & motorcycle racing, and mountain running - all of > which hammer the body - that millisecond of delay between eye > reaction and actual body reaction just makes me ill. Cannot hack it, > but real rollercoasters don't bother me. > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > > >> On Jan 4, 2010, at 1:11 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>>> I saw it in 3D and was pleasantly surprised at the restraint the >>>> producers >>>> showed in this copy. No overdone objects constantly lungeing at >>>> the viewer >>>> but a great sense of depth and relative motion. >>>> >>>> A remarkable film, in no way compromised in either format. >>>> >>>> I put it up there with "Bladerunner" as a major cinematic >>>> achievement in it's >>>> decade and genre. >>>> >>>> And I really, really liked "Bladerunner". Kudos to both >>>> directors in their >>>> time. >>>> >>>> Do see "Avatar" if you enjoy sci-fi and find our consumer >>>> culture to be more >>>> than just a bit troubling. The film does provide several >>>> messages if you're >>>> paying attention at all. >>>> >>>> Bob >>> >>> >>> Its the new Star Wars 1. A milestone cultural event. >>> Roger Ebert in his review said the director James Cameroon was >>> going for >>> President of the world. I think he had a point. >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> http://sdimitrovphoto.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Slobodan Dimitrov http://sdimitrovphoto.com/