tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post2426470260476408481..comments2024-03-29T01:55:23.529-07:00Comments on Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon: Leaving New YorkAl Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-42837209258569499522010-03-07T13:02:02.085-08:002010-03-07T13:02:02.085-08:00Just a quick comment on Avatar IMAX vs. 3D. I saw...Just a quick comment on Avatar IMAX vs. 3D. I saw it in IMAX first and picture quality was amazing. Then plain 3D and found the frame rate seemed to be slower, especially at the start of the film - made some action scenes seem quite juddery. Definitely recommend you see it in IMAX for full "immersion". Paul M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-61007765631971824562010-02-20T12:36:48.295-08:002010-02-20T12:36:48.295-08:00Keith: I'll keep it brief as I'm travellin...Keith: I'll keep it brief as I'm travelling right now, but yeah, Winter Kills - I read the book after seeing the film, actually. Watched it again a few years ago.<br /><br />Craig: I did like Avatar, although I'm aware of the criticisms. On a visual level, though, I don't think I've seen anything to match it. Toyed with seeing it in IMAX 3-d as well but in the end the Dudester won out. Maybe I'll do a proper post on it when I get back.<br /><br />Saw a Dude doll in someone's office yesterday, as it happens. Sometimes there's a man (etc). Good Sam Elliot cameo in Up in the Air, by the way.Al Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-87488352794373661392010-02-20T11:53:48.513-08:002010-02-20T11:53:48.513-08:00So, what did you think of Avatar? It seems to me ...So, what did you think of Avatar? It seems to me that a lot of the science fiction authors I regularly read can't get past some of the goofier elements of the science in it.<br /><br />I figure if you've seen it twice, that you must've enjoyed it.<br /><br />Jeff Bridges is awesome. The dude abides.Craig Johnshttp://www.electricfirefilms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-22636508438117329902010-02-20T04:31:59.049-08:002010-02-20T04:31:59.049-08:00Nice to see a mention of Winter Kills -- John Hust...Nice to see a mention of Winter Kills -- John Huston also excellent therein. It always seemed to me to be one of the few movies that actually managed to capture Richard Condon's manic narrative mode, rather than adapting it (however capably -- Prizzi [Huston again, but behind the camera] or the first Manchurian Candidate) to more conventional cinematic modes.Keith Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08888295556045780921noreply@blogger.com