Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"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 >