Last night i went to go and see avatar 3D at my local Odeon cinema. To be honest i like going to the cinema just because you get that big screen effect that you don’t get at home. Films like Gremlins and Ghost busters looked good on a huge screen.
Anyway. I’m sure i remember a few years ago cinema tickets been cheap i spent just under £40 for 2 people last night. Tickets where around £10 each, bag of butterkiss popcorn (toffee flavour) say £5, then a drink well that must of been around £5 to make my pick and mix £10.
The only thing that pleased me, was been able to sit in the premier seats which are more comfortable and have more leg room, oh and a holder in the arm rest for my drink which stops me craning down every 10 minutes to get it from the floor, in avatar that means I’d of been bending down to the floor around 24 times.
I knew pretty much nothing about the film apart from it appeared to have the blue man group in it.
As soon as i saw James Cameron’s name mentioned i knew it wouldn’t be a let down he’s pretty much on of my favourite directors only to be beaten by a certain Micheal Bay and just above Tim Burton. In honesty i think all 3 are great in there own scene. Burton does dark and creepy well, Bay does glamour and explosions. and Cameron does epic’s and CG.
Within the first few minutes you see Sigourney Weaver pop up not to be stereotypical of an alien movie. Also Michelle Rodriguez plays a big role in Avatar, more commonly known from Lost and the Fast and Furious franchise.
Its clear the majority of the $237 million went on CG as most of the film is CG, but its done so well and probably the best i’ve seen so far in reality terms.
Its rumoured that the true cost of the film was around $310 million and another $150 million for marketing, i will say though that its been well spent on the movie.
I think watching the film in 3D was definitely worth the premium i paid as it added an extra depth of field to the film which I’m sure it would of lacked normally.
At time of writing its total gross is around $1.3 billion, which is Just behind the first place slot which is Cameron’s Titanic which grossed $1.8 billion.
It did seem a little long and drawn out in places but i seriuosly think that had any parts been cut out, that the film would have lost its sense of direction.