CarlieGotfingered Posted:

Strawman: Arguing against a point your opponent does not hold.

Pardon me if i’m not fully understanding your intentions here. You’re arguing that not everyone who likes movies likes thought provoking ones and might enjoy just watching pretty pictures.

That’s it more or less right?

Whether or not it’s true that’s what he meant, that’s true. There are definitely some people who enjoy seeing intense CGI and would gladly watch that for an hour plus.

Most people, including myself, enjoy fire and seeing fire consume things (don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying I wish for fire; just if there’s one around, it’s pretty cool). Whenever they burn sugar cane about two miles from my house, me and my friends always go to watch the mbumive field on fire being contained, because it’s just amazing to look at. I don’t need the fire to have a story; it’s just cool to watch.

This whole thread has just become ‘avatar is a gimmick!!1!’ or ‘all 3-d used today is a gimmick!11!!’. Better question, why do you care? I loved avatar; it had a decent story, and the CGI, even without the 3-d, was absolutely incredible and more powerful than any other movie I’ve seen, and a majority of the people saw it just for that reason.

3-d, when done well, is cool. You guys can argue semantics all day, but if a movie offers 3-d and I know it’s going to be done well, I’ll see it over the regular version, as would the majority of people. It makes the movie a little more captivating.

While it is true that it’s mostly being used as a gimmick today (but a gimmick that obviously works), it won’t be for long. Every major sports fan with cash will be being a brand new 3D-TV in 2011, because when ESPN starts to broadcast in 3D they are going to flip their ****. The whole point of 3-d is to make something more life-like and interesting, and it will eventually (in 5+ years) be very useful for The History Channel, Discovery Channel, and all sports channels.

Actually talk about how 3D technology has evolved/will evolve/your thoughts on it and stop making this thread into an AVATAR SUKZ BALLZ!!!! thread; it was a good movie and looked absolutely amazing, and if you don’t think so, you’re just thinking way too hard about how it’s ‘all a gimmick’. Seeing as it’s the number one box office movie OF ALL TIME, it’s a gimmick that not only sells, but that most people in the world appreciate.