Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Oh joy

You know, Terry's right. I'll amend my review. Zoe Saldana's performance in particular popped right off the screen (not in the 3D sense). And I've heard Cameron discuss how the performances were not "animated" in any way past the initial capture. That is to say, once the character design was laid on top of the capture, what you saw WAS the actors' performances. And the animation, lighting, texturing, specularities, all of it, was THAT good. So that was a giant leap forward.

The other part that was considered "groundbreaking" was that on set they had fully realized CG worlds when shooting. You could look in the finder and see the characters interacting with Pandora, not just green blocks or screens meant to represent geographical features that would be put in later.

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From: Terence Curren <tcurren@aol.com>
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 10:25:00 PM
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Oh joy

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups .com, David Dodson <davidadodson@ ...> wrote:

<<While visually arresting, the story is pure hack work. Among other things, it cannibalizes "Dances With Wolves" and a dozen other films.>>

I too walked out feeling I had already seen this movie.

<<To his credit, Cameron uses a light touch in how he applies the 3D.>>

Agreed. For one thing, it stays behind the screen. No objects popping out over the audience crap.

<<And while I fully acknowledge the ground-breaking way in which the movie was made, I can't help but feel like it looked like really, really, really good game animation.>>

I think the biggest breakthrough with this movie had nothing to do with 3D. It was the amazing use of the motion capture / CG work. The actors came through so well that I found myself wondering how the heck they pulled it off. If it wasn't for the big eyes, I would have sworn all the close-ups were actors in makeup. It was that good.

Not like Polar Express where the people just looked freaky.

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