As I posted in the other thread, Fox put on a screening tonight of 15 minutes worth of footage from this movie - the screening was on the Chinook theatre IMAX screen. We were all given goofy looking 3D glasses. Sat and waited for the screening to start, saw the scene from the new Sandra Bullock movie where she sluts up her outfit when she realizes she's going on a date with that ######bag from The Hangover. James Cameron did a little intro spiel where he promised that all the footage was taken from the first half of the film and would have no major spoilers; in 3D it was a little like having James sit in your lap to talk to you.
I haven't actually ever seen a 3D movie before. 3D seems to be making a big comeback these days - almost every new movie being released appears to be in 3D. I have no idea if what we were shown is along the same lines as, or better or worse than what the current technology allows... but it was all 3D. The scenes we were shown were basically extended takes of some of the scenes from the trailer; for example, becoming a blue cat-creature, a battle with a ferocious alien beast, and a scene where a large bird-like alien beast is tamed and then flown from a great altitude down a yawning tropical chasm.
Not really sure what to say - as mentioned, I have no idea what the gold standard of 3D cinema is these days so I can't really comment on how this stacks up. The CG renderings look good - definitely less fuzzy in 3D than the live-action scenes that kicked off the preview - but it was still just a bunch of elaborate CG renderings not unlike a lot of what we see in mainstream movies these days; IMO, as good as it can look, it is somehow lacking. Not much storyline in what was shown; ditto any 'acting' (although one of the cat-people characters had a really annoying accent and general affectation). I will be interested to see how the final product delivers on what I personally think is an insurmountable level of hype and expectation - 12 years of waiting for a follow-up to the titanic Titanic.
I am most intrigued as to what was supposed to be the ultimate goal for today's screening. Is Fox hoping to stir up some kind of immense word-of-mouth marketing machine? For my part I will probably still go and see this movie in December - that was essentially foregone - but if Fox was expecting me to sit spellbound in my seat after the screening, requiring some time to gather myself together before rushing out and over-enthusiastically praising the life-changing experience I had, they're mistaken.
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