Kay, great, it's the next step in a natural evolution. Tons of movies were. The reason Avatar was so successful was hype. Pure and simple. T2 was good at the time, Titanic sucked, and Avatar is bland when you really get down to it. Dances with wolves and some Protoss... Applause? I know everyone says there is nothing that hasn't been done and I think Avatar is a great example of this. It only seems new because it's better than most at pimping it's awesomeness. I don't hate the movie in anyway, it's just meh, and yes I am miffed that James Cameron is so good at playing people he has gotten way more credit than he deserves while way better and more original movies go unnoticed.   See 13 other replies

@KennaYou obviously have too much time on your hands. It's just a movie for crying out loud, no need to make a big deal out of it.   See 13 other replies

The thing is that he is doing fake characters and a fake world, they are aliens so I don´t know what are realistic aliens for you. Maybe ugly lizards or green creatures with giant heads. You sound mad maybe because you were waiting something more new. The true is that nobody made look this characters than directors like Spielberg, Cameron or Peter Jackson. I never saw this type of filming equipment before and I think is fantastic. Am going to have fun in the movies like a movie freak I am. I bet the final product is going to be great. It maybe sound like Ferngully 3 but Ferngully was made for children like a Disney cartoon and this movie is for more adult moviegoers that love a good time in the movies, 3D, Great action, adventure and of course romance like Titanic.   See 13 other replies

Or do you just hate change? He's pioneering a new solution to film making. It may not work for you, but it will for enough. And it'll get better.I've seen motion capture and facial capture done before, they pioneered it for him. I think the NEW thing is his virtual camera where the actors can leave set after they have their performances and then get any camera angle they want. Sure, they still have to do take after take to get performances, and they still may have technical problems, likely more, but it'll get better.Imagine a day where a human performance can get translated to computer, but instead of a blue Navi playing the part on the screen, it's an indistinguishable replica of the actor. Might sound wasteful, but then the director can get any shot at any angle. And revisit later to recut it with different shots.   See 13 other replies

I've watched this clip several times. Honestly. I can even watch it again if you'd like, though I'd rather not.It just doesn't work. The solution to "fixing" motion capture isn't to throw more motion capture at it, add some rotoscoping and call it "emotion capture." The whole output looks unnatural.I can see what he's aiming for but a) the technology just isn't there yet and b) he seems to be exerting a lot of effort for a mediocre output. The facial expressions are technically correct, but somehow end up robotic. You might want to ask yourself if you're actually judging the clip based on its own merit, or for the hype surrounding the movie.   See 13 other replies

Watch the scene am telling you ..... You can see the emotions of the character and when he is running from the monster look like a real person or actor doing the scene not as cgi as other characters from other movies. This was use in Gollum on the LOR movies and was fantastic. JC is trying to use this in a whole movie and I know even is not new JC is going to do good use of the effects like he did in T2 and The Abyss for the first time.   See 13 other replies