If you’re “Avatar”-enthusiast enough to be one of the ticket holders for tonight’s quarter-hour Imax 3-D free preview of James Cameron’s “Avatar,” you’ve probably seen the already much discussed online trailer. Nikki “I don’t do geek” Finke is unimpressed, as are some actual geeks. That news comes courtesy of Spoutblog’s Christopher Campbell, who can’t seem to ever resist joining a geek pile-on.
Personally, while I obviously have opinions pro- and con- on trailers quite often myself, I get a little irritated at the tendency to pass early judgment on an entire film, though I also understand it. We’re all busy and life is short. Let’s all move on with life so we can dismiss something else. Personally, though, I found a lot of the imagery in this trailer quite arresting and find the comparisons to Jar-Jar Binks, etc., not entirely fair — even if some of the characters do look like things we’ve seen before. At the same time, when you tell people they’re going to see something completely new and mind-blowing, expectations are sure to be absurdly high.
I’m sure it’ll look a great more impressive in Imax 3-D, but for those of us who won’t be there, and those who can’t wait to watch it again, here’s your moment of trailer.
You can see a higher def version via Apple.
