As with the other versions of the movie, the underwater and flying sequences are particularly thrilling, taking full advantage of 4DX’s shifting chairs, which often rattle you around hard enough to make you fear being thrown from your seat in a delightful way. In other words, it’s still playing at the higher 48 fps rate, but mimicking 24 fps in a way that some people perceive as feeling off or sluggish. I will never forgive James Cameron if Avatar 2 results in us going back to those few terrible years post-Avatar where EVERY movie had horrible 3D and cinemas pushed 3D screenings over 2D ones.

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Problem is, the movie’s frame rate is dynamic — it switches between standard and high frame rate using a visual trick. But by the second viewing, it all just adds to the movie’s overall sense of massive theme-park excitement.

Set more than a decade after events of the first film, this breath-taking new movie launches the story of the Sully family and introduces audiences to the majestic ocean tulkun. So after taking one of the greatest risks in cinematic history, how does director James Cameron choose to top himself? A whole generation has passed since an Avatar film was in theaters and director James Cameron is hoping to top the box office once again with new cutting-edge technology. Many see 3D movies as an old trend, as is evident by the rise and fall in popularity that the technique has seen over the decades.

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I can’t find any local theaters playing the movie this way, but if someone encounters it, probably just don’t go.Others, however, will feel that HFR makes them feel like they’re watching a TV with motion smoothing enabled, or that it looks too much like a video game cutscene.