Worth learning to watch movies again

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 2012)

I saw the digital HFR 3D version, not sure what to expect. I liked "Avatar", but there were times when the 3D in that movie was simply distracting, and to be honest I can't even recall now what it looked like, which goes to show how much of an impact it made on me.
Peter Jackson's HFR 3D technology, though, is another thing entirely. For the first time the movie screen is an actual window into another world. In fact, I think that's the part of my visual brain that was activated by this film: the "window" part, not the "movie" part.
They say your brain has to learn how to interpret pictures, and it's different from interpreting the real world through your eyes. That's why "tilt-shift" miniaturisation works, by activating a part of your brain that has learned how to associate camera focus with distance.
HFR 3D is the opposite of tilt-shift. It makes the world in the film full size. You "know" you're looking at a real world because that's the part of your brain that Jackson has managed to reach.
To fully enjoy this movie, you have to learn how to watch movies all over again, and this movie makes it worth doing so. It really is a masterpiece. I'm looking forward to my future visits to Jackson's world in 2013 and 2014.