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3 responses to “Comparing Pixar’s “Brave” to Buffy the Vampire Slayer”

1. 2012/08/25

   Mark J. Musante

   What did you think of the 3D?

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2. 2012/08/25

   alecm

   All told, good. I need to adjust my contacts prescription so there were a couple of times I felt that things were slightly wrong, but nothing major.

   A lot of Brave is sweeping landscapes, and details were picked out in 3D in a way that was sometimes a bit forced – tiny 3D character running across a green sward in longshot. At those moments you got the sense you were looking at a highly detailed ViewMaster.

   Overall it was pretty subtle.

   There was a pre-roll “This is Real-D 3D” demo reel which was far less subtle and had things flying out of the screen at you… which was good but would not have worked well for the film.

   There was also a pre-roll Pixar short (I’d forgotten they did them) – La Luna http://www.pixar.com/short_films/Theatrical-Shorts/La-Luna – and that dealt in closeups a lot, was brilliantly lit, and showed off the 3D a lot more.

   Happy to see another one, just need to rev my contacts first.

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3. 2012/08/25

   Michael Jennings

   Of course, one of the screenwriters for the original Toy Story was a young chap named Joss Whedon. (This was pre Buffy the TV series but post Buffy the original movie). This is still the source of Whedon’s only Oscar nomination. That was a long time ago, but that was also the movie that defined what a Pixar movie was.

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