Avatar: 3D is not dead according to James Cameron

The first movie Avatar released in 2009 was a milestone for 3D, with particular success in cinemas. Several movies have since offered a similar experience, though that’s less the case these days. For James Cameron, this support is not quite dead.

It’s at /Film that James Cameron made his statement regarding 3D:

Most people think that 3D is somehow “finished”. But it’s not really over. She was simply accepted. It is now one of your choices when you go to the cinema to see a big blockbuster. I compare this to color. When color films came out, that was important. People went to see movies because they were in color. I think in the days of Avatar, people went to see movies because they were 3D. I think that had an impact on the way of presenting films that is now accepted and part of the spirit of the times and the way of doing things.

As James Cameron noted, 3D movies were widely embraced by critics and audiences for a long time in the 2010s.Avatar won the Oscar for best photography with a 3D digital camera. This hadn’t happened before. Additionally, the same cameras were used by Academy Award-winning cinematographers in the years that followed. “The Academy therefore adopted digital cinematography three out of four years. And those three movies were all in 3D,” says the director.

It will be interesting to see if Avatar: The Way of the Water will relaunch the fashion for 3D cinema. The film will be released in French cinemas on December 14.