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Black crystal...
You are right. IMBD is wrong...


I do want to share an edited for language version of what a friend wrote about this movie..
it is rather amusing.. whether you like it or not.. the review is hilarious.

2D -- we don't have an IMAX down here.

The CGI and visuals were stunning, probably the best I've ever seen....

The storyline sucked dead rhino behind...beyond dead rhino behind...a whole herd of dead rhinos with putrid dead behinds.
That had to be the dumbest, most derivative, most boring, most annoying plot and dialogue in a movie ever. The technology was idiotic and made no sense -- it truly was an insult to my intelligence. The characterization was also an insult to my intelligence and stupidly one dimensional beyond belief. Don't get me into the overdone "message" -- unless you want a rant.

I hope to one day see that sort of CGI work (although maybe not so much of it; it was spread on a bit thick) in an actual movie.
And if I ever see a blue cat-elf alien I'm afraid I'm going to try to beat it to death with a tire iron (seriously, those things SUPER ANNOYED (replaced bad word) me).
By the end I was starting to hope they'd make an Avatar 2...so the East India Trading Co. (er, the corporation) could come back with the regular military and kick the behinds(Bad word) out of the darn (bad word!!) blue catsmurfs. One word: napalm

Although I did have fun saying "win ga po" (together with appropriate hand signal) during the flick...oh, that and "tatonka" -- just because my behind was numb and I was bored silly by that point and wanted to slap Jake Sully.

I remember them all wearing masks at the end as well.
If any were not, remember that you can hold your breath for a while, and there were a number of situations where people were depicted without masks, who then put them on after a short time outdoors.

As for the Na'vi--either you love blue cat people, or you do not. ^_^

I haven't read through the entire thread, but I thought it was a good movie; however, a great piece of "art". What I mean is that the story was so-so at best. But the visuals and the ground that was broken I think is amazing. The world and the people were completely believable as far as looking real (not necessarily believable as characters themselves).

This movie is the closest by far to CG looking like real life. The world of Pandora is breathtaking. If you do see it, definitely see it in 3D. I think this is a must see movie, and a must seen in the theatre movie as well.

we were amazed by it but i think you have to appreciate the story that was told about the relationship/connection between the beings and the universe in which they live. almost native american in theory...

Loved it! Just went and saw it today. I thought it had a great message however my husband read a little too much into it and did not like it. Then again I am more of a tree hugger than him....lol

Saw it tonight in 3D. Honestly, I think those who think it had a week plot are nuts.

Without any doubt, one of my favorite movies of all times.

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Saw it tonight in 3D. Honestly, I think those who think it had a week plot are nuts.

Without any doubt, one of my favorite movies of all times.

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Wasn't so much weak, but more generic and predictable IMO. But I agree on of my favs of '09 for sure.

Loved every aspect of it.

Lol @ the thread starter

Finally saw it last week, had a hard time getting in because it was always sold out every other time I went. In IMAX 3D, 42 bucks for three tickets... Ouch.. Kind of pricey but I really enjoyed it anyway. The 3D experience was amazing. The plot was pretty simplistic. Greedy money grubbing aliens = Bad, Proud native people who co-exist with nature = good. But in spite of that I enjoyed myself.

Oh, forgot to mention earlier. Saw it again a second time, and the humans were most certainly wearing masks at the end scene when they left. I looked, lol.

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Originally Posted by Montessa Python

Black crystal...
You are right. IMBD is wrong...

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Wow, this movie just hit a billion dollars worldwide. Kudos to James Cameron who now has 2 movies that made over a billion under his belt.

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I think the plot was more interesting than people give it credit for. After all, this wasn't about a nature-loving native people who represent some ideal--that's actually a misconception that the money-grubbing aliens fell prey to. :)
It's not about nature worship or religion, they're actually part of something that the humans don't have any conception of. Every living thing on that world is connected to every other living thing, either directly or through a single intermediary--not metaphorically, or symbolically, but literally. The Gaia concept isn't just an idea there, it's completely literal and physical. The bad guys were warned why what they were doing was a bad idea, but didn't listen. The consequences weren't delayed by very long--predictable, but extremely fun to watch. Unlike Earth, Pandora is perfectly capable of defending itself. There's no need for people to speak out to defend it--if people cause trouble, Pandora will kick them off.

That's not exactly an environmentalism lesson--it's more about not being so narrowly focused on a belief or a goal that you miss seeing what's actually going on around you. Along with a healthy portion of watching people get what they deserved.

i thought it was good. neat concept, i liked all the animals and junk. only goofy part was that they couldn't think of a different name for 'unobtainium' lol

obama and his kids went and saw this movie, one of his daughters leaned over and whispered into her dads ear; now thats how you spend half a million dollars.

We saw it the day it came out in IMAX 3D. I have to agree with those that said it is a spectacularly beautiful movie to experience but that the plot was quite weak. I have never been so mystified by the visuals of a movie nor been so drawn into an alien world to quite that extent. I even swatted at an insect that appeared to be flying right in front of my face! Amazing! That made it great fun in spite of the storyline.

Loved Avatar

plot = 7/10
graphics = 10/10
cool movie = 10/10

Agree with the o/p that they overlooked making it even slightly realistic how quick the natives went from halting to perfect english....

Justin

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Loved Avatar

plot = 7/10
graphics = 10/10
cool movie = 10/10

Agree with the o/p that they overlooked making it even slightly realistic how quick the natives went from halting to perfect english....

Justin

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Unless, as very clever Natives, they only pretended to be unable to speak English well....

That's a scenario you never see in real life, eh?

I wasnt at all excited to see this movie but after my gf talked me into it I was pleasantly surprised. It wasnt nearly as bad as I thought it was gunna be. Although I saw it in 3D. It might have added to the effect. Who knows. I would recommend it though.

it was a great movie...one of my favorites.

I was going to see Sherlock Holmes but the next movie was an hour away & avatar was like 15 minutes so I watch it & end up liking it... really good movie... I get you about the broken english to perfect english but again it's just a movie

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I think the plot was more interesting than people give it credit for. After all, this wasn't about a nature-loving native people who represent some ideal--that's actually a misconception that the money-grubbing aliens fell prey to. :)
It's not about nature worship or religion, they're actually part of something that the humans don't have any conception of. Every living thing on that world is connected to every other living thing, either directly or through a single intermediary--not metaphorically, or symbolically, but literally. The Gaia concept isn't just an idea there, it's completely literal and physical. The bad guys were warned why what they were doing was a bad idea, but didn't listen. The consequences weren't delayed by very long--predictable, but extremely fun to watch. Unlike Earth, Pandora is perfectly capable of defending itself. There's no need for people to speak out to defend it--if people cause trouble, Pandora will kick them off.

That's not exactly an environmentalism lesson--it's more about not being so narrowly focused on a belief or a goal that you miss seeing what's actually going on around you. Along with a healthy portion of watching people get what they deserved.

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Well, I understood that. But it didn't strike me as anything really new and unusual. For as much money and as many years as went into the making of this, I really would have prefered a plot and story line that was more involved then what I could have seen on a saturday morning episode of Captain Planet. I still loved the movie. Visually it was a feast for the eyes, intellectually I thought it fell kind of short. Just my opinion.

Just got out of Avatar 3D. I've been waiting to look at this thread until I saw the movie. I just read allll of these posts and wow are there a lot of mixed and STRONG opinions!

Fantastic movie in my opinion. I thought the storyline was very engaging and although it was similar to other successful movies, I thought it was amazingly done. Even though I'm sure it would be a beautiful movie to see in 2D, IMO 3D is the only way to do it!

They're showing Avatar in IMAX 3D at the theater downtown (SF), and I'm dying to see it in that format... unfortunately it's been sold out since opening day, and for every possible showtime in the near future. :rage::tears:

I watched it a couple of weeks ago, and loved it! The graphics were amazing, 3D was very cool, and the story line was captivating. I highly recommend it.

the movie suck bad!that is the worst movie since harold and cumar go to whitecastle.it rated a -10 on my scale of twenty!now twilight rocks.it makes sence.

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the movie suck bad!that is the worst movie since harold and cumar go to whitecastle.it rated a -10 on my scale of twenty!now twilight rocks.it makes sence.

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In other news, I loved it.

May go see it again.

BTW - I am in love with Jake Sully

My mom wanted to see it so i took her. About the half way point when things started looking bad for the Na'vi my mom started crying. I can't believe how much my mom loved it. I've seen it 4 times now. Still my favorite movie

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the movie suck bad!that is the worst movie since harold and cumar go to whitecastle.it rated a -10 on my scale of twenty!now twilight rocks.it makes sence.

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...I heard Alvin and the Chipmunks have a new movie...

Saw it this afternoon, and it's visually stunning for sure (even the "plain" non-3D version), but the plot was VERY predictable. The chief bad guy (the colonel/general/whatever rank he was) was completely 2-dimensional - nothing about him was interesting. The creature designs were hit and miss for me; I liked the Na'vi and the flying creatures, but most of the others were a bit too unimaginative to really seem alien. Those pack animals, for example, just look like someone peeled the skin off of a cat. My crested gecko says she really liked the Rhacodactylus helicopterus, though. :)

My girlfriend said something that I thought was pretty insightful afterward though; she thought it would have worked better as a TV series, because then the reasons behind people's actions could have been better fleshed out over time. The gunship pilot who was helping them, for example: why was she doing it, and why were there apparently no repercussions for her when she disobeyed a direct order by refusing to fire on the tree?

well, i finally saw it and i loved it.
i thought i'd hate it... i can admit when i'm wrong. the 'holes' in the story i keep reading about are not bad at all in my opinion. obviously a book or mini-series would have been much more in depth, but i'm glad this didn't turn into a 3.5 hour movie anyway.

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I watched it last night, and up to a point it was very good..
BUT..

The main character gets lost in the big GIANT woods
He meets Netiri (or how ever you spell it) And at first she talks like any native who know rudimentary english..
You are like baby, you go now.
Then within moments as they walk along..... she suddenly starts talking as if english is her first language...
There is a scene where some glow in the dark seed pods cover him... and she is all awe struck..
but the language goes from "you go now'...
to "Like OMG.. the sacred tree just farted all over you.. wanna come down to my teepee for some cheetos!!"
(not really but from broken english to first language is VERY VERY Jarring.)

The space ships, drop ship, helo types.. mecha battle suits are are very well done.
The creatures are very well done, but are 6 legged multi eyed versions of prehistoric mammels and dinosaurs...
The music is straight from Aliens and Terminator...

And yes with enough stone knives, marine corp trained natives and a half sentient planet...you can beat back
the corporate baddies who want.. Unobtainium... which was first used by the movie The Core...

We called it Dances with Giant Ewok Smurfs on Steroids...

Oh but don't miss the great inspiring speech that suddenly makes you start to spout, Brave Heart, and Winston Churchill.. OH..
AND very very Henry the 5th, it is more like Henry the 2 1/2th.. but this ain't no Agin Court.

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You really should put a spoiler alert as the topic so people that haven't seen this movie don't know what's going on. It's the reason the trailer are shown in way different parts of the movie.