I just saw this movie and I'm still digesting it. Easily, *easily* in my top 5. I highly recommend it for the visuals alone (and the 3D is worth the extra couple dollars!), but I just loved everything about it. Amazing amazing movie. *already waiting for the director's cut on blue-ray*
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I loved it. Story was a bit weak but I really enjoyed it as a whole, even if the concepts(the art) weren't all interesting.
I almost cried several times because it reminded me of being transgender in a way.
QuoteI almost cried several times because it reminded me of being transgender in a way.
I definitely know what you mean, I feel the same way and I did cry. I'm glad I'm not the only one. :)
Yeah, the story's angle has been done before - but I loved the new take on it. And the planet was so cool :) I'm probably just all bubbly with excitement because the movie made me feel good inside, but I just wanted to be there on that planet, you know? So beautiful.
Being a tall skinny, androgyne chica, I have to say... bring on the 10 foot tall alien women! :D
I love movies for the story, not the "prettyness"... so I know I'm gonna be disappointed with this one... but :/ I still want to go see it!
Quote from: Miniar on December 27, 2009, 06:59:50 AM
I love movies for the story, not the "prettyness"... so I know I'm gonna be disappointed with this one... but :/ I still want to go see it!
I personally loved the story.
Truth be told, I downloaded a cam version and haven't seen it in the theaters yet, because I wanted to see if I'd appreciate the story before spending money on the spectacle.
Needless to say I was overwhelmed by the narrative and now am thrilled to get the full experience in the theaters! (just as soon as the x-mas hype dies down... I hate seeing movies in crowded theaters with noisy people)
I will have to wait till it hits DVD. A) Can not afford going out, and B) I don't know how to download not so copyrighted movies. My step son did, but I never learned how.
Janet
I found the special effects quite stunning. The colors were so vivid and the landscapes breathtaking, and the transitions from human reality to pandora were seamless.
I too found the plot simplistic, but the visuals and the characterizations built up the emotions so that the viewer cared about the characters.
pretty much agree with Virginia, special effects were awesome, story line thin but characters more interesting. Only thing about renting it is not sure you would get the whole effects thing on a standard TV.
Myles
I was going to wait until it was out on vid but a friend who saw it is insisting that I go to see it in 3d. May even kidnap me to do it or send me out with his wife who also has not seen it yet.
Quote from: Syne on December 29, 2009, 05:51:56 AM
I was going to wait until it was out on vid but a friend who saw it is insisting that I go to see it in 3d. May even kidnap me to do it or send me out with his wife who also has not seen it yet.
I think it's worth seeing in 3d. It's not as interesting without.
Saw it IMAX in 3D and WOW! Best looking thing I've ever seen. Most of the concepts have been used (recently) and the story is very straight forward, but the movie does an EXCELLENT job making the most of what it does have.
I really loved it and would see it again.
Just saw it.
The story wasn't really the point so much as the bond you (and that guy) are supposed to form with the Na'vi. And they did a great job. And the graphics were excellent, too bad I didn't have my glasses with me.
Another person who almost cried here.
I had to go see it twice, it was so good. The first time in English, the second in French. I'm glad James Cameron gives the story a very strong moral message against plundering other lands for resources against the will of its inhabitants (many people don't see it, and then claim the movie is racist???). In essence, it is a thinly disguised allusion to the modern day actions of the USA/other Western nations. It's good to see a Canadian filmmaker do so well internationally. Watching it in 3D is the only way to go! I'm not really into sci-fi, or seeing movies twice in theatre, but this was quite the exception.
Story line of Pocahontas Avatar: :D
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this movie.
rocked our socks off like nobodies business.
the only thing is.. that i wanted to.. be one.. you know?
they were just so beautiful and strong and confident.
yay.
I have now seen Avatar twice once in 2D and once 3D. The effects were mind blowing. And well... I loved every second off it.
I agree with I'm Eli... I walked out of the theater with a weird urge to go diving into a pool of blue dye.
My former partner and I saw it a few weeks ago. The trans similarities really hit me hard some times. She didn't even think about it til I brought it up. It gave me a lot to think about... but then we got into a stupid misunderstanding and it scattered all my thoughts.
I still need to see it in 3d.
I've seen it twice and cried both times. I love this movie. I heard some people in the States actually complained that it was anti-religious. I thought it was one of the most religious movies I've ever seen. Incredible, breath taking, awe inspiring. I definitely agree the 3D version is the best.
I saw Avatar on Christmas day with Susan. We chose to see the film in 3-D. I loved it! I thought it was an excellent film. I won't mind seeing it again.
I saw Avatar awhile back, not in 3D since my lack of depth perception makes 3D never work.
Great movie though. Can't wait for it to come out on DVD. :P
I haven't seen it. It looks epic though
People say my avatar on another forum I'm on looks like one of the Na'vi
The more I hear about it, the less I want to see it.
Still do though, I'll just grab it as a free rental with a pizza when I do.
The story is a Disney's Pocahontas clone.
Luckily I never saw Pocahontas. :D
Quote from: Miniar on January 31, 2010, 07:37:16 AMThe story is a Disney's Pocahontas clone.
Well to be fair there really aren't a lot of original storylines left. If you take a new movie, write down the basic plot, and change the characters and locations... well, let's just say there's a good chance it will match up to the
general plot of another movie. People did the same thing with Harry Potter vs. Star Wars.
I don't think the plot was supposed to be the selling point though. Just imagine you're the director - you are about to make the new most expensive movie ever, it is going to be about computer generated 9 foot tall blue aliens that are believably combined with live action, and you are going to make it 3D and use a lot of technology that is brand new at the time you start on it. Why risk all that money and effort on a completely new and unique plot idea too? It's not like the pattern hasn't been followed before either... the plot is also similar to Dances with Wolves, The Last Samurai, Fern Gully off the top of my head.
Sure, it may not be the BEST PLOT EVAR, but if you're choosing not to see it because of that Pocahontas essay, I just really think that's a stupid reason not to see a movie (and especially one that I'm sure is much better in a theater than it will be on a TV). /end soapbox
Gene Roddenberry when he finally got the chance to pitch Star Trek to Lucy, who ran Desilu while Ricky was out chasing skirt, walked into her office and was told by Lucy, "In one sentence." "Wagon Train to the Stars" was his answer. Every plot - this included, which is the Western Frontier narrative writ large - has been done.
What Camron was trying to do though I'm sure was not Disneyesque, but rather just about every other John Ford movie, with GCI instead of Monument Valley.
I went to see it because I wish Sigourney Weaver was my real mommy, no more or less. I had never seen a 3-d movie before and I sat there with my mouth open like an idiot through most of it.
Finally saw the movie. The story was nothing special and the characters are pretty one dimensional. I saw it @ an IMAX theatre in 3d and it was very pretty. Last 3D movie I saw was when Parasite was on the big screen.