AVATAR

[CCBrink]

This movie was amazing..but..my only complaint is that.. the dumbass motherfuckers were trying to OBTAIN something called "UNOBTAINium" ... WHAT THE FUCK DONT THEY UNDERSTAND.. ITS UNOBTAINIUM it is something inwich you cant OBTAIN!

Unobtanium is a real substance.

 

[HeDGi]

Unobtanium is a real substance.

....wow...who ever named it unobtainium is a fucking genius...

 

[JayDizzle]

Fern Gully 2 looks pretty sweet. I think I'll eat my Avatar Big Mac and wipe my ass with my Avatar toilet paper whilst watching this overly hyped cartoon. I didn't think a movie could be more overly hyped than The Dark Knight. I was wrong.

And whoever said that 3D is the new craze. Jaws 3D, Amityville 3D, and Friday the 13th Part III would like to disagree.

Somebody didn't get a toy with their Happy Meal...

 

[Wrath]

I just saw the movie -- really liked it. My rating is 4.5 out of 5 only because the story could have been better. Effects and theme/concept are outstanding! I compare this to Star Wars when that first came out. Great Film IMO.....

 

[Wrath]

if i can get out tomorrow...i may check it out.....

Please tell me who this girl is -- she is perfect for me lol.

 

[Vinsane]

I don't really want to compare Avatar to anything, because that would bring down the other movies. Glitz and glamor is really all this movie offered. I didn't get an emotional movement, other then the eventual "wow" at some of the battle scenes, which were well done. That's about it though, lot of flash, lot of eye popping special effects but aside from that? Nothing more.

It's a good movie for what it is, an action/sci-fi/love flick wrapped in special effects. To call it "ground breaking" or the "future" of film making? God, I hope not. I don't want my movies to replace storyline and substance with pretty lights and things that go boom.

Aside from the other negatives other have given. I'll point out some positives. A good re-imagining of Pocahontas. John Smith as a crippled Marine and Pocahontas who painted her body with "the colors of the wind". While aimed more at an older audience, a lot of this felt Disney like to me. It was a "break out in song and dance" away from being just that.

You might look at that comment as another negative, but seriously. Where in this film to you find an "original" theme? James Cameron for all he's done in the movie industry isn't doing anything ground breaking. He's good at taking stories and giving them a different perspective. He took the story of the Titanic and made it a love story, he took the Story of Pocahontas and made it up-to-date/futuristic.

Again, it's a good film to sit down and see, just for the fact that it's good enough to sit through in its entirety, at least for me it was. However, it's not doing anything praise worthy for the movie industry or for my faith in Hollywood. It's a summer block buster that got released in Winter. Had this been a summer block buster, it would be in the same crap pile as Transformers 2.

 

[JMeist]

I thought it was an unreal movie. I was so impressed with the 3d. I honestly don't think I will be able to watch another movie that's not in 3D. I was literally just "lost" in the world. I enjoyed the storyline, it wasn't that bad.

Totally unrelated, did anyone see the preview for Piranhas in 3D? My god that looked terrible.

 

[Buzzman]

looked funny as hell. MOST REALISTIC FISH IVE EVER SEEN

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Fern Gully 2 looks pretty sweet. I think I'll eat my Avatar Big Mac and wipe my ass with my Avatar toilet paper whilst watching this overly hyped cartoon. I didn't think a movie could be more overly hyped than The Dark Knight. I was wrong.

And whoever said that 3D is the new craze. Jaws 3D, Amityville 3D, and Friday the 13th Part III would like to disagree.

You are comparing RealD technology and Digital 3D technology to that junk? lol. C'mon son!

Disney alone in the next year 6 original films in Digital 3D and another 5 in future years. Overall, you are looking at 60+ movies in the next 4 years to be in some form of 3D, either with RealD or Digital 3D and these were slated to come out before Avatar made a bajillion dollars.

We are about to see a flood of the market on these types of films like never before with technology that makes Jaws3D look prehistoric.

 

[JayDizzle]

I dunno if Larry goes out to the movies for the special effects or the story anymore.

Film used to be about the feeling of motion on screen brought on by lights, editting and camera placement... actual good writing came later but that's what made movies stand out as art.

Now all you need is a green projector screen, white dots and headgear to get paid it seems... I'm not against it but I'm going to miss amateur indie flicks with a single static shot of talking heads.

 

[Tailback U]

I dunno if Larry goes out to the movies for the special effects or the story anymore.

Film used to be about the feeling of motion on screen brought on by lights, editting and camera placement... actual good writing came later but that's what made movies stand out as art.

Now all you need is a green projector screen, white dots and headgear to get paid it seems... I'm not against it but I'm going to miss amateur indie flicks with a single static shot of talking heads.

RealD/3d isn't going to just cease the production of natural film.

You guys are acting like movies are just going to cease to exist.

 

[Ravin]

Just got back from seeing it. Honestly, it was a good movie, but nothing I would go see again, or even both to pck up once it comes out the buy. Maybe a download, but that is all. I guess I just don't understand the hype of it. As someone pointed out, this is just the "John Smith" story all over again, but with aliens and a strange new world. My girlfriend and I went with a guy from work and he has seen it now three times. Honestly, I wouldn't even think of seeing this movie again.

 

[HeDGi]

FAIL?
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[Prodigal Son]

Plot + acting >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>special effects +3D bullshit.

ticket sales prove otherwise.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

I think it's going to suck. I'm gonna watch it when it comes out on DVD, but great visuals alone doesn't make for a good movie. My impression from the trailer is the dialogue and story are awful, and they want it to succeed on the pure epicness of the battle scenes.

 

[JBauerisGod]

I think it's going to suck. I'm gonna watch it when it comes out on DVD, but great visuals alone doesn't make for a good movie. My impression from the trailer is the dialogue and story are awful, and they want it to succeed on the pure epicness of the battle scenes.

Avatar is more of a visual experience that you can only get in theaters. Waiting until the DVD/Blu-Ray won't do the film justice.

With that said, if you are the type of moviegoer who cannot stand a movie heavy in visual effects, then you probably shouldn't watch the movie at all.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

Avatar is more of a visual experience that you can only get in theaters. Waiting until the DVD/Blu-Ray won't do the film justice.

With that said, if you are the type of moviegoer who cannot stand a movie heavy in visual effects, then you probably shouldn't watch the movie at all.

I like movies heavy in visual effects, but that can't be all they have. Battle scene after battle scene with horribly written plot here and there isn't what I call a great movie.

 

[j.hen]

saw it in 3D. loved it.

 

[Buzzman]

Avatar has a plot. Is it very complex? no not really, its been done quite a few times, but that doesnt mean its still not a good story.

 

[BUCK3YE5]

im gonna be sure to be really high when i see this