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The ending was very very predictable.
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Jewel Runner
I loved it. Sure, the plot was a tad predictable, but that didn't mean it wasn't breathtaking and incredibly immersive.
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Chieftain
How do you explain it being very well recieved by critics? Anomaly?
In my opinion Star Wars lacked substance, but it was still good fun and a technical marvel. Seems that was enough to make it famous.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
I've been told its a butchering of Old Man's War, mixed with some Fern Gully/Furry madness.
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This film has a definite green and antiwar message. Something someone like you isn't going to appreciate.
And if you do the joke will be on you.
From what I understand, its more of a pro-collective-security, anti-colonialism message than anything else.
What is pro-Green about the movie?
warpus
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WTH, you're right, rotten tomatoes has it at 83%
I will reserve any further comments until I see this thing in IMAX 3D
sophie
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I've been wanting to see this movie since about September. I loves me a good SciFi/Fantasy flick, especially one with a historical parallel (I hope it's not too cheesy 
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@Bast and Patroklos: Last time I checked, this thread is about the movie Avatar, directed by James Cameron, not the existence (or nonexistence) of AGW. Can we please keep this thread on-topic? Because wading through 2 pages of you two arguing back and forth is very tedious.
)@Bast and Patroklos: Last time I checked, this thread is about the movie Avatar, directed by James Cameron, not the existence (or nonexistence) of AGW. Can we please keep this thread on-topic? Because wading through 2 pages of you two arguing back and forth is very tedious.
Harbringer
Your A One Flower Garden
Ive only seen the previews on tv and online but all the CG looks really fake to me, especially the blue people things. I'll probably still go see it just because I have a friend whos been all gay over it for months, but I cant stand CG, no matter how good it looks.
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To the people arguing above:
*I* am the greenest person here.
Now STFU and get back to talking about blue guys with weird ears
*I* am the greenest person here.
Now STFU and get back to talking about blue guys with weird ears
Rashiminos
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Bast vs Pat .., MIRROR MATCH!
More on topic: Is there any reason to hope for the plot when Cameron has doled more for a digital rack than Halle Berry received for that scene in Swordfish?
More on topic: Is there any reason to hope for the plot when Cameron has doled more for a digital rack than Halle Berry received for that scene in Swordfish?
(I hope it's not too cheesy
Fear not, it isn't. It does have some that kind of parts, but not more than films on average. People who are less allergic to it won't even notice anything.
CavLancer: I noticed that what I've written before might give pretty wrong idea. The film is not at all preachy. It is probably intended to have a message, but primarily it's just a story.
And by saying that film wasn't bad I really meant that it is pretty good. It's entertainment, so it doesn't matter if the story is told million times, or it doesn't have particularly original plot. And I for one am very glad that it didn't contain lots of surprising twists, because they have become pretty mandatory, and boring too (unless they are effortless and genuine).
It was surprisingly easy to sit through even though it lasted almost three hours. And if the plot doesn't captivate you, you can just watch the scenery.
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It depends on whether you like your women with blue skin and whiskers.
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Chieftain
They don't have whiskers, but still, I definitely would. Preferably before laws were enacted.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Bast, there's not much to gain by continuing to engage them.
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Deity
So it was quite cliché and predictable, but that didn't make any less good, me thinks. For a cliché to be established, or perpetuated as cliché, it needs to be used. And Avatar did do cliché very very well. In years to come, this movie should be the standard from which the cliché comes, not just another clichéd movie. If you know what I mean.
The 3D effects are really, really good, I must say, perhaps mostly for the reason that they are not overdone. James Cameron has resisted the temptation of making the movie for the sake of playing around with cool 3D technology. It was made so as that the 3D stuff was not the primary focus, but merely complemented the stunning graphics, in a quite spectacular way.
The 3D effects are really, really good, I must say, perhaps mostly for the reason that they are not overdone. James Cameron has resisted the temptation of making the movie for the sake of playing around with cool 3D technology. It was made so as that the 3D stuff was not the primary focus, but merely complemented the stunning graphics, in a quite spectacular way.
saw it today.
totally lives up to the hype.
hands down, flat out, far and AWAY the BEST movie going experience of my LIFE!
I won't say it was my favorite movie, or the best I've ever seen (though certainly up there), but as far as an experience AT the theater... nothing else even comes CLOSE!
if you got it, GO TO THE IMAX!!!
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the effects made me want to weep. they were so freakin gorgeous!!
the creatures in the film are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SWEEEET!
totally lives up to the hype.
hands down, flat out, far and AWAY the BEST movie going experience of my LIFE!
I won't say it was my favorite movie, or the best I've ever seen (though certainly up there), but as far as an experience AT the theater... nothing else even comes CLOSE!
if you got it, GO TO THE IMAX!!!
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the effects made me want to weep. they were so freakin gorgeous!!
the creatures in the film are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SWEEEET!
Just saw it and I totally agree. The story is the usual, you can easily predict what is coming. But when you mix it with the stunning effects, it becomes this whole new amazing thing, something that I think would not easily translate well to smaller screens. If you have the chance, see it in IMAX 3-D, that's where it's meant to be and where it's at its best.
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The Na'Vi are shown to have deep connections to the plant and animal life of the planet, holding it to be deeply sacred. It is implied that all of Pandora's fauna are connected, SMAC-style. It's not the central message of the film, but elements of environmentalism are present, certainly.
