Avatar

[Tiger]

Seriously, the movie is a masterpiece. Anyone who hasn't seen it should. It has lots of cool graphics, a good theme, awesome actors, and a good message.

[Y_B]

Aww I was hoping you would have taken me to see it with you

I wanted to buy you popcorn.

[Mark M]

loved it!!! Can't believed it wasn't a split movie, they could've totaly done it!!! Awesomeness indeed. I'd buy it

[Fishwings]

I definitely didn't expect it to be this good. Actually, when it first came out, there were like no lineups. But now... I had to come an hour and a half early. Anyone see it in 3D?

 

Btw, cheesy papyrus font : ). Everyone is bitching about it.

[Tiger]

I saw it in 3D. It was great. The CG made it even better. The forest was simply amazing and all the creatures there. The movie is one of the best I've ever seen. I don't say that often either.

[Kev de Cauchery]

And yet Tiger disguised himself with another Avatar.

 

Seriously though, Avatar is still not in the cinemas yet in China. Still 5 days to go.

[Camilo]

Hehe, I'm suprised that Rizan hasn't commented on this thread yet, he sooooo hates the movie

 

And now I'm tempted to see it, with all this hype, lol.

[Pai-kun]

To be honest, I almost didn't watch it cause I thought it seemed really bad. But I'm glad I did see it. Definitely the best movie I've seen this year. By far. I'll buy it on Blu-ray when it's released.

[Prince Duchess]

Yes! I went just to see if it was worth all they put into it. And it so was 3D was the way to go on this one. I felt like I was in the movie. OK! I gave it 5 stars.

[JamieD]

Awesome movie and the 3D was so good. But I loved the message of the movie more than anything else, it was really cool...and the blue people are really kinda hot

[Skyline]

I really enjoyed this movie as well, the 3D was super doppeee.

 

However there were a couple things I think James Cameron would've been good to round out a bit more, or remove entirely. I found the main antagonist (the stereotypical military man) to be wayyyy to over the top cliche. It was painfully annoying whenever he was on screen. I also found the main character to be somewhat weak at points, not very well fleshed out as a character himself. I also felt that the pacing seemed a bit off at times.

 

Overall none of these things were movie crippling, and I definitely plan on going again once the holiday rush dies down (We've had ticket sales in excess of 5000 people a day for the past week since christmas :<)

[wildone]

Finally got to see the movie, and in 3D as well .

 

I would say all the hype about this movie changing the way that movies will probably be made in the future might hold true for certain types of movies. It was amazing at the depth of the screen throughout as mentioned by Tigger. At times you could lift your glasses and realize how much difference their is between 2D and 3D. A side note, one friend who is actually colour blind and was never able to see the 3D with the old blue and red glasses saw everything in 3D with the new technology.

 

The story was good enough to keep me wanting more and to delay the pee break that was much needed after all that pop in a 3 hour movie .

 

I think I might see it again.

 

Also, I believe there is a guy in Toronto that has developed and copyrighted a screen that will fit over your plasma/LCD TV or down to a iPod screen that will enable you to see it in 3D quality at home.

 

Hopefully this technology doesn't fall to the wayside of horror movies only like the original 3D did.

 

 

[Graeme]

I definitely didn't expect it to be this good. Actually, when it first came out, there were like no lineups. But now... I had to come an hour and a half early.

Only an hour and a half early? I went to the IMAX cinema at the Melbourne Museum on Sunday where it's also showing (in 3D). I arrived at 11am and EVERY SESSION for the day (through to after 8PM) was already full. Just as well I wasn't going there to see Avatar

 

But if I was going to see it, an IMAX cinema in 3D would be the place....

[Myr]

I saw it in IMAX as well. It is sold out days in advance here. It is really good in IMAX 3d though

[paya]

They say Avatar has already made a billion dollars all over the world...

[Tiger]

They say Avatar has already made a billion dollars all over the world...

That's not surprising. It's a kick ass movie.

 

And wildone... I probably wouldn't have been able to see the old 3D either. I'm colour blind too.

[wildone]

Heard on the radio today that Avatar reached the billion dollar mark after 3 weeks making it the second movie to make a billion, and this was much quicker than the first.

 

Care to guess the first?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Titanic, of course by James Cameron as well

 

Edit to add: I have been corrected and one site I went to gave these as the top ones over a billion: Dark Night 1.006 billion Pirates of the Carribean; Dead Man's Chest 1.060 billion, Lord of the Rings; Return of the King 1.129 billion, and then Titanic at 1.835 billion.

Edited January 5, 2010 by wildone

[Kev de Cauchery]

Bought the ticket for two days later, right after my last final. Hurray!

On IMAX and 3D.

 

Anticipating already. Don't care if I fail the last one.

[John Doe]

It is an awesome movie. I live in a conservative state and it's in an uproar here on campus, people saying how its a ridiculous movie about the annhilation of the Native Americans and that it's a movie to make us (and when I say us I mean they <the stupid white republicans> cause I ain't a white person plus I got no heart) feel bad. BAH! Damn stupid college republicans. (though not all of them are stupid...)

[Tiger]

It is an awesome movie. I live in a conservative state and it's in an uproar here on campus, people saying how its a ridiculous movie about the annhilation of the Native Americans and that it's a movie to make us (and when I say us I mean they <the stupid white republicans> cause I ain't a white person plus I got no heart) feel bad. BAH! Damn stupid college republicans. (though not all of them are stupid...)

This is not a topic about the political aspects of the film. Perhaps if you want to talk about such aspects, The Soapbox will be better.

[Rizan]

*busts out some knowledge on everyone's asses*

 

I've seen the movie multiple times, in the 3D and 2D(Unfortunately I live nowhere near an IMAX).

[paya]

*busts out some knowledge on everyone's asses*

 

And finally, for people who REALLY loved the movie...this isn't going to be the only one, Cameron's intentions are to produce an 'Epic Trilogy', so this isn't the last we've seen of Pandora

 

 

 

 

 

Now this is what I am really not happy about. It used to be a bad habit that when something was popular, they made a sequel. Now since LOTR trilogy, when something is popular, they jump to a trilogy right away!

[drown]

This movie is the absolute in movie-making. After a few minutes you are captivated by what is happening and never want to leave the movie theater anymore. This movie entertains the senses in every way possible and leaves you wondering about it for days to come after you've seen it.

 

Well... yes there are better "stories" out there but people who use that excuse to say Avatar is bad really have no idea what a movie is all about.

If I just want a good story, I read a book

[cdawn1980]

I was AMAZED by Avatar! Saw it in 3-D, and though it cost me an an arm and a leg and nearly an ear as well - it was soooo worth it!!

[Tipdin]

I saw it in 3D and loved it - especially the super hairy actor playing the lead role!

Edited January 7, 2010 by Tipdin