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Without going into too much detail about the movie since it's safe to say that most everyone has heard about the film, seen the film, or had no desire to see the film in the slightest bit, I wanted to throw up a review of what I felt about the movie after I caught it opening day. Yea it's taken me awhile to get around to writing the review but we can always enjoy discussions on the new movies.
Avatar was first envisioned by writer/director James Cameron back in the 90s (right after he finished his last feature film Titanic) and has been in the making for over a decade. The film without question, is THE most visually appealing 3D movie to date. Having caught the movie in 3D, it is by far the most expansive use of 3D in any movie to date. The movie itself did not look very appealing at first glance. Blue people, weird sci-fi storyline, which may have been why on opening day the movie had almost no line at the theater I went to as it seemed as if movie goers were going to wait until word of mouth spread about if it was good or bad before they spent their hard earned cash on this so-called "blockbuster."
Visually, and only in 3D, the movie worth your money. The story and plot was just okay and wasn't anything worth mentioning or going into too much detail with. The movie is more about the advance in technology and the ability to create this alternate world using 3D visuals to further advance and change the movie experience in the future. There has been 3D movies such as "The Final Destination" and "UP" but none will come anywhere close to what Avatar does.
The runtime of the movie was long, sure it may have been necessary to tell the story the way Cameron had envisioned it but after wearing 3D glasses for over 2 1/2hours (even though they are not the quirky cardboard glasses, you pay $3 extra in the theater I went to for some better black almost sunglass looking glasses) you can't help but want the film to be over. I'm not sure what happened during my experience but I actually found myself nod off and take a nap during the big fight sequence during the end of the film. I found myself no longer caring about the film because I knew exactly what was going to happen, the story was very predictable and done before so after I got my desired visual intake I guess it was time to nap.
The good stuff was definitely how they used the actual actors to create the Na'vi characters, they looked a whole lot like their counterparts even though clearly animated. This movie is all about the visuals, not the plot, not the story, mainy just how far technology has come. If you go into the movie expecting nothing more than to be put into an amazing world and to be visually impressed you're doing yourself a favor. If you head into this expecting the full package, you will be greatly disappointed.
Grade: B
-Aaron Yarborough
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San Luis Obispo, CA
finally got around to posting this. the more i think about the movie the less i have any desire to want to see it again. it was visually appealing but the story was lacking in my opinion. as you can read i did nod off during the most action packed sequences in the entire film, think my eyes had enough 3d after two hours.
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this is exactly how i feel about the movie, except i found myself nodding off somewhere in the first hour.
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Seems like everyone I've talked to said it's visually appealing, but didn't really comment on the movie that much; story-wise.
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its Fern Gully in space. exactly the same story.
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I don't want to see this movie, James Cameron is an ass, my sister never saw Titanic, and now I understand why. He has the money to tell people whatever he wants to do, period.
Maine
I was very pleasantly surprised by this film. I went into it not knowing anything about it other than that it was the latest James Cameron vehicle, and I ended up really enjoying it. Obviously every other 3-D movie that's come out has either been a gimmick (a la My Bloody Valentine or Final Destination) or a kid's movie, but I think with this film we're seeing the beginning of a new movement in theater-going. In a decade this will be considered a touchstone in the way films are done. A truly immersive experience that I'd recommend to anyone. I actually liked the story line, Sam Worthington is proving himself to be a very good actor, and obviously it's visually appealing. Go see it.
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The IMAX 3-D really made a HUGE difference with this movie. It only rarely seemed like a gimmick, and the visual experience was incredible. As everyone has said, the story was meh (also comparable to Pocahontas in space), with tons of one-dimensional characters and plot holes. But if you can get past that, it's pretty spectacular.
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I, too, dozed off for a period in the middle of this movie. I thought perhaps I was just really tired that day, but maybe there was really something to this that makes people sleepy. Despite my fighting to stay awake, I was quite entertained and found the 3-D to be pretty amazing (this was my first 3-D film, not counting trips to Disney World several years back). I think I was probably most impressed by the bugs or particles that would fly or float in between the actors and myself. I don't think I feel the need to see this film again, but it was one of best theater experiences I've had this year, maybe just behind Drag me to Hell.
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Boston, MA
I had no desire to see this but ended up going anyway and enjoyed myself. I still think the blue people looked stupid but the world and animals looked amazing and the 3D def madeit worth seeing in theaters. The plot wasn't horrible but cliche and predictible for sure.
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Cincinnati
Saw this tonight in IMAX and have to say it was pretty incredible. Def the best movie I have seen in quite some time. The IMAX experience
added greatly to it, but overall I really liked the visuals as everyone is saying. Yeah the story was cliche' but who cares, still put together
really well with a good balance of action and emotion. The theater was still sold out, and how long has this movie been out....amazing I think.
Wisconsin
i think my problem was that i saw 2d first. if i had gone to imax first, i think i would've enjoyed immeasurably more.
i think the 3d was flawless. i don't really think the story was that awful either. i enjoyed it a lot more the second time i saw it. this might actually be a movie i can watch more than once or twice and still enjoy it.
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