___AVATAR Review Thread___

Really feel for you there,i would have been sick as a parot if that happend/happens to me especially after the long wait,should try book online with your pass.
 
Best Special Effects Ever ? Yes By a mile
Best Film Ever ? No
Most Epic Film ever ? YES

I loved it, my usual distain for an action film was gone and the 3D was immense imo.

Some of the 3d visuals were jawdropping, i was impressed it didnt cost any extra too, i was very impressed and ive never ever watched a film where there were so many gasps and wows throughout the cinema.

The story was a bit predictable but then so was titanic ;)

Definately one of the best films ive seen recently and easily my favourite of the year, not watched star trek yet though despite being a massive trek fan (just havent had the time)
 
Pocahontas Dances with (big blue) Wolves.

Apart from making everyone blue, did that film have an original idea? Oh wait....weren't they blue in Braveheart?

Visually stunning but the most cliched, predictable film ever. By the end I didn't care who won as long as the bloody film ended.

Eldest son saw it the other day and commented (on Facebook) that it should have had more alien sex (well, he is 21). It should have had more plot. And characterisation. And originality. A better script wouldn't have hurt.

But yeah, more alien sex might have helped.

ETA This. But blue
 
Just got back from my second viewing. Still loved it, infact i think i enjoyed it more the second time around.

I went for the 2pm showing at my nearest Cineworld, but as we were stood in the ticket line they announced that both the 2pm and the following showing were sold out! So we ended up at VUE, which contrary to what some people have been saying used the regular RealD glasses that Cineworld use (maybe it's just the Meadowhall one though. Cheapskates, lol). The 3D itself was exactly the same (i think someone asked which was better a few pages back, VUE or Cineworld, so there's your answer).

Also, what is it with idiots and sitting in the wrong seats in an allocated performance? They're f*cking morons (or should i say "scowns";))
 
I read in a magazine he was sitting on top of his legs and the legs we see are plastic prosthetic ones. I don't know how he did the pick them up and move them thing in and out of the bed like that, but it looked real enough to me!
 
I quite enjoyed it..

But really it's just Cowboys and Indians plot wise, and every scenario/plot device used you have probably seen before elsewhere.

Yes it's a technological landmark, and although the CGI characters, lanRABcape and action sequences were stunning, I'm not convinced the 3D aspect really added much to it. In fact it was more a distraction to me.

I'll watch it again, in 2D probably, and I'll probably enjoy it more as my expectations will be lower.
 
New 'Star Wars' my arse.

I had no idea what sort of film to expect when going in, I'm neither a lover or a hater of the whole 'Avatar' hype. I thought it was long, dull and far too much CGI - with very little character development.

He seemed to fall in love instantly with her character and decide to switch sides. I'm not sure if there was or wasn't supposed to be some sort of on screen romance but I would have liked to have seen something.

For a film of such a long length it's strange to say it was all so rushed aswell. I would have liked to see him spend more time in the camp, doing casual things. I honestly ended up not caring about the natives at all, and I much preferred the human scenes to the blue cat thingy scenes. :o

I really loved Sigourney Weaver's character and she pretty much made the movie for me.

The CGI was also too much for me. I'm not a big fan of alot of CGI so really did my head in. :o I don't really understand all the hype and extremely positive reviews surrounding this film. I must just have weird taste. :cool:

I also fell asleep for like 5/10 minutes. I was really looking forward to it aswell but just seemed like Disney's version of Tarzan but very boring :(
 
I think this film could have been more effective as a faux natural history documentary about the planet Pandora. The storyline wasn't bad at all, but I found myself a bit bored just over half way through, and unlike every other Cameron film (except for Abyss or Piranha 2), I don't really have the urge to watch it again, even though I did love it. It is beautiful.
 
I saw Avatar just before Christmas. Brief note of gratitude to the new Odeon at the Metro Centre in Gateshead here. I had originally booked seats for the previous Saturday, but was snowed in and couldn't attend. They happily exchanged my tickets for the following Wednesday with nothing extra to pay. It wasn't one of the smaller venue screenings either, it was the IMAX 3D variety, so presumably they lost money by accommodating me.
As for the film, thoroughly enjoyed it. Complex it isn't; predictable it is - not to mention simple to the point of banality. To concentrate on these things, however, is to miss the point. If you just want to be entertained with gob-smacking visual and sonic effects, and a decent, well-produced story, it cuts the mustard and then some. I suspect that it will be roundly panned a few years on as it becomes fashionable to deride it. The same thing happened to 'Titanic' and 'The Sound of Music', two of its predecessors among the contenders for world's*most popular film. I wonder how many of those films' modern detractors secretly rather like them.
 
apparently you cant go faster than the speed of light but maybe you can go ,t or near to the speed of light.:yawn:

+ do we actually know we CANT go faster than the speed of light. its only theory. :confused:

Anyway i still have yet to go see it. Somehow its not really dragging me in. + as some have said looking at the trailers the CGI looks very xbox360 Halo type to me.
 
i think it has been a labour of love for the King of the World and it shows. expertly crafted, a simple tale told well. the CGI and 3D make you realise that this is a guy at the top of his game. the evil Marine Colonel will go down as a classic screen baddie. excellent.
 
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