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knight37 wrote:Prediction: Avatar will be horrible.

Why you ask? Look at the date it is coming out. December 18th is only one week before Christmas and all of the kids will be out of school then. Therefore very little word of mouth will happen, helping get more people to see it.

It will die after the first week as word of mouth spreads.

If the movie was any good it would be coming out in the summer so it could play all summer long. The movie companies have been doing this a long time and know how to maximize profits.

This may be true, but also could be because they didn't want to compete with the other heavy weight box office titles? Harry Potter? Transformers? All those other movies..

I went to see Avatar at IMAX in melbourne on sunday and in 3D, and it was a great movie in my opinion. Looked stunning, plot was very miltary vs science, but still a great experience.

A-Unit wrote:I went to see Avatar at IMAX in melbourne on sunday and in 3D, and it was a great movie in my opinion. Looked stunning, plot was very miltary vs science, but still a great experience.

Indeed. I loved it so much I watched it twice, once at theatres then came home and watched it again.

There is a rumor going around that the director signed on for two more projects as well.

Not to mention the fact of the story, it was amazing even though it just reminded me of the struggles of the Native Americans vs The New Comers.

Like that movie "New World" or my all time favorite, Pocahauntus.

Noobert wrote:

A-Unit wrote:I went to see Avatar at IMAX in melbourne on sunday and in 3D, and it was a great movie in my opinion. Looked stunning, plot was very miltary vs science, but still a great experience.

Indeed. I loved it so much I watched it twice, once at theatres then came home and watched it again.

There is a rumor going around that the director signed on for two more projects as well.

Not to mention the fact of the story, it was amazing even though it just reminded me of the struggles of the Native Americans vs The New Comers.

Like that movie "New World" or my all time favorite, Pocahauntus.

The Director, James Cameron, has been quoted as saying that movies such as Dances with Wolves were heavy influences. The script's been bumping around the net since Titanic and he only did the movie now because he felt the tech was up to the task finally.

Personally, I saw it today and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Though my whole family admitted the story was essentially Fern Gulley meets Pocahantus in Space...it was still quite solid.

Cameron has said he plans two sequels as this is only the beginning of a long story arc (according to him). Something I find interesting, given that he's known to have...disdain...for sequels.


My breakdown (out of five): Overall Score = 4/5

Story - Decent enough, well written, even if it follows an older than dirt theme. So, 3 out of 5

Acting - Quite good, with very nice voice acting for the CG bits. 4 out of 5

Pretty Factor - as one critic put it, some of the CG invokes the "Uncanny Valley" effect. But, overall it is well done. I hope to see the facial motion capture method he used applied to other CG movies. It was quite effective. As for the environment, it was absolutely breathtaking at times, I highly recommend watching in 3D. Easily pulls a 5 out of 5 on pretty.

Replay Value - Is it worth watching twice? Not without an enthusiastic friend to share the experience with. However, it will be a worthy addition to my movie library. 4 out of 5.

Sherlock Holmes, I forgot it was coming out but saw it yesterday and it really is as funny and witty as the trailers lead on

There is only one movie that matters and that is avatar

SuperSaiyan wrote:I disagree, Iron Man 2 is what matters

but atm, Lightning Thief is what I am waiting for...

they never do the books justice, but the trailers show promise...

Iron Man 2 is great and all, but you cannot switch that actor from the Air Force.

So its a diff black guy and scarlet johansen is playing black widow ?hmmmmm dono if its gonna be as good as the first one i dought it

moses of romania wrote:There is only one movie that matters and that is avatar

No.

Clash of the Titans
Prince of Persia

and few others listed..

SuperSaiyan wrote:

Eärendil wrote:PoP better be good...

I wouldn't count on it

Trailer looks awesome...let's find out when it's out!

Legendary Apophis wrote:

moses of romania wrote:There is only one movie that matters and that is avatar

No.

Clash of the Titans
Prince of Persia

and few others listed..

Prince of Persia going to be so bad the actors are horrible and disney is doing it did any one see the last pirates damn that movie was horrible and this is gonna be even worse i was so excited until i saw the preview

I'm so going to see Prince of Persia anyway. Didn't see much other movies as appealing as this one in the genre.

a lot of those high-profile movies may turn out to be mediocre, but who cares? its entertainment... sometimes you'll encounter movies that you want to see dozens of times, while others you wish to see only once... and a few rare movies are ones you wish you never saw...

Prince of Persia will be absolutely crap.

Jake Glennhall? Or whatever that frilly Broke Back Mountain guys name is?

Yeah, no thanks. I'd rather watch The Box again.

i wanna watch Legion
and IM2
samuel L will be a great nick fury