Just Saw Avatar!!!!

[Powdered Toast Man]

It was just amazing. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. Honestly, the most breathtaking movie in a generation.

I could have watched it again, easily. It was over 2 1/2 hour long and it could have lasted another 3 and I would have happily sat through it and still wanted more.

Just phenomenal!

[jobycom]

1. Thanks. What did you think of the story?

Was it a good tale, too, or mostly a special effects fest? I'll see it either way, I'm just curious.

[Powdered Toast Man]

2. The story was equally amazing!

Honestly, there is not a single flaw in this movie. Beautiful from start to end. Excellent acting. Excellent story. Excellent direction.

You will NOT be disappointed in ANY way!

I really could have sat through it again immediately.

The only people who will have a problem with this film are the extreme right wing, and for that I pity them; pity for their inability to see past their own misguided beliefs.

I have never seen a film that satisfied me more than this. I'm still grinning ear to ear about it. Just breathtaking!

[Lorien]

18. Yeah, a fundie friend of mine was bitching about the "overly eco-friendly

message" of the film. "Overly eco-friendly"? Since when were we all supposed to be hostile toward creation?

[MadMaddie]

26. I agree with you the righties see nothing wrong with invading

another civilizations for resources.

Agreed! Fantastic movie!

[wickerwoman]

30. My only problem: *SPOILERS*

Unobtainium.

Unobtanium?!?

Really? In twelve years that's the best name they could come up with?

[Powdered Toast Man]

3. OH! and the 3D was astonishing!

Absolutely the best use of digital 3D to date! It's definitely worth the extra couple bucks.

[wickerwoman]

28. It was a pretty good story.

They had to walk a very, very fine line for it not to turn into FernGully but in each case, it stepped back from being incredibly hokey.

The characters are pretty cookie cutter, but the real main character is the world and it's very engaging.

[WildEyedLiberal]

31. Hahaha oh I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought of Fern Gully

:rofl:

Not that I intend that as an insult - as you said, just when it was nearing the precipice of become a preachy message movie, it dialed back and focused on characters or action. I thought they did the "save the rainforest" thing as well as you can without turning it into a sermon.

[dysfunctional press]

4. same here. on imax. 3d.

:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

all hail james cameron- King of the Galaxy.

[JCMach1]

5. Going to see it in IMAX 3D on XMas day

We can't wait!

[dysfunctional press]

6. that's how we saw it tonite...we REALLY couldn't wait.

you. will. LOVE. it.

btw- you might want to get your tickets early for a christmas day show- they might sell out. iirc, it's a pretty big movie day in general.

EN-JOY!

[JCMach1]

13. Yeah, even here... even though it is playing at every single cinema

in multiple theaters...

First day was advanced sold out in UAE across the whole country.

[file83]

7. I saw it tonight too, and I didn't want the movie to end!!! I LOVED this movie.

I've never (no one has) ever seen a movie like this before, visually. Completely redefines fantasy sci-fi movies.

[whistler162]

8. So you say it ranks up there with Ishtar?

;)

[pokerfan]

9. It's this decade's 'The Phantom Menace!'

:P

[Powdered Toast Man]

11. Naw.... More like seeing the original for the first time...

but better!

[dysfunctional press]

15. i saw "Star Wars" on it's opening night as well- this film experience is incomparably BETTER

i will be seeing Avatar MULTIPLE times, and probably only on the imax screen.

[whistler162]

27. Still have the lobby booklet I got at one of the first showings

of Star Wars.

So how much worse is it than Heaven's Gate?;)

[semillama]

10. Here's part of Roger Ebert's review

""Avatar" is not simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technical breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message. It is predestined to launch a cult. It contains such visual detailing that it would reward repeating viewings. It invents a new language, Na'vi, as "Lord of the Rings" did, although mercifully I doubt this one can be spoken by humans, even teenage humans. It creates new movie stars. It is an Event, one of those films you feel you must see to keep up with the conversation."

[JCMach1]

14. Wow, great review!

[redqueen]

12. Cool... I'm looking forward to seeing it tonight or tomorrow.

Nice username. :D

[firecrackerfilms]

16. .

so good right

[CRF450]

17. I hope he makes a sequal!

I wanna see it again real soon, but it'll have to be in IMAX 3D! The $4 theatre I watched it at (the only LOCAL one!), had shit for picture quality. So I'll take a 35 minute drive up to VA see it in all its glory.

[dysfunctional press]

19. it's not really set up to be sequeled...

although there will probably be video-games with alternate-type story lines.

we saw it at the imax 3d at the minute-after-midnite show, and it was PACKED.
and the movie was...just...:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

i intend to see it at least a few times- and i intend for it to be at the imax every time.

[wickerwoman]

29. It's very franchisable.

Of course the corporation is going to come back.

No way in hell are they going to invest all that money in creating that world with no possibility that they could set another story there.

[dysfunctional press]

32. lots of movies are 'franchiseable' as video games, but not in additional theatrical films.

i'd be very surprised if they make a movie sequel, especially considering how long it took them to make it.
most movies that become multi-release franchises are planned that way from the beginning...for instance- when lucas made 'star wars' it was the fourth chapter in the overall story that he envisioned from the get-go. afaik, cameron has no plans for any additional stories on or about pandora. :shrug:

[wickerwoman]

34. Why would something be franchisable as a video game but not a film?

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Ozymandias/news/?a=12612

"Cameron promises more from the universe of Avatar..."if we are successful then we'll make more films, and that world will continue to flesh itself out and be a place that fans can go to.""

Nobody invents a frickin' language for one film. It took him twelve years to do world-building and invent the technology. With those things in place, he can crank out sequels until the funding runs dry.

And for every franchise that was planned (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Matrix) there are dozens that weren't (Alien, Halloween, Indiana Jones, Shrek, Jurassic Park, X-Men, Batman, Rocky, Die Hard, Terminator, Lethal Weapon, etc.)

[m3e92man8850]

20. i hated it

[WildEyedLiberal]

21. I wish I lived near an IMAX theater

I saw it tonight in 3D and loved it - I'd really really really love it see it on an IMAX screen. I love a good, well-done epic, and this movie really sets the bar for that type of film. Very, very amazing - I'd like to see it again too.

[redqueen]

22. WOW!

Just saw it in IMAX 3D... absolutely loved it and we want to see it again.

It was flat-out fantastic.

[Orsino]

23. Salon was uncomplimentary, but it's generally reviewing quite well.

I'm not going to make Rupert Murdoch any richer, if I can help it.

[Omaha Steve]

24. Marta and I saw it today at noon

Imax 3-D. We loved it. So did our friend that accompanied us. More on this later.

OS

[MadMaddie]

25. We just saw today too!

Fantastic! There was even a love story thrown int!

Major 3D eye candy!

If you enjoyed AVATAR you should go and see, the 3D version of Jim Carey's "A Christmas Carol"!! Also, Fantastic!!

Yep, I will see this one again!!:woohoo: :applause:

[WT Fuheck]

33. Just saw it too.

wow.

Fairly predictable story, but in a good way. The movie was spectacular. We saw it in 3D. Just wow.

[Raffi Ella]

35. I agree!

I saw it today - AMAZING movie. The visual effects are just crazy! The story line is good too. I even teared up a couple of times.

I LOVED it! Will probably go see it again~

[cynatnite]

36. I wish I had enough money to watch it over and over and over...

we loved it!