Reply #22: I thought it was fantastic.

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And I traveled in blizzard conditions in order to see it as well. Can I ask how long into the film you were when you walked out? I ask because I thought the first hour was a little slow. It did provide a great build up to the second and third acts, though. It's a rarity that I'll sit through a movie that long without fidgeting, I'm still suffering a bit with ADD, but Avatar kept me enthralled pretty much the entire time. If your wife left after an hour and you didn't even make it that far in, you really missed the best parts of the movie and the bulk of it as well. I don't think it's really fair to judge the film if you've only seen less than an hour of it.