First review of Cameron's Avatar - Page 4

Weiss Pinguin · 12-23-09, 04:41 PM

Eh, it was an insane tech demo, as Dowly put it, and the action scenes were great (The grand finale was quite fantastic to watch, especially in 3D), but the story was predictable. Not even any plot twists to make things interesting. And I could've down without all the treehugging bits; I know a lot of people are into that, and I think it's great, but when I go see a $300-million SFX thing I want to see ridiculous fights with more of those cool mechwarrior things and incredibly large gunships.

Anyways, I still thought (most of) it was good. I don't know how much more seeing it in 3D adds, I took off my glasses for the bits without 3D and thought it looked about the same... Well, actually, the actiony bits were really cool in 3D, but the rest didn't really look more or less okay. I dunno. Btw, anyone else think Sigourney Weaver looks kind of funny as a catperson?

kiwi_2005 · 12-24-09, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

Eh, it was an insane tech demo, as Dowly put it, and the action scenes were great (The grand finale was quite fantastic to watch, especially in 3D), but the story was predictable. Not even any plot twists to make things interesting. And I could've down without all the treehugging bits; I know a lot of people are into that, and I think it's great, but when I go see a $300-million SFX thing I want to see ridiculous fights with more of those cool mechwarrior things and incredibly large gunships.

Anyways, I still thought (most of) it was good. I don't know how much more seeing it in 3D adds, I took off my glasses for the bits without 3D and thought it looked about the same... Well, actually, the actiony bits were really cool in 3D, but the rest didn't really look more or less okay. I dunno. Btw, anyone else think Sigourney Weaver looks kind of funny as a catperson?

So what your really trying to say is you thought it was a good movie, but find it hard to accept the - family orientated bits.

Well yeah it was a PG here, so it is a family flick.

Dont worry i thought the same. Dont go for the story go for the fantasy aspect of it then your see why Cameron is one of the best out there. Totally kicks arse, best movie till Avatar II comes out

Lt.Fillipidis · 12-24-09, 06:08 PM

Watched it yesterday in 3-D.
Plot: Predictable.
Effects: Great in 3-D (Actually, a couple of times i thought the bloody object that was going towards the camera was gonna hit me!
Also, tried to catch a few of those white, flying jellyfish but to no result...)

Now there are only two things left in my life to do.
1# Write history (

)
2# Watch Lord of the Rings in 3-D, in a giant 52inch TFT Screen with a 7.1 surround, room that changes temperature depending on the scene, motion sensitive couch (moves the way the camera movies. Or gives you the impression it does

) and free popcorn and fizzy drinks for the whole movie!
And with a couple buds for company ofc!

nikimcbee · 12-27-09, 09:37 PM

Okay, I saw it yesterday in 3D

. In a nut shell; It's Dances With Wolves story, with Shaka Zulu Characters set in Jurassic Park. I loved the film, you've got to see it in 3D. I almost burst out laughing during "the big speech" when they were talking about saving their mother. All I could think of during this scene was this:
(here's the last quarter of the film)

Torplexed and I need to do a MST3K of the last part of the film.

During the big battle, I kept waiting for the ewok army to attack too

.
And when they blew the tree up, I said to my brother; "Wow, that sure will make a lot of baseball bats!" Plus I kept waiting for Leo to come out and say "I'm king of the world!"

The movie is worth seeing (in 3D) despite the heavy dosage of eco-religion evangelizing at the end.

Castout · 12-29-09, 03:30 AM

Best US movie since as long as I can remember...I was convinced to think Hollywood has lost the way of making good movie but Avatar proves that there's the light at the end of the tunnel. Emotionally engaging

Torplexed · 12-29-09, 06:12 AM

I saw it this past Saturday and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sure, the aliens cried and had other all-too-human expressions and gestures but I, as a human spectator, would have had a much more difficult time empathizing with the characters had they displayed grief by oozing blue puss from their ears. I even liked the story line for the most part. But then I liked Dances With Wolves, too.

I liked the fan-VTOL gunship craft too - but what was keeping that slow moving shuttle aloft?

Castout · 12-29-09, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

I saw it this past Saturday and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sure, the aliens cried and had other all-too-human expressions and gestures but I, as a human spectator, would have had a much more difficult time empathizing with the characters had they displayed grief by oozing blue puss from their ears. I even liked the story line for the most part. But then I liked Dances With Wolves, too.

I liked the fan-VTOL gunship craft too - but what was keeping that slow moving shuttle aloft?

Not funny I love Dances with wolves too

.
I couldn't help not taking side. Every time one of those VTOL craft got destroyed I was murmuring take that you piece of @##!$#!^& with both palms clenched okay maybe not that dramatic but that's how I felt.

12-23-09, 04:41 PM	#46
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Eh, it was an insane tech demo, as Dowly put it, and the action scenes were great (The grand finale was quite fantastic to watch, especially in 3D), but the story was predictable. Not even any plot twists to make things interesting. And I could've down without all the treehugging bits; I know a lot of people are into that, and I think it's great, but when I go see a $300-million SFX thing I want to see ridiculous fights with more of those cool mechwarrior things and incredibly large gunships. Anyways, I still thought (most of) it was good. I don't know how much more seeing it in 3D adds, I took off my glasses for the bits without 3D and thought it looked about the same... Well, actually, the actiony bits were really cool in 3D, but the rest didn't really look more or less okay. I dunno. Btw, anyone else think Sigourney Weaver looks kind of funny as a catperson? __________________

12-24-09, 06:08 PM	#48
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Watched it yesterday in 3-D. Plot: Predictable. Effects: Great in 3-D (Actually, a couple of times i thought the bloody object that was going towards the camera was gonna hit me! Also, tried to catch a few of those white, flying jellyfish but to no result...) Now there are only two things left in my life to do. 1# Write history () 2# Watch Lord of the Rings in 3-D, in a giant 52inch TFT Screen with a 7.1 surround, room that changes temperature depending on the scene, motion sensitive couch (moves the way the camera movies. Or gives you the impression it does ) and free popcorn and fizzy drinks for the whole movie! And with a couple buds for company ofc!

12-27-09, 09:37 PM	#49
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Okay, I saw it yesterday in 3D. In a nut shell; It's Dances With Wolves story, with Shaka Zulu Characters set in Jurassic Park. I loved the film, you've got to see it in 3D. I almost burst out laughing during "the big speech" when they were talking about saving their mother. All I could think of during this scene was this: (here's the last quarter of the film) Torplexed and I need to do a MST3K of the last part of the film. During the big battle, I kept waiting for the ewok army to attack too. And when they blew the tree up, I said to my brother; "Wow, that sure will make a lot of baseball bats!" Plus I kept waiting for Leo to come out and say "I'm king of the world!" The movie is worth seeing (in 3D) despite the heavy dosage of eco-religion evangelizing at the end. __________________

12-29-09, 03:30 AM	#50
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Best US movie since as long as I can remember...I was convinced to think Hollywood has lost the way of making good movie but Avatar proves that there's the light at the end of the tunnel. Emotionally engaging __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

12-29-09, 06:12 AM	#51
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I saw it this past Saturday and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sure, the aliens cried and had other all-too-human expressions and gestures but I, as a human spectator, would have had a much more difficult time empathizing with the characters had they displayed grief by oozing blue puss from their ears. I even liked the story line for the most part. But then I liked Dances With Wolves, too. I liked the fan-VTOL gunship craft too - but what was keeping that slow moving shuttle aloft?