Very predictable storyline and stereotypical characters, but I loved it all the same and the effects were amazing on IMAX 3D (well, obviously ) Then again, different people, different tastes.
Hahaha, all the hate makes me laugh. For those of you bashing this movie, you either 1. Still don't understand the deeper themes of the movie or 2. Are too full of yourself to admit that that's you they were talking to in the movie. Avatar, by far, was the best movie I've ever seen. Why? Because it attacked a theme that far too many people are skeptical about, and that's racial boundaries. Now. Discuss.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. And besides, Avatar isn't the only movie that discusses about racial boundaries.
Sorry, left something out. "Why? Because it attacked a theme so avidly that far too many people are skeptical about, and that's racial boundaries."
I really liked it. Was a little bit long though, and the beginning was somewhat boring. The ending was really good though, and the only part I didn't like was when the blue aliens... yeah.
I saw it again. And the visuals are jaw dropping. I kinda like the fact they didn't go overboard with the 3D thing. It's just used enough to add to the amazing CGI. Ok visuals, amazing. But the bad part. I still could not get past the horrible story line. It is so predictable, I remember seeing it the first time and knowing how it was going to end. They couldn't have paid a little more for a decent writer? Overall it was pretty good but I still fail to see how it can be someones favorite movie.
I have a feeling seeing the movie not in 3d and a regular screen has really skewed my movie toward the negative, or made me see its reality without the fancy bells and whistles. To me it seemed to be a typical action movie, not any better or worse than say Total Recall or something like that. I could easily say that "Starship Troopers" was a far better movie than Avatar. They took some of the cliches of sci war movies over the top - which made it much more entertaining.
I liked the movie pretty well. Amazing visuals with an okay storyline. I don't really see how anyone can really bash the storyline when pretty much everything in Hollywood nowadays is far from original. For example: all the comics-to-movies, Sherlock Holmes, and every sequel ever made. Pretty much all of Walt Disney's films were based off of well-known fairy or folk tales. It's always a surprise for me when something remotely original comes out of the film-making industry. And for those bashing on its stereotypical characters: A stereotype is something that writers use in order to create a quick background for a character. Cameron wanted the General to be a hateful character, so that's what we got: the stereotypical I-don't-care-about-them-natives marine-turned-mercenary. The movie would have had to be even longer to develop each character's individual story, and with how much material they had without developing the characters, I don't think anyone would have seen it. I sure wouldn't see a four-hour movie. I'm not saying that a story isn't more compelling if the character's backgrounds are developed. There is no doubt in my mind that I enjoy a movie much more if the characters mean more to me. I'm just saying that I can understand why they would have used stereotypes so profusely in this particular movie. The fact is, our environment is tanking at a far faster rate than anyone could ever imagine. I don't mean to sound like some hippy tree-hugger, but it IS a problem. The Amazon Rainforest, one of the largest sources of oxygen that we need in order to survive, is due to be completely demolished within 40 years at the rate it's being leveled. Then we'll need to use those oxygen masks here that they depicted on Pandora - and we don't currently have the technology to convert that much carbon dioxide to oxygen that the rainforests do in order to support the world's population. You can say goodbye to billions of people if the Amazon and other rainforests like it go. And those of you bashing it for saying that humans love war: There has not been a single year in modern times where some country or other has been fighting with its neighbor for some reason or another. War is how we sort things out when diplomacy and negotiations fail. It's a natural instinct to fight someone who's invading your territory or who has something that you need to survive. It's not a new concept. America would not have been possible if the colonists had not felt threatened by England's excessive taxation. Hitler would be ruling the world right now if we hadn't felt an instinct to fight those threatening our way of life. War and fighting is natural for the human race, or any species for that matter. A species could not survive if it did not have the "fight or flight" instinct present in its genome. I liked Avatar. There is no doubt in my mind that it wasn't an original concept, but I like how it was displayed on such a cool world like Pandora. And I can see why certain questionable aspects of the film were placed there. (Except for the part where Jake and the one girl.... Yeah. I don't understand or defend that.) Martin Luther (the original, not the civil rights activist) changed the world during the Renaissance because he didn't like how the Catholic Church was running the show. He's the reason why the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation occurred. Perhaps that is what Cameron was trying to accomplish: making people aware of the situation on Earth today, and perhaps creating enough awareness that some actually try to change what's happening. I'm not saying that Cameron is as great a man as Luther was. I'm just saying that perhaps there was a deeper, personal meaning to this film, and that maybe some of us can't see that right off the ball. It's more than likely that Cameron was just trying to earn more money to add to his bank account, but until he comes out and says that, we can't be sure. Judging this movie based on first glance isn't fair to him or to any other film-maker who creates a controversial film. We have no idea what was going through his or the writers' minds as they were creating this spectacle. Just my extremely long two cents.
Very impressive. Though he didn't entirely agree with me, and I with him, he presented his ways in a calm fashion, and I will respect that. I agree that all of you need to take more time and try, at least, to use your brains and discover the deeper meaning in the movie. I'll admit, the love storyline was a little unnecessary (Tsu'tey got screwed over on that one), but it did add that element that you always expect in movies: a guy/girl relationship. Anyway, there's my response to that.
I saw the movie in imax and it was good. but i can't believe they are very eager to make blue monkeys erotic to viewers
You watch this movie for the eye-candy, and appreciate the millions of dollars that went into it to produce said eye-candy. There's basically nothing else that you receive from this movie.
The storyline is pretty much a simpler version of Princess Mononoke. The visuals were amazing, and the Navi with the rest of Pandora looked amazing. I loved the whole planetary network idea... This was my favorite aspect of the story... It was at its heart a children's movie. I thought the human characters were extremely simple, "archetypal"... The villains were very one-dimensional, especially the head of that corporation... There is no moral ambiguity to the situation. The humans are the villains, the aliens are the victims. The way Jake switches sides was unconvincing to me... All this is really nitpicking though... visually it is a masterpiece... I haven't seen anything that comes close... great movie.
I liked it. Most of it. It was all very good up to the part where the bulldozers came to crush the trees. I would have been extremely happy with a film where it was all very light-hearted, and skipped the action with a bit of diplomacy at the end. The underyling themes were rejected for grim action, which made for a bad 30-40 final minutes.
