I prefer the convenience and comfort of TiVo and On-Demand and DVDs too. But Avatar was, for me, an enjoyable watch and visually absolutely worth venturing out for. Even though I sure am used to being able to pause the movie to go pee. I wouldn't have minded an intermission. Then again, although I am a fan of crime flicks, I also like SF in general. For someone not into the science fiction thing, I'd expect it to be a bit dull.

Most of the folks I know IRL are too cool and anti-dork to go, are industry and too competitive with people who worked on it to admit going, or born-wealthy left-identified folks who see red at anything making a profit. I'm really bummed that such a simple pleasure has to be jacked up by this.

that explains it

You sound like me. I can't even remember the last time I saw a movie at the theater. It's always freezing cold, the sound is too loud, the picture isn't that great, and there's about an 80% chance you'll be surrounded by either obnoxious douchebags or teenagers acting like idiots. Why anyone would prefer that over the comfort of their own home, I never understand. I have friends who go to the movies at least once or twice a week, though.

About ten of my girlfriends stayed online all day to get New Moon tickets and INSISTED that I was going with them to the midnight show. I would have rather blown homeless men on the street corner for free than get in all that mess. They're still bitching at me 2 months later because I wouldn't go.

I went and saw it in 3D New years Day and then went back a few days later and watched it again in IMAX 3D. It was my first 3D movie.

I thought it was really well done and deserves all the rewards it receives.

A few things bothered me though. One was even that far in the future in a time when mankind can travel freely to distant planets people still smoke cigarettes :disgust

The other is man's greed will still put the all mighty dollar over life.

I have a friend that is a carpenter and his work often entails a lot of intricate woodworking that is often hidden in the final product. The kind of work that makes him a craftsman at what he does. He told me how his customers never really see or understand just how much work went into getting the job done as they only see the final product and often take his work for granted.

AVATAR is very much like that as many people will never understand just what went into making the movie and how truly revolutionary it is. I do and I find it remarkable.

James Cameron has opened the door to a new world of technology. He developed a camera that he could watch the actors go through their paces and have it render to his CGI world in real time. Imagine the possibilities. We now can put a webcam on us and broadcast our likeness over the internet. In the future Cameron's technology will become mainstream and we will be able to turn the camera on ourselves and project us into programs in real time. TV screens can now be curved. Imagine a TV dome that you stepped inside and became part of a digital environment. It would be awesome for gaming or perhaps you could take virtual trips. The possibilities are wide open because James Cameron and his movie AVATAR has paved the way.

I found the story to be typical however the stunning visuals in 3D more than makes up for it. Add to that the technical aspect and the influence this movie will have on our future and I have no problem calling this one of the greatest movies ever made.

Spoken by a man that actually knows what the hell he is talking about. :thumbsup Entertainment has been kicked up a notch. Mad respect from me.

I saw it in Arclight Hollywood's Dome with XPAND glasses :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

Paid 18$ lol Online Custom Seating ;) 2nd Terrace no one in front of me but below.

100x better than realD I Also saw it on a Dobly 3D theatre.

Hi. I am homeless.

Hey that's all great stuff. Movie still sucked hahah:winkwink:

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I hadn't gone to a theater in quite some time before seeing Avatar.

Yes the visuals were good, but the story just sucked ass. Too much blue hippy love and not enough BANG CRASH POW.

I shed a tear when the hero, Colonel Duke Nukem died and cheered to a stunned audience as the hometree came crashing down but other than those few highlights was bored silly for almost 3 hours.

Wow, there's some seriously high standards in here.

Get a better job, you bum.

Happy yesterday birthday, princess.

:wetkiss

Also while I'm sitting there I looked around at the crowd all wearing them goofy glasses staring at the screen like zombies I couldn't help but think this was some sort of mass brain washing project. There have been people coming forward saying they have been thinking about killing themselves and having feelings of depression after watching this movie.

Cutting edge production technology and CGI, better than any other movie ever?

They basically had to invent and create some of the technology they used to even make the movie look like that... been in development for a decade.

That might be one reason ;)

Because they are comparing their boring life on earth to living in a fantasy land in blue world pandora...

it's bullshit those people were already clinically depressed if they wanted to kill themselves..

such bulshit:2 cents:

People don't like to see success. This guy has hit the jackpot twice and now it might be he is smart not just lucky. People don't like that.

Those " goofy " glasses are meant to be functional not stylish. BTW mine were black wrap around that did an excellent job.

The reason everyone was " staring at the screen like zombies " is because they were fully engrossed in the movie. That's a good thing. If people were talking and looking around and playing with themselves that means the movie didn't hold their attention. That's a bad thing.

Like I said I was a little bummed to see that people so far in the future still had the destructive habits that plague us today. It's a little disheartening to think that life doesn't get better in the future and we can't learn from our mistakes and are destined to repeat them.

However, I KNOW this is just a story and can shrug it off. I'm sure other people with weaker minds will have problems differentiating between fantasy and reality just as some do with everyday life today. One would hope there would be an answer for that as well in the future.

Nothing's wrong with not liking the movie. To each his own but to bash it and say it sucked says more about you than the movie.

I loved the movie; watched it twice. No mob mentality, since I went to see it on opening day. I still LOVED it!

15 suicides have been connected to this movie.

looks like something i would have liked when i was 6 btw.

I'll see it.

(probably next year when it comes out on Movie Central) :D

I am the master of delayed gratification.

I think you loving this movie so much say A LOT about you too :2 cents:

C'mon buddy, make it 16 and fucking make me ecstatic!!!!!

it sucked.

I think you jut proved his point.

:winkwink:

exactly :glugglug

I don`t know really

That's very true and the reason why I've posted such lengthy responses. It says a lot about me and helps people form their opinion of me :thumbsup

It's all good. I started the thread for fun. At the same time I didn't understand all the hype around the movie. Wasn't that good imho. If you liked it that's fine. Just bustin balls. Movies these days can have all the special effects in the world and for me it still doesn't beat Clint Eastwood telling the bad guys they better apologise to his horse. :)

Effective marketing.

Happy two week ago birthday to you, Fairy Queen.

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:Oh crap

You copied and pasted that from Rotten Tomatoes, didn't you?

it would be better if they cut the length in half
after 2 hours I started getting a headache from the glasses

I for one think the 3D was not that good and the story was ok (not bad)
I don't regret seeing it even though it is very hard to take me out to the movies, my girl had to drag me by the balls this time

it was cool with 3d glasses, but after an hour I was dieing there, i knew i wouldn't like it but my girl dragged me there.... had to take it like a man lol

The first time I saw a commercial for it I thought it was a video game, so that kind of sealed the deal for me on not seeing it.

It's all good. Lately I've been catching up on all the old movies I missed when I was younger and out partying instead of watching movies. The other day I bought " Jeremiah Johnson " on DVD. Going to watch " The Bridge on the River Kwai " on TCM tomorrow night. Recently saw " Papillon ". Still have the Rocky movies to go through and strangely I've never watched an older Clint Eastwood movie all the way through but have them on my list.

This movie did not impress me at all, the plot was very simplistic and minimal. This movie was made for the Generation Y (aka the selfish-feed-me-now-instant-gratification-lack-of-intelligence-no-morality generation).

It was bound to be big, throw some fucking plastic glasses on these dumb fuckers, show them uber computer graphics and show them a storyline written for pre-schoolers. PROFIT!

For all of complaining about the simplicity of the storyline, yea, the story WAS supposed to be simple. That was the point. However, it was a VERY good storyline, regardless of simplicity or alleged originality (if you want to completely generalize good vs. evil). And the fact that the graphics were there, it made the movie absolutely unbelievable. I don't doubt it will beat Titanic, and I'm thrilled that internet piracy did absolutely nothing to this movie. James Cameron is one hell of a visionary.

Movie is for kids and the storyline is uber lame.

But i liked the visual effects.