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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 8:21 pm
DH and I saw this movie last night. Storyline was blah and I was saddened to learn that we still have a military force in the future. The 3D graphics were fun to watch. As for shock and awe, the $14.00 price of one ticket got me! I really enjoyed watching the movie trailers in 3D and I might see Alice in Wonderland when it comes out.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 5:22 am
Eggie, me too!!! I actually think that anyone seeing this movie now will be disappointed. There is so much hype about this movie that I think it wont live up to expectations. I told Hermie the other day that that happened to me with ET, I saw it weeks after it opened and heard everyone say how awesome it was. I didnt think it was worth the hype. Had I saw it the first week I think I would have been much happier with it
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 9:13 am
Babyruth, love your comparison to "Scooby-Doo". lol Egbok, I felt the same way about the storyline and military force part. However, I didn't mind the price I had to pay for the visual wonderland I got to experience. Add me to those who want to see Alice in Wonderland 3D!!!!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 9:19 am
Even the graphics couldn't save it for me. I was so bored and my mind was drifting so much that I kept having to reel myself back in and force myself to pay attention. But then, I saw upthread that Lord of the Rings bored Brenda and I love that trilogy. I can watch it over and over. We all respond differently! Can't wait for Alice. I may go see that in Imax/3D because I know the story well enough that I could follow it even without open caption. Imax/3D movies are never captioned. It's a real shame for people like me.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 2:54 pm
Hermie, I'm shocked and very disheartened to hear that they don't caption 3-D movies. Let's hope that changes soon. Add me to the ALICE list... mainly because of Johnny Depp. Was so happy they showed one of my fave Johny Depp movies the other night, BENNY & JOON.
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Spelll
Member
09-16-2005
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 3:37 pm
Maybe... 
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 5:34 pm
Just saw this a few hours ago in 3D. I liked it very much. I've never particularly enjoyed 3D movies, but this wouldn't have been the same without the 3D. As others have stated, the star of the film is the planet and all of the indigenous species they created. The story and dialogue were predictable, but when they destroyed Hometree, I was a little saddened. So I actually did find myself invested in the fate of the Na'vi. I've read almost all of Steve Stirling's novels, and I noticed some borrowing from his work in the movie. He actually published a novel a few years back titled "The Sky People", in which earth humans were called "The Sky People" on Venus by natives. And the religion of the Na'vi is quite close to the earth religion(wicca) that he writes about in all of his emberverse novels. Just found that kind of cool.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 2:18 pm
congrats to Avatar the new world wide box ofice champion!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 7:02 pm
Cool!!! Hopefully it will also be the new world wide box OFFICE champion!! LOL KL, I couldnt resist. xoxoxoxoxo
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 2:04 am
not to join in to the argument too late but When i was a student and expected to pay the student Price at the theatre, we showed our student ID. that gives your grade I thought. so the person selling tickets would have a pretty good idea of age. imho
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 11:48 am
hahaha box of ice good eye there Pamy 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 7:26 pm

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Ocean_islands
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 6:07 pm
There is a lot to criticize about this movie. Most importantly I thought it was a strange message to send that an American marine is more of a Na'vi than any Na'vi person. I'm hard pressed to find anything anti-American in the movie but it is certainly anti-military! In large part it's a beautiful painting, and I'm all for that.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 12:12 am
I think it's more anti-ROUGUE-military. Those guys were mercenaries working for a corporation. Yes, they were ex-military, but they weren't, strictly speaking, American soldiers. The marine just brought his point of view to the Na'vi, and the fact that he had a good heart won them over. He adapted to the situation, like any good marine, and he made the right choice to help the underdogs escape a terrible fate. I don't think this movie is Oscar-worthy other than the effects, but it was very entertaining for me and my friends.
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 12:16 pm
Avatar bored me, but hubby liked it. Thought the story line was very predictable and that an hour of the movie could have easily been cut. I tired of watching very tall blue beings. Also had a hard time taking one of the primary male villains seriously. Can no longer remember the character's name, but he used to be Frank Buffet on Friends (Phoebe's brother). Every time he was on the screen I thought "oh, there's Frank Buffet".
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Jezzedout
Member
09-07-2006
| Monday, March 08, 2010 - 9:11 am
The Oscars were last night and Avatar took home only technical awards. I thought Avatar was epic, absolutely epic. The visuals were like nothing ever committed to film before. But... I don't think that comes across unless viewed in IMAX. I saw Avatar in IMAX 3D, and then again in regular 3D. The IMAX version blew me away. Stunningly beautiful visuals that just jumped off the screen and completely made up for the fact that the script was lacking. The regular 3D version was just good, not great. I've found that most people who thought Avatar was just so-so only saw it either in regular 3D or 2D. It's a shame there aren't more IMAX theatres because the film really needed that format to be seen at its best.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, March 08, 2010 - 10:17 am
Interesting Jezzed. We saw it in Imax 3D and I was wowed, but I told my daughter I didn't think I'd ever want to see it again, that it will just lose so much on home video. I see it as an experience we did once, but seeing it again would never compare. It's all about the visuals, not the storytelling for this film.
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Monday, March 08, 2010 - 11:52 am
I agree Brenda. I won't be renting Avatar, even it they put in 3D format like they did with Polar Express. The 3D effects don't work very well on our tv it seemed.We watched Polar Express just regular and it was good. Avatar's storyline just isn't riveting enough for me to want to watch on TV.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, March 08, 2010 - 7:55 pm
I will get the dvd if it comes with lots of behind the scenes stuff, I love that stuff!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, March 08, 2010 - 8:29 pm
Yes, that could surely be interesting! A good reminder as something to look for Pamy. A coworker said he saw a show on cable about the movie and how it was done and found it fascinating.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 3:28 pm
We bought Avatar and watched it last weekend. What a really good movie! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, July 05, 2010 - 3:25 pm
Just now watched it. Well worth the price of 'free' from the county library. But I think I would have enjoyed it at theater prices. It was an amazing thing to watch considering it was about all generated by computer. Kudos to the makers of the film.
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