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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 3:19 pm
Do those sites think the violence is more graphic in 3D? Just wondering
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 7:52 pm
I don't remember them even mentioning 3D, but it could be that I just don't remember.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 3:47 pm
Brenda, not sure if I'm too late to comment, but I'm a bit of a delicate soul and there is NO WAY I would take an eight year old girl to see it. There's a full on war at one point, multiple deaths of good people as well as the baddies, and by that time if you're a little girl (or not so little in my case) you're completely immersed in their alien world and it's pretty traumatic. I wouldn't advise her seeing it in the theatre unless she's quite tough emotionally or you think she'll see it as more fairy tale than real life.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 9:41 pm
Thanks Kitt. Not too late at all. Still deciding and I appreciate the feedback!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, December 25, 2009 - 2:44 pm
We just saw it in 3D at an IMAX. we had to sit in 3rd row, we all loved love loved it!! I want to go see again and sit further back, I think some of the effects are lost sitting that close. Some fight scenes that whisked by went way out of focus for me, I think if I was back and up higher it would be better. Cameron and Stan Winston know how to make a movie and event to remember! I love the new effect style they used, I am going to read about it. Weta Digital. I found this movie had parallels to Pocohontus. Going to read all your posts, I didnt read here before the movie cuz I wanted to be totally surprised.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, December 25, 2009 - 2:55 pm
Brenda, I would suggest you go see it, only YOU know your daughter that way you can judge first hand. Then if you think she will be ok take her. This movie is so good you will want to go see again anyway! Im already planning my next trip to the theater!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 8:20 pm
I am shocked more ppl arent posting about this movie!! Someone told my friend there was a sex scene...I dont remember one, just the kiss and them kinda being on their knees and rolling to the side....did I miss something? Sometimes it did look like you could see nipples but I think it was ornaments/decorations on the girls boobs
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 8:35 pm
I don't remember a sex scene either, just them sitting and rolling like you say. Definitely nipples though, although you could tell they were trying to be discreet while keeping it natural - i.e. no bra tops, which wouldn't make sense with the story, but they used hair and greenery to make sure if wasn't gratuitous. I think they did it well. Not sure anyone object to a blue alien nipple in its natural environment (although I'm sure some do!). Am I really the only one who was crying in the middle, when they demolished their tree?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 9:05 pm
nope! I cried/got teary more than twice! We are going to see again Sunday 
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 9:14 pm
very glad it wasn't just me! I loved how the twiddly bit at the end of their plaits connected with the twiddly bit of the other plants and animals. That was a lovely idea by the writers. I wouldn't mind seeing it again (or at least the first hour and a half) but don't want to pay another $10 each for the pleasure. Plus my dh can't see 3D so the whole effect is lost on him.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 5:18 am
aaaah I understand. We can buy passes for 6.50 at my work, just have to wait 2 wks after release so my passes are good this wkend 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 11:43 am
Saw it with DH yesterday, and LOVED IT! Cried at least twice during the film. We got a movie pass from one of DH's Bridge-playing buddies for xmass. I am a nervous nellie @ with action movies, and especially with 3D, so I have to admit I did have one jump out of my seat moment, but to my tremendous embarrassment it didn't look like anyone else had that reaction. Because, thanks to you guys, I knew about the big, fat dinosaur-looking thing, so I was okay with it and just pulled the 3D glasses off when it appeared. BUT there was another moment further in to the film, where this other creature shreiked and swooped in from nowhere and I yelled and jumped. (Blush) I THINK it was one of the flying horsie type thingies, which hubby said looked like geese. LOL Anyhow, I loved the story so much, and kept forgetting those were CGI created blue people, and kept thinking they were actors in blue makeup. Amazing what computers can do nowadays! The cast was outstanding, and I really got a kick out of the female pilot, as she was in LOST a few seasons ago. The main guy was superb, I think I have a mini-crush on him, and his sexy voice. And while I'm not a Sigourney Weaver fan, she was fantastic!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 6:59 pm
I've decided to take the wee one with me. We have tickets to see it Friday, 3D, Imax. Ticket seller said people are lining up 2.5 hours ahead of time! Help me! I hope it's worth it. 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 7:37 pm
his sexy voice is even sexier when you hear him talk with his real australian accent 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 9:02 pm
For Pamydoll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ1Z9-Hdmrs
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 11:43 am
Brenda, you will both really enjoy it! I've waited in hours long imax lines before...great time to play cards or hangman or whatever with your daughter! I do not think she will be too scared at all! I wish I had seen it in 3D imax! It is visually stunning even without that! Have a great time!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 5:41 pm
Thx Mame, I like this guy more and more, so down to earth
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, January 01, 2010 - 6:12 pm
Wowza! Saw Avatar in Imax 3D today. So the story is really nothing new, it's compelling enough, but nothing that's going to knock your socks off. It's the visuals that are the star of this film. I'm sold on Imax. Will certainly try to see more films in Imax. It was so crystal clear and the sound was loud and perfect. I could feel the sound vibrating the leg of my jeans. Not a speck of dust on the lens, no soda splashed on the screen, just a pristine visual and auditory experience. The film took you to a land like no other. Nothing looked fake or blue screened. The 3D felt natural, not gimicky, not distracting. If the glasses weren't so uncomfortable I'd have forgotten I was watching a 3D movie. I'm not sure this film will be nearly as spectacular without the 3D. I did take DD, age 7.9 and she enjoyed it. She did not get scared or even over excited during the battle and fight scenes. She really liked it and seemed to understand the main concepts. She's already informed me she wants to be a blue girl for Halloween. LOL. Two enthusiastic thumbs up from us.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 01, 2010 - 6:16 pm
Brenda so glad you got to see the film, and especially in 3D. Must admit, that I am now officially embarrassed though, to hear that your little daughter wasn't a big chicken like me! LOL  
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, January 01, 2010 - 6:20 pm
Well, she was a big chicken at first. Insisted on holding our hands all the way through the previews and through the first 10-15 minutes of the film, but as soon as she saw some of it and relaxed she was fine. BTW we saw previews for Alice in Wonderland and I think we'll try to see that in Imax 3D. Also saw one for Toy Story 3 which just looks fantastic.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, January 01, 2010 - 7:12 pm
Count me in with the chickens! I was fine until the battle scene but I was so emotionally involved with the blue people by then I was crying all through the part where they were destroying their giant tree. That's the part where I was worried about your daughter, but perhaps being young actually protects her from things like that, she probably doesn't understand it enough.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, January 01, 2010 - 7:38 pm
I had warned her ahead of time Kitt about that, which I think helps because she does get very emotionally invested in characters and what happens to them.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 01, 2010 - 8:27 pm
Okay, now I OFFICIALLY feel much better and less silly. Thanks Brenda & Kitt! And I can't wait for Alice In Wonderland... I luv luv luv this particular Mad Hatter! 
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, January 02, 2010 - 1:17 am
Brenda, so glad you both liked it!
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Saturday, January 02, 2010 - 5:40 am
Brenda, so glad dd enjoyed it. You never know with kids just what will put them over the edge. LOL My 17yr old will not even be in a room with a Tyler Perry movie because the intensity is too much for her. She watched the first 5 minutes of Angry Black Woman and completely freaked out and wont even try any of his other films. The third Lord of the Rings had her running too but then she loves Scary Movie and will put up with an intense level of outright horror if it involves vampires. LOL On the other hand you could not show my 12 yr old a movie that would scare her, we really have to police her viewing because she has no self-limits. I would have loved 3D in IMAX (that's Cdn you know !!) too. My fave part is the video they always play before the movie in Imax theatres.
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