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Nearfantastica

Nearfantastica

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I just have one thing to say: UNOBTAINIUM!? Dumbest shit ever.

 

 

LOL! I actually giggled when they said that. Yeah, some parts are totally silly and trite. Oh well.

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Doormat

Doormat

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I thought it was pretty good. Saw it in 3D. Didn't seem like 3 hours.

 

It was like the Matrix+Pocahontas with guns+some elements of District 9.

myburningbridges

myburningbridges

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This movie is actually worth seeing on IMAX 3D.

DVD (or blu-ray for that matter) will never make the visuals justice!!!

 

Granted the story is pretty classic... but wow. wow. wow.

here is no why

here is no why

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Haven't seen it but only heard good things from the people who had. Best way to see it is definitley in 3D though.

Dan #3

Dan #3

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I just have one thing to say: UNOBTAINIUM!? Dumbest shit ever.

 

I was the only one in the theater that laughed at that.

myburningbridges

myburningbridges

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I was the only one in the theater that laughed at that.

 

really? Everyone laughed at that when I saw it. It's a lame name, but who cares really.

Doesn't take away from the technical beauty of the film. Still can't get over that...

Moonlight_Graham

Moonlight_Graham

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Finally went and saw this flick tonight. Wouldn't have gone if i didn't get to see it in 3D IMAX, which i did. Visually, the movie is certainly stunning from a technical and special f/x point of view. In 3D the movie is pretty awesome to watch.

 

Storywise, its very very predictable. This is no Terminator 2 for James Cameron, that's for sure. If i were a 10 year-old boy again, i'd probably go nuts over this film. But the simplistic plot has been done before a dozen times, and much better. It's basically Dances With Wolves in CG as others have also compared it, but Dances With Wolves does it much better and in much more subtle ways story-wise.

 

The story also incorporates an angle of anti-U.S. foreign policy, which comes off lame. Terms like "terrorism", "shock and awe", and "preemptive strike" are used in the flick.

 

3 out of 5 stars.

AnOceanPearl

AnOceanPearl

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Saw it in IMAX 3D today and thought it was very good, though it's really just a supersized version of Fern Gully.

angeles

angeles

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i normally don't like sci-fi movies, nor movies over two hours long, but this i liked a lot.

manfromharoldwood

manfromharoldwood

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i HATE this movie.

 

it's just the matrix trilogy, condensed and reversed. instead of wanting out, we want to go back in this time. make up your mind, people!

Prometheon

Prometheon

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Finally saw it and was clawing my eyes out of boredom quite a bit. Some cool animal/plant designs, but the story was lame, poorly told, and even more poorly paced. VERY disappointed in this one.

Computer

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I've no desire to see it, and I probably won't until 5 years from now when it's on my 3d tv.

Moonlight_Graham

Moonlight_Graham

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I've no desire to see it, and I probably won't until 5 years from now when it's on my 3d tv.

 

i saw it, and have absolutely no desire to see it again. 3 hours of mediocrity is not worth it again. This film is only worth seeing because of the 3D.

 

I'm really disappointed in James Cameron. Not only is the movie very unoriginal, but most everything in this film has been done at least a dozen times over in other film/media. This movie is one giant cliche.

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johnny

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This movie is one giant cliche.

 

I had no expectations of grandeur going into the movie (read: http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html), and I got what I expected story-wise. But the visuals were damn nice. I'm tempted to watch it again in non-3D when it comes out of theaters just to see if I still like it at all.

Muran

Muran

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Finally saw it and was clawing my eyes out of boredom quite a bit. Some cool animal/plant designs, but the story was lame, poorly told, and even more poorly paced. VERY disappointed in this one.

 

 

Dude, Owen, please tell me you were making Lifestream jokes in your head, because I totally was XD

 

Along with Fern Gully jokes and Pocahontas jokes.

Prometheon

Prometheon

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Fern Gully allll the way, but i did not notice the FF7 similarities, though now that you mention it, holy shit.

 

Using holy to move people into different bodies?

 

Maybe unobtainium is really the white materia haha.

Muran

Muran

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Maybe unobtainium is really the white materia haha.

 

That totally made me lol.

 

C'mon. he even sort of looks like Cloud...Who rides BAHAMUT.

 

Man, when the two of them meet for the very first time, my friend and I totally started singing "Colours of the Wind" quietly in our seats XD

folk singer

folk singer

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i am a huge FFVII nerd and I totally didnt pick up on it. Fern gully and Pocahontas for sure though

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