I watched UP without them, or was I wearing them and just didn't notice the 3D... I forgot.

Not all theaters show movies in 3d, also... just so you know.

EDIT: And, SK, what do you mean the 3d times didn't work for you? The entire thing was in 3d, but it wasn't extremely apparent jabbing **** in your face 3d like most movies... it's just used to create a sense of depth.

My parents payed 10 bux more for it, and they said it was great.
My eyes are broken .(.

Playing times. They were either too early or too late. the Non 3D show times fit our schedule.

Anyone seeing this movie NOT in 3D is doing themselves a disservice. While the story of the movie has been done before, to the point of cliché, I'll be damned, this was the most fun I've had in the theatre in a while. The movie was a joy to watch, I'm just sad it won't look the same on DVD.

Pffft DVD, Blu Rays man. And if you do it on a 120 Hz TV then it's just as good as the theater.
Albeit smaller.

i dont relaly think that was his point

I know, I'm just making the point that it's not that bad at home.
Also gravity seems to have shifted your letters.
(I have been waiting to make that joke forever)

You should have used that time to come up with a better joke.

Hmmm, thanks for posting these "results"

hey sab wut r u doing l8r i'll show u sum resluts

Your camera has dead and/or overused/overheated pixels.

I think maybe gettin show sum reslots, :*

Massassi bringing people together again. I pretty much agree with all of the above. I found the movie to be amazing and that was purely based upon the visuals. I found no flaws in the film and I only had three minor annoyances. First, I'm a little tired of the "man destroys nature" mantra. Second, the colonel's speech about meeting terror with terror and, third, the Shock and Awe reference seemed to be forced to relate to recent political sentiment. There was no "terror", it was one force opposing another similar to American expansion into native territory and Shock and Awe is totally not what a specific target is. Still, those were minor annoyances to me as they were not overbearing points in the movie.

Again, amazing and it makes me want to go buy every Avatar toy available. For my son, of course.

I'm pretty much with Wookie06 on this one. A few tiny bits annoyed me. Other than that I thought it was amazing.

The more I think about that movie and the more time I give it to digest I seriously think it's just a great flick.

anyone know if the game is any good?

65 on metacritic.

Yeah I heard the game is pretty lame. From what I understand, if the negative things being said about the movie were actually apparent enough to get pissy about, it would be the game.

I agree, but more in terms of the two sides not being painted so starkly black and white. The one side was so vilified and the other was so unwaveringly perfect, that it made them unbelievable. Ironically, it was the plot and the writing that made the blue guys seem inhuman. From a technical perspective, their implementation was nearly ideal. Even in movies like Spiderman the protagonists aren't totally perfect, and the villains have some complexity.

It didn't seem like he had any sense of camaraderie with the marines. They were kind of jerks to them, and they weren't actually part of the military anymore, they were just mercenaries. His betrayal didn't seem that unbelievable.

He was only a part of their mercenary band because his brother was the original driver of the Avatar and they needed someone with identical DNA. He had no bond with them at all. He was just there to make some money and use some legs.

I guess that makes a bit more sense.

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uh... what?

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I liked that the standard "connected to nature" crap wasn't just mystical storytelling, but they actually had natural neural links that could connect with other animals and plants. Pandora seemed like a really well-thought-out world that might be Earth plus another billion years of evolution. The floating mountains were cool, and I think it was actually plausible that it was some sort of biological interaction with whatever the "unobtanium" was that made a type of antigravity effect possible, probably moreso because they didn't try to bash you over the head with technobabble trying to explain it and just suggested it. The realism and believability of the world was one thing that definitely took this from being a mediocre movie (I don't think anyone's going to contend that the story is a straight-up rehash of things we've seen a hundred times before, and all the characters were pretty flat archetypes with very little to make them interesting) to a rather exceptional one.

The visuals, of course, are the other thing that did it. Even seeing this in 2-D on a regular film projector (you'd think years of selling 20 cents of popcorn for 10 bucks would provide enough money for upgrades every once in a while, but I guess not) was an absolutely incredible visual experience. I can't think of anything else where I've been so blown away by the effects - the battle over Coruscant at the beginning of RoTS comes close, maybe.

All in all, Cameron achieved what he set out to do: he out-Lucased Lucas. He made a movie more expensive, more CGI-heavy, and with a weaker plot than any Star Wars film

(And you know what? I loved every second of it and will be seeing it in 3-D as soon as I can get somewhere resembling civilization)

**** *****es get money use legs

Oh. Well yes, that essentially sums up the motivations of Jake Sully.

get money, buy legs, use legs.
:smug:

...sigh

I for one adored the flick, the story, the action and the effects. I was a bit sceptical of the 3D going in, had a bit of trouble getting into it, but 30 minutes in I was good to go.

An amazing, thrilling ride.

Some of you people are hilarious though. Whatever happened to going to a movie just to enjoy the sights and be entertained? Might do some of you guys credit to set aside the pseudo-critic mindset when you go into movies. You'd likely enjoy yourselves more.

I saw it last night. I enjoyed it, it was good. My only complaint was it was a little formulaic. I did like the whole Gaia theme, especially the line about Humanity killing it's green mother.

I also went to IMAX to see it. I have to say I didn't expect to like the story at all, but it turned out to be a fantastic film.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43440

Awesome article about the science of Avatar.

That guy has way too much time on his hands.

Too much time on his hands? That would be like you pointing out what is and is not right in The Hurt Locker.... Oh wait...

I didn't spend much time on that but I did actually have too much time on my hands then. I was deployed. The Hurt Locker is just a genuinely bad film that needed some criticism. Trying to put science to a fantasy film, and then reading his opinions on the DNA thing? Just weird.

Just saw it in Imax 3D after much encouragement from various opinions. I saw it on a crappy theater normally the first time.

I almost fell asleep because I just saw it two days ago, but WOW. The special effects were awesome, the 3D was cool.

Generally speaking I think Imax is overkill. Too big an area to really enjoy watching.

Avatar was the first film I've seen in this new fangled 3D format in a regular theater. Pretty good but sometimes the 3D effects seemed misplaced.

I sat in a seat that I could enjoy it. But I know what you mean, we were talking about how it was lucky we got there a half hour early (Sold out theater already half full) because we would have had crap seats.

It was the first time I've seen an Imax or 3D. I wasn't sure what to expect of either.

But IMax and 3D was amazing.