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JanieDough said:
:) Did you see it 3d?
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I specifically saw it on a 2D screen. Previous 3D movies have left a bad taste in my mouth. I'm considering seeing this again at an IMAX 3D. Should I?

Loved this movie even though the story was not original. It's been told many times. Did not bother me because the spectacle was too grand!
 
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Honestly I took my glasses off and it still looked fabulous.

But if you can bare to sit for another 3 hours and the $$ - then go see it in 3-D IMAX.




Have you guys heard some guy died after seeing this? It was on the news - after seeing this he had high blood pressure and increased heart rate which eventually caused him to stroke out and die.

Other people are getting depressed because they have to go back to their real life...lol...

I wish I was making it up!
 
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I just read an interesting article that mentioned that as part of motion capture, the Avatar actors wore a minicamera that recorded all of their facial expressions and eye movements. This is why their faces look so real. I did not verify but it seems like this is the first movie to do this.

It's a leap in technology that is likely to garner an Academy award.
 
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JanieDough said:
isn't it also like the most they have ever spent on a movie?
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I believe so.

You can now call me a full fledged fan boy. We went back to see it a second time on IMAX 3D. I have been a critic of 3D for many years now. However, if you have never seen 3D, have not been to an IMAX lately, don't mind spending $15 per ticket, this is the movie you should see at IMAX 3D. It was completely terrific, striking me as an epochal movie that will change the way movies are made. It is what movies like Final Fantasy were trying to achieve, but did not. I really liked that the plain of action on the screen seemed about 10' away from me visually. I did not get any headaches or blurry vision.

Besides a technology Academy Award (see below, several minutes into it they show how it was shot.), I feel confident that this movie is competitive for both Cinematography and possible a Best Picture Award. The story is solid although not original. The moon called Pandora is incredible.

They will make you watch this on youtube- YouTube - The Making Of: Avatar

As far as comments about Cameron picking on the human race, you can consider this a cautionary tail. Comments about "they killed their mother", "the green is gone", "they can go back to their dying world" is not said out of hate, it comes from the perspective of an environmentalist who wants to see the good parts of the Earth preserved. I grew up in an area, Washington D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia, that in my opinion has been ruined by development. This kind of message registers with me.
 
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lol - nice post :)

and yes, I agree with what you said

I just don't think it was that big of a radical movie

it's like after watching it i wanted to go burn down non green company offices or anything.

i didn't want to go braless and live amongst the oaks.
 
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JanieDough said:
lol - nice post :)

and yes, I agree with what you said

I just don't think it was that big of a radical movie

it's like after watching it i wanted to go burn down non green company offices or anything.

i didn't want to go braless and live amongst the oaks.
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Well it's a pro-environmental movie, that if nothing else might make you think about the value of the Earth, our home and wonder how much of if it should be cut down, paved over, and used up as a commodity for profits. My analogy is taking your home apart piece by piece and selling it for profits until you just have a concrete slab left to live on.

I'd like to clarify that although the theme in this story is not original, as it has happened several times throughout human history and been told in the movies before- the technically advanced take advantage of the natives and the hero goes native. But I'll propose that everything else is original, the setting, the characters, Pandora, the fauna, flora, the circumstances, the specifics, and the resolution. After thinking about it, although you could say it's Dances With Wolves, because it shares the theme, from the story details it qualifies as an original story IMO. :)

Regarding movies filmed 100% on a set, in the past I have been critical- 300 and Sin City I disliked because I knew most of the background was fake and it was too stylized, they turned me off. Here is an example where you have a movie created completely in a warehouse but it takes place in a photo realistic world. It is amazing what they have done in this movie.
 
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When watching, I'd predicted that, since that sample of unobtanium (what an original name, eh?) was floating on that guy's desk, then there would be plenty of it in those floating boulders those guys climbed on the way to catch the birds. Kinda disappointed they didn't find such an easy & peaceful alternative.
 
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