Avatar
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 18, 2009
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AmyCFeb 6, 2010
All I want to say is that I fell asleep (seriously!) after the 3rd time the guy (I can't even remember his name) went into that time capsule. The whole movie is just a joke, and an insult to human intelligence. I didn't like All I want to say is that I fell asleep (seriously!) after the 3rd time the guy (I can't even remember his name) went into that time capsule. The whole movie is just a joke, and an insult to human intelligence. I didn't like Titanic at all but it was at least better than this one. T2 is my all-time favorite.... but is this the same James Cameron, or a different one?… Expand
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stevengFeb 7, 2010
Didn't work for me. no emotional connect with the characters. hate the creature design. why do all the animals have six legs? If all the major life forms have six limbs, the blue guys should have too. They wasted the opportunity to use Didn't work for me. no emotional connect with the characters. hate the creature design. why do all the animals have six legs? If all the major life forms have six limbs, the blue guys should have too. They wasted the opportunity to use 3d well. It lost its effect for me 20 min in. lame.… Expand
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DylanLFeb 8, 2010
I first wanted to leave after 40 minutes. That's when I was certain that there was nothing that rang true in the world being created. As if James Cameron could conceive of a any alternative form of evolution. It was half-baked ideas, I first wanted to leave after 40 minutes. That's when I was certain that there was nothing that rang true in the world being created. As if James Cameron could conceive of a any alternative form of evolution. It was half-baked ideas, one after another, and characters that were simply cringe worthy. The whole cinema laughed when the aliens started a trance dance to some gaudy Enya music to make the simplistic pantheistic god do some magic. The laugh wasn't as loud as when the aliens has sex. Cameron created a big extravaganza. But the world and characters he created lacked any complexity to the point that you could simply not buy any of it. The graphics were nice. The story, by any measure, was embarrassing.… Expand
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craigsMar 6, 2010
What do James Cameron and George Lucas have in common? They've both spent ridiculous amounts of money on over-hyped and extremely over-rated pieces of garbage. The difference is, at least Lucas didn't steal ideas from at least a What do James Cameron and George Lucas have in common? They've both spent ridiculous amounts of money on over-hyped and extremely over-rated pieces of garbage. The difference is, at least Lucas didn't steal ideas from at least a half dozen other films that tell the same story much better. Pocahontas, FernTree Gully, Last of the Mohicans, The Last Samurai, BraveHeart. I won't bother explaining the plot because if you've seen any of the above mentioned films, then you've seen Avatar. And they didn't require flashy CGI to get their story across. Speaking of which, the CGI is by far the highlight of the movie, but even that was eclipsed by Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. And that movie is 10 years old now. The characters are one dimentional, the acting is fairly poor and the dialogue would surely make Lucas himself cringe. At least he can sleep peacefully in the knowledge that he didn't create the word "unobtainium". How the hell the actors managed to say that with a straight face I'm buggered if I know. Also, the movie makes such a blunt statement about our environmental woes and war in Iraq (we will fight terror with terror) that it is, quite frankly, an insult to the audiences intelligence. If I want to hear people make political and environmental statements I'll watch the news thanks very much. I go to the movies to escape real world issues, not to be beaten over the head with them. Cameron also stole a couple of sound effects from the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. Can you pick them?… Expand
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EddieMMar 7, 2010
It earned its single star by terminating. A pandering, cliche-ridden, overblown bore.
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JaredH.Dec 19, 2009
The CGI is fabulous and truly takes us to a new dimension in movie making. Having said this the rest of the movie was awful. Mr. Cameron takes us to a far away place called Pandora. In 3D we see a world unlike anything found on Earth. So far The CGI is fabulous and truly takes us to a new dimension in movie making. Having said this the rest of the movie was awful. Mr. Cameron takes us to a far away place called Pandora. In 3D we see a world unlike anything found on Earth. So far so good. Then the movie completely disintegrates when a Marine Corporal crippled in war becomes one of the aliens {Avatar} or should I say natives. It is unfathomable that Mr. Cameron can conceive a world we've never seen but his storyline is totally lame and predictable. Somewhere we've seen all this before. The Aliens are in fact thinly disguised as native Indians. The big bad capitalistic Americans {General Custer} invade their land for greed, make no attempt at negotiations, and destroy all their beauty. The American military fights with weapons in the year 2154 but nothing is NEW. The Aliens have just bows and arrows. If Dances With Wolves comes to mind yu now know the story. And the Marine Corporal {where was Kevin Costner} whose manta is to do and die switches sides for moral justice. And somehow this pawn is so brilliant that he's portrayed as the second coming of General Rommel {WW II}. No matter how great the special effects, and they are truly great, there's no excuse for such a paper thin plot in which the ending is known 5 minutes into the movie. $299.999 million spent on CGI animation and about a buck fifty for the script. Anyone giving this movie a perfect score of 10 for dialogue that could have been written by a five-year old must have had a lobotomy or checked their brains in at the door.… Expand
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BeatriceDec 20, 2009
Beautiful colors and sounds but as far as a story it was very poor. I'm amazed that everyone seems taken in by the bells and whistles but no one cares about anything else. Quite a commentary on the dumbing down of America.
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LionelT.Dec 25, 2009
This has to be a joke. Take away the 3D special effects and the move is laughable. Nothing memorable about it. Awful acting and story.
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sama.Dec 27, 2009
You people will all be pretty embarrassed in five or ten years when you look back and see just how crummy this movie is. the love story is like glass of lukewarm water with a little sugar in it, the story story is trite and half-cocked and You people will all be pretty embarrassed in five or ten years when you look back and see just how crummy this movie is. the love story is like glass of lukewarm water with a little sugar in it, the story story is trite and half-cocked and the special effects while "good" were just barely up to date. this movie is stupid. the story was the shallowest possible excuse to combine lush natural beauty cgi with big military blow up cgi. to entertain the ladies, cameron throws in some love story which also serves the cgi. the only character development takes place in the video log/voice over. the big blue cgi aliens never really do anything beyond running around the jungle and maybe flying around it. there have been better 3d movies. there will be better 3d movies.… Expand
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billyjJan 12, 2010
Way too long there is no story please don't see the movie only because of the special effects. don't even go see the movie. if you really want to see it rent it or buy the dumb movie there is no piont of seeing the movie is long, Way too long there is no story please don't see the movie only because of the special effects. don't even go see the movie. if you really want to see it rent it or buy the dumb movie there is no piont of seeing the movie is long, terrible, bad acting, and is nearly three hours along it starts stupid and it ends where their should be a begings so please skip this movie GO SEE YOUTH IN REVOLT.… Expand
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MarcKJan 15, 2010
I saw the movie in 3D, and as a visual experience it's an amazing movie. My wife even swatted at one of the insects during the movie! Unfortunately, the storyline seemed like a clumsy rehashing of "Dances with Wolves". At least Kevin I saw the movie in 3D, and as a visual experience it's an amazing movie. My wife even swatted at one of the insects during the movie! Unfortunately, the storyline seemed like a clumsy rehashing of "Dances with Wolves". At least Kevin Costner wasn't in "Avatar"… Expand
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TaylorHJan 18, 2010
I totally feel as though spending my 15 dollars was justified. This was a terrible movie but worth it to see in 3D.
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AlecBJan 20, 2010
Horrible, cgi is ruining the movie industry. If you want to see an over-rated movie with no plot and terrible acting watch this movie.
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GeorgeB.Jan 20, 2010
DOOM DOOM DOOOOOM! All of these positive comments will soon cause sequel after sequel to blemish our theatres and nothing can stop it ! I didn't like it. One hardly knows where to begin, hmmm... First the positive, uhhm... i liked how DOOM DOOM DOOOOOM! All of these positive comments will soon cause sequel after sequel to blemish our theatres and nothing can stop it ! I didn't like it. One hardly knows where to begin, hmmm... First the positive, uhhm... i liked how the Jenny Craig Iroquois Space Cat Elves used a backhand draw when yanking their bows (I wonder if anybody ever did that?). The negative aspects would be predictable, condescending, rascist, sexist and mislabelled as science fiction. Just because space ships and other planets are involved does not make a movie SciFi ! There is another category known as "Space Opera" that would arguably better label this film. There is little in the way of any SCIENCE as opposed to a whopping slice of FICTION. Unobtainium (snicker) is only valuable because the movie says so alluding to it as an "energy source". (So its coal bloated up with hydrogen to make it float, imaginative but not even vaguely science.) Why would a Mech require a big knife (tip of the hat to Crocodile Dundee?). How can a "floating mountain" discharge a sizable waterfall in a climate where apparently it never rains (perhaps Mother Gaia doesn't let it rain when bigshot liberals are filming movies). Hammerhead rhino's, six legged horse's and cottonwood seeds floating about (does anyone on super wonder planet have allergies?). My girlfriend and I, both SciFi aficiandos just watched a film called "Pandorum" which the critics largely destroyed. While hardly perfect it was a Darfur Tower in stature to "Avatars" small rooming house somewhere in the west eighties.… Expand
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SteveA.Jan 23, 2010
Just plain silly.
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DavidG.Jan 27, 2010
Even though the special effects were absolutely amazing, the ending battle sequence, and Sam Worthington's fantastic acting, thats all Avatar really has going for it. The story is a rip off of a bunch of movies most recognizable would Even though the special effects were absolutely amazing, the ending battle sequence, and Sam Worthington's fantastic acting, thats all Avatar really has going for it. The story is a rip off of a bunch of movies most recognizable would be Dances with Wolves. The story doesn't really develop and the just focuses on special effects and nothing else. The movie had a lot of potential, but it was wasted on a half-assed script and special effects.… Expand
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ConnorM.Jan 28, 2010
I guess the comments w/ 0 votes R true...Cameron wasted 20 years of his life making this movie.
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IsaacSJan 28, 2010
The plot was one the worst I have seen and the film making barely made up for it. Watch Dances with Wolves again and save your ten bucks. God-awful. Take a lap
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KyleMJan 29, 2010
"Pocahontas In Space 3D!" the entire story was a ripoff of other movies, the characters were all stereotypes.
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BRichJan 3, 2010
Avatar was OK. It was to me a modern day Cowboys and Indians. You have the poor Indigenous people being taken down by the White Man. Just like most minorities and or Indigenous nations. The White men want what they have so they rise up and Avatar was OK. It was to me a modern day Cowboys and Indians. You have the poor Indigenous people being taken down by the White Man. Just like most minorities and or Indigenous nations. The White men want what they have so they rise up and destroy these people and their nation. Cinematography was fine, but the story line was really sad and the fact that all of this money is being made on this movie I would hope some of the money goes to some underprivileged country, people, or education. Pretty sad to take advantage of a story that has been told in the past and glorify the downfall of races. We have seen this in the past, slavery of blacks, Native Americans land being taken away. Now it is on the big screen and we have paid money to see the degradation of human beings of a different kind. Thanks for exploiting people AGAIN!… Expand
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AllisterMJan 4, 2010
I've always been able to enjoy crap movies, so this isn't a total failure, for me. But for anybody else, except Titanic Lovers: This is to be avoided as it is one of the worst movies this century.
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ElizabethS.Jan 5, 2010
Great graphics, amazing visuals. However, I already saw Dances with Wolves. In addition, there was one joke in the whole movie. Can Cameron take himself more seriously? Terrible and predictable story every minute of the way. No twists, no Great graphics, amazing visuals. However, I already saw Dances with Wolves. In addition, there was one joke in the whole movie. Can Cameron take himself more seriously? Terrible and predictable story every minute of the way. No twists, no depth to characters, and be prepared to be hit very bluntly and repeatedly with the agenda.… Expand
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LarryR.Jan 6, 2010
Obviously Cameron saw and was affect by Dune, which was a much better movie. I cannot understand why the critics love this move. The plot rips off Dune, the acting is mediocre and the plot is insipid. There is little imagination here, just Obviously Cameron saw and was affect by Dune, which was a much better movie. I cannot understand why the critics love this move. The plot rips off Dune, the acting is mediocre and the plot is insipid. There is little imagination here, just effects. When will Hollywood that story always trumps effects? Containing such irksome lines as "I see you," the movie never fails to make you cringe. Nothing to remember here, at all. Why do i have to pat $4 more to see 3d? #d does not improve this movie even one bit. In fact, the 3d will give you a headache.… Expand
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hamounr.Jan 7, 2010
What a load of hippy crap.. yes, yes, the visuals are very impressive, but i'd go to an art gallery to just see pretty pictures, not the cinema. the story's a ridiculous, as-subtle-as-a-mallet-to-the-head load of lazy rubbish that What a load of hippy crap.. yes, yes, the visuals are very impressive, but i'd go to an art gallery to just see pretty pictures, not the cinema. the story's a ridiculous, as-subtle-as-a-mallet-to-the-head load of lazy rubbish that wouldn't be any more of a blatant anti-war tirade if they just got michael moore to come to your house and slap you. that's £8 i'll never see again.. thanks a lot james cameron!… Expand
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BR.Jan 7, 2010
Where to start? There is so much to say about this movie--little of it good, unless one is a 13-year old boy. (I'm not.) But it includes: Bad acting, stupid plot cliches, unsympathetic characters, stupid plot cliches, stupid dialog, Where to start? There is so much to say about this movie--little of it good, unless one is a 13-year old boy. (I'm not.) But it includes: Bad acting, stupid plot cliches, unsympathetic characters, stupid plot cliches, stupid dialog, poor choice in artistic palette, theme and direction, stupid plot and dialog, $13 to see with the .42 cent glasses. But, impressive animation techniques, I'm sure. Ugly, stupid, banal, predictable.… Expand
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GaryTFeb 11, 2010
It has taken me some time since viewing the movie to write a comment, I have read the reviews (10, 10 10, 0, 2, 9, 10....) and Avatar is obviously polarizing. Even the so called professional critics are love it or hate it. The most astute It has taken me some time since viewing the movie to write a comment, I have read the reviews (10, 10 10, 0, 2, 9, 10....) and Avatar is obviously polarizing. Even the so called professional critics are love it or hate it. The most astute comment I read was (to paraphrase) "all you who have voted this movie a "10" will look back on it in 5 years will wonder what they ever saw in it." Our world (EARTH to you reviewers who are a little caught up in the box of Pandora) is so much more complex than Corporations = Bad, Natives =Good, Military = Bad, Environmentalists = Good. This movie had no depth of story or character, and nary a degree of deviation in the Disneyish plot from start to finish. As for the people commenting that they wish to live on Pandora I am truly speechless. After 2.5 hrs of staring at it in dark glasses, in all it's 3D glory, I was pretty bored. There are just so many flaws from a scientific point of vew, from a military strategy point of view, from a linguistic point of view. I can't believe Mr. Cameron thinks so little of the intelligence of his audience that he has floating mountains and named things "home tree", "tree of souls", and "UNOBTAINIUM". My brain started to bleed on that one, and no one even snickered in the theater I was in...I was shocked!!!. My other fear is that it seems in our current world, if you criticize this movie and it's "story" or "message", it must mean that you are against environmentalism and must be some war monger or corporate fat cat. There is simply no humour, no story and fairly bad acting..... (Was I the only one who wondered why the tough parapalegic marine became Australian during some voice overs? ) Only later I looked up who Sam W. was and found out he was Australian. Maybe a late overdub or two was done and the vocal coach was unavailable. You would think the director of the 2 highest grossing movies of all time would catch something like that!!!...He was probably too busy adding a few more vines or lumenescent plants to a scene. Double checking the dialogue and quality of acting just gets in the way when you are busy! The reason I gave a 2 rating over a zero is to recognize all the hard work of the CGI people who made a beautiful visual and who will never see 1/100,000th of the money that Mr. Cameron will take home. So they get a 2/2 for their part and Mr. Cameron gets 0 for 8 for his contribution to filmaking. Thank you for reading… Expand
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ChrisTheAWESOMEFeb 12, 2010
Overrated, terrible and a kind of copycat film. Not really stunning 3D visual effects or good acting. Somehow it still was horrible.
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aasFeb 26, 2010
HUGE waste of time. although pretty and innovative, i found myself laughing more than intrigued. if anything Avatar had provided my friends and i w/many inside jokes and some new dance moves. please don't buy into the hype that is this HUGE waste of time. although pretty and innovative, i found myself laughing more than intrigued. if anything Avatar had provided my friends and i w/many inside jokes and some new dance moves. please don't buy into the hype that is this holy grail of giant, blue, chernobyl lizards.… Expand
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MattFFeb 7, 2010
The effects were impressive, but boy was it dull.
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JoseAFeb 9, 2010
I write from Spain. It's a very boring story.
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JaceN.Mar 12, 2010
James Camerons's "James Cameron's Avatar"...by James Cameron...is a shining example of why try to do anything properly when you can print money pandering to the lowest common denominator. He smooshed together Surrogates with James Camerons's "James Cameron's Avatar"...by James Cameron...is a shining example of why try to do anything properly when you can print money pandering to the lowest common denominator. He smooshed together Surrogates with Pocohontas, dressed it up with some blue-you paint, snagged the attention of mid 40's dweeb dads who've never seen visual effects before and made the most infuriating film ever!… Expand
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ChrisCMar 19, 2010
This is a poor remake of dances with wolves with abit of the matrix (protoganist moving between 2 realities) and aliens (moronic incompetent military and nasty nasty corporations)movies bolted on. Visually it looked animated and false, at no This is a poor remake of dances with wolves with abit of the matrix (protoganist moving between 2 realities) and aliens (moronic incompetent military and nasty nasty corporations)movies bolted on. Visually it looked animated and false, at no point was i suckered into feeling it was real. CGI when its done right is seemless and un-noticedable Unfortunately Avatar just drowns you in it, never giving your mind a chance to accept it as real. Riddled with movie cliches (I actually found myself shouting at sigourney weaver as she calmly proclaims that a bullet in her stomach will ruin her day) poor characters and a story thats been done far better (dances with wolves) this film just left me feeling like I'd wasted 3hrs watching it.… Expand
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RossMar 3, 2010
This movie was rubbish. How can people rate it 8 while admitting the story was terrible? The visuals are overrated, even if you didn't buy the hype. The characters are terrible. Any movie as predictable as this cannot break a 6, even if This movie was rubbish. How can people rate it 8 while admitting the story was terrible? The visuals are overrated, even if you didn't buy the hype. The characters are terrible. Any movie as predictable as this cannot break a 6, even if it looked good.… Expand
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StephenM.Mar 4, 2010
Seriously people, this was garbage, spectacular garbage but garbage nonetheless. It was pocahontas with dances with wolves with last of the mohicans mixed with the smurfs in space with a terrible script. If this wins best film at the Oscars, Seriously people, this was garbage, spectacular garbage but garbage nonetheless. It was pocahontas with dances with wolves with last of the mohicans mixed with the smurfs in space with a terrible script. If this wins best film at the Oscars, it will finally nail the integrity of the oscars into the pigs muck where this film lives. I enjoyed the spectacle first time around, second time it was a comedy. Oh my God.… Expand
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BrunopMar 4, 2010
This could be the worst movie of all times. If you laugh when you see a poo on the street, you will love and this would be your new god.
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BennyG.Mar 7, 2010
There was only 1 movie I found even more boring - The Lord of the Rings. Wasted time and wasted money.
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CarlosSMar 7, 2010
Predictable, Anti-American, boring. Good special effects, though.
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JohnJApr 11, 2010
Sigh. I expected a decent film that was over-hyped when i went in. What i got was a pretty terrible film with good effects. Yes the effects were good, but in my honest oppinion, the 3D was pretty little and way too spreadout and other films Sigh. I expected a decent film that was over-hyped when i went in. What i got was a pretty terrible film with good effects. Yes the effects were good, but in my honest oppinion, the 3D was pretty little and way too spreadout and other films had effects that aren't noticeably worse. As far as story and acting... well... there was none. Throughout the whole film i couldn't help but feel that if this were true, the humans would have done something completely different...… Expand
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hersheldApr 15, 2010
Technically amazing but thats the only positive thing about Avatar. The storytelling is terrible, the characterization is terrible, the dialogue is PAINFULLY BAD. For gods sakes, the point of the plot is to 'obtain' an element Technically amazing but thats the only positive thing about Avatar. The storytelling is terrible, the characterization is terrible, the dialogue is PAINFULLY BAD. For gods sakes, the point of the plot is to 'obtain' an element called "unobtainium". seriously mr. cameron, could you be less imaginative? a monkey in front of a typewriter could have punched something smarter out in an hour. It seems that the storytelling was put on the backburner compared to the special effects and 3d technology that nobody but the people in the center of the movie theatre can fully experience. It is a waste of money to pay for the 3d romp, and is even less of a value to see it in 2d. I seems that avatar failed to give justice to the 11 year old script treatment, which i found to be on the level of lord of the rings book series compared to the abomination that was made of the final script. This was one of the two the instances that mr. cameron's vision could not be fufilled in the movie next to the abomination that was True Lies. My closing thoughts are that i hope that the sequel could be given more priority on story.… Expand
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brandrApr 25, 2010
worst film of 2009, quite honestly the shallowest rip off film i've ever seen. do yourself a favor and check out pocahontas or dances with wolves if you want to see this idea done well.
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jS.Dec 18, 2009
3 D was good but seemed to drag on to me,won't go see the sequel as will be more of the same.
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GoffyDec 19, 2009
Computer Graphics in 3D is amazing. The storyline is just the opposite as it is plagiarized from other movies especially Dances With Wolves. The Colonel is General Custer and Jake Scully is Kevin Costner's character. The bells and Computer Graphics in 3D is amazing. The storyline is just the opposite as it is plagiarized from other movies especially Dances With Wolves. The Colonel is General Custer and Jake Scully is Kevin Costner's character. The bells and whistles of the Pandora are eye candy for the audience, something we have never seen before. But it would have been nice to have a story with some memorable acting or dialogue. Unfortunately there is none. The technology is new but everything else is stolen from another movie even down to the music from Titanic.… Expand
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sarakDec 20, 2009
Terrible acting, S. Weaver was astonishingly bad. Cringe-worthy dialogue, sarcastic little one-liners thrown in at regular intervals. One-dimensional characters, every cliche in the book. Ripped off themes and music. Felt like I was watching Terrible acting, S. Weaver was astonishingly bad. Cringe-worthy dialogue, sarcastic little one-liners thrown in at regular intervals. One-dimensional characters, every cliche in the book. Ripped off themes and music. Felt like I was watching some kind of video game. J. Cameron should be embarrassed. He should cut the movie down to 90 minutes market it to kiddies and try to cut his losses now.… Expand
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GaryDec 21, 2009
Specials were great but the acting and dialogue were terrible. I really can't believe these rave reviews because of 3D animation? The story was as old as the hills and totally predictable.
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BeanDec 21, 2009
A Chessy fantasy movie, with a bad plot. Actually a thinly disguised lecture on the evils of technology, capatlism, corporations and "white men", and the virtues of tribal living and tree hugging. Utter crap.
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AndrewDec 22, 2009
Bloody awful and as predictable as can be. Where is the story? CGI does not a movie make.
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Tfactor22SDec 22, 2009
Cameron, in the only way he knows how, turns a very interesting, visually stunning science fiction film into a Michael Bay "blow-sh!t-up" fest that is rife with cheesy dialogue and bad acting. This guy needs to stick to cinematography and Cameron, in the only way he knows how, turns a very interesting, visually stunning science fiction film into a Michael Bay "blow-sh!t-up" fest that is rife with cheesy dialogue and bad acting. This guy needs to stick to cinematography and let someone who knows how to write do just that - write!… Expand
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JanetDec 25, 2009
I had to pay $3 extra for my Real 3D glasses! You have to be kidding as after 10 minutes the novelty 3D act wears off and what you are left with is a dull, lifeless script without any real suspense. Everyone knew where this movie was going 5 I had to pay $3 extra for my Real 3D glasses! You have to be kidding as after 10 minutes the novelty 3D act wears off and what you are left with is a dull, lifeless script without any real suspense. Everyone knew where this movie was going 5 minutes into it. Long and almost laughable. Dances With Wolves redux. Indians good. General Custer American's bad. Bows and Arrows conquer Nuclear Weapons. Sure and I have a bridge I want to sell you.… Expand
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PeteNDec 27, 2009
This was just another political rant from the left. Corporations Bad, white people bad, white men destroying another planet. All you needed was Katie Curic and Susan Serandon to help explaine to those too stupid to recognize this for what it This was just another political rant from the left. Corporations Bad, white people bad, white men destroying another planet. All you needed was Katie Curic and Susan Serandon to help explaine to those too stupid to recognize this for what it is. Indians good Cowboys bad.… Expand
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JacobDec 27, 2009
I liked it better when it was called Dances with Wolves.
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WillRDec 27, 2009
For the first ten minutes of Avatar I was completely astonished at what I was viewing. During the next two and a half hours I was trying to craft a story to get my money back. If Cameron took as much time writing as I did thinking about For the first ten minutes of Avatar I was completely astonished at what I was viewing. During the next two and a half hours I was trying to craft a story to get my money back. If Cameron took as much time writing as I did thinking about getting my money back maybe this film would have been great. It is a film that people will look back on and think �why exactly did I enjoy this film?� Expand
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timz.Dec 27, 2009
Dumb, stupid, annoying, boring., there is more to an interesting movie then special effects, like plot, characters, acting etc... this pos didnt even bother to attempt to add any of those elements.
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LordVDec 28, 2009
I simply can't believe how overrated this movie is. Basically, it is "Dances with Wolves" meets "Starship Troopers". The movie is really dumb and the only thing that differs it from other sci-fi movies with no plot and lots of CGI, is I simply can't believe how overrated this movie is. Basically, it is "Dances with Wolves" meets "Starship Troopers". The movie is really dumb and the only thing that differs it from other sci-fi movies with no plot and lots of CGI, is the quantity and quality of CGI (motion capture and what not). Yes, Pandora looks awesome and real at the same time, it feels like a breathing, living world. However, all this magic is pointless as everything else is just too obvious and one-dimensional. Pandora could easily be the Amazon jungle, the big bad corporation could use Caterpillars instead of their mechs and it would still be the same simplistic story. The CGI serve no purpose apart from adding the oooh factor. "Avatar" is nowhere near "King Kong" or "The Jurassic Park", as in those movies the special effects were justified - to a degree they are what MADE the plot. Oh, and the last thing. There's no point watching the movie in the so-called 3D. Perhaps in a digital Imax cinema it looks spectacular, but in a "regular" cinema, the 3D version looks same as the 2D, only darker (due to glasses).… Expand
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ML.Dec 28, 2009
The fact that I, a fairly rabid environmental activist, managed to detest this movie with every fibre of my being speaks volumes. I cannot understand how so many reviewers here freely admitted its lack of proper story and yet still sang its The fact that I, a fairly rabid environmental activist, managed to detest this movie with every fibre of my being speaks volumes. I cannot understand how so many reviewers here freely admitted its lack of proper story and yet still sang its praises astounds me. Is this honestly the future of cinema? If so, I am deeply disappointed. You simply cannot have a good movie with a cliche, simple, lifeless story- not even a plot twist! You cannot have a movie designed to be heavily moralistic where one can't even muster up sympathy of the protagonists! This is the worst part of the movie. The blue people are simply unlikable- stupid and arrogant. The fact that Cameron is playing theses people up as heavily superior doesn't help at all. Visual effects are nice and all - no denying that. But while effects alone can make for a nice short viewing experience, but not for a movie. The worst part of this is that inevitably, people disliking this movie will be labeled as anti-environmentalists, being scared of the film's heavy-handed message because it 'scares them' or 'hits too close to home'. Having a good message is not enough to make a good movie. Especially if delivered in such a bland way as Cameron does. He's a joke of a director, and 'Avatar' is terrible. I sincerely hope that it does not influence all movies to come, and that great cinema will not be dead.… Expand
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KingCDec 29, 2009
CGI tremendous. The rest of the movie is very cheesy. No story to go with special effects.
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JodyDec 30, 2009
Looked great, writing and acting sucked.
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OlmosE.Dec 30, 2009
Jar Jar Binks is cast in the remake of Red Dawn. No wait, it's Dances With Flora. The movie looks great, but the story is derivative at best and drivel regardless, the violence is out-of-hand and the writing is horrendous. Is it a love Jar Jar Binks is cast in the remake of Red Dawn. No wait, it's Dances With Flora. The movie looks great, but the story is derivative at best and drivel regardless, the violence is out-of-hand and the writing is horrendous. Is it a love story, or an action shoot-em-up? Is it an allegory on environmental stewardship or a revisionist Native American revenge fantasy? Does it frown on might-makes-right/kill 'em all diplomacy, or does it ogle futuristic weaponry to a near indecent state of arousal? It encompasses all of these, for three hours. In 3D. Sure, go see it if you dig fantasy and sci-fi, but keep your expectations low.… Expand
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BenjBJan 11, 2010
I can't understand how this movie got its high ratings. With any movie experience, the Story is completely predictable and dull. But it deserves 3 points for the great visuals.
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DevarreaGJan 16, 2010
This movie is crap if you don't compare it to any other movie by James. But if you do compare it to his other movies you won't be able to find a word to describe how bad it truly is. It's pretty and that is the only good thing This movie is crap if you don't compare it to any other movie by James. But if you do compare it to his other movies you won't be able to find a word to describe how bad it truly is. It's pretty and that is the only good thing it has going for it. Every thing else is below average and just plane predictable. This is one of the most overhyped and underwhelming movies i have ever seen.… Expand
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NickGJan 16, 2010
$300 Million (or whatever crazy amount it cost) would have made "Battlefield Earth" look just as visually good. But a poor story, ripped of from Dances with Wolves, makes it a bit weak.
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JonathanL.Jan 17, 2010
This movie was a 250-300 million dollar remake of pocahontas, and about 2 hours longer.
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rayJan 19, 2010
Could have saved a whole country at that price, i make gifs at home too. real life tells a better story, then again cameron doesn;t seem like a nice person. got out of the dirt went into a rotting urban envirment in town, watching nothing in Could have saved a whole country at that price, i make gifs at home too. real life tells a better story, then again cameron doesn;t seem like a nice person. got out of the dirt went into a rotting urban envirment in town, watching nothing in 2010, who'd a thought. … Expand
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argexJan 21, 2010
Nice animation. Nothing else. Empty, banal, boring. Story is trite, characters lack of any complexity or psychological depth. Would you compare it with... Star Wars? Or Star Trek? Or Lord of the Rings?
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PatrickB.Jan 26, 2010
Avatar should have been rated G and released under Disney. Seriously, why trick me into watching a kiddie movie? I expected so much more due to the media hype and the director, a movie's revenue is directly proportional to how much it Avatar should have been rated G and released under Disney. Seriously, why trick me into watching a kiddie movie? I expected so much more due to the media hype and the director, a movie's revenue is directly proportional to how much it sucks these days. I would have rather spent my ten dollars watching a remake of The Happening.… Expand
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ZachS.Feb 16, 2010
This movie made Beowulf look like Brown Bunny and Last Tango in Paris combined with Flatliners.
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CEFeb 18, 2010
Horribly derivative, poorly acted. Visually amazing, but if I want to be wowed by visuals I'll buy one of those Magic Eye books. I saw FernGully: The Last Rainforest, and it told the same exact story but with 100% more rapping bats and Horribly derivative, poorly acted. Visually amazing, but if I want to be wowed by visuals I'll buy one of those Magic Eye books. I saw FernGully: The Last Rainforest, and it told the same exact story but with 100% more rapping bats and lizards. I did not enjoy this at all, but now I have a sweet pair of 3-D glasses. Great.… Expand
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RyanjFeb 19, 2010
Avatar's plot is basically the American Indian's struggle with European colonists. The reviews from magazines and such praise the 'stunning beauty' of it's CG, but have they ever heard of a movie called Final Fantasy Avatar's plot is basically the American Indian's struggle with European colonists. The reviews from magazines and such praise the 'stunning beauty' of it's CG, but have they ever heard of a movie called Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children?… Expand
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LeeS.Feb 21, 2010
Wow, what utter garbage. The massive budget for this film should have gone into something that would actually benefit humanity.
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GiulioF.Feb 28, 2010
VIsually speaking, this movie is great, one of the best experiences for my eyes, the best special effects i had ever seen... but visual is the least important thing in a movie. I'm sorry but this movie lacks of storyline, it's the VIsually speaking, this movie is great, one of the best experiences for my eyes, the best special effects i had ever seen... but visual is the least important thing in a movie. I'm sorry but this movie lacks of storyline, it's the same thing we saw in pochaontas, dance with wolves etc, nothing new, nothing fascinating, noting interesting, all boring. Giving it a high mark is like giving an A to an essay because of the writer's handwriting. Visual and sounds: 3/3 Acting and directing: 0/3 Plot: 0/3 Other: 0/1 Total: 3/10.… Expand
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JustinNApr 24, 2010
I was shocked at the level of anti-American sentiment and the naked vitriolic hatred that this movie showed for the American military. How could someone who was a Marine who betrayed his country be the hero? How could a general's death I was shocked at the level of anti-American sentiment and the naked vitriolic hatred that this movie showed for the American military. How could someone who was a Marine who betrayed his country be the hero? How could a general's death be portrayed in such a positive light? Granted, I was expecting this film to be the typical Hollywood drivel that America is bad, the military is evil, and corporations are the spawn of satan stuff, but this a frightening new low. That said, the special effects are cool. If only Cameron used decent scripts instead of using special effects as a crutch, my rating would be higher.… Expand
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Marc.DApr 25, 2010
Aren't these reader reviews for the DVD/Blu Ray release of the show? I'm surprised that they had the audacity to release this movie with NO features. For that...I give this piece of crap nothing.
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MichaelW.Dec 19, 2009
Too full of itself. Acting was mediocre at best, the story was completely predictable, the "bad guys" were so bad it was borderline comical and I don't go to the movies to get lessons in morality, thank you! It was, however, visually Too full of itself. Acting was mediocre at best, the story was completely predictable, the "bad guys" were so bad it was borderline comical and I don't go to the movies to get lessons in morality, thank you! It was, however, visually stunning, absolutely amazing. Overall this just seemed like a rehash of a bunch of old movies (a couple Cameron films as well) with suspect acting, over the top villains and the constant, in your face, reminder of how evil big corporations and the military is. Give me a break!… Expand
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LomaxHDec 21, 2009
Showing off a new type of camera should never be the main reason for making a $300,000,000 film. An ENTERTAINING, WELL-TOLD STORY should be the ONLY reason for making a film� at any budget. AVATAR is proof of Showing off a new type of camera should never be the main reason for making a $300,000,000 film. An ENTERTAINING, WELL-TOLD STORY should be the ONLY reason for making a film� at any budget. AVATAR is proof of this. From character to plot to dialogue to theme, we�ve seen AVATAR before. And done better. AVATAR is a Frankenstein�s Monster of other films� elements, wrapped in pretty CGI and 3-D. Unfortunately, Cameron�s monster has no heart and no brain. If the reason AVATAR exists is simply because James Cameron wanted to make it, I find that odd. Turning down a James Cameron �original film� Expand
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DerekCDec 20, 2009
Save yourself some money and rent Pocahonitis then download some 3D Technology Demos. It amounts to the same thing. P.S. 3D is still the enormous gimmick it was 50 years ago.
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MickRDec 23, 2009
Avatar stunk to high-hell. If it weren't for Cameron's Abyss, Aliens and T2, this movie would be derided, lampooned and called out for the pile of festering caramelized feculent slime that it is. This movie is rife with terrible Avatar stunk to high-hell. If it weren't for Cameron's Abyss, Aliens and T2, this movie would be derided, lampooned and called out for the pile of festering caramelized feculent slime that it is. This movie is rife with terrible acting, horrific dialogue, and its 'message' is delivered through constant abuse of moral hazards. We have moral relativism, betrayal and treason being perpetrated for the greater good. This was a 3D wrapped celluloid that without the stunning (yet stupid looking) visuals would, especially in novel form, be a bloody laughing stock. The aliens stunk horribly. What's with the talking bi-peds with two eyes, a nose and a mouth. Has it ever occurred to these creative people that new life might be a colony of nano-bots, a slime mold with intelligence, life that aspirates with copper based blood, non-DNA self replicating life forms? Why is everything a blue monkey? At least in 1969 when Star Trek was populated with "old-form" Klingons that looked like a bronzed human they were on a near-zero budget, but at least they were totally re-defining sci-fi and giving a window into the future. Crap like Avatar, especially after T2, Star Trek, Star Wars (Ep 4,5 only), is shocking. Its showing that Cameron is a master of marketing mass subscribed explosion fests laced with politically motivated parables and drivel and sub-themed with nothing intellectual because there is nothing beyond the visual veneer, it is fundamentally puerile trash that's been hussied up to look like way more than it actually is. Anyone who defends this movie is simply a below average or nearly average mind that can't see past visuals that are no more complex of a stimulus than a piece of string is as a cat toy. They are incapable of rational or critical thought and are very likely a wage slave heavily in debt working towards no particular end, lost in life, and movies like this are a form of escapism where they "want to believe" and become immersed in something because their own lives are basically mundane, insignificant and unimportant. Moral hazards. Identity politics. Thinly veiled political positions. Preaching to the customer/consumer/viewer. Moral relativism. Severe lack of plot, dialogue and finally acting capability. This is a turning point for the world. It is showing how things that stimulate basal sensory centers in the simplistic human mind lead the herd into mindless oblivion. I mean, the Avatar are flawless, they have no strata in their society. The bad guys here are 100% bad, and have no capacity for rational thinking or empathy, except scientists in white coats, they have all the wisdom, empathy and intelligence and are always right. The characters were utterly simplistic, like toys and images made for pre-verbal children. Its like having tele-tubbies in massively expensive exquisite 3D where every frame is lovingly crafted to present to you some of the flattest, most uninspiring characters ever created. This movie is clearly below average, if you liked it you are the reason Hollywood is cranking out garbage these days. This man spent 10 times what District 9 costs and made a movie far worse, (not that that was any benchmark or the cat's meow), and this huge budget could have given 10 directors a shot at making something good. This block-bustering famous director / famous actor garbage has to stop.… Expand
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JonathanN.Dec 24, 2009
Great visuals, but the use of the movie as political propaganda was sickening
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AdamE.Dec 24, 2009
Don't believe the rabid 12-year-old fanboys. If it weren't for the fact that this movie is in 3D, it would be mind-numbingly boring. How Cameron got anyone to fund this tripe is beyond me.
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WarrenDec 24, 2009
Great specials and that's it. Terrible dialogue, acting, and a story that has been told a million times.
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MattKDec 24, 2009
Yeah, the 3D is great, I agree, but this movie really sucked. It takes more than 3D effects and an IMAX screen to save a dopey script. Six months from now, when it's on TV instead of the big screen, without any of the bells and Yeah, the 3D is great, I agree, but this movie really sucked. It takes more than 3D effects and an IMAX screen to save a dopey script. Six months from now, when it's on TV instead of the big screen, without any of the bells and whistles, are you seriously going to sit through three hours of this junk?… Expand
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CarolAnnDec 25, 2009
After reading these reviews I caved in and went to see this trash. I thought I was going to see Gone With The Wind. Instead I saw Gone Was My Money as this was beyond juvenile and awful. No acting, no memorable lines, no dialogue, no nothing After reading these reviews I caved in and went to see this trash. I thought I was going to see Gone With The Wind. Instead I saw Gone Was My Money as this was beyond juvenile and awful. No acting, no memorable lines, no dialogue, no nothing other than boring and enduringly long winded trash. Very disappointing.… Expand
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paulDec 26, 2009
Great FX, but not $400 million worth. If Cameron could set his ego aside and hire a real writer, it could have been great. Instead, it is plotless eye candy.
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CongoGongoDec 26, 2009
I'm speechess that most of your fools are taken in by the PR hype machine. Yes, the 3D is great but you need a story to go with. Not a remake of Dancing With Wolves and Pocohontas. After 30 minutes you know the ending which is coming I'm speechess that most of your fools are taken in by the PR hype machine. Yes, the 3D is great but you need a story to go with. Not a remake of Dancing With Wolves and Pocohontas. After 30 minutes you know the ending which is coming another 2 1/2 hours later. Pure Hollywood PR Garbage. I dare you to watch this on regular TV again without the 3D glasses that they made us pay three bucks for. What a ripoff.… Expand
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JAH.Dec 27, 2009
Good colors - but 2 1/2 hrs. of a futuristic cowboys and indians. Very predictable and 3-D wasn't anything. Not worth the hype or the time.
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JohnM.Dec 27, 2009
10 out of 10? Has everyone lost their mind? This film is dreadful. The film may be 3D but the characters are strictly 2D. The storyline got sacrificed for visuals and cannot sustain the running time. The dialogue is laughable. The acting? 10 out of 10? Has everyone lost their mind? This film is dreadful. The film may be 3D but the characters are strictly 2D. The storyline got sacrificed for visuals and cannot sustain the running time. The dialogue is laughable. The acting? Not going to touch that one. James Cameron really shouldâÂ?Â?ve gotten some other people involved in the development of this film. I got so bored l left with well over an hour to go. Save your money.… Expand
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CarrmineSDec 18, 2009
Why does Hollywood always portraits America and capitalism as bad. Doesn't this movie makes more money with capitalism? Typical story, America and the Marines are the bad guys that is what the movie is about.
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JollyRogerDec 18, 2009
Perfect example of 'drugged out fantasy trash' shows what happens when a bunch of hollywood liberals sit around and swallow qualudes and do meth all night! way to go! just more escapism from the serious problems of today.
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MikeM.Dec 19, 2009
Feeling no obligation to add points for technological advances, I'm giving this a 1. This is the most heavy-handed, messagey, poorly written, naively and obnoxiously political movies I have ever seen. Go for the visuals, stay for the Feeling no obligation to add points for technological advances, I'm giving this a 1. This is the most heavy-handed, messagey, poorly written, naively and obnoxiously political movies I have ever seen. Go for the visuals, stay for the IQ-lowering propaganda. The political notions themselves are so stupidly presented that it makes me re-examine ideas that I would otherwise agree with the director on before viewing his glittering garbage.… Expand
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GeorgeDec 21, 2009
Absolutely ludicrous for these kind of reviews over a cartoon with amateur dialogue and acting. 2 Points for the animation but that is about it. Like anyone didn't know the ending? C'mon adults grow up!
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billC.Dec 22, 2009
What a over blown,over hyped piece of nothing this film turned out to be!Credits say written by James Cameron.IF he has any original writing skills you won't hear them in this film.Almost ever line is a film cliche' and those What a over blown,over hyped piece of nothing this film turned out to be!Credits say written by James Cameron.IF he has any original writing skills you won't hear them in this film.Almost ever line is a film cliche' and those valted special effects were poorly done IMO The shadows were never present from any object at any time at any angle. IF this is the best f/x they can do , then Cameron needs to hire Mr. Lucas next time. Better yet , retire and let someone with a talent make a film that has a real story and not a pack of rehashed disney-esq bologna.… Expand
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peteriDec 22, 2009
Stupidest. Movie. Ever. Typical Cameron, blending cutting edge effects with mind-numbingly stupid story, sauced over with there-you-go-again Liberal bed-wetter politics. How anybody takes this junk seriously is beyond me. Intellectually, the Stupidest. Movie. Ever. Typical Cameron, blending cutting edge effects with mind-numbingly stupid story, sauced over with there-you-go-again Liberal bed-wetter politics. How anybody takes this junk seriously is beyond me. Intellectually, the cast of the Jersey Shore can muster greater fire power than James Cameron, the idiot-savant of Hollywood.… Expand
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BruceHDec 23, 2009
Plot and subtext are juvenile, hackneyed, and annoying. After the first 90 minutes the appeal of the impressive visuals had been satiated and I was looking for the exit.
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RobWDec 24, 2009
This movie is getting reviews far beyond what it deserves. Once the hype has settled this movie will be thought of as a dud. Like Coldplay!!
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tomjDec 25, 2009
This movie is just a bad remake of Dances with Wolves in Space. The dialog is horrible and the Villain is just a cartoon stereotype. I was very bored for the 2nd hour of the movie. Too bad they spent all the money on special effects and zero This movie is just a bad remake of Dances with Wolves in Space. The dialog is horrible and the Villain is just a cartoon stereotype. I was very bored for the 2nd hour of the movie. Too bad they spent all the money on special effects and zero on a script.… Expand
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wolfthe_expertDec 26, 2009
1 only for the effects, the rest of the movie is pathetic, the acting the plot are garbage, only an idiotic child would like this move.
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OrsonDec 27, 2009
REEAD these "reviews"! Enconiums of praise but no specifics. Which leads a thinking man to believe these viewers did not think. Back on planet earht, 95% of indians died of communicsable disease, and enjoyed the horese only after having REEAD these "reviews"! Enconiums of praise but no specifics. Which leads a thinking man to believe these viewers did not think. Back on planet earht, 95% of indians died of communicsable disease, and enjoyed the horese only after having killed it off! And then enjoyed metal like knives to cut game, and metal post to cook meat in-so superior to stones. As an environmental scientist, Cameron's fantasy sickens me because idiots don't know or even care about facts and the truth. A dangerous, stupid movie. I'll watch "Casablanca" again, instead, because I admire serious scripts - not trash.… Expand
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SarahL.Dec 27, 2009
Beautiful, but totally stupid. The acting (save Saldana), dialogue, and plot are all laughable, as others have mentioned. Most of the alien world is surprisingly uncreative and derivative. I'm really disappointed with how positive Beautiful, but totally stupid. The acting (save Saldana), dialogue, and plot are all laughable, as others have mentioned. Most of the alien world is surprisingly uncreative and derivative. I'm really disappointed with how positive professional reviews have been.… Expand
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VirginaDec 31, 2009
3D Special Effects terrific. Now if there was a story and some dialogue to go along with it. The novelty act wears off fast. Awful!
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BarnyDec 20, 2022
When a person gifted with a reasonable sense of self watch this movie then the positive comments, there is only one comment coming to mind: "I want out of this idiocracy". Let's be honest, the movie has more plotholes than swiss cheese withWhen a person gifted with a reasonable sense of self watch this movie then the positive comments, there is only one comment coming to mind: "I want out of this idiocracy". Let's be honest, the movie has more plotholes than swiss cheese with the biggest ones being that scientists can create alien bodies with a complete understanding of their biology but can't cure a paraplegic? An army and scientists who can master the biology of an alien race cannot create biological or chemical weapons that can be spread from space?

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XLR8TERDec 10, 2010
The writing behind James Cameron's AVATAR is so god aweful that half way through the movie the only motavation I had to stay and watch is so that I could compile a list of reasons why I hate this movie. Every character in this movie is aThe writing behind James Cameron's AVATAR is so god aweful that half way through the movie the only motavation I had to stay and watch is so that I could compile a list of reasons why I hate this movie. Every character in this movie is a cliche' or a stereotype such as The Austrailian-American Mariene, The Scientist, The War Hardened Badass, The Egotystical Buisinessman, and many more! And what little of a story AVATAR has is covered up by the horendous CGI. The technology behind the CGI is impressive but it is hardly artful often lacking patern and flow, or anything else visually appealing. Instead they overuse CGI in what can only be described as a head-ache indusing high contrast orgy. The movie is way too long as well. It would be nice if it served as a 10 minute tech demo, but the 3 hour embarassment to all things filmlovers truely value is less than nessary. In conclusion If you want to remain brain dead for 3 hours of your life and leave the theatere with no questions, need for thought, or questioning morality, watch avatar. If you truely value films, please skip this movie!… Expand
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RicochetDec 11, 2010
One point for phenomenal visual effects and a visual imagination that runs amok. As for the rest, the story line, and more importantly, the message it conveys, it is downright painful. The message being that of an all-powerfulOne point for phenomenal visual effects and a visual imagination that runs amok. As for the rest, the story line, and more importantly, the message it conveys, it is downright painful. The message being that of an all-powerful imperialistic, capitalistic and militaristic power being defeated by bows and arrows in a completely silly, unbelievable battle. Which in this day and age reminds one too much about the American empire projected into the future to the nth degree of violence and sheer stupidity, with all its arrogance and capitalistic values. A great message to the rest of the non American, non Western world . . . The irony is, it is made by a Canadian who comes from a country that is the opposite of imperialistic. If I didn't think that Cameron takes himself too seriously to do otherwise, I would think that he mocks America by using every cliché there is in American cinematography and serving it up to them as if to say: here, as ugly as that country's culture and values come.… Expand
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