James Cameron's AVATAR discussion thread

[Bezzerkerr]

Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!

well said. I too felt like i was in Pandora.

Speaking of Jurassic Park, did anyone else notice in the begenning of the film when we were first introduced to the large animals on Pandora for a split second they made the EXACT same sounds as the T-REX and RAPTORS in Jurassic Park. These clips of audio were about .7 seconds long, and are very distinct. I watched the first Jurassic Park over 100 times and i would recognize those sounds anywhere.

Let me know if anyone else noticed that

 

[uscmhicks]

Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!

well said. I too felt like i was in Pandora.

Speaking of Jurassic Park, did anyone else notice in the begenning of the film when we were first introduced to the large animals on Pandora for a split second they made the EXACT same sounds as the T-REX and RAPTORS in Jurassic Park. These clips of audio were about .7 seconds long, and are very distinct. I watched the first Jurassic Park over 100 times and i would recognize those sounds anywhere.

Let me know if anyone else noticed that

I caught that on an xbox live exclusive clip . One of the creatures jumped out and made the exact same noise as a t-rex.

 

[Dubcustomz]

Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!

well said. I too felt like i was in Pandora.

Speaking of Jurassic Park, did anyone else notice in the begenning of the film when we were first introduced to the large animals on Pandora for a split second they made the EXACT same sounds as the T-REX and RAPTORS in Jurassic Park. These clips of audio were about .7 seconds long, and are very distinct. I watched the first Jurassic Park over 100 times and i would recognize those sounds anywhere.

Let me know if anyone else noticed that

I noticed it too.
I felt liek i was on Pandora also, and when it was over i was sad that i couldnt go back and live there.

 

[Patient Zero]

Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!

I got to see this at the Imax last night. I was not let down. It was my first Imax experience and I was blown away. The preview for that new NASA movie looks unbelievable. I will be going to see that.

Story 8/10
Effects 10/10
Imax experience 11/10
NASA preview infinity/10

 

[Tyler]

Just got back from watching this. I thought the film was very good. Definately will buy the Bluray. It was the first film I have seen in 3D at the cinema. To be honest the 3D aspect did not impress me at all. I even forgot about it as I was watching the film. It just seems like a gimmick to me. Not an integral part to telling the story, so hopefully the Bluray will come with a 2D option as I don't need 3D to be engrossed in a good film.

 

[meth head]

Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!

i have just booked tickets to see it at 10.30pm tomorrow night at the IMAX in Birmingham UK cant wait now

 

[Bamboota]

I found this really badass piece of artowrk on Deviant Art. The artist is called Patrick Brown:

https://patrickbrown.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-146917871





And this one too:

https://blue-moon402.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-145806155

 

[spidermonkey]

I just got back from watching this and I absolutely loved it, personally I enjoyed the story a lot and of course the visuals are by far more superior than anything else I've ever seen.

 

[jrice73]

Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!

Without a doubt, AVATAR is one of the greatest films I have ever seen and one of the greatest film going experiences I have ever had. I've never seen anything like this and neither had the audience I watched it with. There were people with tears in their eyes once the lights came up, there were people who just sat in their seats stunned, and there was chatting behind me comparing this film to the original Star Wars. The immersive 3D, the CG (Hell, the uncanny valley has been broken, busted, and left at the side of the road, dead), and an emotional, soul stirring story makes this film the year's best. You completely forget you are watching CG characters, models and effects. The Na'Vi become REAL beings, struggling to live and survive. And Sam Worthington's cynical, broken marine Jake Sully evolves from a selfish, desperate human at his end to enlightened savior getting more than his legs back; becoming more than human, becoming like Nietzsche's "superman." When Jake first walks then runs for the first time in his Na'Vi Avatar, I broke down in tears. That blue CG being when it breaks out of the lab and begins to run for the first time, its eyes, Jake's eyes show all the beauty and joy of a real human being set free.

I'm glad Cameron won the Oscar for TITANIC, even though I've thought for years that it is his weakest film story wise, but if Cameron wins the Oscar for AVATAR, I will cry tears of joy. This is what science fiction film making and story telling is all about. Avatar's story is nothing new. Yet that's what makes it so damn special; it is timeless, it is classic and will be told again and again. Cameron has now added his genius and wisdom to it. That is what is so remarkable. AVATAR is the film we wanted George Lucas to make when he did the prequels. That never materialized. We wanted to love the Matrix sequels but were left cold. It's interesting that at the beginning of this decade we saw Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy which defined what this generation's definition of the word epic would be. And here at the end of the decade, Cameron reinvents the definition of the word epic in one, massive remarkable masterstroke. As someone said in the row behind me last night, "I don't mind if it takes Cameron another 12 years to make something like this. I will go see it."

 

[jinxx]

I'm not reading this thread in its entirety until I see this movie tomorrow on Imax!

P.S.

Worthington is teh sex!

 

[Bamboota]

I'm not reading this thread in its entirety until I see this movie tomorrow on Imax!

P.S.

Worthington is teh sex!

ZOMG!!

 

[jinxx]

ZOMG!!

.....look at those dreamy eyes...

 

[KneelBeforrSmallville]

Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!

As a big fan on the film...im really happy most if not everyone on the form really enjoyed this movie!!..I saw it agaian today..not in imax 3d this time..but it was still amazing!!

 

[KneelBeforrSmallville]

i saw Avatar again today!..not im IMAX 3D like before but its still amazing!!!!

 

[The Ween]

ZOMG!!

I'd hit that till he cried!

 

[tylerdurden]

Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!

Yes. My wife and mother both LOVED the film just as much as I. What i found the most amazing was my dad who has the emotional capacity of a robot, actually telling me that he felt emotional and pleased for the natives when

Spoiler

the beasts fought back and helped them defeat the military.

My wife wanted to bawl her eyes out when

Spoiler

Neytiri went and saved jake's human form too

ah, some validation here. incidentally, i watched avatar with a girl who HATED district 9. (yeah, shoulda ditched her then i know). but she was in total awe of avatar and the world of pandora. she found the romance between jake and neytiri quite natural and believable too. even my mom who has zero interest in sci-fi has expressed a desire to watch it because she liked the "beautiful forest" in the trailers.

 

[ironwez20]

um wow. anyway.

 

[tylerdurden]

I really don't think that I'm blinded by the sense of the new or was overwhelmed by the visuals. I was engaged into the characters and story as well and I think that over time people will become inured to the visuals and will realize they liked the film for other reasons too.

i suppose time will tell. but u guys gotta admit that there weren't many (if any) cool quotable lines from avatar. i was expecting some zingers from quaritch since he was such a badass. but lines like "....every living thing that crawls, flies or squats wants to kill you and eat your eyes for jujubes" ain't exactly a classic.

as for avatar's box office, i genuinely hope it does REALLY well. for one reason only. if it bombs or even fails to turn a reasonable profit, this will be an excuse for the idiot studio suits to NOT take chances with original material. they'll stick to greenlighting remakes, reboots, sequels, prequels, remakes of sequels, based on videogames/toys/boardgames. in other words, originality will suffer.

which just struck me as highly ironic. avatar, for all it's shortcomings and criticisms that it's a terribly UNoriginal work (ripped off from dances with wolves, dune, ferngully, john carter of mars, etc), amidst the ocean of hollywood's remakes, sequels and "based on" properties, it is the MOST original film in a long while....

 

[HdoubleD]

It's only made about 73 million so far this weekend. Although I guess that's good and for a December release, for me it just sounds too low for something that should have grossed an insane of money.
It just sucks. You'd think a movie with James Cameron's name on it, an action sci-fi movie, amazing visuals and mass appeal to males and teenage boys, that this would have done even better.

As already stated, the movie prob. would have beat I Am Legends December record of 77 mil if it wasn't for the blizzard on the east coast, where alot of people were under 10-18 in. of snow. As you said, 73 mil. is pretty damn good for an new franchise opening in Dec. It demolished the 3d record, and the positive word of mouth will def give the movie legs. I see it making about 270-300 mil Dom. and over 300 mil in foreign markets, pushing the film over 600 mil total.

Also the film made 160 million dollars in foreign box office this weekend, for a total of 232 million dollars in 3 days.

 

[The Ween]

um wow. anyway.

Yup, we woman are just as crazy as you men!