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[hotreds]

Saw this with the missus today. What a piece of left-wing, enviromental- waco, pagan, agitprop! America BAD! Soldiers- BAD! Capitalism- BAD! The 3-D effects weren't that great, either! I hope this piece of crap fails miserably. I've seen better film on teeth!

[Emjaysmash]

The advertisements are everywhere for this, and they all still dont make me want to see it!

[longknocker]

Glad I Didn't Go!

[elderboy02]

Thanks for the input. I won't see this movie now.

[ActionAndy]

It looks goofy as hell. I liked it better when it was called Fern Gully. I liked it better when it was called Dances with Wolves.

Blue cat people? Too much CGI? 3D? How gimmicky can we get here. They can transfer his brain to a completely different organism but they can't get him out of a wheelchair?


James Cameron's being hyped as some sort of film god because he created a sci-fi universe from the ground up. Luc Besson already did that, it was called the Fifth Element. It was well done and no one spent $350 million patting themselves on the back over it.


(And btw I'm a film fanatic, I'll watch nearly anything).

[SvilleKid]

WOW!!! Thanks for the "heads-up" Saw the trailer, thought this might be an interesting one to watch. Now, think I'll sit it out, read some more reviews, make sure this isn't another in Hollywood's continuing efforts to be America's "Moral Barometer" - Like those mostly immoral bastages have any business preaching to the general population!!

[hotreds]

Hotredsmama says that she was turned off by the lack of story development and the lackluster 3-D. All that money for a poorly made film, to say nothing of my complaints!

Fox: Your boys might enjoy it, I dunno. Some of the scenes are kinda neat, the flora and fauna of the planet are the only thing that we both liked. So, your youngsters might find that part "kewl", and the message might be over their heads. There is really very little swearing and no sex, but a fair amount of violence.

Mario: I'd be interested in your opinion after you see it.

It's interesting that the movietickets.com "people" reviews have given it very high marks- and we usually find their reviews much more to our liking than the so-called "expert" film reviewers- but I guess that most of those are from people who likely went to the midnight showings and were predisposed to like it. Wonder what the reviews will be like after about a week. FYI- the theater we saw it in had about a dozen folks at the 10:40 am showing.

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

WOW!!! Thanks for the "heads-up" Saw the trailer, thought this might be an interesting one to watch. Now, think I'll sit it out, read some more reviews, make sure this isn't another in Hollywood's continuing efforts to be America's "Moral Barometer" - Like those mostly immoral bastages have any business preaching to the general population!!

I haven't been that excited about this movie and will sit it out now that I know this.

[SNKBYT]

Originally Posted by ucla695

I haven't been that excited about this movie and will sit it out now that I know this.

same here

I'm going tomorrow. I can't wait! From what I seen in the preview it looks to be the leadership that's bad, not the soldiers. And from what I saw it also looks like an attempt at conquest which is bad. It also looks like tyranny which is what America stands against. You know what Ol Ben Franklin said though... I haven't seen it yet but that's just what I gather from the preview. I hope it doesn't suck.

P.S. I'm not trying to argue with you hotreds. Much respect brother.

Originally Posted by hotreds

Saw this with the missus today. What a piece of left-wing, enviromental- waco, pagan, agitprop! America BAD! Soldiers- BAD! Capitalism- BAD! The 3-D effects weren't that great, either! I hope this piece of crap fails miserably. I've seen better film on teeth!

Hey Amigo.

Messages aside my 10 and 8 year old boys want to go. What do you think??? Doesn't seem too bad to me but trailers are for all audiences.

I'm taking my daughter in the morning. She's half the reason I want to go in the first place. Check out this link if you want to see the kid friendly break down of most movies. www.kids-in-mind.com

I saw the trailer and it totally turned me off. Pissed me off, really. No money from me.
BTW, 5th element is one of my favorite movies of all time. I never get tired of watching it again.

Originally Posted by hotreds

Mario: I'd be interested in your opinion after you see it.

Will do. I may not like it. I can appreciate a movie with a lot of depth and this may not be such. I'm still a sucker for that "feeling" some movies give me though.

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

BTW, 5th element is one of my favorite movies of all time. I never get tired of watching it again.

5th Element was a great movie. I especially liked the opera scene.

[Powers]

don't know if i'll go see Avatar but i just put 5th Element on my netlfix list!

[BeerAdvocate]

I just got back from seeing it. I thought it sucked.
3D effects were not that amazing. Kind of reminded me of going to a "smoke" shop with black lights and neon posters all over.
Dont give into the hype, not even sure that its rental worthy.

I'll see this Monday. If for nothing but the visual effects.

Took both of my sons this afternoon and I have to say that this was a wonderful movie.

It was visually spectacular, the 3D is actually stunning but it was not what you expect out of a 3D movie. It wasn't missiles flying in your face or arrows whipping past your head but rather an immersive 3D environment in a great story.

I found myself looking at the Navi as real creatures not CGI.

The plot is not complex or hard to figure out but the story telling was great and it was a great enjoyable experience.

Yes there are some typical messages here, but I can easily separate the underlying moral of the story and just watch it for shear entertainment value.

I thought over all it was spectacular. Maybe not for everyone, I am easily pleased in my entertainment I am not there to think or ponder or try to catch subtleties I am there to have a good time. The boys and I did just that.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by hotreds

Saw this with the missus today. What a piece of left-wing, enviromental- waco, pagan, agitprop! America BAD! Soldiers- BAD! Capitalism- BAD! The 3-D effects weren't that great, either! I hope this piece of crap fails miserably. I've seen better film on teeth!

Thanks for the review.

Originally Posted by SilverFox

Took both of my sons this afternoon and I have to say that this was a wonderful movie.

It was visually spectacular, the 3D is actually stunning but it was not what you expect out of a 3D movie. It wasn't missiles flying in your face or arrows whipping past your head but rather an immersive 3D environment in a great story.

I found myself looking at the Navi as real creatures not CGI.

The plot is not complex or hard to figure out but the story telling was great and it was a great enjoyable experience.

Yes there are some typical messages here, but I can easily separate the underlying moral of the story and just watch it for shear entertainment value.

I thought over all it was spectacular. Maybe not for everyone, I am easily pleased in my entertainment I am not there to think or ponder or try to catch subtleties I am there to have a good time. The boys and I did just that.

Thanks for the review. Now we have two different views of the same film.

Originally Posted by Darrell

I'll see this Monday. If for nothing but the visual effects.

Anxiously awaiting the tie breaker. Darrell is the definitive movie reviewer here at CA.

That's two and two thus far. Still awaiting a tie breaker though.