http://www.avatar-movie.co.uk/

Trailer

unless I missed something I could not find the trailer so I watched it here.


http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/08/20/mus...amerons-avatar/

Was just coming here to post this. Looks awesome. Been looking forward to this one.

Interesting choice of lead off movies to his credit.

the original piranha was the best. remember when one guy got eaten and his kid was sitting on the dock and someone comes up to him and asks "what that is down there on the dock?" and the kid says "that's the rest of my daddy"(or something like that, don't remember exactly). anyway, it was awesome.

I think it looks like cartoon crap.

WHAT>?


Poor aliens who look elvish are stuck riding around on giant dragonflies as they battle soldiers in robotic tank droids shooting lasers, while the main character possesses an attractive male alien's body and scores with his alien hot wife after a sensual kiss that reveals in a moment of clarity that love is universal.

It covers every demographic at the EXACT SAME TIME

Except gay midgets, they are protesting this film.

Isn't Avatar a Japanime cartoon about computer avatars or something?

Whatever it is, this movie looks pretty sweet. I think BG summed it up pretty well already, but they should hook one of those blue halfies up with the hung blue dude from Watchmen and make super human halfie god things.

Yes, but this movie has nothing to do with that. There is another movie based on that show but they have relinquished claims to the title "Avatar". Cameron wrote this script himself.

Doesn't he always?

Pretty sure the titanic script was mostly written, he just filled in the boring parts

Didn't he also do Aquaman ? How could they leave that one out.

I agree.. I saw the trailer before Inglorious bastards, and it looks like a mediocre cinematic cut scene for a crappy computer RPG. Hasn't CGI advanced enough so movies don't look like this anymore, particularly with budgets like Cameron has to have?





Did a bang up job of it too.

hmmmm technology vs. magic. Human vs elf like magic creatures. AVATAR!!!!!!...James Cameron must be a wizard. Or perhap, his new name should be Quentin Cameron because he is being a wizard of a thief...Uh, WIzards!!!!!!!!!! Yes folks, Wizards! Ralph Bakshi's 1977 film. here; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076929/

I think this movie's going to be awesome, and I'm really excited to see it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business...vatar.html?_r=1

I'm waiting for the MMORPG

That being said, I think this movie will not only make money, but it'll be a good movie experience.

I think it might be a good movie experience, but nothing compared to the ridiculous hype. I still think it will look more like a live action/cartoon hybrid than a really...what's the word I'm looking for here?...film.

fyp

Ahh your juvenile American 'umour.

and now that i read his full post, i realize that my fyp makes no sense.

exacklee, your 'umour, eet makes no sense.

I blame your uvula.

After watching the extended preview during last night's SOA it looks like a cgi filled scifi version of dances with wolves.

By that I mean the basic story arc is that of the guy sent to defend/kill the locals ends up going native.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomple...imcrackery.html

GB: There’s also maybe some heritage linking it to “Dances With Wolves,” considering your story here of a battered military man who finds something pure in an endangered tribal culture.

James Cameron: Yes, exactly, it is very much like that. You see the same theme in “At Play in the Fields of the Lord” and also “The Emerald Forest,” which maybe thematically isn’t that connected but it did have that clash of civilizations or of cultures. That was another reference point for me. There was some beautiful stuff in that film. I just gathered all this stuff in and then you look at it through the lens of science fiction and it comes out looking very different but is still recognizable in a universal story way. It’s almost comfortable for the audience – “I know what kind of tale this is.” They’re not just sitting there scratching their heads, they’re enjoying it and being taken along. And we still have turns and surprises in it, too, things you don’t see coming. But the idea that you feel like you are in a classic story, a story that could have been shaped by Rudyard Kipling or Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Well, shit. Guess I need to go take Ebert's job. That fat fuck.

The funny thing is, Cameron's movies are always SO EXPENSIVE, SO EFX DRIVEN but in the end the technology never matters, he always tells a great story, that's why his movies always score.

This movie looks like an incredible POS.

Currently working with one of the leads on this movie.... trailer looks good to me... it is what it is... I wouldn't go into this film with expectations other than just mindless entertainment.
I think it comes out the week before Christmas.... I'll be seeing it.
Right after Christmas...look for Midgets vs. Mascots.

The Hollywood Reporter... review.

Variety

UK Times

More high praise... "shoe in for an Oscar"


100%

Apparently it's not.

I've seen the trailer and I can't say I'm dying to see this movie. Part of me says it does look like a ridiculous cartoonish waste of time, but then again I'm a big Cameron fan and he seems to come through. That being said, I probably won't see it in theaters. I'll wait for it on demand.

So the real question is do I do my shrooms during this movie, or wait till Alice in Wonderland comes out?

Roger Ebert:


"Cameron promised he'd unveil the next generation of 3-D in "Avatar." I'm a notorious skeptic about this process, a needless distraction from the perfect realism of movies in 2-D. Cameron's iteration is the best I've seen -- and more importantly, one of the most carefully-employed. The film never uses 3-D simply because it has it, and doesn't promiscuously violate the fourth wall. He also seems quite aware of 3-D's weakness for dimming the picture, and even with a film set largely in interiors and a rain forest, there's sufficient light. I saw the film in 3-D on a good screen at the AMC River East and was impressed. I might be awesome in True IMAX. Good luck in getting a ticket before February.

It takes a hell of a lot of nerve for a man to stand up at the Oscarcast and proclaim himself King of the World. James Cameron just got re-elected. "


http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.d...VIEWS/912119998

Cameron is a pompous a**, but he can make an epic film with the best of them, it seems. Pure escapism.

Is anyone going to see this in IMAX. I'm tempted to do it, but I have had bad IMAX experiences with Dark Knight and Superman. Every time there was an action scene things were are all blurry and hectic. I wonder if the 3-d or something would make this different.

I plan on taking the kids to see this in 3D Imax on Sunday night

Seeing it in IMAX 3-D today. Will let you know.

I'm heading to the theater right now. Review shortly.

The story was absolutely basic, where people end up in just the right spot to cause trouble or be heroes. It absolutely could have been written by an average high schooler.

The effects were something else entirely. Really something to behold. There is mild swearing, but overall a very kid friendly movie, that all kids will probably enjoy, simply because it's magical. I was impressed.

I don't go to the theater to watch movies, but if more movies looked like this, I would go to more movies. I can't imagine that this isn't the future.


It will be absolutely terrible if you don't see this movie in the theater. At home would be tragic.

I think that's most of the Cameron movies, though. He's not a subtle storyteller.

Did you see it 3-D or 2-D? And if you saw it in 3-D did you feel like your eyes had a fatigue level? I've logged many, many hours watching tv and movies, but there's something about 3-D that makes me squirmy about 70 minutes in.

About what I expect it to be.

Did you see it in IMAX/ghetto IMAX?

Ok good, I'm excited to see it now. Just waiting on LLY's review so I know whether or not to IMAX it. I have a choice between a normal IMAX screen or a IMAX dome. My bad experiences have been with the dome so I'm leaning towards the normal IMAX screen.

Why would I pay to see a bunch of good fx? Are you kidding me? It's exactly why I bitch about Emmerich and Bay. I, for one, don't want Hollywood making this kind of thing and making shitpiles of $$$ off them. Well, OK, they will make $$$ anyway, but at least they won't be mine. Fuck this movie.

Uh, okay. I remember hearing that he'll have to gross $600-$750 million to break even.

If he can make that much money off of his movies, obviously there's an audience. Keep in mind I'm referring to global numbers and not just us dumb US Americans.

I remember him saying he made Titanic right before his 10year high school reunion. Got to go talk shit to everyone who piled on him when he was younger. Must be a pretty great experience.

EDIT:

Tanner,

wtf is the dome?

Here, there are true IMAX screens, and ghetto IMAX screens.

Issues

Is the dome referring to the smaller screens that aren't actually IMAX screens?

There's nothing inherently wrong about visual effects, it's what the director does with them. It's possible for them to enhance the story, so I see nothing wrong with trying to break new ground. If someone wants to make the movie-going experience more visceral, I'm ok with that.

This is the IMAX dome I have been to in San Jose:



The documentaries I have seen on it were amazing. Batman and Superman were not good because of the screen though.

Interesting I guess.

I am ONLY talking about 3d here. I wouldn't even recommend watching the movie, if the only option is 2d.



I saw it on a non Imax screen, that was very large 600 seats, in RealD 3d.