Avatar - excited or not?

Zardon · Dec 9, 2009, 09:18 PM

Avatar is out in the US on 18th december - are you all excited? So much hype behind this movie its hard to wonder if it will ever live up to expectations.

I watched the trailer after play.com sent me a free bluray with a trailer on it - not sure at all if I like it, although its pretty hard to judge.

Anyone got tickets booked to the premiere?

Oh yeah, HD trailer is over here if you want a look http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avatar/hd/

BlueMak · Dec 9, 2009, 10:05 PM

I am worried. I find the story interesting, but I am worried that the effort to create a stunning movie will leave it very very shallow and with very in your face moral "dilemmas".
I am going to watch it eventually, I just don't know how or when.

deBelly · Dec 9, 2009, 10:16 PM

I must admit I'm excited about it, I feel it could be just my cup of tea. If nothing else, it will be visually impressive.
Pity the game is mediocre, according to reviews.

***craig5320*** · Dec 9, 2009, 10:18 PM

They played the trailer at the cinema the other week, story could be ok, but I didn't like the visuals too cartoony going from the live action to the tribe people, just didn't seem to fit for me.

Tril · Dec 9, 2009, 10:19 PM

I'm not excited but I'm interested enough to go see it when it arrives in theater. I'm not going to go to the premiere, I never do.

I would be curious to see the 3D version but the closest 3D theater is a 3 hours drive by car. I'll probably only see the 2D version.

Jac · Dec 9, 2009, 10:28 PM

This was touted as being revolutionary - something not seen before in terms of visuals. So when I saw the trailer it was a bit 'meh'.

Can't say I'm that interested now.

**dj_stick** · Dec 9, 2009, 10:46 PM

I wouldn't say excited, but I'd still go see it

Mr cairo · Dec 9, 2009, 11:17 PM

not really that interested but they are showing this next week at the new IMAX in cardiff so what the hell im going to have a look

Judas · Dec 9, 2009, 11:19 PM

excited... no..

gonna watch it... hell yeah..

in a theater... not likely...

Zardon · Dec 9, 2009, 11:23 PM

do they even have theaters in the canadian wastelands?

SeraphicSorcerer · Dec 9, 2009, 11:32 PM

I am definitely excited, I asked erroneus in the avatar game review if he was, but he didn't answer :P

I want to see this movie, but im mad the game was such a fail.

mkk · Dec 10, 2009, 12:23 AM

I too see the risk of a shallow action movie with Sigourney paid well just to give the movie some credit with SciFi fans, but primarily I don't like the animation at all. It's not badly done, but just not my taste. And Zoe Soldana should have been a live character, what were they thinking!?

Falstaff · Dec 10, 2009, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

do they even have theaters in the canadian wastelands?

I have heard of tents at the very end of gravel and rutted roads wherein disenchanted hunters gather, drink Kootenai Beer and compare the odd story or two, but I imagine they have running water in some places so they might have a cinema or two.

Falstaff · Dec 10, 2009, 12:53 AM

ummmmm
nah

Dark Lord · Dec 10, 2009, 02:43 AM

ive seen the trailer for it on tv several times now, and every time i see it i keep asking my self one question. "wtf did i just see?" i dont think theres a single word spoken in the trailers ive seen. its just... mechs vs woodland creatures.

i still have no idea what the hell the movies even supposed to be about.

OmegaRED · Dec 10, 2009, 02:56 AM

The trailers did not impress me nor has the storyline (didn't I just see that in Battle for Tera?) but James Cameron has never failed us. I'm actually old enough to remember how much Titanic was supposed to be a terrible flop and I was there on the first show of opening day in a mostly empty theater and look how that turned out...I will see Avatar opening weekend in Imax 3D and I know it will be great just like Titanic was. Never doubt James Cameron, he gave us some of the best sci-fi movies of all time he's not a one hit wonder like George Lucas.

Dark Lord · Dec 10, 2009, 02:59 AM

you liked titanic? i couldnt stand it. 3 hours to see a damn boat sink...

OmegaRED · Dec 10, 2009, 03:06 AM

Titanic isn't one of those movies that stood the test of time but as a movie going experience it was great...the repeat business proved that. I felt the same about King Kong, it was awesome in the theater but then on DVD...90 minutes just go get to the action

Dark Lord · Dec 10, 2009, 03:12 AM

oh god, dont get me started on king kong. i thought that was just flat out terrible when i saw it in theaters.

it probably would have been decent if every scene was cut down by half.

SeraphicSorcerer · Dec 10, 2009, 03:24 AM

King Kong, was good, after the first half, just like most football games.

BlueMak · Dec 10, 2009, 04:15 AM

I never saw the full movie of Titanic. Two reasons. One is that I know how it ends, the boat sinks. The second reason is because of that stupid song. When the movie was released I couldn't walk 5 seconds before I could hear some chick listening to it at full volume. Then on radio and even on TV shows etc. I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE that fraking song.

charm_quark · Dec 10, 2009, 05:29 AM

i liked the titanic, very touchy, yet stupid!

Avatar, I'm not really sure, i do want to watch it because of the grafix and the fusion, but i think I'll just wait for a DVD instead!

Tril · Dec 10, 2009, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

I never saw the full movie of Titanic. Two reasons. One is that I know how it ends, the boat sinks. The second reason is because of that stupid song. When the movie was released I couldn't walk 5 seconds before I could hear some chick listening to it at full volume. Then on radio and even on TV shows etc. I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE that fraking song.

Same thing for me, well the first part. I've never seen the whole movie. I tried to watch it a few times when it aired on tv but I lost interest after 30 to 60 minutes.

Avatar looks like it's about some humans getting intensive plastic surgery to look like the native of an alien planet to infiltrate their society. No idea why they do it. They did that kind of stuff often in Star Trek, except that alien always happened to be the same height as humans. I don't know how you would go about extending the length of limbs of humans by surgery. That would be painful.

Cow_160483 · Dec 10, 2009, 06:02 AM

Looks like an interesting movie and am definitely going to go see it

BlueMak · Dec 10, 2009, 06:19 AM

Potential spoilers:

From the trailers I have seen it is going to be a mix of Star Trek Insurrection combined with Surrogates.

Lowfat · Dec 10, 2009, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OmegaRED

The trailers did not impress me nor has the storyline (didn't I just see that in Battle for Tera?) but James Cameron has never failed us. I'm actually old enough to remember how much Titanic was supposed to be a terrible flop and I was there on the first show of opening day in a mostly empty theater and look how that turned out...I will see Avatar opening weekend in Imax 3D and I know it will be great just like Titanic was. Never doubt James Cameron, he gave us some of the best sci-fi movies of all time he's not a one hit wonder like George Lucas.

This. Dood hasn't had a film that flopped in like 25 years.

CDsDontBurn · Dec 10, 2009, 09:01 AM

excited, no. going to see it, only if i don't pay for it.

the avatar movie i'm waiting for is the one coming out this summer!

Quote:

Originally Posted by craig5320

They played the trailer at the cinema the other week, story could be ok, but I didn't like the visuals too cartoony going from the live action to the tribe people, just didn't seem to fit for me.

yea, i find it way too cartoony. might as well be tribal action-packed toy story like movie

ET3D · Dec 10, 2009, 09:39 AM

Haven't seen anything on this movie before. I did read about the game, but never saw anything of the movie. This was my first time watching a trailer (the one on the official site, I don't know if it's the one Zardon linked to), and it looked pretty impressive. Definitely something I could get into. I liked the visuals, except where it looked like CG humans. So I'm pretty excited now. Will wait to see what people say.

Edit: Thinking back, I realised the trailer got exciting for me when I saw Sigourney Weaver. So further impressions are probably biased.

SeraphicSorcerer · Dec 10, 2009, 10:12 AM

The back story is that this planet has resources we need for space exploration, and we humans cant breath Pandoran Air so we invented avatars to try and interact (subversively) with the hostile local populous. Only the Paraplegic marine that's the main character falls in love with the main Naruu character (I think they're naruu) but he doesnt know how to tell her, hey im actually one of the people you hate.

OmegaRED · Dec 10, 2009, 01:45 PM

Tsk, tsk. Everyone here should be answering yes...here's why:
-The Terminator
-Aliens
-The Abyss
-Terminator 2: Judgment Day
-True Lies
-T2 3D: Battle Across Time
...and that little movie called Titanic.

The guy makes balls to the wall action movies and he does it very well. If you thought Avatar was going to be all touchy emotional stuff with Celine Dion songs you thought wrong. Stuff will blow up. Lots of things will die. Ten years from now you might joke how cheesy it was but when you walk out of the theater you'll be very happy. This is not speculation this is what James Cameron does

Dec 9, 2009, 09:18 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Avatar - excited or not? Avatar is out in the US on 18th december - are you all excited? So much hype behind this movie its hard to wonder if it will ever live up to expectations. I watched the trailer after play.com sent me a free bluray with a trailer on it - not sure at all if I like it, although its pretty hard to judge. Anyone got tickets booked to the premiere? Oh yeah, HD trailer is over here if you want a look http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avatar/hd/

Dec 9, 2009, 10:05 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,471 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? I am worried. I find the story interesting, but I am worried that the effort to create a stunning movie will leave it very very shallow and with very in your face moral "dilemmas". I am going to watch it eventually, I just don't know how or when. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 9, 2009, 10:16 PM	#3
deBelly HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Croatia Posts: 278 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? I must admit I'm excited about it, I feel it could be just my cup of tea. If nothing else, it will be visually impressive. Pity the game is mediocre, according to reviews.

Dec 9, 2009, 10:18 PM	#4
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Tril S-3D enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,676 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? I'm not excited but I'm interested enough to go see it when it arrives in theater. I'm not going to go to the premiere, I never do. I would be curious to see the 3D version but the closest 3D theater is a 3 hours drive by car. I'll probably only see the 2D version. __________________

Dec 9, 2009, 10:28 PM	#6
Jac HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England Posts: 767 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? This was touted as being revolutionary - something not seen before in terms of visuals. So when I saw the trailer it was a bit 'meh'. Can't say I'm that interested now.

Dec 9, 2009, 11:17 PM	#8
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Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Re: Avatar - excited or not? do they even have theaters in the canadian wastelands?

Dec 9, 2009, 11:32 PM	#11
SeraphicSorcerer HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,295 Rep Power: 156 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? I am definitely excited, I asked erroneus in the avatar game review if he was, but he didn't answer :P I want to see this movie, but im mad the game was such a fail. __________________

Dec 10, 2009, 12:23 AM	#12
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? I too see the risk of a shallow action movie with Sigourney paid well just to give the movie some credit with SciFi fans, but primarily I don't like the animation at all. It's not badly done, but just not my taste. And Zoe Soldana should have been a live character, what were they thinking!?

Dec 10, 2009, 12:53 AM	#14
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Dec 10, 2009, 02:43 AM	#15
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? ive seen the trailer for it on tv several times now, and every time i see it i keep asking my self one question. "wtf did i just see?" i dont think theres a single word spoken in the trailers ive seen. its just... mechs vs woodland creatures. i still have no idea what the hell the movies even supposed to be about. __________________ Last edited by Dark Lord; Dec 10, 2009 at 02:49 AM.

Dec 10, 2009, 02:56 AM	#16
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? The trailers did not impress me nor has the storyline (didn't I just see that in Battle for Tera?) but James Cameron has never failed us. I'm actually old enough to remember how much Titanic was supposed to be a terrible flop and I was there on the first show of opening day in a mostly empty theater and look how that turned out...I will see Avatar opening weekend in Imax 3D and I know it will be great just like Titanic was. Never doubt James Cameron, he gave us some of the best sci-fi movies of all time he's not a one hit wonder like George Lucas. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Dec 10, 2009, 02:59 AM	#17
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? you liked titanic? i couldnt stand it. 3 hours to see a damn boat sink... __________________

Dec 10, 2009, 03:06 AM	#18
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? Titanic isn't one of those movies that stood the test of time but as a movie going experience it was great...the repeat business proved that. I felt the same about King Kong, it was awesome in the theater but then on DVD...90 minutes just go get to the action __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Dec 10, 2009, 03:12 AM	#19
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? oh god, dont get me started on king kong. i thought that was just flat out terrible when i saw it in theaters. it probably would have been decent if every scene was cut down by half. __________________

Dec 10, 2009, 03:24 AM	#20
SeraphicSorcerer HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,295 Rep Power: 156 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? King Kong, was good, after the first half, just like most football games. __________________

Dec 10, 2009, 04:15 AM	#21
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,471 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? I never saw the full movie of Titanic. Two reasons. One is that I know how it ends, the boat sinks. The second reason is because of that stupid song. When the movie was released I couldn't walk 5 seconds before I could hear some chick listening to it at full volume. Then on radio and even on TV shows etc. I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE that fraking song. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 10, 2009, 05:29 AM	#22
charm_quark incognito Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: BoTsWaNa Posts: 2,437 Rep Power: 140	Re: Avatar - excited or not? i liked the titanic, very touchy, yet stupid! Avatar, I'm not really sure, i do want to watch it because of the grafix and the fusion, but i think I'll just wait for a DVD instead! __________________ Three quarks for Muster Mark! Sure he has not got much of a bark And sure any he has it's all beside the mark. —James Joyce, Finnegans Wake

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BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,471 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? Potential spoilers: From the trailers I have seen it is going to be a mix of Star Trek Insurrection combined with Surrogates. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 10, 2009, 09:39 AM	#28
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,057 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? Haven't seen anything on this movie before. I did read about the game, but never saw anything of the movie. This was my first time watching a trailer (the one on the official site, I don't know if it's the one Zardon linked to), and it looked pretty impressive. Definitely something I could get into. I liked the visuals, except where it looked like CG humans. So I'm pretty excited now. Will wait to see what people say. Edit: Thinking back, I realised the trailer got exciting for me when I saw Sigourney Weaver. So further impressions are probably biased. Last edited by ET3D; Dec 10, 2009 at 09:47 AM.

Dec 10, 2009, 10:12 AM	#29
SeraphicSorcerer HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,295 Rep Power: 156 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? The back story is that this planet has resources we need for space exploration, and we humans cant breath Pandoran Air so we invented avatars to try and interact (subversively) with the hostile local populous. Only the Paraplegic marine that's the main character falls in love with the main Naruu character (I think they're naruu) but he doesnt know how to tell her, hey im actually one of the people you hate. __________________

Dec 10, 2009, 01:45 PM	#30
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	Re: Avatar - excited or not? Tsk, tsk. Everyone here should be answering yes...here's why: -The Terminator -Aliens -The Abyss -Terminator 2: Judgment Day -True Lies -T2 3D: Battle Across Time ...and that little movie called Titanic. The guy makes balls to the wall action movies and he does it very well. If you thought Avatar was going to be all touchy emotional stuff with Celine Dion songs you thought wrong. Stuff will blow up. Lots of things will die. Ten years from now you might joke how cheesy it was but when you walk out of the theater you'll be very happy. This is not speculation this is what James Cameron does __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs