Those that said "no", have you even seen it?

I haven't yet. I tried last week but it was sold out. I'm gonna try again New Year's day.

I watch alot of sci-fi and this movie though long-is great People can never give props to something good

nurseV said:

That's not true! I was hoping to love it, and I've loved James Cameron movies before (Aliens is in my top 3 of all-time), but I was shocked by how bad this was.

Moonbeam said:

It was just long, but as Mach said there are alot of underlying issues in the movie that people ignore and that's what makes it great and folks know they like floating mountains and Jelly's

nurseV said:

What are the underlying issues?

Visually, it was impressive- I'll give it that. But I was insulted by the storyline.

Moonbeam said:

Oh just little things like war, racism, etc Yeah the story could have been better, but that movie is gonna win every award and deservingly

Nay! Looks great, 3D and all that shit..but the story line was...eh
My vote goes to District 9!

nurseV said:

I know that James Cameron tried to address these issues, but I feel that he did it in a clumsy, predictable way with the subtlety of a hand grenade. Worse, I feel like all of the characters were one-dimensional, and even worse, completely stereotypical. The way the Navi are depicted as a race in touch with nature yet primitive and in need of help from an outsider left me disgusted. I was ready to adore this movie, but I just think he missed the mark.

Moonbeam said:

Well, he tried to address them and that's more than you get from most of these movies today. He got my $24.00 and I'm glad I went to see the movie-slow storyline or not. It's never easy to address these issues anyway I guess folks don't even wanna talk about them in a movie format either

Nay! Looks great, 3D and all that shit..but the story line was...eh
My vote goes to District 9!

furry service

spacedolphin said:

what is that?

ZombieKitten said:

Furries are a subculture who fetishize over anthropomorphic creatures. A furry is harmless in their obsession usually, but some of them wish they could - how shall I say - go for a ride in Noah's Ark.

TonyVanDam said:

The true story? As if nothing was embellished? I think the technical side of things is what was more true, as the love story and those characters were totally fictional. It really was just a CGI film. I mean, we knew how it was going to end, so let's get to the end and watch the CGI. It was very well done for 1997. The CGI realm was really starting to blossom at that time, with Lucas having just released the redone Star Wars films and the prequelology coming out soon, Hollywood was truly getting creative for once and making some visually stunning stuff. Titanic was part of that. Cameron was truly obsessed w/ ship wrecks and the Titanic specifically. There were a couple of specials on Discovery|HD with him doing wreck dives and exploring things, including the Titanic. It's probably why he hasn't made a movie since Titanic.

scififilmnerd said:

And given his track record, that won't be until 2021.

MacDaddy said:

Now THAT was an awesome movie. Very unexpected for me.

MacDaddy said:

I was just glad it wasn't a typical alien movie. There was a lot of blatant, and subtle, political overtones and messages in it, especially based on Apartheid.

ernestsewell said:

Its about the Prawns man !!!!

I watch alot of sci-fi and this movie though long-is great People can never give props to something good

ernestsewell said:

Its about the Prawns man !!!!

Moonbeam said:

Oh just little things like war, racism, etc Yeah the story could have been better, but that movie is gonna win every award and deservingly

What the....???

This movies is basically the movie Princess Mononoke - which is a wicked movie.

JustErin said:

That's what I said in the other Avatar thread.