Avatar (the film)

I was quite shocked how bad it was. I practiced the day before by watching 2012 and actually
enjoyed that film a lot to my surprise. So I thought I was ready for avatar but it was soo
painfully stupid.

like i said, best viewed as a sick parody of itself.

I saw this in 3D on friday, and i must say it was probably one of the worst if not the THE WORST FILM I HAVE EVER SEEN!

I have never felt so bored watching a film, if it hadnt been for the fact i was watching it with friends i would have left after 10 mins.

Avatar was well and trully utter bullshit.

Here is a review written by someone who describes exactly how i felt about the whole film

Seriously what a piece of shit. I promised myself to not buy into the hype because 95% of the time I end up disappointed, so I didn't buy into any of the hype surrounding this movie and I was still disappointed.

The plot is lifted directly from Dances with Wolves but with a shitty, overdone, badly executed environmental message tacked on. The good guys had absolutely no endearing traits, the movie just told the viewer to root for them because they're supposed to. "These are the good guys. Just because they're the good guys. We don't need to show you why they're the good guys, just take our word for it." That's not how a fucking story works. The movie utterly failed at giving the audience anything about the protagonists to really make the audience care enough to want them to succeed. If the audience isn't cheering for the good guys and really counting on them winning in the end then you have not told a good story James Cameron what the fuck happened to you you just lost it. I was watching it and it was interesting to me more for the spectacle than anything, like someone who watches a boxing match without having any money riding on the outcome. Which neatly brings me to my next paragraph.

The special effects were so overhyped and so overrated it made me want to throw up. Yeah, the special effects were good, but they were hardly the groundbreaking, earth-shattering, marvels of modern technology WAVE OF THE FUTURE they were hyped up to be. All it was was decent-to-good CGI and motion capture, things I see all the time in videogames and have been seeing for years. Honestly, parts of 2012 had better special effects than Avatar.

Immersion is a big thing for me when I go to watch a movie or a TV show or read a book or play a game or whatever. I was never immersed in Avatar. The characters ranged from annoying to uninteresting, the plot was boring and predictable, and the special effects, while good and convincing enough, were simply not enough to carry the movie all by themselves.

I want my fucking money back.

So if you havent seen it yet then good on you and don't waste your time and money watching this shit.

all the lads at work really go mad for it , but i have not seen it yet

Best film ever.

I have a torrent of it - good quality screener - I turned it off after 10 mins. Looked like generic bullshit amped up to warp factor bollocks to me

Theres a topgun classic 'you can be my wingman any day....bullshit you can be mine' scene.

I blurted out 'OH FOR FUCKS SAKE' in a packed cinema.

Awkward.

tonights entertainment:-
In the red corner, the serious film watchers, critical of the story line, cinematography, pace etc,
in the black corner, the folks who go to watch movies, for the entertainment factor, dimmed lights, popcorn, fit girls selling icecream etc,

I have a torrent of it - good quality screener - I turned it off after 10 mins. Looked like generic bullshit amped up to warp factor bollocks to me

I'm not surprised. The only thing keeping me in my seat were the 3D effects - which you were obviously missing. Not saying you shouldn't download at all but anyone could have guessed that there would be no story what so ever. As usual with big Hollywood productions, especially from Cameron.

Next big turd will be Alice in Wonderland.

Fuck the folks who go watch moovees - fuck 'em and their buckets of......expensive sugary shizzle. Remember the audience of retards we had for Inglourious Bastards?!

you are not snoop dogg muthafucka so dont pretend to be, but yeah, deader than a cemetery wasnt it...........

Questions for you lot who are 'above' cheesy hollywood shite..

1. What the fuck are you doing at a cinema where all those crinkling packets and crunching popcorn might have you miss a line or miss some of the oscar-winning score?

2. You knowingly watch a hollywood cheese fest and then complain? Brain fail.

I am Snoop Dogg

He is.

Believe that shizzle.

fo shore

I watched a bit of the oscars and BAFTAs, and watching Cameron sit there made me feel sick. He looked so fucking smug, as if he clearly expected to win everything it was up for. Glad Hurt Locker, a fairly interesting film won over some self indulgent POS with blue aliens...

Hurt Locker wasn't bad at all, I quite enjoy watching it.

I feel my mate summed it up well in his review:

http://www.wharf.co.uk/2009/12/review-avatar.html