Avatar - see it in regular or 3D?

[Sadie]

We saw it in 3DImax and loved it! Great movie I thought!

[snapdragen]

I guess I'm in the minority.....it was OK, saw it in Real 3D, and have the headache to prove it. It was a very pretty film, without much of an original story. But then, maybe there aren't any original stories out there anymore?

[salsabike]

I think it was meant to be an archetypal story, a common legend/theme sort of thing. Although as a long time sci fi weenie, I think there ARE still original stories out there. This just wasn't intended to be one of them.

[maillotpois]

It was Pocahontas with better special effects and without all the singing.

[crazycanuck]

My dear saw it the other day in 3D and mentioned it was just another hollywood film and ok...

I want to see a heap of foreign films : The White Ribbon, Peaceful Times, Five Munutes of heaven, Amreeka, Max Manus

[lph]

I want to see a heap of foreign films : (...) Max Manus

Good Lord! So people outside of Norway do actually notice Norwegian films from time to time! Cool, I always thought it was just the journalists wanting it to be so...

Max Manus is good as a realistic portrayal of a war "hero", also the negative sides. It's also very good on 40's atmosphere. It's pretty tightly connected to Norways experience of the war, som it might be a bit too insiderish for others. Even though I don't like Aksel Hennie much (he's in every other NOrwegian movie and I'm a bit sick of those souldful eyes...) this is one of his better roles.

[crazycanuck]

Cool LPH! It won't screen @ at the Film Fest til March but will throw my thoughts out once seen

[7rider]

It was Pocahontas with better special effects and without all the singing.

Okay....always a day late and a dollar short. Story of my life.

But DH and I just had what could pass as a date night.....dinner and a movie.
We intended to see Avatar in IMAX, but every showing today, except the one at 10:30 this evening, was sold out. So "regular" 3D it was.
I've never seen Pocahontas, but while watching this, all I could think was "OMG...It's "Dances With Wolves" set in the future...not the past."
Think: Wounded soldier, sent to a remote outpost. Sent in among the natives. Learns their ways. Falls in love. Pitched battle against what he used to value.

[Mr. Bloom]

Wow 7! You're right! I too never saw Pocahontas...

[eclectic]

7 I am a day late and a dollar short on this too

I saw 3-D in regular theater would LOVE to see it IMAX.

Our glasses were packaged and we didn't turn them in unless we wanted too (good halloween costume glasses)

They worked fine over my prescription glasses

Re the movie itself - I loved the special effects of the world of Pandora.
Story line I found trite and predictable but I didn't care.
Character development - redundant and stereo-typical but I didn't care about that either
Fighting machines reminded me of Waterworld and Transformers but I didn't care about that either

Overall I LOVED the movie in spite of it's weakness's because the scenes were very well shot, the creatures and plants very interesting and the movie was timed very well. It was a great way to get lost into fantasy for 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Would I go again? YES but I want to see it at an IMAX!

DVD just wouldn't cut it.