I thought that Avatar was pretty mediocre.

[Cant trust em]

Looked cool, but the plot was totally predictable.

[proteus_lives]

1. Ditto.

It was Dances with Wolves/Ferngully in space.

I don't get the hype.

[rurallib]

2. A well worn story for sure, but the packaging was so good

and the story was fairly tight.
Geez, most movies and TV shows and plays are variations on a well worn theme. But it is how it is presented.
Avatar was well presented.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. tight ? I could have eaisly cut it 20 -30 minutes. I thought it dragged

horribly in places. The beginning was slow and a lot of it was unnecessary. The end went on forever and the story never ends. The toys suck too. meh.

[rcrush]

3. If it wasnt for the 3D and cgi boobs I dont think it would be a big hit.

[JTG of the PRB]

4. "Clever things make people feel stupid, and unexpected things make people feel scared."

-Philip J. Fry

I'll definitely admit that the plot was beyond predictable and that it's been used countless times, but I think it's all in the presentation in this case. I was certainly awestruck as I saw the effects. But, then again, I'm a sucker for pretty sci-fi movies. :)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. I suspect that it's one of those films...

a lot of people are going to be embarrassed that they liked it in a few years time.

[iris27]

7. yeah, "meh" pretty much summed up my

reaction,

[crim son]

8. What did you think of the movie "Crash"?

I want to see Avatar but the reviews are so mixed.

[Cant trust em]

9. I didn't see it. Everyone I know who saw it said it was lame.

Avatar is probably worth seeing solely for the visuals. That would be worth $15.

[crim son]

11. Fifteen bucks?

Hmmmm, I just discovered one advantage of living in Bangor.

I loved "Crash"! It's interesting, everybody's various reactions to the same thing. :)

[Cant trust em]

12. IMAX 3D usually costs a little more.

[cbdo2007]

10. Agree about the plot but still thought the rest of the movie made up for it.

I mean...come on, it IS a James Cameron movie so I didn't expect much as far as plot and script.

I went in there expecting a good follow up to Alien, Terminator 2, Titanic, True Lies, The Abyss - and I got exactly what I was looking for, in IMAX 3D!!!

I thought it was great.