Well I heard it sucked.

/me goes to kill aforesaid informants.

I'm going to see it today too.

Even though It's probably going to be amazing, we all know it's not the TRUE Avatar film.

Aang, your time will come...

Hopefully I can go see it sometime within the next week. Dunno for sure though. I hope its as good as you peoples say it is

District 9 was amazing.  I will love Peter Jackson until the day I die.

I had no idea what that was, until I looked it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferngully

In a way, i suppose it is... I'd say Pocahontas is a better cartoon metaphor.

Its dances with wolves/The last samurai/A dozen other movies about the evils of imperialism, but with Aliens and crammed with gratuitous amounts of wonderment and wimsey (The forest glows inexplicably, poorly explained flying mountains) to try and distract you from that fact.

I'm baffled by the fact that it has been in the works for ten years... you'd think he could have come up with a better story in all that time.

Now sure, it looked good, but that doesn't make up for the rather bland story that drags it arse around until the final act, and the final act got bogged down in parts as well. The acting from most of the supporting cast was hammy except for the marine commander, the one saving grace of the film. Oh sure, he chewed scenery like no other, but it was a good kind of chew. Worthington's role probably wont (Shouldn't) win him any awards. They had stereotypes in droves as well, for example, every god-damned marine in the film was a mouthful of tobacco away from a beer hat. Because not having a painfully clear distinction between the good guys and the bad guys would confuse people...

Frankly, there are better sci-fi movies out there which you could probably find at your local video store for half the price of the movie ticket. District 9 (Is that out on DvD yet?), Blade runner (A must see), Alien (Cameron at his finest), hell the original star wars trilogy. All far better films both in setting and storyline.

But face it. You'll see this film. Most people will. It'll win awards. But in the end what do we have?

Did it break new ground in the genre? No. Once again, anesthetics don't make up for a contrived storyline.

Was the story memorable and gripping? If you haven't seen Dances with wolves, or the last samurai or the slew of movies like them, then still not really.

We've simply retreaded old ground and given it a flash new coat of paint...

Jager: It was the style of cinegraphics that distinguishes this film as well as the political context that surrounds it that will make it famous.

Funnily, that's almost exactly how I felt.

Not a fantastic story, but very, very pretty.

watched it...and totally worth going back to see it again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...

in conclusion i dont think i could see this movie enough...i was totally and completely captivated by it (once of course the headache subsided from trying to watch 3D (which was only 15 minutes anyways))

i dont know how anyone can say its like any other movie...it definitely is NOT like any movie i have ever seen..honestly i wish there was some kind of world out there like that...i would definitely rid myself of this body and be one of them in a heartbeat..thats how captivating this movie was to me

anyways just my opinion

Again, depends on your tolerance for nonsense and lack of subtlety.

What Rogueboy said.

Look, visually. I won't deny it. It was brilliant. I didn't even see it in 3d.
But seriously. I wanted to vomit at 40 min. And I think I spent 30 min somewhere of the movie in a giggle fit trying to surpress my laughter with my friends.

I mean, it was just waaay too sappy and romantic.
It was like Pearl Harbour and Titanic all in one but with blue-skinned aliens which could have been a bit more original and awesome graphics.

*shrugs*