So I was watching tv and saw that it's getting put out again the 27th, complete with new scenes and whatnot.

So, anybody gonna go see it? I'm thinking my buddy and I'lll go see it.

MUST SEE.

Nah

I'm surprised with all the Twilight bashing around here we don't see more Avatar bashing going on :/ The story at the very least as thin as Twilight's if not much moreso. Honestly not trying to troll despite bringing up flammable material.

Because it's SF.

The man has a valid point. And to answer the original question, there's no way I'd pay to see it again. I might sit through it for free if I was really bored.

I loved the movie (surprise right?) but I could care less about a re release. Congrats and all but Im over it

I'm skipping this one, just as I skipped the theatre with the first. Like every 3D movie being released. directors seem to be running along the lines of "Lol 3D is are kewl an lotz of it are maeks gud moveez!"

Translation:

Story: copypasta/nil
Characters: Shallow, predictable (at best)
Acting: Junior High grade.
Effects (3D, CGI, and Conventional): Through the roof excellent.

Sorry, but unless it's a German film, 25% out of 100% isn't a pass. It isn't even a "Good effort, thanks for trying". Sadly, every 3D movie, since their popularity has resurged, has pretty much followed this 1/4 plan. Spend as little time and effort on the 3 important aspects of a film, so that more time can be spent polishing it's appearance, thus making your standard short-attention-span filmgoer so wowed by the movie's effects that they don't realise that they just got cheated out of $18.00 buying a ticket to a crummy flick, small drink, and small popcorn.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I'm surprised with all the Twilight bashing around here we don't see more Avatar bashing going on :/ The story at the very least as thin as Twilight's if not much moreso. Honestly not trying to troll despite bringing up flammable material.

I'm with you (to an extent) here Cannerus.
I had zero interest in seeing "Pocahontas in Space" in it's first release (even though it was "visually stunning") and have even less interest in seeing it in Re-release (with extra added CGI boombangpow!)
...Still not a Twilight fan though.

I could stomach the first twilight......but it got incredibly worse. The 2nd gave me acid reflux, Im not kidding, infact thinking about it now is causing a flare up. I cant wait to see what the 3rd installment does. Why cant modern movies be more like the Harry Potter movies? Seriously, they just get better and better.

That 25% type movie is the exact kind of movie I would rather see in a Theater and in 3D though. It the main purpose of the movie is to be super cool to look at, then I want to see it in it's greatest visual form. It's not as if the other 75% is Bad (syfy's got mega shark vs giant octopus on right now for that), they're just nothing Exceptional. Having already seen Avatar in a nice theater I wouldn't go to one again, though I am tempted to see about getting into the local IMAX for it.

KC, the real question is not "Why can't movies be better?", but rather "why did you watch the second Twilight, let alone the first?"

Seriously. No woman could make me do that. Not even the hottest piece of arse on this planet.


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Aduro wrote:That 25% type movie is the exact kind of movie I would rather see in a Theater and in 3D though. It the main purpose of the movie is to be super cool to look at, then I want to see it in it's greatest visual form. It's not as if the other 75% is Bad (syfy's got mega shark vs giant octopus on right now for that), they're just nothing Exceptional. Having already seen Avatar in a nice theater I wouldn't go to one again, though I am tempted to see about getting into the local IMAX for it.

Thing is, once the 3D is gone, you're left with a film that gets a 0/4. Or at least a .5/4 that's right, I just used a decimal in a fraction. Bugger off.

But seriously, by aiming for 25% out of a potential 100, filmmakers aren't seeing what happens when the film -leaves- theatres, and thus, 3D. Suddenly, The people that thought it was -alright- on the big screen have nothing good to say about the home version. I wonder why that is...

How was the second not tons better? There are vague semblances of acting The third is the best by far and the fourth/fifth will, I daresay, be really good since they got a horror direct for it.

The difference is, you have an excuse, playing for both teams and all

Metalifan - Im a married man mate. And my wife LOVES the books, and so LOVES the movies. Its a curse a married man has to take. Ill admit, Ive been looking in a mistress for some time

Cannerus - wait wait wait.....you LIKED the second one? Oh god.... seriously Im getting acid reflux from the damn movie! Im not even joking! STOP LAUGHING ITS NOT FUNNY YOU A HOLES!

KC, I'm living with my girl. It's close enough. She tried to drag me to see the second one, and I ignored the word-noises she made. Then I heard her make some threats about no hankey-pankey for a week and whatnot. I still continued to not care. She didn't hold true to her threats, and I didn't have to see a movie about a book written by an angsty, neglected, daydreaming teenage girl with (at best) a C- in 8th grade English.

I would consider that a victory for men everywhere.

I'll bash. That movie sucked. I was actively angered gby how suckie it was. Even four rum shots couldn't deaden the rage of what couold have been.

Frazzled wrote:I'll bash. That movie sucked. I was actively angered gby how suckie it was. Even four rum shots couldn't deaden the rage of what couold have been.

Finally someone who agrees wholeheartedly, I rented it once I had to turn it off. Nothing was ever explained, you were just to take it as eye candy. Everything else was shocking beyond my meagre comprehension.

The OC-D

I agree with this jpg.

+1 to Ktulhut's .jpg

Depends on what entails 'new scenes'. If it's an hour longer, I might possibly. Otherwise, I'll just read about it. It's obvious the producers are just greedy pigs who want to make more than a billion dollars...

It's only an extra 15 or 30 minutes IIRC

metallifan wrote:+1 to Ktulhut's .jpg

Agree.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I'm surprised with all the Twilight bashing around here we don't see more Avatar bashing going on :/ The story at the very least as thin as Twilight's if not much moreso. Honestly not trying to troll despite bringing up flammable material.

Hey hey hey, I put a lot of effort into my criticism of Avatar! It is without a doubt the worst dollar-to-quality ratio of any movie to ever exist.

I hope that the people who like Star Wars here and bash Avatar know that Star Wars is just Hidden Fortress In Spaaaace.

I'm going to go see it, I liked Avatar. It was a technological exhibition, and it succeeded imho.

@Orkeosaurus-Yes, but James Cameron couldn't give a rat's ass about your piece of gak opinion to be honest. He's laughing all the way to the bank as you complain and continue your miserable existence.

Hey, a can of worms... I wonder what I should do with it?

Vladsimpaler wrote:I hope that the people who like Star Wars here and bash Avatar know that Star Wars is just Hidden Fortress In Spaaaace.

Nope, I hate star wars too.

Aha, I opened it!

Vladsimpaler wrote:@Orkeosaurus-Yes, but James Cameron couldn't give a rat's ass about your piece of gak opinion to be honest. He's laughing all the way to the bank as you complain and continue your miserable existence.

He'll be laughing out the other side of his face once his motorcade drives past my book depository!

Orkeosaurus wrote:

Vladsimpaler wrote:@Orkeosaurus-Yes, but James Cameron couldn't give a rat's ass about your piece of gak opinion to be honest. He's laughing all the way to the bank as you complain and continue your miserable existence.

He'll be laughing out the other side of his face once his motorcade drives past my book depository!

I think a book -suppository- would be even worse.

Yikes.

That's plan B.

I think that would be one of those things you would need to film, and then post up on youtube. I mean, yea - seeing someone get a book up the corn chute would be terrifying. And yet, it's one of those things you just have to witness before you kick the bucket.

metallifan wrote:

Orkeosaurus wrote:

Vladsimpaler wrote:@Orkeosaurus-Yes, but James Cameron couldn't give a rat's ass about your piece of gak opinion to be honest. He's laughing all the way to the bank as you complain and continue your miserable existence.

He'll be laughing out the other side of his face once his motorcade drives past my book depository!

I think a book -suppository- would be even worse.

Yikes.

Orkeosaurus wrote:That's plan B.

Hmmm, youll need some kind of rokkit launcha that shoots books, to make sure the books will go in the rectum, weather they fit or not



Metallifan - ok to answer back, shes your G/F. Thats not a wife. Trust me, they are different lol

Rokkit Launcha?

KC, I'm disappointed. Real men discard tech in favor of "putting more mustard into it".

I suppose that would provide some lubrication.

I was using "Mustard" as a measure of force, but that works too I suppose...

Ramming James Cameron's bung with mustard covered books... You know you're on Dakka when...

Man, what is with all the Avatar haters? yeah it is pocahantas in space, but it's still fething epic!

That JPG was hilarious.

I wonder if Disney will sue James for this fething rip-off..

Epic? Only if you're easily distracted by flashy special effects, don't mind a complete and utter lack of creativity and acting skill, and are okay with a rehashed story that doesn't make any efforts to break away from it's source material in any way, and yet gets marketed as the greatest thing that ever happened to cinema.

metallifan wrote:Epic? Only if you're easily distracted by flashy special effects, don't mind a complete and utter lack of creativity and acting skill, and are okay with a rehashed story that doesn't make any efforts to break away from it's source material in any way, and yet gets marketed as the greatest thing that ever happened to cinema.

You say that as if it isn't the greatest thing ever to happen to cinema. . .

An admirable attempt, but sadly...

metallifan wrote:An admirable attempt, but sadly...

But because you used Tom as your conduit, you still fail. He never "sees what you did there"... Have you ever WATCHED that show?

Indeed, back in my mid teen years, I used to spend my weekends getting stoned and watching cartoons.

You might think that sounds like a waste of a day, but it isn't. It really, reeeeeally isn't.

metallifan wrote:An admirable attempt, but sadly...

but sadly, you didn't see quite everything. . .

rubiksnoob wrote:Man, what is with all the Avatar haters? yeah it is pocahantas in space, but it's still fething epic!

I'm gonna take the minority side and join up with rubiksnoob. The finale (the huge war between the Na'vi and Pandora's wildlife vs. the humans) was absolutely epic. I, for one, am planning to go see it again, and in 3D this time.

One of my issues with it is that there's literally nothing new in it. You could get the same experience playing AvP2, Unreal 2 or any of the Halo games...

Ktulhut wrote:One of my issues with it is that there's literally nothing new in it. You could get the same experience playing AvP2, Unreal 2 or any of the Halo games...

The environment and creatures are visually captivating, but lack even a shred of originality.

Comprende?

How to Train Your Dragon was way better.

Frazzled wrote:How to Train Your Dragon was way better.

QFT, Frazzled. QFT.

Frazzled wrote:How to Train Your Dragon was way better.

Blasphemy of the highest degree, filthy heretic!

Fan rage. FAN RAGE!

They were both crappy

Avatar looked good, but that's it.

So instead of just throwing it on a DVD like most companies do they're just going to show it at the inflated 3D ticket prices? Nice milking going on there

I watched this movie in theaters then never really thought about it again.

I love that there are so many fanboys and nerd ragers out there for it.

I don't think a lot of people are raging over avatar itself, but rather the complete gutter-trash, half-cooked crap quality standard that every one of these new age 3D movies seem to be in favour of

And KC, a wedding ring isn't going to change me. I've been like this for 21 years. I have zero intention of reforming. And damn the consequences!

Wait, is Avatar already starting to lose funding?

That was kind of the red flag I got when I heard about this. Or the producers just want MORE money.

It's James Cameron. It's about more money (Isn't it always?)

Everyone seen this I take it? http://www.therudenews.com/archives/6790



And the creator gets murdered. Looks really suspicious...

Most things have already been said as far as what I think, In which case I hate Avatar and since that other horrible film was mentioned as well, I hate Twilight.
As some of already said, These are perfect examples of how if it makes money it doesn't matter if there is no plot,writing effort, and so on...as far as big box office movies that is..

Here might be something interesting for anyone in this thread about Avatar, A review that I believe everyone should watch -

http://www.redlettermedia.com/ ( for those who can't view youtube for whatever reason )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJarz7BYnHA

It's pretty entertaining on LSD, but that's about the only accolade I can give it. Then again, just about everything is pretty entertaining on LSD, as long as it generally doesn't require much complex thought to process it (See what I did there?).

This, however, is way too far. The media's already been forcing it down everyone's throats as if it was one of the greatest movies ever made, when the only thing genuinely good about it was the tech used to create it. I can understand re-releases when there's a sequel or some sort of follow-up, but other than that, anyone who genuinely thinks that's a good idea can feth off.

I concider my self a lover of most things sci-fi and what not but Avatar was more like Dances with Wolves than Pocahontas (ie just as long where nothing really happens then its over in a blink of an eye).

Avatar (or Dances with Smurfs), well...it left me just shruging saying "Meh" when it was finished.

Now don't get me wrong it was a very pretty flim but that was all it was, a cash orgy for those that rate grafics above story (the abomination that is "Nue" Star Trek also falls into this naff box).

Plus if I had just been kicked of that planet I would have nuked it from orbit, or burnt the atmosphier off with mass carpet bombing with said nukes.
I meen who wouldn't of done that, whom amogst us wouldn't give the order?
I know dam well I would. Personaly I would have done it at the begining of the flim as soon as the transport ship had atained parking orbit, it would have over in like 2 min

I like Sci-Fi, but Avatar was just boring. From the moment I saw the first commercial and the tagline was "THE MOST EXPENSIVE MOVIE EVER MAAAAAAAAADE!" I just knew there was something wrong.

Guys, you are late to the Avatar hating party. I was hating Avatar before it was ever released. Just on the basis of the trailer I pegged it as Pocahontas in Space, and I decided to hate it as a reaction to the vastly over-egged hype around the movie.

That said, I watched it and I enjoyed it. The SFX are brilliant, of course, it has some solid performances, especially from blue-skin space elf girl and Sigourney Weaver. It's not a waste of money, it's just not the rocket ride to the moon we were promised.

It's a solid three stars out of five on the Kilkrazy scale of movie criticism.

I really enjoyed Avatar. It was sex for my eyes. I literally orgasmed from my eyeballs.

A friend saw it and asked "Dude, are you crying?"
"No I jus.... yeah. I'm crying manly tears for that Marine commander."

Col. Quaritch was the best thing about that movie. Too bad he won't be there when humans conquer the planet in the sequel.

All you haters are LAAAAAMMMMMMEEEEEEE. I'm totally painting myself blue when i go see it on Friday.

I saw it in 3D the first time it was released and now my GF wants to see it in 3D for the first time. I hope they dont charge full price for an old movie. :-(

They will.

Kilkrazy wrote:Guys, you are late to the Avatar hating party. I was hating Avatar before it was ever released. Just on the basis of the trailer I pegged it as Pocahontas in Space, and I decided to hate it as a reaction to the vastly over-egged hype around the movie.

That said, I watched it and I enjoyed it. The SFX are brilliant, of course, it has some solid performances, especially from blue-skin space elf girl and Sigourney Weaver. It's not a waste of money, it's just not the rocket ride to the moon we were promised.

This. I've seen plenty of gak movies, and plenty of average movies. And not complained. It was the advertising campaign that made me automatically sceptical of the movie. And my scepticism was correct.

Saw it on normal dvd on a mid line tv. Not that great a movie, really.

Kilkrazy wrote:Guys, you are late to the Avatar hating party. I was hating Avatar before it was ever released. Just on the basis of the trailer I pegged it as Pocahontas in Space, and I decided to hate it as a reaction to the vastly over-egged hype around the movie.

That said, I watched it and I enjoyed it. The SFX are brilliant, of course, it has some solid performances, especially from blue-skin space elf girl and Sigourney Weaver. It's not a waste of money, it's just not the rocket ride to the moon we were promised.

It's a solid three stars out of five on the Kilkrazy scale of movie criticism.

This. I insisted on never watching it until a couple weeks ago. It was as stupid as I thought it would be

Speaking of "never seeing certain movies", I have never, and will never, see Titanic. What is it about all James Cameron's "Epic" movies that turns me off so much? Terminator was the business. Why couldn't he just keep going like that?

You're not missing much with Titanic. The chick's rack wasn't that great, and about the only part that entertained me was when everyone started jumping off the ship and nailing the prop blades on their way down.

Other than that, biggest waste of time.

Ever.

Yeah, that movie need more racks...

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:So I was watching tv and saw that it's getting put out again the 27th, complete with new scenes and whatnot.

Presumably, this is the Academy Awards edition?

I never saw it in the initial release, so maybe I'll try to catch it now.


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Frazzled wrote:How to Train Your Dragon was way better.

I approve of HtTyD!

30 minutes.
They put three scenes back in (out of around 11).

I'd rather have seen the shithole that Earth is supposed to be and Jake wailing on the guy in the bar (who slapped a woman) than the lengthened hanky-panky scene, tbh.

That's the other thing I don't like about avatar. The furries. It's like their new softcore-porno-bible.

so, around 9 months, IIRC after it hit theatres, they are basically going to play the DVD in theaters? I mean, it's the movie with some deleted scenes? sounds like DVD/ bluray to me. Can someone give a link to the source?

micahaphone wrote:Can someone give a link to the source?

Here

Ktulhut wrote:

micahaphone wrote:Can someone give a link to the source?

Here

haha, very funny. I'm asking about some type of press release that actually says "Avatar is coming back to Theaters".

I don't watch too much TV, and the ads that get talked about on the net never seem to be on air in my neck of the woods.

rubiksnoob wrote:

Frazzled wrote:How to Train Your Dragon was way better.

Blasphemy of the highest degree, filthy heretic!

My dragon will kick you blue boy's ass!

The scenes AREN'T ON the dvd or blu-ray.

Hell, the br disc doesn't even include a 3d print.

IMHO, Avatar is worth seeing in the cinema, in 3D. I don't have any great desire to watch it again, but it was thoroughly enjoyable the first time I saw it.

On that note, I haven't seen it again.

I know it's cool to be a hater, but I don't see why the same people have to keep talking the same crap in this thread. It wouldn't have even gotten past the first page yet if 2/3 of this wasn't...

Haters gotta hate.

metallifan wrote: Thing is, once the 3D is gone, you're left with a film that gets a 0/4. Or at least a .5/4 that's right, I just used a decimal in a fraction. Bugger off.

1/8th, BEOOTCH

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:I really enjoyed Avatar. It was sex for my eyes. I literally orgasmed from my eyeballs.

A friend saw it and asked "Dude, are you crying?"
"No I jus.... yeah. I'm crying manly tears for that Marine commander."

That dude was a serious hard ass wasnt he? Sheesh, watching that guy made me instinctively puff out my chest incase my wife looked at me in sad, lonely disgust! Thanks super-commander-man, for making me look like a damn sissy.

JDM wrote:

metallifan wrote: Thing is, once the 3D is gone, you're left with a film that gets a 0/4. Or at least a .5/4 that's right, I just used a decimal in a fraction. Bugger off.

1/8th, BEOOTCH

F*** Your 1/8th! And F*** Your couch!

I'm sticking with my "decimal in a fraction" math trolling!

KingCracker wrote:

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:I really enjoyed Avatar. It was sex for my eyes. I literally orgasmed from my eyeballs.

A friend saw it and asked "Dude, are you crying?"
"No I jus.... yeah. I'm crying manly tears for that Marine commander."

That dude was a serious hard ass wasnt he? Sheesh, watching that guy made me instinctively puff out my chest incase my wife looked at me in sad, lonely disgust! Thanks super-commander-man, for making me look like a damn sissy.

I saw it with a bunch of girls I was in a club with the first time. I literally saw my chances fall each scene that guy was in.
So I feel you brother.

Meh. It's still Ferngully in space, and Cameron is still a prick.

Frazzled wrote:

rubiksnoob wrote:

Frazzled wrote:How to Train Your Dragon was way better.

Blasphemy of the highest degree, filthy heretic!

My dragon will kick you blue boy's ass!

VS

If they add on the last 15 minutes of the movie where the next ship arrives and nukes the gak out of the kitties from orbit I'm so there.

Tyyr wrote:If they add on the last 15 minutes of the movie where the next ship arrives and nukes the gak out of the kitties from orbit I'm so there.

rubiksnoob wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

Frazzled wrote:How to Train Your Dragon was way better.

My dragon will kick you blue boy's ass!

VS

It's a Night Fury - the blue cat will never see it coming...

Barrage weapon plus stealthy flight at night = Dead smurf!

muahahah!

@rubiksnoob: WTH was that physically malformed dark coloured thing?

[ I didn't want to use the words "r******d" or "b***k" in case anyone reported me for villifying either.]

That would be the "dragon" that Frazzled has championed as superior to the Leonopteryx. It really is quite sad when they reach the age where their mind starts to go.

That malformed dark colored thing attacks at night where it can't be seen and pops plasma bombs as it strafes you at high speed.

If Creed had a pet, this would be it.
C--R--E--E--DDDDD!!!!

Will new Avatar fix plothole?