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**Aduro**

I went to the movie not for the story, but for it to be pretty, and it has to be By Far the most pretty movie I have Ever seen. And hey, while predictable, the story wasn't too bad either! I may end up seeing it in the theater again, which might be a first for me.

**smiling Assassin**

Don't not watch it in 3D. It's more of an experience, even with silly glasses - some parts are breath taking (namely with the ashes: if you've seen it, you'll know what I mean) and you can hear the whole theatre sigh.

sA

**mattyrm**

lol.

Yeah the colonel was bad ass. I was rooting for the humies at the end, that guy was fething awesome.

**ShumaGorath**

mattyrm wrote:lol.

Yeah the colonel was bad ass. I was rooting for the humies at the end, that guy was fething awesome.

Dude was a dick, but yeah. He was the most hardcore thing on a planet of superpredators.

**Cane**

If only the Colonel had an iron arm and chest like Straken. I imagine its only a matter of time before someone starts converting an excellent Avatar-themed IG force.

**Aduro**

Cane wrote:If only the Colonel had an iron arm and chest like Straken. I imagine its only a matter of time before someone starts converting an excellent Avatar-themed IG force.

You have no idea how tempted I am. The main problem I see is that I would want lots of Valkyries and Sentinels, and they share the same force org slot.

**Emperors Faithful**

Ahtman wrote:I just realized that the movie is just a really expensive IG vs Kroot battle report.

This.

+

Cane wrote:If only the Colonel had an iron arm and chest like Straken. I imagine its only a matter of time before someone starts converting an excellent Avatar-themed IG force.

This

= WIN

**Cane**

Yea that would be some great stuff. Imo the biggest hurdle would be greenstuffing a bunch of those facemasks however I suppose you could say they were on Earth instead of Pandora.

And in Avatar movie news; its clocking in @ $232.2 Million Weekend worldwide:

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/12/20/avatar-takes-flight-million-weekend/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fentertainment+%2528FOXNews.com+-+Entertainment%2529

**Emperors Faithful**

So it's still not living up to it's budget yet?

**chromedog**

I saw it today and loved it.

I'm not a fan of ALL-things Cameron (indeed, Pirahna 2 was crap and Titanic was not much better) - but it is the movie I have been looking forward to since I found out about it (around about the time of T2) and more since I read a copy of the screenplay 6 months ago.

I'll take the mrs along to see it next time.

**Aduro**

Cane wrote:Yea that would be some great stuff. Imo the biggest hurdle would be greenstuffing a bunch of those facemasks however I suppose you could say they were on Earth instead of Pandora.

Nah, that's what Pig Iron's for.

http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/hd7-heavy-infantry-closed-head-sprues-p-23.html

**generalgrog**

3 words.....

Best Movie Ever

GG

**RogueMarket**

1. you HAVE to watch it in 3d. Not watching it in 3d = fail.

2. Its only been 2-3 days since launch, bringing together 232$ mill or so, is really good.

East coast in the USA is hit with fat snow storms, and random stuff to prevent full potential.

Also - each showing around my area have been consistently 'sold' out.

-The movie is nearly 3 hours long. This means that less showings is possible, due to the time.
-The movie is mostly wanted to be seen in 3d/Imax.

There aren't as much 3d screens/imax as there is normal screens. Thus the ability and quantity of viewing the movie is not the same.

It'll pick up finely without problems.

Its a great movie.

**Aduro**

But because it's 3D the ticket prices are also higher.

**Kilkrazy**

£15 for the BFI Imax 3D at Waterloo.

**Ozymandias**

Emperors Faithful wrote:So it's still not living up to it's budget yet?

Dude, first weekend, that's still a pretty impressive number. Also, longer movies don't make as much because there are fewer showings of them.

I saw it Friday and I was pretty skeptical going in. Yeah the plot is pretty derivative but the spectacle of the movie was pretty astonishing and the action scene at the end made me want to recreate it in 40k soooooo bad. Plus, there were times I forgot that I was looking at 9 ft. tall blue people, much the same as I did while watching Gollum in LotR.

**Emperors Faithful**

There is obviously some confusion in regards to my comment. This is either the fualt of the interwebz, apeoples profound lack of humour or a mix of both. That remark was a joke.

**RogueMarket**

The medium, is the message.

Besides the simple storyline. heh

**Cryonicleech**

Ok, now this has been annoying me.

Does the girl find out he's human? Is he still even human? Or does he kinda keep things "under wraps"

**Emperors Faithful**

Spoiler:

**Albatross**

It cost me £9 (I'm a student) - and I must say, it's the best £9 I've ever spent.

I loved it - it MUST be seen on 3D IMAX, though. I liked the story - Ok, it was LITTLE formulaic, but Star Wars was basically just a western in space....no-one's going to spend $300 zillion on an 'art-film', are they?

**Kilkrazy**

Interestingly, original Star Wars was based on the Kurosawa samurai film Hidden Fortress.

Other westerns were based on samurai films, e.g. The Magnificent Seven (Seven Samurai) and A Fistful Of Dollars (Yojimbo.)

It shows that certain basic themes and plots are common to many genres. The costumes and scenery are just window dressing for a universal truth.

**Orkeosaurus**

Evil corporations are evil, and we should worship trees or else they'll hurt us.

**Ahtman**

Kilkrazy wrote:Interestingly, original Star Wars was based on the Kurosawa samurai film Hidden Fortress.

Other westerns were based on samurai films, e.g. The Magnificent Seven (Seven Samurai) and A Fistful Of Dollars (Yojimbo.)

It shows that certain basic themes and plots are common to many genres. The costumes and scenery are just window dressing for a universal truth.

The problem isn't that we repackage old stories, it is how the old story is repackaged. Star Wars told an old story in a way audiences hadn't really seen in some time, and for younger viewers the first time, in a way that was refreshing. It would seem that, for all it's technological wonder, this isn't coming off that way to many viewers even going by the comments here or by the critics. What is interesting in the number of times I've read that someone loved the special effects, thought everything else was so-so and then proclaimed it the best evar. Seems a bit contradictory. Even the critics have been doing it as well. They would write a paragraph about the effects then spend four thrashing the other elements then proceed to give a high score. That would seem to make it a decent movie but not a near perfect movie.

**RogueMarket**

Yeah the story was just predictable.

Oh well, it topped it off with some kick arse graphics.

Lets see the $$$ bank they are going to make now.
for taking the risk.

Crap ton.

**Ahtman**

RogueMarket wrote:Yeah the story was just predictable.

Oh well, it topped it off with some kick arse graphics.

Lets see the $$$ bank they are going to make now.
for taking the risk.

Crap ton.

Maybe, but I bet it's ratio is not nearly as pleasant as Paranormal Activity, which made almost 1000x's it's budget.

**Shaman**

As someone who gets sucked into many a film and forget that Im watching one I really enjoyed this movie. 3D was crazy never seen anything in 3D before.

Love it.

**Lint**

My gf called it "fern gulley on crack." I have to agree. But it was probably the most visually stunning movie I've ever seen. If you don't see it in 3D you're wasting your time.

**gretar**

All around 10/10

And you'r reading that from someone who saw it in 2D , im going to see the 3D v. tonight

God i love it ..

**Kilkrazy**

Merged other Avatar thread.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/270783.page#1202707