[1776 Reborn]

“The artistry is beyond beautiful; it is stunning. This is the first movie that I can truly say takes true advantage of 3-D. The problems is, the story is utilitarian at best. There is 2 1/2 hours of cutting edge cinematography, and not one minute of cutting edge drama. As a science fiction movie, it achieves its goal; as a story telling vehicle, it falls just a little bit short.”

Ouch, 2 1/2 hours! Better take a 12 pack and a stadium cushion.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

A hybrid white/person of color appointed by the predominantly white capitalist society to infiltrate and reconcile the people of color to the ways of the larger society instead becomes an agent of change to bring down and destroy the predominantly white capitalist society.

Where have I seen this movie before?

Oh yes, it was the 2008 election.

[supremedoctrine]

MY PREDICTION IS: it will have a good, if slightly disappointing opening week, and tank from there , as the biggest disaster in Movie History, money- wise.
Extremely foolish to expect, in this economy, that people are going to rush to this kind of fantasy. AVATAR’S demise will run parallel with the tumbling fall of both Obama, and Tiger Woods. Good things come in threes.

[poobear]

“AVATAR
Get Rid of Human Beings Now!
AVATAR is a visually stunning, but slow, shallow and abhorrent, science fiction adventure pitting evil human capitalists against heroic, spiritually sensitive aliens on the planet Pandora, who worship a false diety and nature. Too graphically intense for children, AVATAR has an abhorrent New Age, pagan, anti-capitalist worldview that promotes goddess worship and the destruction of the human race. “

MovieGuide - Review gave it a -4.

[CharacterCounts]

Haven't read many reviews. Just enough to determine its core premise is anti-capitalism.

I do not pay to see anti-capitalist message movies.

[Secret Agent Man]

I will never watch this propaganda piece of sh1t from Cameron. It is so obvious what he’s done. Unobtainium. Invading for resources (oil, destroying rainforests).

Cameron you can go f@@@ yourself. So glad you decided not to become a US citizen.

[dr_lew]

Check the video clip with Sigourney Weaver at this Decatur Daily site. SW is trying to tell some guy about the sacred trees, and he responds, "What the hell have you people been smoking, they're just damn trees!" in a way that distinctly reminds me of Greg Gutfeld.

[The Toll]

I was considering going to see it tonight but when I checked the listings it appears that THE ROAD starts tonight!!!!!

Screw Avatar!!

[TChris]

Movie is 1) Monumentally expensive, 2) Overhyped to the MAX and 3) the very epitome of politically correct.

I'm guessing that someone is a bit worried over whether this thing will break even. They need to make all their money QUICKLY, before the buzz dies.

[catnipman]

I’ve grown to utterly detest CGI movies without an original story, without original, interesting characters, and without compelling dialog. You’ve seen one, you’ve seen ‘em all. You might as well be watching a video game.

I won’t even pay a buck at a Red Box to see this one. Give me a “Dexter”, “True Blood”, “Sopranos”, or “Deadwood” over any of the recycled Hollywood dreck being pumped out these days.

[Bean Counter]

We just got back from the first matinee showing, and this is one picture you will not want to miss on the big screen. To say that is is stunning does not do it justice. This is a shoe-in for Best Picture, and every single other technical award that it is nominated for.

Fantastic movie, simply the best I’ve seen in a long, long time...

[The Louiswu]

While I enjoyed most of the flim, I believe that Mr. Cameron's has not only shown us what millions of dollars worth of special effects can do, he has shown us what millions of dollars of special effects cannot do and that is give us a new, complete story, a story free of worn out cliche and sterotypes.

Good effort Mr. Cameron, but Avatar is no Titanic and if the only thing ground breaking about this film turns out to be pixels on a green screen, then in my humble opinion, that is not enough. about a m

[editor-surveyor]

Anti-capitalist tripe!

Let it dye.

[cerberus]

I saw Avatar this afternoon.

I was mildly to moderately disappointed. Personally I did not find it as visually original as I had hoped and, as many have pointed out, the story line is cliched and very left wing with anticapitalist, antimilitary, anti war on terror and pro man-caused climate change themes woven into the story line in various degrees.

The special effects were good, of course. (It is ironic that only free enterprise capitalism could have developed the technology that made this movie possible.) Like too many movies now days, this one tries to excel based on special effects alone and in the absence of a strong and original underlying story.

Titanic was one of the most emotionally powerful films that I have seen. Avatar, on the other hand left me unmoved.

That said, I don't regret having seen it.

[Firefigher NC]

“As a science fiction movie, it achieves its goal; as a story telling vehicle, it falls just a little bit short.”

Disagree. I enjoyed the storyline and thought Cameron did a real good job with this movie. The visual effects, especially in 3-D, were outstanding of course. This knee-jerk reaction about the movie being anti-capitalist, anti-American, anti-everything conservative is crap. It’s about human nature going unchecked by necessary checks and balances, picking on the innocent for the sake of personal gain. Never once did I think the movie was implying that captialism, the military, or America being bad. And I went to the movie expecting it to be just that, based on what I read on FR prior to seeing the movie. I was pleasantly surprised.

[DollyCali]

Like your site & loved the movie.. thanks

[Captain Peter Blood]

Well the preliminary opening numbers don't bode well for this being anywhere the hit this movie needs to even break even.
Avatar needs to gross about $800 to break even and the domestic gross so far is about $72 Million. Not a stellar opening for a picture with the Hype it has had.
Looks like Tax write-offs next year for Fox and Partners.

[spetznaz]

Watched it in Kenya ...going to watch it again. Wow! Totally different from what the many 'critics' on this thread (who trashed it without watching it) said. A great movie through and through. It is not anti capitalist (saying so would be like claiming Saddam was only being a capitalist wheb he invaded Kuwait!!!!). It is an amazing movie, and in the same way that the early patriots in the colonies fought against the British, so happens here. Oh wait ...those brave Americans were merely 'anti capitalist' when they stood up against the King's Dominion....right?

Bollocks.

It is a great movie, and an instant classic.