I’ve heard varying opinions about this movie from very conservative friends. Some loved it, some hated it. I guess it just depends on how you interpret it.
I think it looks stupid and don’t plan to waste my money.
When are we going to stop acting amazed at computer animation. This is nothing more than Buck Rogers in 2010....and the flamboyant comic books of my youth.
The two best movies I’ve seen recently could have been made with a camcorder and a budget of a few hundred dollars, i.e. Slumdog Millionaire, and Gran Torino. Hollywood must really hate that sort of thing.
The first time, the hokey, anti-capitalist storyline was disappointing and annoying.
However, I decided to look at it a different way. I thought of the "corporation" as liberal, environmental wackos trying to force themselves on the natives, and the Na'Vi trying to uphold their land from eminent domain.
Think of it this way; the bulldozers represent the government and the Na'Vi as the good people of Kelo, Conn.
Anyway, it worked for me, and it was great in 3-D.
If I am not mistaken the movie is doing better abroad than here in the US
I was actually giving some thought to seeing the movie or at least buying the disc until I read this. But it sounds like its simplistic beat to death Politically Corewrecked storyline would be a overwhelming annoyance.
I don’t give my money to be brain-washed by Hollywood. I was born there but that’s about it.
I'll never understand the torture people put themselves through.
Now excuse me, I'm going Ice Fishing.
Loved the animation, hated the story.
I figured this sequel wouldn’t be very good without Robin Williams reprising his role as “Batty”.
Underdog triumph is always more engaging. Do you expect a movie about a native population embracing an invasion by another planet because the alien earthlings are so “humanitarian”? To be fair, the movie pitted military vs. respectful cultural scientists, and the military had to irresponsibly attack because otherwise a fantastic battle scene could not occur.
>Even Stevie Wonder could see that coming.
hehe.
District 9 was worth a watch on DVD!!!
Perhaps we can can a sequel.
We can call it “Messiah”.
It will be about mysterious being that comes out of nowhere, won’t really tell anyone where he is from and gets most of the world to look for a worthless substance called hopeandchangium.
An intrepid tribe called Te’parti sees through his facade and tries to warn the rest of the world to no avail.
After some time, most of the world realizes it has been duped, becomes angry and are led to victory by a good looking hunter from the north named Pa’lin.
I want to see it in the theater just because, BUT...
...I plan on borrowing the 3D glasses of a friend who already paid to see it. Then I’ll go to the theater and buy a ticket to a movie I’d rather support and just go into Avatar instead.
I’ll wait for the BT version.
The first half was breathtakingly beautiful. Pandora is amazing. I saw it in 2D and would like to see about 30 or 40 minutes of the first in 3D someday.
It was cliched to the extreme if you want to nit pick. The greedy industrialist pawn guy that I thought the Aliens got in Aliens came back to life as a greedy capitalist pawn in this movie.
The colonel started out as a good old crusty tough guy stereotype but ended up wicked. The use of a handicapped hero who is therefore willing to take any form (see Captain Pike, Robocop, etal) ... okay, go there.
The weird and wonderful scary creatures (Lucas wished he’d thought of)) ... they started the whole romance because Our Hero annoyed them and they would have killed him but for the intervention of our heroine girl, who promptly despised him for causing innocent creatures to die. You knew right then this would be a big romance.
But these creatures disappear off Pandora, never to be seen again until the Final Battle, which reminded me of the awful final battle in Star Wars with the nasty little Ewoks taking arms.
I was very uncomfortable during the battle. Not sure why. For one thing, it went on forever and was boring. For another thing, even flying birds and really ugly big creatures could not logically defeat the arms the Bad Guys (us) possessed.
I resented the emphasis on using Marines as I couldn’t help thinking ‘those marines are saving your sorry butt, James, so you can make millions on this movie.
Very little was really explained ... why they couldn’t get the stuff peacefully, what efforts they had made, etc.
But, it is really beautiful and if you don’t think too much, you will enjoy it.
Too long, though.
Original subtitle: “Wall Street and Dick Cheney Kill the Smurfs”