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Ok I saw Avatar today and it was awesome.
Let me break it down for you in Starcraft terms.
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A Terran marine mind controls a hallucinated Navi (toss-like ninja cat people) to infiltrate their jungle-world. During his stay with the Navi (hey listen!) he learns how to pilot kakaru and gets it on with some alien tail. Unfortunately, the Terrans require more minerals and make well-microed goliath drops on the Navi main. Our marine dude changes allies in-game to defend the Navi Overmind against a cheesy battlecruiser rush - also his chick gets a new bengalaas ride after her kakuru gets pwned. His commanding officer is pissed he backstabbed in-game and seeks revenge - it takes about 100 kakarus, missiles, a bengalass, 1 chaingun, 2 arrows, and a lot of punches to kill this mofo. Another mind control (aided by the Overmind) and the marine dude gets his team switch legit. This blows for the Terrans that have to go home with no minerals.
Sigourney Weaver dies trying to become an alien.
But seriously, this movie is beautiful - the hundreds of millions of dollars poured into this film are translated into ~160 minutes of visual ecstasy.
The story isn't uncommon (think Little Big Man, Dances with Wolves, or even Disney's Pocahontas), but richly developed (did I mention it is ~160 minutes in theatrical release?). The action sequences are first-rate in animation quality. You will be overwhelmingly surprised at the level of detail worked into every scene.
The acting is fair considering the majority of the film is completely or hybrid animated. This hybrid begins as a quirky juxtaposition of humans and CG, but the seams quickly disappear as the movie progresses.
If you see one movie this year...
And see it in 3D if you can - WOW.
 
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i would of included the ultralisks overrunning goliaths too in the story. The movie may not have a good plot but it has solid graphics. Def worth watching twice...
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Canada5565 Posts
yeah it was well worth the time and money
the first half was way better than the 2nd imo...they screwed up the 'religion' of the Navi and threw in some questionable plot devices
but overall, very entertaining
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On December 27 2009 16:20 Icysoul wrote:
i would of included the ultralisks overrunning goliaths too in the story. The movie may not have a good plot but it has solid graphics. Def worth watching twice...
Those were actually rhinadon...
Oh and there was one scantid.
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You can't mind control a hallucinated unit, it will just disappear.
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We have an Avatar thread in General 
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Very well written. I lolled at the " hey listen" part.
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I'm seriously not going to watch a movie that has no plot just because it's pretty.
Though "hey listen" is tempting. Does she actually say that in the movie?
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This movie's most significant effect on me: I'm not sure I want to play Terran in StarCraft anymore.
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On December 27 2009 17:01 Loser777 wrote:
This movie's most significant effect on me: I'm not sure I want to play Terran in StarCraft anymore.
lol the zerg aren't exactly like the navi...i think it's kind of like the zerg evolution, with protoss bodies
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On December 27 2009 16:56 CaptainPlatypus wrote:
I'm seriously not going to watch a movie that has no plot just because it's pretty.
Though "hey listen" is tempting. Does she actually say that in the movie?
Would you have sex with a 10/10 if she was stupid? I would, because I'm not screwing her brain.
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On December 27 2009 17:22 ShaperofDreams wrote:Show nested quote +On December 27 2009 16:56 CaptainPlatypus wrote:
I'm seriously not going to watch a movie that has no plot just because it's pretty.
Though "hey listen" is tempting. Does she actually say that in the movie? Would you have sex with a 10/10 if she was stupid? I would, because I'm not screwing her brain.
You're not getting anally raped on ticket prices by this 10/10 either. Waitholdon, did you compare sexual euphoria to pretty pictures with a straight face?
I read some post somewhere that some guy watched this baked out of mind and in 3D and it was incredible and after watching in 2D sober I think that guy was right.
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I watched this movie in 2D first, was amazing.
Watched it again in 3d a couple of hours ago but had REALLY bad seats. The theatre (Not Imax) was packed and we had to go at the front on the sides and it was really more like 2.5D.
Still a really cool movie, second time around you pay way more attention to the little things... for example I could not stop laughing at how bad ass the Colonel was this time. I loved when he simply nods his head to the marine bringing him his oxygen mask after he's done firing 50 rounds without breathing. And when his shoulder is on fire and he's all like "Fuck this fire I got blue aliens to kill."
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On December 27 2009 17:34 Chrispy wrote:
I watched this movie in 2D first, was amazing.
Watched it again in 3d a couple of hours ago but had REALLY bad seats. The theatre (Not Imax) was packed and we had to go at the front on the sides and it was really more like 2.5D.
Still a really cool movie, second time around you pay way more attention to the little things... for example I could not stop laughing at how bad ass the Colonel was this time. I loved when he simply nods his head to the marine bringing him his oxygen mask after he's done firing 50 rounds without breathing. And when his shoulder is on fire and he's all like "Fuck this fire I got blue aliens to kill."
Don't say that too loud or else the general thread will tear you apart for liking a 1D character 
Speaking about the small things, I thought it was really cool that they were good about keeping Jack's hair from suddenly changing length. Also were they supposed to be on one of Jupiter's moons or something? There were a few shots with a gigantic storm eye on the planet.
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You forgot the Ultralisks and lings that eventually helped them when they just got pwned 1a2a3a4a by the Terran guys.
5/5
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On December 27 2009 16:15 mmp wrote:
Navi (hey listen!)
I KNEW I heard the word Navi before! thanks.. it was bugging me
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The best part of the movie is the random soldier who kept yelling "GET SOME"
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On December 27 2009 17:01 Loser777 wrote:
This movie's most significant effect on me: I'm not sure I want to play Terran in StarCraft anymore.
If you were a true Terran you would realize that you don't use nukes as often as you should...
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yeah! avatar is good esp. if you watched it on 3d.
lol... i also find the similarities of SC and avatar. jake sully is like the male version of sarah kerrigan, he's an infested terran haha
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I fucking loved this movie. I hate the people who say they won't watch it because the story is too formulaic, can't stand them. Yes it is, but really, what story isn't these days? Pretty much every story has influence from Shakespeare anyway. The execution is well done and the whole world of Pandora is fucking fantastic. This movie is more of an experience than anything.
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On December 27 2009 16:56 CaptainPlatypus wrote:
I'm seriously not going to watch a movie that has no plot just because it's pretty.
Though "hey listen" is tempting. Does she actually say that in the movie?
You're only depriving yourself if you do that. Treat this movie like getting the perfect view for a beautiful sunset - just because you know what's going to happen doesn't mean it's not an amazing experience. You don't have to turn off your brain, just don't go out of your way to deprive yourself of a truly enjoyable experience.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
lol i liked the sc terms version haha
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This movie in 3d+marijuana was mind blowing. I've never had such an immersive movie experience in my life. You find yourself not caring about how formulaic and stupid the story is. Also i don't really care that much about the story considering movies suck anyways.
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i didn't like it at all. who goes to movies to see silly looking animated characters anyways..
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when reading the TL threads on Avatar it seems as if i'm nearly the only person who actually enjoyed the plot and how immersed i was in the movie TT
ah well.
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On December 28 2009 01:14 Piste wrote:
i didn't like it at all. who goes to movies to see silly looking animated characters anyways..
Starwars fans
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The weird thing is I had all these same thoughts when I was watching the movie. + Show Spoiler +After the Navi won at the end I turn to my gamer friend and say, "night elves are so imba."
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On December 28 2009 02:57 b3h47pte wrote:
when reading the TL threads on Avatar it seems as if i'm nearly the only person who actually enjoyed the plot and how immersed i was in the movie TT
ah well.
Nah, I loved it the same way. I was completely immersed in Pandora and really wished there was a planet like it. I love the whole idea of a collected connectivity and a completely tranquil, natural world.
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