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I saw it in "regular" 3D - (Spoilers)

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In Reply to: RE: My impressions (review)... posted by Audiophilander on December 21, 2009 at 00:23:45

The special effects were fantastic but I wasn't particularly happy with the plot and it's complete indictment of human nature. E.g. the natives apparently had no idea about the offensive capabilities of the humans so the "carrot and stick" approach had no chance of working.... what happened to the intimidation tactics ? the "natives" should have had far more "respect" for human military capabilities prior to the attack on the giant tree.

The "campaign" to attack the planet's "brain" was also less than convincing. Once the decision was made to wipe it out, it should have been done with standoff weapons; but than again, I guess you would not have had such a spectacular battle sequence without a little personal involvement.

A huge effort was made to make it look semi-plausible "technologically" but the "technical" holes still seemed a bit much (e.g. Anti-grav rocks in the sky ????).

I also have to wonder how it would work in 2D on Blu-ray ? I imagine it'll be a while before I have a 3-D capable display and player.....

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RE: I saw it in "regular" 3D - (Spoilers) - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 09:30:52 12/23/09 (2)
Because the whole experience was so spectacular - I might even go to see it again at the iMax - I wouldn't like to start picking holes in the plot as it would be possible to do this with virtually every film ever made.

That being said, the one glaring illogical aspect of the film was that the main avatar was a trained marine, and whereas you would have expected the natives to attack the humans with bows and arrows, you would also have expected a marine to have devised another strategy based on his knowledeg of the weaponry and perhaps some weaknesses, as obviously, bows and arrows against guns/machines is futile.

When he led the natives into a slaughter I did kind of think he must have left his brain in his real body.

Today is a gift - that's why it's called the Present.

Best Regards,
Chris Redmond.
- agree with you... - tunenut 13:09:17 12/23/09 (0)
  The experience was spectacular- plot be damned. Really. It's like the blues. Same three chords. Execution is what matters. So if this plot was similar to any number of others, if the dialogue was clunky, that's not the point. The point was to get lost in a visionary world. The execution was incredibly successful. I will probably see it again on IMAX 3D. The uniqueness of this movie is not the plot, nor is that what will be remembered.
- I'm going to give the IMAX a go but I'm going to wait for the crowds to die down first. - oscar 10:29:56 12/23/09 (0)
  except last time I tried to plan this; IMAX abruptly changed movies.

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