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1. 
   estebangonzalez10 from Ecuador
   

   May 18, 2012

   Pocahontas in Space

   ¨They've sent us a message…that they can take whatever they want.
   Well we will send them a message. That this…this is our land¨ James
   Cameron's Avatar is a film that took 15 years in the making. It was a
   project that was really close to Cameron and he waited for the right
   time to be able to release this movie. He payed close attention to
   every detail and perfected the way we see movies in 3D. The effort was
   not cheap as this film is reported to be the most expensive movie ever
   made. Avatar will mark a before and after in film history for special
   effects and 3D. All the critics agree that this film is visually
   stunning and there is no doubt it will win several awards for special
   effects and art direction. I don't think it will win as much awards as
   Titanic (Cameron's last film) did or even match it's record breaking
   box office, but it will be remembered for all the technical and visual
   breakthroughs. One thing is for sure, it will not win any acting
   awards. James Cameron has proved in Hollywood that he is a great
   director and that he is on par with Spielberg when it comes to special
   effects. He has directed several blockbuster movies such as Aliens,
   Terminator, Titanic, and now Avatar is becoming a hit worldwide.
   Visually speaking this movie deserves ten stars, but the story is not
   up to par with the visuals. Moviegoers who enjoy great special effects
   and visuals will be blown away by this movie, but fans who enjoy good
   storytelling and writing will leave unimpressed by Cameron's effort. I
   am more into the storytelling so for me this movie dragged for long
   periods of times and the plot was very predictable. I felt like I was
   at an art museum looking at all these famous masterpieces, but I wasn't
   entertained throughout the two and a half hours. I felt good about the
   visuals and they were truly remarkable, but I didn't walk out of the
   theater impressed. I remember when Spielberg's Jurrasic Park came out
   and that experience was much more breathtaking than this one. I guess I
   wasn't blown away by Avatar and I would find it difficult to sit
   through two and a half hours to watch this movie again.

   As far as the story goes, Avatar takes place in the future (2154 to be
   exact) in a planet named Pandora. Pandora has a rich and extensive
   fauna and the natives that inhabit it (known as the Na'vis) are very
   connected to this nature and even worship the mother tree as their god.
   Humans have set a military base in the planet because it is rich in a
   new type of mineral or chemical element, a gray rock which happens to
   sell for 200 million a kilo. This mineral happens to be under the
   surface where the Na'vis live so a group of scientists have tried to
   fit in with the natives by creating avatars which are alien bodies
   controlled through human minds (an approach we have seen before similar
   to The Matrix or Surrogates). These avatars are controlled by Dr. Grace
   Augustine (Sigourney Weaver who has already worked with Cameron in
   Aliens), Jake Sully (Sam Worthington, the Australian actor who starred
   in this year's Terminator film), and Norm Spellman (Joel Moore who is
   known for his comedic role in Dodgeball). Jake Sully, a paraplegic ex
   marine, is accepted by the tribe and begins to learn from their culture
   thanks in most part to the beautiful Neytiri (Zoe Saldana who had a
   role in this year's Star Trek) the tribe chief's daughter who teaches
   him how to connect with the environment and all he needs to know in
   order to survive in the jungle's of Pandora. Jake begins to have mixed
   feelings towards the natives and towards his commanders, Col. Miles
   Quaritch (Stephen Lang, Public Enemies) who has promised to give him
   the money for the spinal surgery for the exchange of information, and
   Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi) the greedy corporate boss in charge
   of the mission. From this point on one cannot help but compare the plot
   to Pocahontas. It is just an alien version of the New World. Avatar
   becomes very predictable and we know what is going to happen, but fans
   are not into this for the plot, the audience is here for the visual
   spectacle.

   The film might be disappointing plot wise, but the special effects make
   up for it. As I said before, those film buffs that are into movies for
   the storytelling will probably be a little unhappy with Avatar like I
   was, but those who are into the visuals and special effects will leave
   this film with a huge smile on their faces. There is no doubt James
   Cameron has spent the money wisely and created an entire new world with
   a beautiful scenery and some cool creatures. The first hour and a half
   dragged a little, but once we get to the last hour with the battle
   scenes the movie really picks up. The final battle is one of the
   greatest action sequences in film on par with the Star Wars saga, or
   The Lord of The Ring franchise, or even the Matrix trilogy. However,
   Avatar took a little too long to get to this point as it had to
   introduce us to this new planet. Don't get me wrong, Avatar is a good
   movie, but I think there are other films that are much better than this
   one to be considered in my top 10 list of 2009. I was a little
   disappointed because all of the hype this movie was receiving.

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2. 
   stevie-parmentier from Belgium
   

   May 18, 2012

   Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay overrated …

   Avatar is a movie you can describe in a short list: – pretty – terribly
   old and dated story – leaning too heavily on technology – predictable

   I can see this movie enthralling 8 year olds since the story is
   probably still cool to them but to for me? It was so painfully
   predictable, it became annoying to watch. Sure, there's quite a few
   great movies with predictable plots but Avatar's ONLY other strong
   point is the 3D and, frankly, colourful plants and stuff stopped being
   fascinating to me since I was 12.

   Being a gamer, I've seen far more interesting digital worlds. For all
   the effort put into it, it came across as a fake cartoon world instead
   of a real threatening one. Making everything look as if it jumped out
   of a Pixar movie doesn't help either.

   In the end, it's a gimmicky movie with nice 3D, a terrible story and
   mediocre acting. 8+/10 people? Did you see the same movie I did?

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3. 
   Sebastian Leoni from Venezuela
   

   May 18, 2012

   Top 250… not

   *** This review may contain spoilers ***

   The true reason why this movie got such high rating and its place in
   the top 250 is because of the special effects… somehow people got
   really exited with the picture detail. But the truth is that the movie
   itself isn't actually any close to a masterpiece… or awesome. A
   "Visual masterpiece" – Why not?- but that's it. Nothing more than that.

   So,

   Visual effects: 10 Sound effects: 10 Storyline/originality: 3 Blu-ray
   experience: Awesome (If you are just looking at the explosions and
   action… if you really try to pay attention to the storyline you will
   fall asleep)

   Oh! and also the movie is very predictable… I already knew the end
   before finishing.

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4. 
   checkup from Ludwigshafen, Germany
   

   May 18, 2012

   Depending on CGI alone is just wrong

   No, this is not the new reference in film making, nor is it in any way
   exceptional.

   Aside from the predictable story, the inconsistent plot, the logical
   goofs which hurt you from time to time during the movie, avatar
   describes itself as a technology demonstration.

   Is this the last resort in film making? I tell you what it is:
   Delivering a bad product but showing of with the big numbers on the CGI
   bill.

   So how is the CGI then? It's neither subtle nor impressive. Most scenes
   are 100% CGI and the ones not still have a considerable amount of eye
   catching gizmos in it. The thing is, you never lose the feeling that,
   given enough time, your PC at home could do equally good. Of course it
   can't, but after 30 minutes in the movie, you just couldn't care less.

   The real showstopper for this film is, that there still is good film
   making out there. Lot's of. With reasonable amount of CGI, real camera
   work, developing characters and scripts longer than just a few pages.

   Avatar fails for any genre and on any level.

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