Go ahead and get it all out of your system. Yes, the movie is long, yes James Cameron alludes to a political agenda, yes Pandora is an over the top planet with glowing trees, floating mountains and blue people..blah blah. Dig up all the negative aspects of the movie from friends and reviews then THROW THEM OUT.. WHO CARES? THIS MOVIE IS ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING AND YOU WOULD BE A FOOL TO MISS OUT. I sincerely believe it is on par with how it felt in the 60's when color film was introduced. Amazing. Nuff said.

Exciting adventure in CG. I loved the jungle style culture and how nature and knowledge played out in a ballet of the two intertwined and merged in a spiritual syncopation. Great graphics and a nice love story. Unfortunately sex was labeled mating (animals mate) and the so called great kingdom of the Na-Vi was belittled by this reckless notion. This was an engaged woman by our standards. As a man I related more to the stronger character of the women , then to the weaker man who in my world overslept and then faints when he is needed most. Some segments of the film had opportunity for heroics which sadly never came. The ending was obvious. Avatar made sex O.K. and marriage suitable only after becoming one of them (The Na-Vi).

HOW much did they spend on special effects? Well, every penny shows...in the script budget--clearly there was no money left over. Never mind, no need to hire writers, the movie had already been written anywaymany times. White man hired to fight the Indians finds himself attracted to the noble savages and takes on their way of life. At first he is a bumbler but soon becomes a better Indian than any of the Indians. He wins the hand of the Indian princess and uses his superior white man ways to lead the savages in battle against the oppressors. Search and replace ?Indian? with ?Alien,? add a butt load of special effectsmove over Titanic, Cameron needs more space on his Oscar shelf.

Just got home from Avatar. What an awesome film! Easily the best CG effects ever. A well written plot that really fleshes out (literally) all the characters. One of the shortest 2 1/2 hour movies I've ever been to. The film may seem to preachy about the raping of the planet but that's what the humans are doing in this film, so from that perspective the film is right on the mark. Look, I'm a conservative guy, but anybody who whines about this film being " too political" is quite simply too jaded and probably wouldn't like Disneyland either! Go see the film on the big screen as it was intended... you'll never get the same feeling at home on your big screen tv. Just GO!! ~Charlie

I went to see the midnight showing of Avatar last night and I was completely blown away. The one thing that I truly loved about the movie is that it does a great job of building the storyline. Too many movies sacrifice storyline for action and this move provided both in a way that kept you engrossed. Critics are paid to criticize. The story is far from lame, I'd agree that it's nothing that hasn't been told before but not in this scope or with such breathtaking beauty that James Cameron has done. I think there are people out there that just have no sense of good taste or their imagination is so limited that they can't let themselves get swept away by something so creative. As far as hidden propaganda as one guy asked about...respecting nature is one of the few messages I have no problem with my kids hearing. Don't rate 'uh-no' if you haven't seen it. That's just nuts. Go see it!!!!!