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[Muban]

Finally got round to seeing this today. A very enjoyable film I certainly didn't begrudge paying the ticket price (which is saying something as cinema visits are a rare occurence with me - usually 2-3 times a year). However, as mentioned a number of times already the plot was very simple and completely predictable but for this type of film it is I didn't really think that was a problem.

The 3D aspect was spectacular in some areas and distracting and annoying in others (it's early days though so hopefully this will improve in time? or maybe it's just the way it was shot as I've seen no other 3D films to compare it to).

One thing really took me out of the film though....and yes I know it was during an all out action sequence but it still doesn't excuse it for me!
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Colonel Quaritch managing to get from the cockpit down into the belly of the ship into his mech and then run and jump out of the exploding ship and it's blast wave and hit the ground ready to fight? I actually laughed out loud to myself as I couldn't quite believe they had done something so incredibly lame. (It's almost like what your brain does in a dream when you realise halfway through it would be better to do something else as the way it's going will spoil something that could happen later on!)

Then moments later they handle beautifully the suspension of disbelief with the interaction between Neytiri and Jake in his human body. You get one bit so right and the other so wrong.

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I really don't think it's worthy of the Best Picture and Director Oscar nominations. Whilst a very entertaining film I just don't think it's up there in that category. However, the other nominations seem justified, in fact I expect it to win many of them.

Despite my criticisms I think it's a good enjoyable watch and would recommend it to anyone who asked if it was worth seeing at the cinema.

[leowyatt]

Mubs, the man was as hard as nails!

[Belmit]

My favourite review:

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Stick with it and get past the facetiousness and there's a lot of valid points in there; most of them the things that I didn't like about the film.

[Feek]

I took Mrs. Feek to see this today, I finally decided it was time we got around to seeing it.

I'd not indulged myself in any of the hype, I had absolutely no idea what it was about except there were blue people in it and I'd heard the term Smurfahontas bandied about. I've never seen Pocahontas and I know nothing about the story of that either so it really meant nothing to me except that there were blue people in it.

It was OK, I thought the 3D was nicely done and not in your face just for the sake of it, it was subtle and worked quite well although I did notice a certain jerkyness in some scenes that I found a little offputting. The 3D in the trailers before hand was far less subtle.

I sort of dozed for about ten minutes around the hour point, it was just after matey bloke had gone back to win their trust and integrate himself but after that I was with it to the end. Certain plot points stood out a mile in advance, some things were very obviously going to happen.

I still don't know the Pocahontas story but I've also heard it described as Dances with Smurfs and I'd agree with that.

It was a good way to spend an afternoon, I'm pleased that I've seen it.