<p>When I see clips from *Avatar *it looks like something you’d watch for 5 minutes and be amazed at on a ride at Disneyworld. Does it really hold a normal adult’s attention for three hours?</p>
<p>I went to see it with my husband and 2 sons over Christmas. I “went along for the ride” and didn’t expect to enjoy it. I thought it was going to be like watching a 3-hour video game. It wasn’t. It was very well done and it was interspersed with real-life actors, which is not a sense you get from watching the trailers. The plot line was a little trite, but overall it was well worth seeing it. I liked it much more than I thought I would.</p>
<p>There are very few movies that everyone in our family enjoys. Avatar was one we all liked. We saw it in 3D at the IMAX theater.</p>
<p>This 50-something loved Avatar, as did my H and all my friends. We’ve already seen it twice, and we’re planning to see it again before it stops showing in 3D IMAX. The last movie I saw more than once in a theater was The Sound of Music! I was really surprised at how much I liked Avatar since it’s not the type of movie I usually like. </p>
<p>If you decide to go, be sure to see it in 3D IMAX and purchase your tickets in advance. Also, get there EARLY. When we saw it, the theater was almost full 45 minutes before the show.</p>
<p>I just saw it in 3D not IMAX-still amazing. I went with my 70- something parents and my dad rarely goes to the movies anymore. We all enjoyed it very much. The story may not be groundbreaking but the rest of it is. I may go again!</p>
<p>Horrible movie. The storyline was awful. The “special effects” were amazing for a few minutes. I actually fell asleep - twice. 10 of us saw it in 3-D and my daughter had to wake me twice, she heard me snoring.</p>
<p>Seeing a few interviews with James Cameron certainly doesn’t make me want to see the movie…talk about a guy who takes himself too seriously.</p>
<p>The movie is visually stunning enough to hold attention (although it would have been better about 45 minutes shorter). If it had had an original story line, it would have been exceptional. But how many times can you watch Pocahontas? I almost expected someone to break out into “Colors of the Wind.”</p>
<p>If you can’t see it in 3D, don’t bother.</p>
<p>I make a note of when I check my watch during a movie. Most movies, I’m checking it 20-30 min. into the movie. With Avatar, it was almost 2 hours into the movie. It held my attention, and I really enjoyed it. Saw it 3D, but I think the loss of light/color is a problem w/the 3D so seeing it ‘normal’ is OK too.</p>
<p>I do think that people that don’t like anything remotely Sci Fi, or people who have an attitude about pro-nature messages, might not like it.</p>
<p>I am so headache prone that I don’t think I could handle three hours of 3-D or Imax.</p>
<p>I had the opposite experience than Treetopleaf. I was checking my watch constantly. In the last hour, time moved in slow motion.</p>
<p>I do like scifi. But I didn’t like Avatar that much. Visually stunning, technologically amazing – yes. But the plot was overly simplistic. I figured out the ending in the first 10 minutes. And the last 45 minutes are pretty much battle scenes, with minimal dialogue.</p>
<p>And I did get a headache from the 3D glasses.</p>
<p>Predictable, but my family enjoyed it in 2D, and we all ( kids are 17 an 20) have very different tastes in movies. My H wants to see it again, and he goes to movies maybe once a year.</p>
<p>I saw Avatar with DH and DD right before she went back to school…and I went very reluctantly because I don’t enjoy sci fi at all and don’t really go for animated in the theatre anymore. I only went because DH really, really wanted to see it and DD had heard that it was really good.</p>
<p>I was actually very tired after a long work week and we went to see it on a Friday night so I warned hubby that I might fall asleep on his shoulder. I had to admit to him that I was wrong!</p>
<p>I loved it! I’m not one to watch movies more than once and I would see this movie again. I liked the way the real life actors were interspersed into the story and then you got to see their personalities in the sci fi characters. </p>
<p>We didn’t see it in 3D and I don’t think I would want to because I don’t think I could handle 3D for that length of time. As it was, I didn’t even realize how long the movie was until it was over and never felt bored or checked my watch.</p>
<p>I told my family after that I’m really glad I went and I will see any sequel that comes out.</p>
<p>My D (age 24) saw it in 3D and didn’t like it. She said the special effects were great, but the plot and the dialogue especially were awful. I haven’t gone to see it based on her opinion, but now I’m feeling rather out of it that I haven’t seen it.</p>
<p>DH and I saw it in 3D. We both loved it. S2 (20) saw it over Christmas break (before we did) in 3D and said he would like to see it in Imax now. He really encouraged us to go.</p>
<p>At first I thought the 3D glasses were weird but I quickly adjusted to them. Missypie, the 3D effects are not the constant/in your face kind. They are interspersed throughout the movie so when they do pop up, you just go “whoaa”. </p>
<p>We were never bored, never looked at the watch. We are not Sci-Fi people but really liked Avatar a lot.</p>
<p>I have mono-vision contact lenses and so thought the 3 D and glasses might be an issue as it from time to time when I try virtual reality games with the goggles. However we saw it in 3D IMAX and it worked really well. The 3D was not that artificial, just gave more of a feel of being IN the movie instead of watching it. I too figured out the story line quickly - any one remember Ferngully? But still I enjoyed the show.</p>
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<p>Good to know, because I have monovision eyes (Lasik, one near, one far - can’t do binoculars).</p>
<p>DH has the same vision Lasik, one near,one far. The 3D’s didn’t bother him either.</p>
<p>DH, DD age 20 and I saw it in 3D IMAX last Sunday.
We had TRIED to see it a few weeks ago and it was still sold out all shows.</p>
<p>The whole experience was cool. After our first fiasco attempt, we bought tickets online for a SUNDAY 9:30 AM showing. The theatre was PACKED. We were there early enough to get three seats together, but barely. Enjoyed the mix of teens, young adults and us old folk.
We thought the film was a bit long and the plot predictable. But it was visually spectacular and it held our interest fine.
It was the perfect movie in many ways: action, special effects, love story, science and pseudo science, something for everyone.</p>
<p>I did have a headache for the rest of the afternoon, from the 3D glasses?</p>
<p>We saw it in IMAX 3D and loved it! DS saw it twice.</p>