Am I the only person who hated AVATAR

[Former Member]

Hi all

I actually fell asleep during Avatar (and that was BEFORE a visit to the pub).

Am I the only person who actually found this movie REALLY Boring

Cheers

jimbo

[Former Member]

I've only heard about it.

I can say the same about Harry Potter still as well.

Cheers,

Julius

[former_member184657]

I have not seen Avatar. And probably will never too. The simple reason being the exhorbitantly priced tickets. As a principle, I dont believe in spending a fortune in watching a movie that may or may not be good. Dont get me wrong, Im not a movie-hater. Im an avid movie-watcher and enjoy watching good movies. But I just dont like the idea of "multiplex culture" which has caught the fancy of Indians. Whatever happened to good ol' theatres of the past? They just seem to be dissappearing.

pk

[Former Member]

In Bangalore PVR cinemas, the 3-D version of Avatar costs 700 bucks. Was thinking who will pay so much to watch a movie and then just realised that there was a House Full sign in the display board:-) Heard that it was more than 1000 rs when the film just got released.

[Former Member]

700 - 1000 ? O_O

i saw it @ INOX in Mumbai , 3D for 300....

[former_member184657]

Last I check it was Rs. 800.

What I fail to understand is why the Multiplexes cant adopt a standar price. Nowadays the ticket prices depends on:

- whether its a multi-starrer movie

- whether its a mega-starrer movie

- day of the week

- time of the week

- language

- whether its tax-exempted etc etc

Why cant they adopt a standard pricing like AMC does in North America?

pk

[matt]

That's almost Swiss prices! 😮

Tickets here are priced according to: 3D or 2D, mon-thurs is cheaper than fri-sun, children under 12 are 2/3 the price.

Not a cheap undertaking when there's five of you.

[Former Member]

[AVATAR = $2 Bn |http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/blog/42-avatar-earnings-pass-2-billion]

[MNIK tickets go for 1,000 euros each at Berlin fest|http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/MNIK-tickets-go-for-1000-euros-each-at-Berlin-fest/articleshow/5562787.cms]

Edited by: Dinesh Selvaraj on Feb 12, 2010 12:13 PM

[matt]

I found it SO dull, I didn't even go and see it. But I will go and see Sherlock.

Edited by: Matt on Feb 10, 2010 4:19 PM

[Former Member]

No you are not! I found it really boring too! I mean, I enjoyed the effects and oohed and aaahed at all the right scenes, but frankly, I would have rather stayed at home and watched Bullit or something.

And for those you will be putting the question up, yes, I saw it in 3D and everything.

Saw Sherlock Holmes the other day and found it a 100 times better than Avatar, though being a die hard fan of the books for such a long time, I found the idea of a hyperactive-snide-remark-spitting-funny-man Holmes a bit difficult to take in. I'm not saying its bad, I'm just saying its hard to get used to at first to the idea of this new iteration of the screen Holmes.

T00th

Edited some random mistakes. Edited by: Sameer Jagirdar on Feb 10, 2010 4:05 PM

[Former Member]

The visuals make it a piece of art, I never saw anything like it so far.

The story is in fact quit boring, at halftime we knew every exact detail to come in the second part. I wonder wether David Lynch will do a movie in 3D

So combine the technology with a thrilling story and there you go.

Cheers Michael

[Former Member]

All I can say is - Avatar did not fascinate me. Nor did its 3D-ness or story or the hyped "budget"

But James Cameron's imagination and out of the world creativity did keep me awake.

That's why I say never expect too much from movies. Afterall, they are 'movies' !!

Cheers!

Zub