Off to see Avatar premier tonight...

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by ta_man

A question for those that have seen it in 3D:

Do the 3D glasses fit over regular eyeglasses?

I wear regular eyeglasses and if the 3D specs do fit over my glasses there is no sense going to a 3D show instead of a regular show.

IDK, they might. Depends on your frames I think. I wore my contacts and was glad of it. The 3D glasses are not that big, but should fit over smaller frames.

Originally Posted by Modding_out

Great movie, I watched it twice. But the second time threw I couldn't help but feel that the movie had a hidden agenda/message in it. I really didn't like it or feel conformable with it

I'm not going to watch it again.

Many movies have a deeper meaning to them. I hate to call it a hidden message as it didn't seem very hidden to me, and its not supposed to be sneaky.

After all, without deeper meanings, King Kong is just a story about a giant monkey. ;)

[Modding_out]

Originally Posted by Finnster

Many movies have a deeper meaning to them. I hate to call it a hidden message as it didn't seem very hidden to me, and its not supposed to be sneaky.

After all, without deeper meanings, King Kong is just a story about a giant monkey. ;)

You have a point, And I understand the parallel story line between American Indians/settlers.

But I didn't like the vibe, that it was wrong to be human at the end of the movie.

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by Modding_out

You have a point, And I understand the parallel story line between American Indians/settlers.

But I didn't like the vibe, that it was wrong to be human at the end of the movie.

I guess I took the meaning a little different, that it bad to be a human acting selfishly/thoughtlessly.
Bit of a spoiler, so highlight below to read:

In the end, two humans were accepted, Jake and Grace. The Col interpreted this as betraying their race, but can also be seen as making different moral choices, that it was wrong to exterminate life for the gain of resources they may have. Right? That was pretty up front IMO. Jake was called stupid for so long as he didn't understand the value of (all) life, but later did, along w/ Grace, and was brought into the clan.

The other humans were still not so enlightened, ex the marine chick and the other avatar guys.
So Cameron managed to setup a story where we root against the humans/cowboys, not unlike Dances with Wolves. DwW I don't think condemns all white people, but views history with a different prospective to challenge assumptions. I think Avatar can be seen doing the same.

I saw another subtext in the movie as anti-imperialism and anti-war for resources vis a vis the Iraq War. There were a number of references to DefSec Rumsfeld ("shock and awe" campaign) and the Col. You could easily substitute "unobtainium" for oil in a lot of ways. Not that I think the movie is supposed to be an anti Bush rant, and one shouldn't get carried away with the metaphors, but it does uses some of that imagery to build its point.

Anyway, might be wrong on some of that, would have to watch again as a lot of things were going on. Def worth watching again tho.

Humm I thought the movie was showing us that we're killing tress and we should stop. Great movie tho

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by asimo

Humm I thought the movie was showing us that we're killing tress and we should stop. Great movie tho

In some respects I think he threw the whole kitchen sink in there. I guess waiting 15yrs to make the movie left a guy with a lot on his mind.