Haha. Yea! I had the EXACT same thoughts throughout the movie, except my reason for hating on avatar in the beginning was cus I thought about air blender... I watched it anyway on whim and soon I got blown away by the graphics and just how beautiful the environment was, but soon I realized it was about people invading a slightly different nation with the excuse of "giving" while actually scamming, stealing, and finally robbing everything they had. The movie was good, the ideas I find funny, but I too felt the ending would of been better if it had not been so sweet. If it had been more bittersweet or darker, like how it actually happened time and time again in reality in our history, maybe people would notice it rather than just think "yay, beautiful love story ^_^". Hate Hollywood endings. ~_~

But really, the ending though. Did you realize "Man" stole the native's engaged wife? Even if the ending looked this sweet, i'm pretty sure the natives will soon be corrupted from within. =P

Haha. Yea! I had the EXACT same thoughts throughout the movie, except my reason for hating on avatar in the beginning was cus I thought about air blender... I watched it anyway on whim and soon I got blown away by the graphics and just how beautiful the environment was, but soon I realized it was about people invading a slightly different nation with the excuse of "giving" while actually scamming, stealing, and finally robbing everything they had. The movie was good, the ideas I find funny, but I too felt the ending would of been better if it had not been so sweet. If it had been more bittersweet or darker, like how it actually happened time and time again in reality in our history, maybe people would notice it rather than just think "yay, beautiful love story ^_^". Hate Hollywood endings. ~_~

But really, the ending though. Did you realize "Man" stole the native's engaged wife? Even if the ending looked this sweet, i'm pretty sure the natives will soon be corrupted from within. =P

I go with Pocahontas but Dances with Wolves might do as well. As for the 3d effect it was like looking at several flat 2d segments in a row, which gave a stuttering effect at certain rapid movements. It might have been better to watch it in Imax.

I saw the film and liked it. I would not compare it with other films as they had different backdrops and objectives. Avatar has its script and the the 'intended' effects are very much original like the films people have described above.

Avatar's plot is just like Disney's Pocahontas. In Pocahontas you encounter John Smith who is brought to the New World to steal the lands gold. John falls in love with the Native Pocahontas who is the Native Chief's daughter and set to marry the island's greatest warrior. The Native's just like the Na'vi seek insight from the great tree spirit, Mother Willow. All in all I must say that although I did feel like I was watching the same storyline as Pocahontas... The feelings I experienced watching Pocahontas no where compare to those I felt watching Avatar. James Cameron is brilliant and his film will change the way we watch movies from this day forward. Avatar was visually the most fantastic movie I have ever seen!!! I think everyone should experience it's beauty and open their mind to the message of the film.

okay so yeah Avatar IS like Pocahontas and Dances With Wolves BUT what movie doesnt resemble another.. The Reason they are all similar is because they are ALL based on fact that it is happening again and again.. Granted we arent out to ruin the home of extremely large blue people BUT we are taking land for natural resources every single day AND taking land from its natives that has not and does not belong to us .. I think think these reasons pretty much explain why they are all similiar.

I haven't checked it out for myself yet but according to "geek" sources, Avatar IS Pochahontas....we're talking word for word almost...guess I'll have to watch Pochahontas and then see Avatar myself....

Well we as a society, (And I mean world-wide) have been stripping the planet of its natural resources for millenia, now we've achieved the capability of doing so in RAPID fashion and its going to bite us in the butt. The furthur we chop into the rain forests the more ebola and other nifty dieases we're going to uncover and spread. Ultimately I think we're going to have a mass die-off of humans that will return the balance to our world. Right now we need about 4 billion less than the 6.5 that we have now of human life on this planet. That would make things more comfortable for all of us.

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Of course it's like Pocahontas and Dances with Wolves. It's also like Star Wars and every other movie that's ever used the hero's journey as a plot. Cameron was playing it safe by using this particular plot. People love it and it almost never fails.

Just for clarity the aliens were actually NOT fully computer generated then dubbed over. In reality the alien voice actors wore sensors all over their body while being filmed, later they used the sensors to "build" the alien body on top of them.

Do you not understand? The fact that AVATAR's storyline is nearly exactly the same as Pocahontas's is in itself a comment on society and the environment. The end is exactly the opposite- Jake Sully must change himself and completely immerse himself into the Na'vi culture for there to be a 'happy ending', whereas in Pocahontas, she leaves with Smith to the city, where she is changed into an 'american woman'- dresses and all. Perhaps then Cameron's message was that we need to rethink our motives when it comes to the environment. Look what happened to the american indians; they were destroyed, and now america is one of the most polluting countries in the world. Cameron seems to be saying that we have to rethink our ideologies and start believing in enviromentalism if we want a 'happy ending' for ourselves. come on- it's an awesome film. how often do you get romance, environment, action and fantasy all in one film when it WORKS! give him some credit guys, i can tell u it's gonna be a classic. xx

Change the way we see movies? C'mon the effects were good and all, but I am not so surprised. I saw more groundbraking from Matrix. Anyway the plot is so bad and cliche that I felt like watching comedy. Specially the Colonel, I laughed evrytime he talked. He is a walking cliche. You know what is even funnier on this movie. The so called nature loving society of the blue people, actually needed humans to save thei asses and all. I guess we are not that bad. I can't believe people got that excited about this movie. I'd rather read a good book.