MOVIE TRAILERS

Maybe a little less "WOW" than I expected, but still excited. This isn't in 3D, either.

Is it just me or is the music in this trailer just hideous?? No way thats James horner behind the buttons... The SFX do look amazing tho! Cant wait to see the trailer in 3D

hi alex, can you post the direct link to the HD version(1080p)..its not working...

Looks pretty crazy but also complicated. Visuals look nice but it's just a trailer. Have no idea what the movie is about, going to be crazy though.

CG was lacking for a 10 year project, though I'm sure that will change closer to release. So, what's the story here? Looks fun, but looks...I don't know...predictable.

@6 - give me 10 years and a budget this big and I will do it better

looks good. but don't the aliens look a little crappy for being 10 years in the making

just two words it's fucking amazing james cameron has done it again can't wait for the avatar footage to watch it in 3d it will certainly blow me away .I know peoplewill say shit but who cares it's a beautiful film and good emotional story thanks for the trailer alex this will be big in 3d.This movie will be were 3d is properly utilised .

Is there a download on the apple trailer for this I can find it? BTW fucking awesome

This movie is gonna be the tits. And for everyone saying it looks crappy for being 10 years in the making, maybe you should give it a chance in 3D on a big screen instead of 2D on your 12" monitor before rushing to judgment.

Okay. I have no doubt that the 3-D experience will be above average; however, the trailer looks like something from a next gen console [x box 720 or ps4], which I suppose in someway is a back-handed compliment. it looks too much like a video game - will we care about the characters? I guess we'll see.

I can't help but feel that 10-14 years ago when Cameron had this vision, this would have been awesome. Between then and now, there have been enough movies with gigantic battle scenes full of oddball creatures that this is now almost cliché. I'll even go so far as to say, specifically, had this come out before the Lord of the Rings trilogy, people would probably be crapping their pants. Will I see it? Hell yes. Will it re-define anything in the motion picture industry? Signs point to hell no.

I don't get all the hype for what i just saw. This reminds me of all the other cartoons we've bee seeing pop up over the years. Remember "Beowulf"? If something is "10 years in the making" and I don't fall out of my chair while watching the trailer ... that says something.

Wait, I don't feel any different. I was under the impression that life as I knew it would change after I saw that. I feel vaguely the same. Just checked CNN, world peace hasn't broken out. Just checked the CDC website, they still have disease in the world. James Cameron you have failed. You should be ashamed - you promised us heaven on earth and all you deliver is this highly stylized amazing footage. How can you show your face in public? How can you sir?

Wait a second! In the future we have the ability to travel to distant planets...and put your brain in another being's body...but we don't have the ability to fix a severed spinal cord? I'm supposed to believe that even though we have apparently learned to travel at the speed of light, and also how to perform the neural hook ups necessary to implant or transmit neurons into another bodily vessel, that we still just haven't figured out how to fix those pesky neural pathways in a severed lumbar spinal cord? James Cameron....after all is said and done, you really are a douche. You are so full of yourself you have completely left reality for your lusted after fantasy world.

Is this supposed to impress me? Looks like CG.

does CG stand for Crappy Graphics now.

Inception will be better.

Looks great but that's the whole point of a trailer. You can only really get an idea of how the film will look and some of it's more interesting scenes. No guarantee it'll be engaging and genuinely exciting.

Facial expressions are better than most. Pandora is horrendously named but very bright & colorful. Those bamboo shutes need a little more textural rendering. (They're just tan cylinders!) Villain looks very one dimensional. This looks like exciting, family fare. Along the lines of Pocahontas or another Disney epic production. Revolution is too much of a loaded word. I for one am glad that Cameron has not "revolutionized" my reality. He has made what looks like an entertaining animated film, w/ some live footage in it as well. Sam Worthington: (arriving on base) "What am I looking at? (seriously, Mr. Cameron. What am I supposedly looking at... ?)" All I can say is - Live Actors are still not obselete yet! WOO HOO!

What is CG and what isn't?

Brilliant... absolutely brilliant!!! That was such a tease! The Navi look wasn't what I was expecting. Not saying it's a bad thing though. This is sooo different than anything we've every seen before so of course it's going to take some time to get used to it. And as #20 said... we are watching this on our little girlie screens in 2D. Wait until this is thrown in your face on a massive IMAX 3D screen with mind blowing sounds to boot. Gives me chills just thinkin' about it! Can't wait for December!

#30 - Hahaha...right on. That's just what I was thinking. Like the article I read a little while ago stated, this seems like "Dances With Wolves In Space". Still gonna see it though.

It has awesome special effects but the navi looked little bit cartnooish but it will be epic and will beat titanic

Looks like a modern day "FernGully".

#28 - Your a douch bag! #30 - We put a man on the moon but still haven't cured the common cold. Both of you... shut the fuck up!!!

Always funny when someone like Fuelbot uses as their argument for why one MUSN'T criticise anything is because, "You couldn't do better!" So your glowing endorsement about how good this is is a comment that it's better than if it had been put instead into the hands of someone who has never even tried making a movie in their life? Wow. Real virtuoso rebuttal. You're right; it's better than if I had made it, and that means it is proof of its quality. By the way, am I to understand that you've never, ever, in your entire life offered a criticism of some work of "art," nor said that anything sucked? I should hope not. In the future, best to argue the quality of something on its own merits, rather than whether or not someone you've never met and thus have no basis upon which judge relative talent could theoretically have done any better.

Not impressive. Yes it might look better on a 3d screen but Ive seen trailers looking far better than this CGI wise. Thought my mind would change about this hyped project after Ive seen the trailer but if anything, the trailer got me even more suspicious about the final product. I hope there is a decent story behind this otherwise I might as well play a PS3 game with far better animations.

Wow I just watched it in 1080 and it is so much better I can't imagine how good it looks on a 100 foot screen in 3D. So everyone if you watch this trailer do not watch the LOW quality one it ruins the experience. Movie is gonna ROCK

Looks great.

soooo this marine guy that's in a wheelchair comes into a crazy program to take control of an alien being. In doing so finds new meaning and purpose, falls in love and discovers how the aliens are being mistreated and abused so he leads a rebellion against the army.... close?

#30: "In the future we have the ability to travel to distant planets…and put your brain in another being's body…but we don't have the ability to fix a severed spinal cord?" From the Wikipedia: "Call me Joe" (1957) is a science fiction story by Poul Anderson. It is concerned with an attempt to explore the surface of the planet Jupiter using remotely controlled artificial life-forms." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_me_Joe Yeah, maybe it's a dumb idea from Cameron. *sarcasm* Anyway, good point!

This looks like Beowulf-style CGI. I'm rather disappointed.

#62 Ya I'd say thats pretty close, based upon the footage I saw at Comic-Con and this trailer. Perhaps not a rebellion against the army though, they might be at war with each other in the first place, for control of Pandora. based upon Cameron's brief mentioning of the enironmental crisis during CC, the earthlings probably want it for its natural resources or as a new home for humans.

The movie looks interesting. Still looks like CGI, nothing evolutionary about this. I don't see how this is gonna change the way in movie making. I think the Tron Legacy trailer was better.

#54 - Um, no. I never said people shouldn't criticize anything. Once again, my endorsement of this film is based on actually having read the scriptment, my emotional connection to it's story/characters, and the combined talents of James Cameron and WETA Digital. Also, since the first still was released people have been saying they could do it better. If they said it, I don't see anything wrong with challenging that statement.

wow..I think it looks pretty cool.....like nothing I have ever seen in a movie before. I can see a lot of fanboys on other sites are already on the negative bandwagon because it's not mind-blowing enough. Those dumb asses built this up too much in their head......they hyped themselves up so much they probably thought this movie was going to s*ck their c*ck while watching it. Most people still don't know about Avatar or don't even care who James Cameron is so when this trailer hits unsuspected laymen in theaters I am sure it's gonna blow some people away....cool , can't wait.

Doesn't look great, hope it'll be better in 3D... Otherwise, it looks like the biggest waste of money in history! The CGI is exactly what it looks like, which is CGI! Nothing revolutionary as of yet! This guy Alex is getting way to overhyped for a very average trailer, was far more impressed by Wolfman!

Only thing that i didn't like about it was the font style they used =)

So far, I'm not too impressed. Any movie that is supposedly 10 yrs in the making, had better be outstanding. From the looks of the trailer, this is not the case. However, I do have faith in Cameron to deliver a good movie. But I think that's all it will be, a good movie. Don't believe the hype, as they say.

that was the most amazing CG ever....this stuff rocksss....

#80 I agree..guys go to the apple hd trailer it's much better!!!

Is it just my laptop or has the Apple trailers site crashed?

It's funny to read these negative comments because I know the same people will be standing in line for the Midnight showing on opening day. There is no way any trailer could have been good enough for the way this movie has been hyped up. I personally thought it looked great.

#89. A lot of us are still psyched even though we're not as impressed with what we are seeing. So of course we're all going to be in line. I think it looks fantastic. Just a lot of overly polished CG.

Looks bad.

upon watching this trailer for a 2nd and 3rd time in 1080p it just becomes more unimpressive with the CGI. I think the story is going to be great in this movie but I'm more impressed by the numerous cutscenes in Metal Gear Solid 4 on ps3 than I am of the visuals in this trailer in HD. It's not even the whole hype and buzz factor that is dissapointing. It's the whole 10 years in the making with a gazillion dollar budget factor that makes this a dissapointment

People, there is a difference between photo-realistic and realism. It's not supposed to look like District 9. D9 utilizes a realistic style with photo-realistic effects. Avatar is supposed to look completely fantastic and otherworldy with vibrant colors, lighting and movement. The opposite of what we see around us. Photo-realistic effects implies that all the subtle nuances and complexities in lighting, movement, texture etc are the same as you would see in real life - they are completely believable. You can't possibly see that in a trailer that's at best 1/8th the resolution of the final film. Read reports from people who saw the footage at full res in a theater. They were blown away by the "photo-realism" of the footage - all of the characters and environments which were completely fantastical looked real. That's the point. That's what is revolutionary.

Not for me although I think I'm far from the demographic they're trying to reach and if others are excited than I'm glad for them but this doesn't interest me at all.

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looks good, thank god he's finally laid titanic to rest.

This movie will do well at the box office, maybe not TDK numbers but will do well. OVERALL impressions from the trailer? EPIC FAIL. Buzz and hype overshadowed most peoples expectations. -CGI too cartoony, especially when they were riding on horses. Just like video game quality CGI. -Beast Monster looks way to cartoony as well -Some parts of the Navi, Sam and Zoe look pretty damn photo realistic, some not -I could point out more stuff but I limit it to these and you be the judge Never will I be hyped like what has been said on this website over the past year or so. Pretty disappointed like most people are. People are only lying to themselves saying they still say its going to be the same. Read the earlier news on this website and see how the A-man talks about how hyped he was, and now from reading this he doesnt seem as hyped as he was before. BoxOffice#s:High as predicted++Hype:OVERhyped/rated++Story:Could be epic. We'll wait and see

Trailers always promise alot and I HOPE this comes true for this one. Heck, its been how many years since we seen a a Sci-Fi flick from Cameron? On the downer side, not sure about those CGI blue elves, too cartoony? Anyhoo, I think I'll sit the fuck down and watch the whole movie for myself first before cursing the movie!

Wolfman looks better. Sorry.

#110.....AMEN !! Sounds like Kamish has his head on straight.

@ 110 FIXED** And at the same time, if a movie, I'll use Transformers 2 as an example, if a movie does 400+ million, can anyone really say the movie sucked HELL YES!

How is that supposed to be exciting? it's a really boring trailer. Maybe it works on 3D (which I'm not a fan) but it looks just like some nice video game graphics + some beowulf CGI (not so good) + some cheesy story. I feel like I've seen all the machines before, no new designs, nothing original. I guess it's gonna work for kids and I'm sure that's the target audience.

LOOKS FUCKING AWESOME

I actually dont think the trailer was as good as people said it was... the movie i guess may be good but its not the best trailer ever

Well these coments are very interesting indeed. There seems to be alot more mixed buzz than expected, but hopefully the 16 minute clip tomorrow is better. I agree that it's not as good as we expected, but I still wan't to see it. I think it just too much hype overall and not just from Cameron, but all those people at Comi-Con also gave this film glowing responses and now that we have actually seen it just doesn't live up to all the ridicoulous expectations.

Sick!!!

Silly 122, I was comment 118, not comment 110, you had the 110th post....imbecile. In either case, for the last god damn time, I AM NOT JUDGEING THE FILM. I believe if you read my comment there was a little part that went "I am still going in with an open mind when I see the film." So stop saying, it would be best to hold off judgement until i've seen it in 3-D or digital or anything. Because I am holding off my judgement of the film, of course I can't judge the film. They released a trailer today, not a film, and I am judging that trailer, just the trailer. Nothing else sir. I believe I have the right to judge the trailer, if other people are allowed to say "THIS LOOKS AMAZING, MY MIND IS BLOWN" I personally don't feel that way about the......trailer.

Looks absolutely incredible. Can not wait for the film. To everyone who is excited like me, i salute you!

to the people wondering about being "photo-realistic"....understand that "realism" is only what you perceive on THIS planet under THIS sun through YOUR human eyes. District 9? VERY real...also very much so shot on earth under our sunlight. pandora? not earth, not our eco-system and not our light-sources. ""photo-realism" is actually only viable in earth based movies or movies not consisting of very different other eco systems with different light sources. Closest thing to a different eco system that looked different were the planets in star wars episode 3. if you need realism, you can try watching star trek from the 80's and you'll have plenty of real rocks and plants there, but also be located on earth.

@ Kamish You are a perfect example of what is wrong with the world...thinking American's are stupid. - "That being said, if it was my project I would have made different choices hear or there with what we've seen so far" You fail. You find it and fix it! A stupid little mistake that shouldn't happen if you made it passed elementary school. - I know there is a movie called The Dark Knight but Dark Night? Must be a horror movie. You are a perfect example of your own words. You make yourself look better than other people. If you were not living in a cave the past 2-3 months you might have realized Transformers 2 wasn't just 113's opinion. James Cameron himself made a fiery comment about that movie when someone asked him about it during a Comic Con panel. Not only that, there are many other people and critics alike who agreed. @113 You are just as stupid as Kamish. Fueling the fire will only make it bigger. Everyone has their own opinion but stupid ones will backfire. I fueled my fire and wait the flames. /flame on

great,great,cannot wait.

131 you don't deserve a response...what are 17? 18 tops? Grow up pal...

Very good CG... but it's still obviously CG. I really don't understand what everyone is creaming themselves for. Graphics smaphics. Let's have a great script and great acting, yeah? Sod eye candy. What, are we artistically two years old or something?

So, let me get this straight; what the District 9 did for $30 Million in two years looks better then what Avatar did for $237 Million in fourteen years. ..... James, go back to the Terminator franchise. Please. We'll all pretend this movie never happened. We promise. Hell, even do another Aliens.

yeah 131, you should know that Kamish is in charge of who comments on this site, you have to request his permission first before you post. If you had just asked "Oh Wise Master Kamish, Can You Please Allow Me To Comment" then you would have known that he believes 'you don't deserve a response' Thats for everyone else who wants to post on this site as well, please remember to ask Kamish permission before thinking you have a right to comment.

Who am I kidding... I'll go see anything in IMAX 3D. It doesn't look awful, just nothing special.

Im really surprised how the character designs turned out to be very delgo-ish and unappealing. lots of bad choices like how the pattern on the girls forehead end up looking more like wrinkles Cameron is undeniably a great filmmaker and weta are doing some incredible work, but stylistically it feels like a pretty big misstep. the story also seems to have a lot of cliches (pandora? yeah i wonder whats going to happen), same with the animation and layout right down to the overused neck-extended monster screams. disappointing im wondering whats the story behind the ultra clean videogame looking pandora shots, are they old and the lab shots are newer? or handled by different companies? i read there was a lot of overflow work farmed out, maybe this trailer was pushed out before it was ready ...

Cameron has pushed the technology forward in the past, but I don't know about this one. It looks like a movie I would like and Cameron is a good director that I like. I also like the idea of doing a sci-fi about an entire natural ecosystem, than just a futuristic city like most seem to do. However, it does look CGI-ish. I really like the look of things, like the creature designs and stuff, but too much noticeable CGI makes me sick. Give me some dialogue and then I'll make up my mind.

This 10 years in the making stuff is BS Cameron conceptualized it in 1994-1995. They didn't even start R&D on the movie until summer 2005, so at best, its a little over 4 years in the making, far from 10.

This movie has been waaay overhyped.. Graphic wise, Tron Legacy beats this for now. Only reason I have so far to see this is because it has Sam Worthington in it.

I liked the trailer. but i must agree with many of you that the hype on these new production, tends to hurt them more than anything. I still believe that the movie will be great, but the lack of photo realism in the protagonist takes me back to the phantome menace days, where the cgi could have been much better on many of the characters. So i keep an open mind and hope to see the final product, which i hope will be phenomenal.

Wow, people are yay or naying the CGI based on a highly compressed trailer they're watching on a computer monitor? Probably the same idiots who complained they didn't like the look of the aliens in D9's trailer but after seeing the movie now they are flawless. Truly, you 'critics' are clueless.

I just changed my mind, the Tron Legacy trailer is actually, a billion times better than the shitty Avatar trailer.

So much vile and ignorance in the comments. I feel really sorry for James Cameron and his team of artists. Regarding the "fantasy element": I'm relieved "Avatar" will be filled with stimulating scientific concepts. I believe it'll be the first proper sci-fi film with mass appeal. About time.

You like movies about gladiators?

this needs more posts!

damn this thread is still going!? good work guys!!!

160: I wasn't sarcastic. Someone used my name. Funny. Almost.

District 9 CGI looked a hell of a lot better, and probably for a fraction of the price. Epic Fail.

I'm a little bit disappointed, but I will still like it I think. I see multiple Oscars (maybe an honorary one) coming James Cameron's way.

Yea, i felt kind of dissapointed, that CGI relay looks CGI not "groundbreaking photo reality", but somehow i got a feeling, that this is completely different experience seeing it on 3D, because, common, J.Cameron Made T2, and if he says, that avatar is fantastic 3D experience, then i think he has his ace in a sleeve, and i guess it is 3D effect. anyway, we wont find out if it is true, faster than after seeing the 15 min clip on IMAX in 3D, wright?

Just what the world needs... Another F***ing Muppet movie...

James Cameron stated a few weeks ago that this wasn't going to be Titanic in space, it was going to be a Classic Space Scifi movie......Bullseye!....now fast forward to December please.

seeing the number of posts i think avatar wills till score high even though if peoples had negative or good feelings about the trailer. Trailar was good though, although i did expect more. Maybe its because i Expect it to be 3D. But we'll see in the cinema preview. I got able to get a ticket for the 10min preview. So maybe i will get more what i expect there.

It looks like the military characters from Aliens have been transplanted in to FernGully. Can't but just thinking, "Meh". But it's only the first trailer. This one didn't do anything for me though.

#178... I would love a proper Final Fantasy movie, but I'm afraid it's never gonna happen. After Advent Children, and everything from FFX-2 onwards, it's pretty clear the studio just can't make Final Fantasy without Hironobu Sakaguchi's involvement. And, no, he didn't direct Spirits Within. He was credited as the director, but in reality the director was the animation director in the states. The film was hijacked from him by American executives that didn't know what they were dealing with. Such a shame too. The only reason I play those games is for the story. A series of movies is more appealing to me than a game. Whoa, sorry to get so off topic.

Ten years in the making? It looks more like it was made ten years ago! But still looking forward to it.

looks great maybe even best picture

The visuals are really good but the teaser left me a little underwhelmed. I think they really need to start marketing the plot more because right now all we've really got to work with is that James Cameron is making a movie everyone is calling awesome. I dunno, but to me it needs to earn that. It can't go into marketing assuming you are on its side. Dark Knight had one of the best trailers ever. If they want it to do well they've got to make it the movie that EVERYONE wants to watch the trailer for on youtube. Right now I would have trouble convincing people to see it based on that despite its reputation. Step it up and show us what is going to make this movie THE movie.

Everyone saying this is a disappointment for being ten years in the making, you are wrong. Cameron originally got the idea 14 years ago but couldn't make it due to restraints with the technology then. The movie has only actually been in production for four years, which is still pretty damn long compared to normal production types, but it IS NOT ten years in the making. And anyone saying that this CGI isn't any better than PS3 games... what games are you playing? I really would like to know what video game looks as good as this. Of course, if that were actually your opinion rather than something you're saying to complain because everyone else is (Seriously, how many people have said that on this forum? Count 'em for me) it might actually make sense. But you are all wrong. There is not a single PS3 game with graphics that good. Of course the aliens were gonna be cartoonish! Cameron repeatedly stated how this movie was supposed to portray an alternate, fantastical world. You really expect the aliens to look like humans? The difference between this and Beowulf is that Beowulf was trying to portray humans but they just ended up looking freaky. The CG in this movie isn't attempting to portray flesh and blood humans, it's portraying aliens! From another world! Now if you don't like the art design, fine, but you can't criticize it for bad CG when this CG is far from bad. Lord of the Rings are my favorite movies and even I recognize that the CG for those aliens is better than Gollum. Gollum was amazing, but there were moments, especially when he was talking, where you could tell it was fake. The lip syncing was often a bit off, but it looks incredible for these aliens! And everyone who is complaining that it didn't blow your mind when you saw it..... would anything blow your mind when you saw it? Your skeptical, always criticizing fingers itching to complain at your keyboard and sound more intelligent than everyone else? I don't think so. Nothing will ever blow your minds. Those of us open to the concept that this movie could transport us to another world like no other before it? Well, forgive me for being optimistic, but this movie looks amazing.

The CG was ok, but not brilliant. It almost gives me the impression that it's a kids movie. I can see how the storyline has potential, but as some of the above people said, I'd like to be excited, but to much hype can be deceiving and work against the movie. Time will tell I guess.

Something about the lighting makes it look cartoonish. Maybe the lighting is too even? I love the idea of Avatars extending our range. If there's a CTL (causal time loop) around the giant black hole at the center of our galaxy, we could send radio signals instantly across the galaxy - by sending them to the galaxy center and then causing them to emerge in the past as a beam to a distant target - all calculated to interact instantly between worlds - and with proper lorentzian contraction - lol. But I digress. We'll do robot avatars on Earth first, Honda's ASIMO iand a slight improvement in VR and internet bandwidth, and biometric measures - and we're very close. Apoo doesn't have to leave his home town for Springfield to work at the quickee mart. Employees cannot steal merchandise. A robbery rattempt results in the police taking control of the avatar and arresting the person in the time it now takes to dial the police. So, these are all ideas whose time has come!!

I honestly don't know what to say...

I don't know whither to be disseminated or excited.

This, like any movie is not for everyone, James C. knows it, the studio knows it. It's just a movie that JC concocted one day while going to the crapper, really, I can see this being the case here. Don't get me wrong; this movie is a gift from the Gods, see it for what it is and enjoy. Silly Wabitts!

I dont think most of you are realizing whats real and whats CG. Ex: when he rolls out on the base most of the stuff around him is CG and u barely even notice...this right here this trailer is the minor revolution the major one is the one waiting to be shown the way its meant to be in 3d in a bigass imax. Really most of you straight up are talking out of your asses cause of the hype....shut the fuck up and enjoy you ungrateful bastards.

I can already see the "clueless" masses talking about this movie: "oh-my-GOD!, the special effects are so "unbeliebable" , and that guy sam workington is such a hottie!! ohh-my-god!

Guys!!! Chill it looks freakin real and awesome in HD...i jus saw it at a shitty site n thought CGI isnt great....BUT then after watchin it in HD n doing a frame by frame analysis... This movie gonna change everything. End of story.I love it!!

Ya, I can't say that I'm overly excited about this. The hype has a bit to do with it. Given the fact that apparently people have been waiting a decade to see Cameron's next film fuels the fire. But for the most part, it seems like a very elaborate sci-fi flick. I'm sure it will be good. Cameron's a pioneer in the film industry. With films like Aliens, Terminator, and True Lies under his belt, it's safe to say the man knows how to entertain. Still... I find it hard to get over the gimmicky 3D elements that is constantly being pushed through Hollywood right now. Plus the characters still look very CG to me burns away a lot of that believability that I know they're going for. As expensive as this film probably is, it still looks cheap to me.

#20 says: This movie is gonna be the tits. And for everyone saying it looks crappy for being 10 years in the making, maybe you should give it a chance in 3D on a big screen instead of 2D on your 12" monitor before rushing to judgment. and I could not agree more.

"And for everyone saying it looks crappy for being 10 years in the making, maybe you should give it a chance in 3D on a big screen instead of 2D on your 12" monitor before rushing to judgment." That's the stupidest thing I've heard today. I can easily watch the trailers for Inglourious Basterds, The Abyss, Lawrence Of Arabia, Blade Runner, etc. etc. etc. on my 12" monitor and know they're going to be good movies. This just looks like a video game. BTW I watched the trailer for Avatar today in my theatre on a 40' screen and it still looks like shite!

i dont think that its going to matter if its overhyped judgeing by the trailer it looks like its unique and extravigant enough to be a great experiance no matter what you think walking in

214 - you dumb. I'm talking about the TECHNOLOGY. people are bragging about it beign crappy because it's too much time for little results. and by big screen I meant IMAX, THEATERS HUGE screens. for this kind of imagery even you crappy 40'' is not enough, in a HOME screen it can look like a videogame cinematic, but I'm talking about the experience of seeing it on a screen larger than a fucking building. and I'm not talking about the older movies that are great anyways, their technology fits perfectly on what we have in hands, but something NEW, with a NEW technology, we need STRONGER devices in order to experience what it is REALLY about. not about story, but visuals. you just proved to be as dumb as you think you are for not even being able to understand a SIMPLE statement about a SIMPLE aspect of the matter. what YOU said is the STUPIDEST thing I've read today.

Marcos: You just said it ALL brother, and implicated yourself like nobody's business. "Not about story, but visuals. You just proved to be as dumb as you think your are for not ever being able to undertand a simple statement about a simple aspect of the matter." So you just validated all of our comlaints. It seems that James Cameron isn't interested in making remotely interesting movies, based on this trailer - he's interested in making IMAX video games. So we'll see this at the IMAX. But the hype about this movie is that it is going to revolutionize the way we look at movies. What most of us are voicing is that if you want to revolutionize movies, make a good MOVIE - instead of just focusing on the surface of things and how much money you can throw at the problem of not having enough imagination. I'm referring to the type of imagination that can conceive of an original story, using the tried & true technology of the camera. What we're all complaining about is that it seems Cameron has lost his way. He's become obsessed with a pet project that is NOT going to change the world or revolutionize our eyeballs. It will be a high water mark - b/c no one will ever be granted the type of creative freedom he's had to do this again. He said he could make the FX "Disappear" (as in, blend in with regular footage. Look REAL.) He has FAILED. Big screen, little screen. A likeness is a likeness. I'll say it again. Cameron has successfully made a new type of Disney - style fantasy epic. But there is nothing NEW to see here, except for some more detailed, expressive eyeballs & slightly more life-like facial expressions on the SAME OLD CG-ASS LOOKING CHARACTERS. Nothing to see here, folks. Carry on ... (Keep in mind, I'm playing devil's advocate. I sincerely hope he has wild cards up his sleeve - like some unique, mature themes to explore in this film. Some plot twists. Some SURPRISES. But the dude said it himself. Its "Dances with Wolves in SPACE". C'mon. You're not supposed to be able to compare your film to one film directly and have that be a sign of pride!) Here's hoping the trailers just get better & better & better, as we ramp up to December. As of now - Zero sum game. Those Na'Vi physiques look like PLASTIC.

Django Dude - are you REALLY making all this conclusions based on a TEASER TRAILER? 2 minutes of fast footage and you make a huge statement about how Cameron killed it? I didn't validate any complaints, YOU validated mine. I said all of those things about visuals because THAT'S ALL WE GOT AT THIS MOMENT. I'm not saying he's revolutionizing the art of making movies, but it's clear that he made something here thatts going to make people think. if he's revolutionizing anything, it IS the way we see movies, because the revolutiong here is LITERALLY on what we see because it's all about imagery....FOR NOW. but if you think about his past work a little you will remember his awesome ability of telling stories or have you already forgotten about Terminator? so if he has something revolutionary in his hands I'm sure he'll make the best use out of it, it's just dumb to think that he's working on a weak story just to make possible his vision. once and for all: THIS IS A FREAKING TEASER TRAILER OF FAST FOOTAGE WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT STORY. IT IS A SMALL SCREEN WITH SOME ASSORTED SCENES, CAN'T YOU FUCKING WAIT FOR THE FREAKING MOVIE TO HIT AND THEN MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT WITH SOME RELIABLE RESOURCE????????? about visuals, WAIT to see in a big screen about story, WAIT to watch its fucking almost 3-hour movie I think he may revolutionize something here, BUT IT'S NOT UP FOR DEBATE YET GODAMMIT. it amazes me to see how many dumb and stupid short minded people this world is full of.

This looks outstanding. The CGI looks flawless, and I'm as big a critic as it comes. I bet the people badmouthing this graphic work are the same lamers that loved the first Narnia movie's graphics. Dummies.

Man people will just never be satisfied. Ok you dont think it looks good go see another movie that weekend there problem solved now stfu.

wouldn't mind banging that blue chick...

I must agree with other comments: this first trailer is an EPIC FAIL. Cameron delivered cool, sharp and original SF visions in the past, whether it was in Aliens (1986), Abyss (89) or T2 (91). Those were - and still are - SF masterpieces. In 2009 - and with all the hype around Avatar - we were expecting way more than "FERNGULLY MEETS ATTACK OF THE CLONES". Fingers crossed the movie is better than this... PS: @Alex 229: you got the titles switched around, dude. District 9 is original AND its plot + CGI blow Avatar out of this planet.

This looks amazing... I cant believe there are negative comments. The cgi is absolutely amazing.

I don't know why but I was expecting something else... still, looks great.

Just saw the 15 min preview in 3D IMAX down here in Australia. Believe the hype. Get excited!

just been over to Apple to watch in HD, it look's fucking awsom crisp clear texture's if cameron not up for a oscar for Best SFX for AVITAR nothing at this moment stand's close to it.

Wasn't it supposed to be full CGI? I mean, even the actors were supposed to be in CGI.

using the font papyrus cheapens the whole thing... come on james, you're a former art director! you should know better than to use some cheesy, run-of-the-mill font. (trailer looks decent enough)

I think they used the Papyrus font on the late Steve Irwin's TV show title card (and maybe the movie 'Collision Course') Crocodile Hunter.

I know we are supposed to reserve judgment before we see the real deal, but the trailer is a little underwhelming. The CGI still looks fantastic, and as good as the current technology could be, but it all looks too familiar, kinda remind me of bits parts from George Lucas Episode III. But James Cameron seldom makes a dull movie (I like The Abyss, and True Lies is saved by its action scenes), and this still is one of the most eagerly awaited movies of the holiday season.

244 oh come on its frigen halarious

(these are actual quotes) "Beautiful!" "Stunning!" "Game-changing!" "Unlike anything ever seen!" "will change cinema as we know it" "budget upwards of $350 million" "it is a game-changer and in seeing it I think it's the future," "the next big cinematic revolution for years now" Maybe the most over-hyped movie ever, unless it spurs world peace in the end. It looks entertaining. I'll go see it. I'll probably enjoy it. I'd doubt my eyes will spill out of my head in a liquid pool of ecstasy though.

Look, I think its fair to say that we will ALL see the movie when it comes out, no matter how much people rip the teaser. I think most fans WANT it to be good. But. If you call your own movie a revolution, why release a trailer that does not do that justice? When you throw around "Photorealistic" then fans will have certain expectations. I don"t care if you argue "oh not our planet, different sun bla bla", Photorealistic means it's looks real. You can have Aliens on screen that we never "seen" before and yet have it look 'real', just like in D9 for example. It's hard to gauge it from these quick scenes but personally, I thought Gollum already looked more 'real'. And from a design point of view, nothing in the teaser is new. It's all been done before. I really hope i will choke on my comments come Dec 18th....

#110 and general 'hype is only on-line' BBC 1 news ran the story about this movie yesterday on the 6pm news. And their radio has plugged it alllll day aswell. So the news went: Lockabie Bomber, Cricket, Avatar. How is that not hype? :p

@ Alex C. 230. District 9 has no originality at all. The human sized bug alien concept has been overused, it has been for years. Second ummmm have you seen the Fly. District 9 was like watching Jeff Goldblums character from that movie help ET get home. Not to mention the film seemed to have no intelligence to it. You realize that military personel have procedures theres not just one guy in charge of screaming "shoot at the spaceship!" especially if it's just some guy running around on the ground with his squad. Also the aliens have no fuel to get home yet their ship can hover for 28 years without stop. Now that I think about it why did Christopher getting back to the mothership make it start working again all of the sudden? It just doesn't make any sense. Don't be upset about Avatar because the trailer made you realize that it wasnt going to be a gore filled piece of garbage like District 9.

I only had a chance to watch the trailer once, in 1080p on my laptop last night, what I want to do is somehow get the trailer in a format watchable on my big-screen HDTV, and try that on for size, but it's going to have to wait. My first impression was WOW, I was pretty blown away by the epic-ness but at the same time, I have to agree the Nav'aii (sp.?) looked a little cartoony, I noticed this when Worthington's character first wakes up in his avatar and you can see his whole body. I think it's the body proportions that were a bit weird. The nav'aii are very tall and very skinny, making them look a little strange. Although I didn't get a chance to watch a 2nd time one sequence really stood out to me: I believe it's in the last few seconds of the trailer, but when you see the female Nav'aii with tears going down her cheeks, that looked pretty amazing to me. I'm not yet sure enough to say it looked REAL, but watching it again, or at least, in IMAX 3D......imo it will LOOK REAL. OMG, can't friggen' wait.

Now that the smoke has cleared, I think the trailer looks good. The story sounds fun, and even those bashing the CGI will probably end up enjoying this movie, even for story alone. Visually the environments look amazing. The creatures leave much to be desired; they don't look like the groundbreaking, you won't-be-able-to tell-the-difference quality that we were told was coming.

jman571: Indeed, the Nav'i body proportions are a bit weird, to us, because it's obviously a low gravity world compared to Earth. The torso is considerably stretched and almost tigerish. Would you really expect a completely alien race to have the same proportions as humans? I thought the proportions were brilliant. Young girls in droves are going to dream about being this alien girl. As someone who works in graphics business, I have to say, really, people shouldn't even be commenting on what the CGI looks like if they are viewing a trailer, particularly on lousy computer LCD screens. What you're seeing almost doesn't even relate to the real imagery so why even mention it?

A few Hours ago i've seen the 15 minutes preview from "avatar" in german, and i have to say that this film is f***ing awesome! The story, i think, seems a little bit mainstream and not so good, but the 3d and animation effects were great and holy shit, this will become a fantastic movie!

Come on it doestn look that great. THe blue Aliens, look REALLY FAKE. And the trailer shows what the story is about. 10 YEARS??? doing that..............COME ONE. FF7 advent children among others. And the story seems predictable. Im not excited at all.

yea I'm not sure about this either. it says nothing other than maybe a love story with some sort of conflict. Like a lot of others said, the visuals are good, but I'm not "blown away."

Did James Cameron just rip off Fern Gully?!?

Unfortunately the 16 min-cut of AVATAR sucked even more then the teaser, especialy in the character and story department. What a let down.

@django out of everyones posts on here yours are the most idiotic and unintelligent. You talk even when you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Get a clue.

It looks LAME! Not promising from what is supposed to be Cameron's huge comeback...

Bee-otch. I'll see you at the video game flight simulator, er, movie theatre.

Looks like a fun flick, but to me the amazing part (and I could be wrong) is that the entire trailer is CGI? Even the humans, including Worthington in the wheelchair and the guy with the claw scars across the side of his face. To me their eyes look just a little too clear, their skin just not quite natural. Am I reaching?

#280 Yes, I think you are reaching. The whole movie is 40% life-action and 60% CGI. Of course, I could be wrong and the trailer was indeed completely CGI, in which case I would definitely be blown away for. But I don't think it is. Sam Worthington looks CG when he rolls down the aircraft ramp, so I assume the other scenes with him and the scarred guy are real.

Awp. teaser (the GD TEASER) isn't favorable.... Call it off. Tell Camy and the studio to shut it down. Nice Try. Thanks for playing. Seriously folks.... Half of the feedback is already billing this as the next Phantom Menance. I saw the exact Opposite happen for the watchmen (Oooh's & Aaahhh's over the slow motion trailer and less than favorable feedback of the actual movie experience). I'm willing to wait until I actually see it before I trash ANYTHING of Cameron's (Terminator 1 & 2, Aliens, Titanic). Even his IMAX flick was good. So please be patient. It's not worth sreaming about now... day after you see it? Sky's the limit. Bash it now? Vicitim of the self-imposed hype machine.

OK!!!!!! EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!! SHUTAFAKUP!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ Django: "You keep asking to give me a blowjob and I keep telling you "no."" How did you know your mom was posting here, son? Anyway, do you need another one of those rides to the bus station?

Meh, Overrated based on this trailer. Like Martix reloaded all over again. It would be a great cartoon but is nowhere near photo realism. We are still at least 10 years off from not being able to tell the difference between CGI and reality.

WTF?

I just saw the 16 minute preview. I thought it was awsome. The cg is pretty good. It's defintely meant to be seen in IMAX 3D. The trailer sucked but after seeing the preview it shows a lot of potential. I can't wait

#230!!! You're awesome!!! Ferngully meets Attack of the Clones. I'm sorry, but visuals? Seriously? I know it's not in 3D, oh dear, but I have no care to see it in 3D. The the blue creatures are WEAK!!! I've seen better in B rated films. The landscapes and the scene with the ships and what not looked good, nice effects, but the creatures themselves were horrible. #291, totally agree. FF has way better scenes and even from Spirits Within, there were way better graphics. I loved the graphics and the movie (which I deleted the Final Fantasy from the title after being told to do so before watching it.) This is great though because people that hyped this movie have no argument left other than wait for the movie which, it might be good, but the aliens suck and there went a key visual. IMAX isn't that great either, sorry.

I am not impressed. It looks like a video game. Seems like a waste of 10 years to me.

everyone that has not seen the 16 minute preview needs to hold their comments, when someone says it needs to be seen on the big screen in 3D then you atleast have to listen to them here. this is new technology that will truely bring the movie to life. the 3D feels as if you could literally jump into the screen and you could be in the movie and just walk around the enviornment. as for the avatar characters and how everyone is saying how they look weak and not textured, while watching them in action i forgot that they were cgi, they looked and felt so real, the way they moved so fluidly and realistically just felt outstanding to watch, whatever you do, DO NOT judge this by the trailer online alone, its something you must expirience for yourself, its a truely immersive expirience and its unlike anything you have ever seen before, believe me.

Hello...I said it. Sorry, it wasn't anything great. I was still disappointed. Fluid? Seriously? Have you not seen anything as of late? JP was ground breaking special effects. This...is is simple a good use of HD with beautiful scenery but nothing you can't see on NatGeoHD or any station like that and that's Earth. 3D is a waste and I haven't seen anything that I'd care to see in 3D. It's fun for a short time like T2 the "ride" at Universal but a whole movie is ridiculous. Although I may contradict myself for Final Destination simply 'cause it's so horrible, it's fun to see how they kill people something about seeing that in 3D is worth it. It's a sick sense of humor but I don't I'll dish out the extra dough for it. If I could watch it in 3D at home, sure, with an intermission to rest the eyes but we shouldn't hav to do that. And yes, it gets boring after awhile 'cause throughout they keep trying to make things 3D that don't really need to be and they throw in stupid actions so 3D becomes "cool" like throwing objects towards you. Ugh... Sorry, hype killed it thus a major fail. If it was just a movie, not a problem. Like Cloverfield. That movie should have never had a trailer save the teaser. I ever love that movie but hold some resentment towards it.

* More like Gollum in The Two Towers (2002) and Return of the King (2003) when his performance and screen time was increased.

This web-site posed the question - how is Avatar planning to generate hype. I missed Avatar day. Too much going on in the real world to immerse myself in 3-D on a friday summer night. But it sounds to me like it hasn't been a resounding success ... partly due to the online release of this trailer. Maybe he should have another Avatar day, like Thanksgiving or even every month or so leading up to the film. If he's smart, use these as test-screenings for continually updated/upgraded footage (hopefully). Cuz if I were him, I'd be worried about how I was gonna pay for all this if those seats aren't packed in December ...

A shame not everyone could see the Avatar day 3d footage. Comparing it to the trailer is almost as comparing day and night. I saw it twice yesterday in a half packed theatre. I suggest Fox show the 15 minutes in front of a big 3d movie, why not Burtons Alice? In that way many more can see for themselves what the hype is all ablut. I have been critical of the trailer and rightly so. I just couldn´t get excited by the animated look of everything. The big difference is that once you put on the glasses you wont care about the Pandora look. Everything moves and looks amazing. The thanator chase scene was awesome and ended in a perfect cliffhanger. Both times the audience gasped in astonishment. But that was nothing compared to the "taming of the banshee" scene. What amazed me the most was how kinetic the whole scene felt. Some from CC talked about a handheld camera approach. But it´s not Bourne were you can´t make out what is going on. It is very beautifully shot. And the world looks amazing. Truly a whole world created with all the details one expects from the best fantasy worlds. Jakes Avatar was climbing with Neyteri and a group of navis into banshee territory and it looked like their hatching ground. There were blue egg like things on the ground and lots and lots of detail. After the spectacular banshee catching, jake on his banshee flew of the rock, they crashed into the mountain, the banshee refused until jake yelled at it. At that moment the footage was cut and a short trailer kicked in. Pure awesomeness. A lot going on, some new shots that were not in the trailer, like what looked like a dragon ship shelling the hell out of a village. Neyteri jumping of a ledge with huge plants beneath her. Jake having a face off with the great warriot Tsu tsei or what his name is. Final thoughts: I´m still not going to call it a game changer. It´s too early. The 3d more than everything took my breath away. I hadn´t seen any 3d footage until now. What was so great about the 3d was that you didn´t think about how different the life action scenes looked from the 100 % animated pandora scenes. They blend together really well. There will always be nitpickers who can find faults. I did that with the trailer. But with the 3d footage I just surrendered to the spectacle. I don´t give a shit anymore about the photorealism and game changer talk. What really matters is how much I enjoyed it. A lot more than i enjoyed the trailer. Afterwards i whiched that many more could have seen the footage. I think the Avatar day event was too early. Fox should have promoted it for another two weeks on mtv, in the press and on cable tv and news channels. It would have drawn a much larger crowd. They still can do another Avatar day or even better attach the footage before a major 3d release.

If the story, characters and dialogue sucks, it doesn't matter how pretty this movie looks.

This movie with a 120hrtz monitor and nvidia 3D vision technology, pure bliss! I'm surprised nobody here sees the possibilities. Be thankful such movie got made, be thankful we have directors like James Cameron still around. This is a gift.

Oh dear...Mr. Cameron, maybe you won't get the budget for that Battle Angel (Gunnm) movie after all. This is gonna flop. Not impressed. Will not find a audience.

@ DoomCanoe Why do you write like a 5th grader? Where the hell did you get that name? These are all pointless questions. If you read carefully you'll see I am extremely hopeful that this turns out to be as mind blowing as it's supposed to be. I simply reserve skepticism when any man says things like: "It's going to be flawless. You won't be able to tell the difference btw. the CG and the real footage." And then produces THIS. In the same week that District 9 produced something far more believable w/ 1/4 the cash in 1/4 the time. I missed Avatar day - too many good things going on in the real world to take in 15 mins of 3-D. Don't get me wrong. I want this movie to be a success - I will probably get in line for the next Avatar day - early word is it will be attached to Alice in Wonderland - but that's slated for March 2010. Bit too late. He should have another Avatar day, around Thanksgiving - b/c this past one wasn't exactly a resounding success & hopefully the footage will look even better by then. As an artist, I hope he succeeds - but it's gonna take some smart marketing to get people in those seats for this by December. The kind that doesn't allow James Cameron to hype-talk it anymore - b/c so far that's just creating backlash.

amazin animation !

wtf 319* comments *320

i think our brains willl certainly resist the cgi first but then evntualyy the blue aliens will look real i mean i dont think i have ever seen emotions such as these shown in the trailer wowowowo they looks so fukin real to me wowwow. 10/10 good job JC

Just saw D9...OMG!!! Avatar has so much to try and live up to. Man that movie kicked ass and the CGI was by far way more superior than Avatar.

Ever see Ferngully? Yeah...it's that but more action. lol

Dance with Wolves in 3-D. meh

Yawn. When does 9 and Sherlock Holmes come out again?

Now I am no expert or someone who studies film alot, but I think this film looks great, All I can say is I am one the peeps who will be rooting for this movie to make it to the top and i will be anticipating it theatric release. Its just the imagination of it that makes me want to see it, because after I'm done watching a movie like this I just begin to imagine myself being part of it and living the story myself seeing that world through my own eyes. I think that is what people forget about movies, you dont watch them just for the great graphics or the great actors who are in them, but for the feeling of emotion that you experience as you watch these films. I wont say anyone is wrong on their judgements but you all are still judging something that you have not seen the whole picture too, and thats my two cents.

O_o damn i'm confused...

This movie will be the equivalent of a 2.5 - 3 hour video game trailer. 3D was done years ago, aliens and other worlds done years ago, the warrior turned bleeding heart was done many times over. What is new here that took 10 years? I guess if the whole freaking movie is done using a computer, that would take 10 years. The question remains who wants to see a movie that was created mostly using a computer and a few B actors. Please save your rave for real movies, actors and original screenplays instead of drinking the hype Kool-Aid like a bunch of morons. And no I can't do it better becuase I don't make movies for a living. I just expect those who do make movies as their purpose in life to make a movie that reflects some fucking originality.

Originality? The only thing original that movies can be now adays is their vantage point, and a small number of ideas not yet used. Creatures movies have a small number of originals as is, and to be honest there are not allot left of unused concepts. "Alien" is one of the stongest to date but its a few runner ups like "Outlander", "Chronicles of Riddick:Pitch Black", and of course "Predator", even "AVP:R". None the less it shouldn't be so hard to image that original ideas are becoming more and more sparse. And it is true that primitive creatures/weapons can still outdo high-tech weapons. This trailer of the movie merely proves it further. And as another note, if you can't do it better, you have no grounds to criticize. If your not above it in capability then criticizing just makes you farther below it.

@336 - Haven't we been watching full-length movies created entirely on computers since 1995's Toy Story?

Why do aliens always have to look human? or like Vulcans, or Elflings. Why not a crack pipe or a buttplug or a can of malt Liquor?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwyyJ3D3g1E Above is proof of James Cameron's past Plagiarism. His settlement was an admission of guilt.

@ 343 Lokiluvcocky It would have been very difficult for Aliens to be a US military/Iraq allegory since Aliens was released in 1986. Wow, just wow.

Wow, you really told me. I don't even have a comeback, except that the comparison to Iraq is not to Aliens you fuck face. It's to the trailer for the movie we're supposed to be providing our opinion, which I did so deal with it gay boys. The Iraq insurgents are engaging in guerrilla tactics which are primitive methods you a-hole. Try reading a book instead of watching cartoons or listening to other morons who wouldn't know high tech from a fucking firecracker. The American military is still mired in Iraq. It's still stuck in Afghanistan, battling a resurgent Taliban. Rumsfeld has been forced out of the Pentagon. Dan Halutz, the Israeli Defense Forces chief of general staff and net-centric advocate who led the largely unsuccessful war in Lebanon in 2006, has been fired, too. In the past six years, the world's most technologically sophisticated militaries have gone up against three seemingly primitive foes — and haven't won once.

#348: Lokiluvcocky Hold on, I agree with you regarding America vs. the Taliban. A few years from now when the West is worn down enough and withdraws from Afghanistan, the 'primitive' Taliban will sweep the country, topple Pakistan, and solidify their center of operations, and radical Islamism will grind its way across the globe. Who woulda thought, people living in caves wrest control of the world form the high tech bad asses. However, my original comment was that Aliens was written in the early '80s as an allegory for America's experience in Vietnam, which it was. Iraq doesn't figure into the discussion. Once again, you're saying Avatar sucks because it is an unoriginal idea and I'm saying look at Aliens, it's hardly original, but that doesn't prevent it from being an all-time favorite of many here.

#348, #249 You still aren't paying attention nor seems you ever will on this site. Arcanus did say the tactics were primative but not the tech. There is no room to deny that. Talk the soldiers before you go ranting about thier situation. They risk thier lives on a daily basis just so you can speak your mind! Their leaders deserve your rants but not the soldiers. There are many nuetral comments, but the point is that negative comments are no better then those who speak them (in this case type them). If your going to complain about a movie don't go to the movies or watch the movies you like. You didn't back up about any movies you did like if there are any. And when you want to fight, get a punching bag from a store, not us. #351, Thank you for saying it loud and clear. 'Profanity is a feeble minds attempt to be smart.'

Arch-Anus: "if you can't say anything positive DON'T say anything at all" What is this Russia? China? Nazi Germany? This is the internet. Home of the brave, the slackers, the geeks, the haters, the hackers, the cyberpunks, the pirates, the cynics, the bloggers and the irate. Fuck you. Fuck James Cameron. He got caught red-handed committing plagiarism, stealing, and admitting stealing from HARLAN ELLISON. Steven Spielberg got successfully sued for Disturbia, and Michael Bay got successfully sued for plagiarism on his film THE ISLAND. Hollywood is creatively bankrupt. With 10,000 sequels, prequels, remakes, and reboots. And Fuck J.J. Abrams for outright stealing "LOST" from the guy who made Man From UNCLE, these 'successful' and popular HOLLYWOOD bigtime blockbuster 'Kings of the World' have what's coming to them: negativity, cynicism, righteous indignation and even hatred. They steal to make millions and millions, and George Lucas is King of them all. Originality? You want proof of originality? Google "Men Who Stare at Goats" to watch the trailer. There is ORIGINALITY. It's just fanboy-gusher morons who defend their IDOLS and their favorite movies who claim "all stories are the same throughout the centuries" bullshit. Clive Barker's HELLRAISER: nothing like it before it came out. When Bram Stoker wrote DRACULA there was nothing like it before, except a few remotely related folktales about 'revenants.' ERASERHEAD: nothing like it. H.P. Lovecraft wrote stories you'll not find anything like whatsoever before he wrote them. How many people made movies about cloning Dinosaurs before Jurassic Park? And what of Zardoz? And before George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1948, were there stories like that? Before Kafka wrote Metamorphosis, not too many stories about people waking up to find out they've turned into bugs in 1915. Tron: people getting sucked into computers and videogames? Nothing like it before it came out. Originality does exist, and if people are sick of seeing the same SHIT in hollywood week after week, year after year, and they don't want to give their money to these asshole hollywood directors, that is their prerogative, their right, and if they want to rant until the cows come home about how UNORIGINAL they are, or how much they HATE them, that is also their right. Just because a few 'fanboys' are offended that someone is criticizing the shit they consume on a regular basis is not enough to tell people they can't say what is on their minds. Not to mention, saying that is also NEVER going to stop anyone from saying what is on their minds, no matter how offensive it may be.

#354, you are right but only for a small degree. To that I agree, that originality still exist out there. And by the way, there is a novel of Jurassic Park before the movie as well as The Lost World. (Read both to be certain) Besides, most people do know Hollywood is bankrupt on ideas for a very large part, but that does not deny room for new ideas. If you read the entire comment, the thing asked is only to redirect criticism to those in which they are aimed. You ranted at the directors, so go do it in person. That way people trying to enjoy this site don't catch all your steam. And also #345 asked that the criticism was welcomed only when it was contructive. You have a few valid contructive criticism points, even more without the profanity. I won't deny I appreciate the pointing out of remaining originalities, but untill you make that evident what you say right now are only words. And no where in any of the arguments was anyone denyed their right to hate or dislike anything said. As #355, contradicting yourself was not only not a not so bright slip up but an out right mistake made where its not helping anything. I am a critic myself and buy only a select number of movies that have proven themselves worthy, retain originality in their overall quality (note overall, few are otherwise) and help generate more ideas. Thats why as of yet, my movie list all together, (sequals and prequal tie as a frenchise set as one number on the list) there is less then 100. If your gonna critize, my only request is the explain and evalute for everyone to see your valid argument. So far only 3 on this page, #300, #345, and #354. Short list for how many comments on this page. Ambrotos hoping not to come for round 2, bye.

blaaaa I do not like the principal character design -.-

You can hate all you want, its how you throw it around that bothers people. And nothing good ever came from it. If you hate so much, how come you won't say it the people who made it?

Why does Cameron need so much money to make a film? Yeah, he employs 1000s but he could feed millions... #361 - Don't type when your drunk. Arcanus - Don't type. District 9 haters - Being different only makes you trendy in High School. Jim Henson already did this film dozens of times... The rest of you hundreds... Read a book!

Thanks Phil. Once again, blow me if you don't like my tone or naughty language. I won't stop going to the movies just because most of them suck and are made for small minds. I'll just keep giving them a chance and then blast them and the a-holes who worship them when they suck. Cameron is a phony. Go get a box of tissues Alex T and the rest of you fanboy fruitcakes and have a Titanic party. Maybe Celine Dion can add a song to the Avatar soundtrack to really peak your sensitivity? Vectis, creating or re-stating lame quotes is actually one's attempt at sounding philisophical - "Profanity is a feeble minds attempt to be smart" Did you make this up Plato? I don't use fucking profanity to sound fucking smart dick face. I use it for emphasis so my feeble mind can sound forceful. Even feeble minds like mine have a voice in America.

Lokiluvcocky.....don't go to the movies anymore. That money that you spend on movies could go towards feeding the the vet's children and building homes for the homeless. For someone who has such a bleeding heart you sure are a tool. Please leave and join the Peace Corps.

First, its good to know someone knows where money should go but biting at everyone doesn't help anything at all. And the people who use the most profanity usually are as feeble as you can get with few that prove otherwise. On top of that those who curse can't even validate an argument. Earlier comments prove it by facts and quotation. Second, I don't even want to see Titanic at all. And to top everything off, if you check follow ups of what each person has said, you contradict yourself half the time in your words Lokilucocky. And yes I pointed you out becuase you have become a source of complete annoyance, who is complaining for an argument and can't hold one. Finally, not everyone has the means to help solve our own economic problems which the blame falls heaviest on those who spent more then they had. Not to those who lived within thier means. If all this is a waste, then in one word: "STOP". There is a reason your comments are called "negative" if you never took math class, it means less then nothing. So it might be smart for you to learn and be more then what you are proving us right as. #366, #367, Glad to hear some valid points. Some people seem to not know what they are.

Can I possibly unsee this?

Okay, it's unfair to judge a movie based on a trailer, so the whole District 9 vs Avatar comparison as a whole movie is ridiculous. That being said, I love District 9, and it's one of my favorite movie so far this year. For people to trash that movie in comparison to a trailer of Avatar is also ridiculous imo, as the trailer for this movie is utter garbage.

"This is Great."

Sam Worthington is a DICKCHEESE.

this movie looks like crap aliens arent supposed to look like humans

most anticipated movie of the year.. hopefully it would meet the expectation..

omg must seee htis movie