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  • Okay, seriously people...you all need to realize that arguing over whether or not a movie was a rip-off of something else or if it was overrated is pointless, cuz I'm sick of checking my inbox and seeing that someone else wants to convince me that my opinion isn't valid... It's simple: IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T WATCH IT!

  • Brilliant movie! one of the most underrated and misunderstood movies in recent memory, it was Cameron's story since 1988 and he wrote his script in 1993 but didn't film it because of the lack of technology and had it on hold for a decade until 2005 then rewrote the script in 2006. Sure he borrowed from Last of the Mohicans, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa, Dune, Heavy Metal, Willow, Fantastic Planet, LightYears (Gandahar), Starchaser Legend of Orin etc. but it was pure excellence.

  • @Johnlindsey289 Look, Avatar is overhyped/overrated. People were suckered into a film that had just a bunch of special effects innovation. But it had a mediocre/predictable story, sometimes the acting was bad too. The film also had bad pacing. And did not need to be 3 hours long. Even the dark knight was better then avatar. Dark knight had perfect pacing, a better story, and more interesting characters. That film made you go on the edge of you're seat eager to see what was gonna happen.

  • @Johnlindsey289 Avatar has nothing mature about it, Its an environmental film. Avatar is the highest grossing film, But highest rated? Not even close. in the list of highest rated sci fi films district 9 stands far above avatar. District 9 had a small budget, and made 100% use of it. District 9 has beteer pacing more original story and more interesting people. Also the message district 9 gives you is better then avatars. Aliens is better then avatar,

  • @Johnlindsey289 Get some good taste in movies buddy: Godfather, citizen kane, 2001 a space oddyssey, full metal jacket, Black swan, the fountain, Moon, A clockwork orange, Eraserhead, Mulholland drive, Primer, The wrestler, No country for old men, ETC.

  • @poopamultimatepoopy

    Your jelaous of this movie's success, it's the next Gone with the Wind i tell you

  • @Johnlindsey289 If it was the next gone with the wind it would have a good story and better ratings. The movie itself only holds an average of 88% on rotten tomatoes.

  • Good film, beautiful visuals and effects, the setting and sci-fi ideas were amazing, unfortunately the plot and story was heavily cliched

  • @SuperHeroMania

    Do you think this movie is as good as Aliens and Terminator 2 or True Lies when it comes to Cameron movies?

  • @Johnlindsey289 no, Terminator 2 was excellent, one of my favorite films of all time, same goes for Aliens and the first Terminator, and True Lies was good too, with Titanic and Abyss

  • Who the fuck cares if its a rip off of Pocahontas? or Ferngully, or Dances with Wolves, or the Last Samurai? And why wasn't it an issue until some guy on the internet mentioned it? A fucking 5 year old with down syndrome could've told you that months before the movie came out!

  • @Virgil077

    Cameron wrote Avatar before Last Samurai or Pocahontas in 1993, it was his story since 1988 when he wrote the plot and ideas on paper that year and had wrote an 80 page script in 1993, he wanted to film it after Titanic is done for a 1999 release but decided to wait a decade for the technology to be better and put it in a drawer waiting.

  • Has anyone actually considered the reason the story in 'Avatar' is weak is because James Cameron wrote it 10 years ago? 10 years ago that story would have been completely original. That's why with 'Avatar 2' I think the story will be a lot better because he will be writing it in modern times. Take Christopher Nolan's 'Inception' for example; he too wrote that story 10 years ago, but unlike Cameron he edited and updated it each year and the story is simply mezmerizing,

  • @ranamuhammadatif SHUT THE H*** UP

  • I just saw this movie again and it dawned upon me that technically this movie is shit. It is a waste of 300 million dollars. If you gave that much money to a sensible person, he would have done a far better job. The kind of technology used in this movie is immature. Any one familiar with the ABCs of editing knows that it is full of mistakes and bad compositing.

  • @ranamuhammadatif how can technology be immature?

  • why is no one gives fuck that

    -Goodfellas is The Godfather based on a true story?

    -Never Back Down is a modern day version of Karate Kid?

    -Reservoir Dogs ripped off a great Asian cinema classic in City on Fire?

    Maybe its because of the mind blowing special and visual effects, the satirical stance on corporate America or the fact it raked in 2 billion dollars

    Whatever the reason, Avatar is a great movie whose sceptics dont like James Cameron, not the actual movie.

    Bring on Avatar 2!

  • Terrible movie.

    Good idea, mind-blowing univers, but ended up beeing pochahontas feats actionman, NOW WITH EXPLODING HELICOPTERS!

    Terrible terrible...

    It saddens me that the wonderful idea ended up being a stupid B action film. I did expect more from cameron.

  • @tjalfejon

    And over 2 billions worth of dollars gross worldwide.

    Sorry mate, the numbers speaks for themselves.

  • @tjalfejon

    Do you think this movie is as good as Aliens and T2 or True Lies or The Abyss when it comes to Cameron or is this Cameron's worst film? he had the idea for 23 years back in 1988 when he had the plot and ideas written on paper then in 1993 he wrote the script but decided to hold it off for a decade until better technology comes along. Do you think it deserves it's success as the biggest movie of all time or is it a fraud?

  • I'm sick of everyone saying this movie is a rip-off of Pocahontas! Because really it's a rip-off of Ferngully.

  • @haydenworley

    I think its better than Ferngully cause this is a movie for grown-ups! if you want a good enviromentalist animated movie, see Princess Mononoke

  • @haydenworley Actually, it's almost scene for scene a remake of the Don Rosa story "War of the Wendigo". Love subplot aside. Right down to the placement of key scenes like the bulldozer attack and the final battle.

  • Can you say,which music plays in trailer?

  • thats a hard movie

  • The story has been done in other films/books a hundred times over. The only good thing was a bout this movie, was the cgi.

  • Overrated.

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    @Avatard 168,really good story? the story was just about as fresh as a college dude's socks...boy pretends to be what he's not.boy meets girl and they fall in love.girl finds out the truth and hates boy.some catastrophe that boy was somewhat responsible for.boy switches teams.they fall in love and live happily ever after...c'mon.let's face it, it was the graphics. if i wanted something that relates to what's happening now i'd sit on my front porch and watch my neighbours walk by

  • @anonymouspoet1 you forgot the part with the new planet, language, species', army, exploration, war, sacrifice and over all good ideas.

  • @anonymouspoet1 and good acting

  • @anonymouspoet1 I didn't say that the story was new or fresh, but that it was good. And while my opinion of the storyline wasn't influenced by the actual graphics, they definitely added to the story. Also, for some reason, I really doubt that your neighbors are going around, stealing resources from other people, and going to war with them if they don't get what they want

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  • I wish I never saw this movie in the theatres. Waste of money and too much hype

  • @pdynamics1

    Do you think it's cinema's biggest fraud ever and doesn't deserve to be the highest grossing movie ever?

  • view this right here avatz..net change .. to .

  • My God two thumbs up. This movie is genius. Go James Cameron!!!!!!!

  • The most amazing movie ever! Some people think that the only reason people liked it was because of the graphics, but the story is actually really good, because it sort of relates to what's happening now ( except that obviously there's no blue people running around). I'd like it even if the graphics sucked.

  • @Avatard168 The dark knight alone, was better then avatar...

  • @poopamultimatepoopy Well that's YOUR opinion, and I'm really sorry that my opinion can't be the same as yours, but I happen to love this movie.

  • @Avatard168 Im just saying, dark knight ratings beat avatar ratings by ten fold.

  • Yea your right about Transformers 2 but it didnt win a Golden Globe for best picture and Nominated for a Best Picture Oscar like Avatar! If you and everyone else who hated Avatar got together you guys could all fit in a Mazda Miata! Transformers 2 was givin 1 star, Avatar received 4 stars! Transformers 2 made $500 million in the box office worldwide, Avatar made $2 Billion in the box office worldwide! I think its safe to say Avatar is a Great Movie!

  • @ConcreteSurfer420 I don't hate Avatar, i just don't find it a spectacular movie, it was nominated for all of that because the critics liked it's special effects and because of the director.

  • Avatar was good, but overrated. from what ppl said, i thought this was gonna be the best film of the decade. the story was good, but not spectacular. the editing though, totally amazing. i think thats what made ppl love this movie. the editing and 3D graphics, and they couldnt see past that. James Cameron was made so many better movie than this, Alien, Aliens, Terminator 1 and 2, Titanic, and even True Lies

  • The film was brillant. James Cameron took special effects to a whole new level.

  • I really don't see what the big deal is about this movie. All that hype and I ain't impressed.

  • I've been looking forward this movie for years. I was fortunate enough to come across and read the synopsis (story outline) by James Cameron some ten years ago. However, I am somewhat disappointed by the CGI in this trailer.

  • I hate when people look at trailers and already say that its gonna suck, I really don't give a damn what people say, Cameron's films are always awesome.

  • Okay, I'm not dissing Cameron or this movie or the effects or anything. But... I don't know... not what I expected. It feels like Apocalypto in Space.... doesn't look that original at all.

  • Explain to me HOW this is different from any PIXAR film? These aliens and their world look completely cartoony! Is this supposed to be somehow "epic" because their combining the CGI characters with live action??? They've been doing that for decades, and FAR better than this! Remember Jurassic Park?

  • awesome, very futuristic

  • I got to say this trailer looks like the movie will be a big disappointment. At least it was not a good trailer movie might be much better.

  • I'll go see it, but my expectations won't be high. This isn't the second coming of the messiah!

  • EHH... Not impressed.... And I couldn't wait for the trailer.

  • $300 million down the drain!

  • You haven't even seen the movie, how do you know its a waist from just watching the trailer?

  • Okay, what is the big deal about this?

    I just...Don't exactly understand it.

    Did it used to be a TV show? Was it a game? A comic? A old movie?

    I have no idea what to think right now...I...Just.....Don't know!

  • No. It's not based on anything at all. It's entirely fresh and original.

  • how about reading the video description ?

  • No..it's camerons original idea...

  • No, this was an original idea. Something Hollywood lacks these days.

  • AH-MA-ZING. Fresh, original, obviously dramatic...balanced by action and a phenom world. Seeing this in 3D is all I want from Santa this Xmas.

  • looks like 10,000 B.C all over again...

  • YOU COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER!

  • Go HUMANS! Kill those pity blue oversize people! MuHahahahaha

  • looks wired

  • The hype is gonna ruin this film for me, just like it did for The Dark Knight.

  • Then don't pay attention to the hype?

  • I think that u can't make a comment untill you see the movie as the director meant to be. Go and watch it in an IMAX cinema than you can give stars.

  • Pretty sure I can say what I want about a movie just by seeing a preview.  And sorry, I don't waste money on Imax when a standard theater screen is just as good. Not that I will waste my time seeing this shit anyway.

  • wtf is this shit?

  • The flood was here.

    =D

  • shouldn't that movie put all kinds of effect to the next level or something like that?(f.ex shouldn't we be abble to se what is animation and what's not??)

    -I mean ,ok it looks very good but lets not exaggerate, just look at the robot at 0:17 -robots in matrix reloaded and revolutions were more realistic.(and thoes were maide in 2003)

    or maybe is just me... :S

  • Too much hype...

  • @Dc13PL what do you mean? there was barely any hype for it, before it came out i didn't see a single commercial for it on TV, just one in the movie theartures,and the only reason I heard about at all was because there was an article about it in a magazine about the special affects and how it took like 6 years to make.

  • Thanks for putting this up on YouTube! I couldn't get it to work on the Apple site.

    Is this based off a book or anything? It looks strange, but I guess adventurous.

  • I really hope "Avatar" is not going to be about wild beasts with spears and bows directly defeating a war machine of an advanced alien civilization that had been studying how to destroy living stuff as efficiently as possible for its entire existence.

  • s'not. entirely fresh.

  • whut tha fuck

  • Looks like an awesome movie, if those Na`Vi weren`t included. I don`t want a furry movie! D:<

  • $250 million dollars and this is all they could come up with?! This looks like a film made by and for Furries....

  • best looking cgi ever!?????

    what about final fantasys???? spirit within?? children advent???

    what about gollum???? too much waiting for an "already seen" cgi

    titanic on a planet instead a boat ... pfff

  • looks cheesy

  • This is the craziest cgi-trip you`ve ever seen.James Cameron is back!

  • @creativeresult w8 until eight movie ;) 

  • those blue characters look like star wars phantom menace (1999) cg, not impressed cameron... for good cg look at district 9.. no comparison!

  • Appreciate the visual effects in the least. Try it before you bash it.

  • W T F?

  • Starcraft vs Warcraft ?

    terrain vs night elf

  • lol

  • James Cameron is finally back. Believe in him people, this kind of movie doesn't come out too often.

  • Shit movie? Yea they come out too often. Some examples, GI Joe, Transformers, Wolverine etc etc. May I remind you that this is just a teaser trailer, the movie is not 100% complete yet and remember, this is supposed to be watch in 3D.

  • I do not give a shit how it is supposed to be watched. The point is this looks like utter shit. Teaser or not, I am not impressed. If I am not grabbed by the teaser, I am not interested in the movie period. And I also hate CGI films. Real action or nothing.

  • You're a fucking Tool...XDXD

  • Aww are you butt hurt at the truth? And tool? what kind of insult is that anyway? Move along 19 year old pussy.

  • He's calling a tool cause you are one! dipshit..What? age perspective insult you or something..Only thing butt hurt about you, is you actually like it in the ass!..

    What a fucking choad..XDXD

  • Calling someone a 'tool' is by far the most retarded insult I ever heard. It is hilarious actually. Just like choad. Use something original. Not something people have said for years. 

    And on the contrary I am not butthurt. He is the one to throw insults at me for my opinion which I have a right to. So keep trying. And to insult, or try to insult someone over the internet, is a pussy. Plain and simple.

  • BONERcrusherOfBorg...

    Dude In all you don't even need to come on here a voice your opinion cause nobody cares, and no you don't have a right to...What you using XBox live talk or something?..Oh, and you don't have to insult somebody cause of their age? What if he's 19?!...so..

  • XBox live talk? LMFAO! Freedom of Speech ignorant one. I do have the right to express my opinion. Show me where it says I do not have that right? Exactly you cannot.

  • Exactly which I can!..See BONERcrusher, I know you like to troll..You come on here and give a blunt insult to a movie you don't have any knowledge of..Pretty much sure you waste time talking shit on Halo Live though?!..I thought Marines did better things with there time?!..hmm, guess not?!..

  • u stupid fuck, its chod which comes from hindi chodya meaning fucker... meaning say it right or dont say it at all faget

  • Or choad .... as in a small fat penis ...

  • "Do not judge a book by its cover" Ever heard of it? There's a lot of trailers that doesn't do justice to movies that are great(Fight Club).

  • firstly, Fight club sucked. Secondly, everyone has their right to judge something the way they want to. I have my own tastes in movies, and this does not fit into it.

  • This is like my 15th time watching this.

  • Lol, I can't blame you. It's gonna be great

  • looks like FAIL

  • WOW

  • mindblowing. Best looking cgi ever

  • The only shots that look fake are, unfortunately, the first three or four shots of the Avatars. The rest of it looks incredibly cool.

  • WTF its damn Ewoks all over again... spears defeating tanks and jets... Ugh, I will still see it for the visuals and James Cameron

  • This is going to be AMAZING!

  • LOL one part i did like is the halo 3 heliocopters did anyone think that?

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  • wow fantastic

  • so final fantasy...

  • My first thought when I saw this trailer was WTF? I starts out looking like a sci-fi film, then transitions to some kind of animated elven fantasy. I seriously doubt this is going to have the impact of Titanic. But I'll probably see it anyway.

  • James Cameron couldnt make a shitty film even if he wanted to

  • @ConcreteSurfer420 i hated avatar

  • @Snako85 then you fails

  • @Snako85 How come?

  • @clutchcityrockets It was such a let down in these ways: 1- I expected it to be like the tv series, it wasn't 2- The movie was just Dances with Wolves but CGI 3-It was so overhyped that it made the movie worse than it was 4- It was just not good and if it won the Oscar than they should give Dances with Wolves another one 5-Im glad The Hurt Locker won.

  • @Snako85 Avatar draws heavily from the western genre, but this was all intended. Really no different from the way Star Wars, among other sci-fis have in the past. This is not a film that tries to advance the plot in ways we have never seen, but emersing us in a place we have never been before. Cameron wanted to tell a story he is obviously passionate about, and who should stop him? Oh and as for Dances With Wolves (great film) well.. it isn't original either.

  • @Snako85

    Oh god, not the Dances with Wolves thing again, it's nothing like that movie.

  • @Snako85 If you hated Avatar? why did you "choose" to watch the trailer of a film you hated? I hate Slumdog Millionaire, but im not about to watch the trailer! You obviously have a very low I.Q LOL! watching trailers for movies you hate! WEIRDO!

  • @ConcreteSurfer420 Avatar as a movie was awful, as its trailers go, they are fantastic. you're wrong about my I.Q.. You are correct however about Slumdog Millionare.

  • @Snako85 LOL well at least we agree on something, sorry about the I.Q comment

  • @Snako85

    What is the difference between Dances and Avatar? and who's better? Sam Wortington or Kevin Costner?

  • @ConcreteSurfer420 He did it with this film.

  • @adrianocounter is that why is made so much money?

  • @adrianocounter is that why it made more money than any movie in history?

  • @ConcreteSurfer420 Because it was well promoted, the efects were inovative and don't forget that transformer 2 made a lot of money too, that didn't make it a bether film.

  • @adrianocounter Learn how to spell!

  • @ConcreteSurfer420 I'm not english, i'm still learning, that's why my english is so poor.

  • Looks kind of comical. I'm a bit disappointed.

  • its not mind blowing but it is interesting

  • the blue elves look so unbelievably ridiculous.

  • I am not excited by this trailer at all.

  • is that Vin Diesel at 0:39?

  • cameron described it as a new era of movie..making....tryin to make himself come about as legend film maker...who changed cinema histor....well we have seen better visuals and seen those machines already in movies...but altogether it is goni to be legenedry great story to it and okay great visuals but not all great

  • The movie in IMAX 3D is a lot different than your computer screen. Plus the movie isn't done yet. The effect don't look great now, but I'm sure the film crew is working on it.

  • Si. Se ve muy buena...entretenida... espero que pronto verla en los cines en 3D

  • this movie is going to be freaking epic!!

  • great trailer.

    is this a pc or a ps3 game?

  • fucking idiot,the PS3 has no games

  • its a film u wanker

  • you're kiddin'

    it doesn't look like a film to me

  • Completely awesome!!!!! Amazing, perfect... I don't have word to describe how exciting I am about this... OMG this is the most beautiful and amazing thing I've ever seen!! Congratulations Mr Cameron, you are GOD!!!

  • First of all its a trailer so the movie isn't 100 percent done. The effects aren't done yet. Second of all this movie is meant to be seen in IMAX 3D which is a lot different than your computer screen. This movie will have amazing effects.

  • its amazing you twat it supposed to look odd

  • The two most anticipated minutes of the year in movies and Apple fucks it up. Typical. Thank god for youtube. Looks fuckin mind-blowing.

  • This reminds me of Apocalypto.

  • looks good, very good

  • Damn! With all the CGI availiable these days couldn't they have given those "beautiful" and exotic aliens prettier mugs???

    Not sure how it will look in 3D but for now I've seen better graphics in Crysis.

  • Wtf. James Cameron made this? More like George Lucas -.- The minute those blue elves came on screen this sucked.

  • awesome! can't wait any more!

  • La pienso ver! me encantaron los otros seres, como el azul es mi favorito xD

  • Nagrand 0:35? Or the floating continent from FFVI? :P

  • this looks beyond retarded

  • Hell, its about time.

  • Not what I was expecting...

  • Remember this is shown in 2-D and its not finish yet, watch the final product in 3-D and I promise you, you'll be blown away.

  • I agree.

  • woooo can't wait to see it on December 17!!! yeah 17th, thats the day it starts here in Puerto Rico:)

  • I'm not impressed.

  • Damn, it looks great!

    I want to see it NOW!

    God, I can't wait 'til December...

  • looks like a lot of blue Jar Jar Binks running around lol