I miss the days when people kept at least some thoughts to themselves.

Brits of a certain age and sensibility still fondly remember the week in 1979 when Top of the Pops had the Specials, Selecter and Madness on the same show.  Ska-tastic.

Fun Boy Three, not Fun Ball Three.

This. Cameron shit on comic book movies, so now the fanboys, and especially AVClub commenters who are overwhelmingly MCU fanboys, have him on their shit list forever. He can go and make a masterpiece comparable to the first Aliens, and they’ll hate on it and him without even watching it.

I think a lot of people’s intrinsically negative reaction to this sight unseen is a by-product of having been continually waterboarded by a corporate superhero machine for the past decade, which makes it easy to forget what ACTUAL blockbuster filmmaking looks like. For myself, I find it very easy to believe that the…

Good news! There’s a 2d version as well (and in fact a lot of theaters showed it!) It’s not going to be as impressive on a TV screen but it’s still a really good visual experience (though the story is simplistic, the dialogue is fairly workmanlike, and there aren’t many strongly-drawn characters, though the…

Isn’t it?  Most of the complaints seem to boil down to “Why is Cameron spending all this time making these dumb blue cat movies that no one wants to see!”

You were a real Wells for Boys kinda kid, huh? (The pot said to the kettle.)

I saw Titanic in theaters as an 8 year old boy and IMMEDIATELY begged my parents to see it a second time the following night. I also got the soundtrack on CD for Christmas. 

Too many people seem to define themselves by what they hate, not what they love. I root for every movie to be good.

I dunno, if I had to guess the school shooter, I’d go with ‘weirdass anti-avatar person who got particularly vicious after being denied a bad review to gloat over’ instead of ‘person with the capacity to appreciate fiction’  

You’re big mad about this! Yes, I’m sure anyone who enjoys this film is either a virgin or a violent sociopath. This some profound insight on your part. Truly astounding intellect at play.

It’s weird that people on here moan about the death of the auteur while simultaneously complaining that James Cameron has made a movie that’s really personal to him and his vision.

James Cameron said you can go to the bathroom anytime you want and come back to see what you missed a second time. 

I think you misunderstand Cameron’s style. It’s more 1980s Trapper-Keeper art than 1970s van art.

“My dad was very matter of fact “adults want to see mature films with adult humans in them”

I generally wait for movies on streaming, don’t mind watching on my phone, and HATE movies in 3D, but if there’s one movie I’m gonna see in the most immersive theater experience possible, you bet your ass it’s gonna be Avatar.

Man but a lot of people seem passionate about telling everyone they can how they hate Avatar 2 so much that they will never watch it.

I’m gonna watch this on my cell phone in about three months and then decide if it’s a good movie. 

You really just hate being alive, don’t you?