After months of deliberation, I finally went to see “Avatar” in 3D at a movie theatre in the United States. (Rachel basically had to drag me there. Heh.)

Prior to seeing the movie I didn’t go out looking for reviews; they came to me via Twitter. Dave Winer’s review is the only one that I can remember, though I read many more. I don’t read reviews by ‘critics’ because I’m not friends with critics; I trust my friends’ and peers’ reviews far more. Though, in this case, I had already decided that I wasn’t interested in seeing “Avatar” based solely on the trailer — which I viewed over a year before the film was released.

Here’s my initial thoughts on the movie just after I excited the theatre:

I really don’t think the film needed to cost ~US$500 million to make and promote. The 3D effect was almost pointless; I would have enjoyed the film just as much without it; 3D is a fad.

As I said in the video, the most important aspect of the movie is the story. Humans need to realise that the power-hungry elite are destroying our cultures, and ruining our freedoms and environments for profit.

What did you think of the film? Did you think about it as deep as moi?

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