New Movie Releases DVD

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• Anonymous

  September 30th, 2011 at 8:51 pm

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  Outstanding movie!, June 13, 2010

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  Michele Lyons (New York City) –
  
    

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  This review is from: Avatar (Original Theatrical Edition) (DVD)

  I find it amazing that so many of the people who reviewed this disc whined about it having no “extras”. I buy a disc because I want to watch the movie and enjoy it, over and over. I have no interest whatsoever in all the extras, deleted scenes, commentaries, interviews, bells, whistles, fireworks, violins, etc. that clutter up most movie discs today. That is all nothing but an excuse that the studios can use to double the price of the disc and they do nothing to enhance the enjoyment of the film. This disc was fine for the purpose of anyone who wants to enjoy the film. What is even better is that even though it reads as “widescreen” it was put out in an aspect ratio that makes it fill virtually the entire screen of your tv set. I throughly detest the “widescreen” format that leaves you watching a movie that fills the center third of your screen, with huge black blocks at top and bottom. What, exactly, is the point of buying giant big screen tv’s when movie discs leave one third of your screen blank at the top and another third blank at the bottom, leaving you to watch a movie squeezed into the middle of your screen? I was not able to see Avatar in the theaters, so I wanted to see it at home. And when I did I was enchanted. The fantasy world of Pandora is utterly breath-taking, with colors so vivid you wonder if you ever saw real color before this. Cameron has done it again; someday the film world will stop doubting him. Bigger, better, more amazing, more entertaining, he does it all. Film reviewers keep grouching that his characters are steriotypes, his dialogue clunky—-but I think I am sensing sour grapes here. I think all the critics wish that they could have made a movie that was not only marvelous, but made so much money it is unbelieveable. As for steriotypes? Did you ever wonder why something is a steriotype? Mostly because it is a character that speaks deeply to people, and is very, very popular. The story of Avatar is that of a weary hero, very much abused and alone, finding himself willing to risk everything, even his chance at a new life, for a girl, a people and a world he has come to love. The hero that stands against great odds, to defend what is right, is an eternal figure. He has existed in every time, land and race since humanity began to dream. Humanity needs such heros, real or fictional. We all wish we could be such heros. The filming of Avatar is ground breaking, the story ideas interesting, the visual effect gorgeous. You fly with dragons, run through giant forests, fight enemies, find love, taste disaster and triumph. The basic story is simple—but all the very best stories are. Especially the ones that last. As I think this one will. So get this disc, enjoy the movie, the adventure and the beauty. It is a fantastic “feel good” film. And there’s not a damned thing wrong with that as far I can see.

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• Anonymous

  September 30th, 2011 at 7:05 pm

   
• Michele Lyons

  September 30th, 2011 at 6:49 pm

  
  
  
  
  
  

  

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  Oct 12, 2010 4:54:44 PM PDT

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  Latest Information: The extended collector’s edition of “Avatar”–with more than eight hours of special features on Blu-ray and more than three hours on DVD–is now available to order at Amazon.com.