Should We See Avatar?

The movie Avatar has been in theaters for a little over two weeks now and by most calculations it's been a huge success. It's already made over a billion dollars in worldwide box office receipts and critics have described it as "amazing," "powerful," "glorious," and "anti-imperialist" (critics; sheesh). But guess what—we're still not sure if we want to see it. When the hype gets this hyped, we get the sinking suspicion that reality will never live up to the image in our minds. This is what happened when we went to see Little Miss Sunshine a couple of weeks after it became a sensation. The movie was okay, but there was no way our experience was going to match the euphoric heights described by our friends who'd already seen it.

We're afraid that the same thing will happen with Avatar. It seems we've already missed the boat, and we're tempted to just let it sail. Should we?

The Popularity
To see it: Everyone's talking about it. And several of our friends have already seen it multiple times. The movie's already made $1 billion, for heaven's sake. Are we really going to be one of the only people not to see this movie?
Not to see it: We're not the sort who does things just because everyone else does them. Like, if all our friends decided that it was cool to fart in public, would we say, "Awesome, I'm going to fart in public too!"? No, we wouldn't. Public farting is not cool. It's gross. And that's why we're not going to see Avatar.

The Special-Effects
To see it: It's in 3-D. 3-D=Awesome!
Not to see it: We don't look very good in those 3-D glasses (does anyone?).

The Acclaim
See it: Most of the reviews have been pretty good. Even if this movie doesn't turn out to be the greatest thing ever, it will at least be worth the money.
Don't: Why should I trust what the critics have to say? What do they know? This critic didn't include one single Harry Potter movie in a list of the best movies of the decade. NOT ONE. And I'm supposed to shell out my hard-earned cash based on his opinion?

The Hi-Tech Innovation
See it: The movie's director, James Cameron, has been working on Avatar for something like 50 years. He developed brand new motion-capture technology just for this movie. He claims the technology is so sophisticated you won't be able to tell the difference between the real people and the computer generated images.
Don't: We're pretty sure the giant blue guys aren't real.

So what do you think, should we see Avatar? Have you seen it? What did you think?

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