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[samvara]

Avatar was unbelievably pretty; the 3D effects were gorgeous and well integrated although I now have a pounding headache.

The movie itself was composed of the most humiliating, colonial, imperialist, sexist, capitalist, racist, militarist montage I have ever seen. I haven't felt the urge to walk out of a movie in years but I hung in there hoping miserably for a magical fix that didn't come. I am embarrassed on behalf of the human race.

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[angriest]

It's actually scoring 84% on Metacritic. Which isn't to say the film isn't everything Samvara says it is (I don't think it is, but I'm just one guy and am often hilariously wrong about things), but as far as critical appraisals go that's fairly sensational feedback for the movie. Right now you'd struggle to find a negative review among the professional critics.

[ironed_orchid]

I was actually thinking "among my peer group" rather than "among fans of big budget films"

[angriest]

Ah, I get it now.

(Although the 84% score from Metacritic is from professional critics, who don't necessarily all love big budget cinema in general.)