Booked 2 weeks in advance.

Left college at 2:30 and set off to see it at the Imax for 5:30

Arrived at the Imax 3:00. Got a drink and queued up for 2 and half hours.

Cinemas was packed and fully booked. Noone spoke throughout the entire film and it was literally the best experience i've had at a cinema.

~Skxawng

I went with my Grandparents and my Mum when I first went to see it.

It was quite good as there were no annoying people sat by us and you could literally hear a pin drop in the room, but my Nan was a little irritating. She and my Bamps are not really fans of sci-fi at all and I got the feeling that they got a little bored through the slower second section but when the action kicked in, they were fine.

At the scene where Eytukan is dying and Neytiri rushes over to him, sobbing, she says something that resembles "wakey" at one point. Of course my Nan jumps all over this fact, nudges me, whispers "did she just say wakey wakey?" to me and laughs, completely destroying the moment. Now I can never watch that scene again without thinking about that. Oh yeah... cheers a lot Nan. :D

But anyway... annoying family members aside, it was a really good viewing.

I was a bundle of nerves when I first went to see Avatar with the family... I had watched all the trailers and was super excited. I was bouncing all around up until the movie started, and then I just went still.

I just sat there and tried to absorb it all. I started crying about halfway in, and didn't stop until hours after the movie was over. My life changed during that viewing, though I didn't realize to what extent until just recently. I remember seeing the credits roll, and not realizing for a few minutes that I was supposed to get up and leave. I managed to stand, and I was trembling and sobbing. I'm sure I looked like a mess :P

And then I stumbled out of the theater, into the gray parking lot, and got smacked in the face with the Pandora effect. I sobbed harder. My dad was trying to figure out what was wrong, but I was literally beyond talking. I remember making a wide sweeping gesture with my hand, trying to show him that it was everything around us that was so depressing. I think he understood somewhat, because he stopped asking after that.

Before we could go home, we had to go to OfficeMax to pick up some ink for our printer. I had to stay in the car I was crying so hard. It was like something in me broke... I could stop crying for maybe a second or two and then my brain showed me another image of Pandora and the crying started again.

When we finally got home (still crying at this point lmao), I stumbled over to my couch and collapsed, still trying to absorb everything from Avatar. My stepmother was concerned, asking me over and over again what had happened. I managed to say, "The movie was sad," and she looked at me like I was crazy and walked away. I stayed on that couch for two hours with my face buried in a pillow.

The next couple of days were torture. I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, couln't focus on anything other than Avatar. The Pandora effect hit me hard. Finally, after about a week of suffering, I stumbled upon the Avatar forums. And then my life changed again.

Wow that was really long. Sorry about that lol :P

Well, in short I didn't want to go, but my dad who saw it and loved it convinced me.

I spent most of my first experience watching it half being immersed in the people and story, and half really, really hoping that the movie wouldn't end.

I remember just before the last scene when Keytiri takes Jake's mask off thinking to myself, "They're going to have his eyes snap open then cut to black, those bastards," because I didn't want it to be over ><

Tanhì, oel ngati kameie... Your story is all too familiar :'(
The one good thing for me was that I don't live with my parents, because even if they mean well, people asking what's wrong can just be annoying, especially if it's not something you could explain like PAD is.

Tanhi's story was more like how I was on my second viewing.

My first viewing, I was pretty much in shock the whole time, and for hours afterwards. I knew it was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen, but it was just too much to work through.

My second viewing, howver, is when things really hit home. Unlike my first, I was alone, and that may have had a little to do with not being so reserved. But everything in the movie just crushed me, tears at both the happy and the sad parts. Immediately after I left, PAD set in very hard and didn't even lessen for about two weeks. About halfway through that time is when I found Avatar-Forums, and it helped quite a bit.

Fifteen times in now, though, it still brings tears in several parts.

I never really felt PAD until the day after my first time. The first time I saw Avatar was the only time I didn't really cry or react very strongly. I did a bit during the destruction of Hometree and Eytukan's death, but those were the only places I really remember, and I didn't a lot then.
The next day though, I just felt really depressed, I couldn't even link it to Avatar, I had no idea what it was. It took me a few days before I suddenly realised that I was thinking of Pandora, then went to see Avatar again that night, that time I reacted much more all through it, like I have all the other times I have since seen it. I found AF a day or two after that, and it was just so nice to realise I wasn't alone :)

Also I forgot to eat my popcorn during the first showing. I was too busy watching the movie.

My first viewing...


Happened on opening day. I was glad to be seeing it. Went with my sister in the morning. I had mixed feelings because I had watched "Star Trek" a few days before, and was really excited from all the hype that movie had, how it was considered such a phenomenal film. Then I finally saw it on DVD and wasn't really that impressed. Sure, the SFX were astounding, and the story wasn't half-bad, but it really really didn't live up to my expectations. Thought it was ok but not great at all... but then, I'm not a Trekkie.

This is what I was worrying about Avatar, that it might be the same kind of thing. Still though, I was excited. I watched it in a Liemax first time (it wasn't bad, ok?) and I was just... wow. My eyes were attached to the screen, more or less. Every scene had me holding onto my seat, ESPECIALLY the scene where Jake was trying to get his mask in the end and failed. I was in complete anxiety, I thought Cameron would make this turn into a "Titanic" moment when Jack dies.

The first time I saw the "I See You" scene I held back the tears. I would've started balling in the theater the first time had I let go. I kind of regret holding them back, because after that it was never the same. Ever. The tears never came easily, and I finally made myself cry about two viewings ago (my 7th). When Jake came on the Toruk to the Tree of Souls I was smiling. I had a huge adrenaline rush during the "Gathering the Clans" montage. I was amazed at the computer graphics, how the Na'vi looked so real. They were... real. I couldn't believe it. I'd never seen anything like it before. Gollum looked like a cheap, Playstation 1, Narnia mock-up character from the 90s compared to the Na'vi. It was phenomenal.

When Jake opened his eyes at the end I just couldn't hold anything back. I clapped. I clapped hard in the theater. And what was even more thrilling was the rest of the audience followed my example and clapped with me. I couldn't believe it. That was the best experience I had ever had watching a movie in my lifetime.

I deliberately refused to look or expose myself to anything Avatar-related for the rest of the day, and the whole day afterward. Had I not done that, I wouldn't be obsessed. The feeling of the movie slowly sank in during those two days. Then I finally saw it a second time in a real Imax theater on New Year's Eve with the rest of my family. WOW. The only thing that ruined the second experience was my mom, who absolutely hated it.

Since viewing it the first time I've seen it 8 more times afterward. I plan to see it just once more in a real Imax when it's re-released, making the count an even 10.

Avatar changed my view on many things. It changed the way I look at movies, it changed how I spent my free time. I haven't played a video game in ages. My primary hand-held "game" is my Rubik's cube, which I have to solve everyday at least 6 times just to get my mind straight. Avatar isn't just a film. It's an experience. It's a rush of adrenaline. I will hold it dear.

Forever.

i was going with my cousin and i really didn´t expect much..... just some blue animated monkeys or something else.....but the movie just blow my mind... 2 days later i saw it again! :D

amen ;)

but what do u expect from skypeople and dreamwalkers?