Ling has a very happy life when she was 9 year old. Her parents both were worked in the best hospital in Wuhan. Ling love to study English with her father. Every thing was perfect before the Chairman Mao came and took over China. All luxuries such as flowers fabric and delicious food that Ling usually to have, now disappear. All the people in the West became Chairman Mao‘s suspect. Then one of the Chairman Mao‘s man moved into Ling‘s apartment. The Wong‘s family, Ling‘s upstair neighbor, Ling‘s family annd the Wong‘s family is best friend. But then the Wong‘s family got arrested away, also Ling‘s parents got demote from the work. Ling‘s school life is a nightmare, she become enemy with the son of the Chairman Mao‘s man and she got beat up so badly at school and also being bully because the seen as bourgeois. Then later on, Ling‘s father also got took away from the Chairman Mao‘s men. One day, Ling‘s father has saved a Chairman Mao‘s man. Ling and her mother must survive alone as further horrors around. At the end, the government‘s people had came, save everyone and arrested all the Chairman Mao‘s to the jail forever.

In this story, the main part is when Chairman Mao took over China and lead everyone, and the finally the China‘s government people had stand up and fight for their country again for freedom and justice. The ending in this story was incredible, there‘s no other ending that can beat is story‘s ending. I would never think that the ending will be this great. With me the beat part in the story is when Ling stand up and fight for herself and her family when her friend in school called her family is anti-revolution and using bad words to talk about her parents. Even though she might die or being arrest to the labor camp for fight with the Chairman Mao‘s man but she still beat him up anyway. That part show out the loves from her to her father and mother, also the bravest in Ling when she stand up and fight with a bunch of boys standing around her.

For some reason, this article is really funny. The guy that was writing this article was a bit mean, but the way he talked was really funny.  I think it does’t really matter if we watch in 3D or 2D because it is the same story, nothing really change. I watched this movie for 3 times already, one from the computer and 2 times from the theather. I think this movie was the best movie in 2010. The movie was really creative and I liked the Na’vi people. They are really unlike from the normal human beings. I wanted to watch from the 3D, but someone changed my mind. My friend, she said wearing those glasses hurts her nose and she had a headache, so I changed my mind to just watch in 2D.

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Watching Avatar is a good experience, and it could be made even better if you choose the best cinema that fits you. For example, watching it in 2-D might ruin the experience, while watching it in 3-D may ruin your eyes. The average movie-goer might be confused about which to take, so here’s my opinion on this movie.

Watching a 3-D movie enhances the movie experience. But at some points, there are already 3-D holograms in the movie, so the glasses change it into a 9-D picture. It works fine when Jake was in the Jungle, but at other points it was just plain annoying.

In 2-D, you are now in the third-person view. But a least now your eyes don’t need to strain so much just to watch the movie. So now you can enjoy it as much as you want.

In my opinion the 2-D movie is better. Even though it’s a third-person view, least its better not putting the strain on your eyes.

The new movie “Avatar” by James Cameron was a legendary movie, having started some fifteen years ago, technology was not at a point where Avatar could be created. But now, we can, and we did. The visuals are amazing, and 3-D and I-max theaters do nothing but help it along it’s path to greatness. I personally have only seen the regular 2-D version, but friends and family tell me that the 3-D version was amazing, if a little bit of an eyesore. If I had to pick one to watch, however, I would choose the I-Max version.  According to this article (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/how-do-you-take-your-avatar-well-you-can-take-it-one-of-three-ways/?scp=5&sq=avatar&st=cse) I-Max is the most refreshing, enjoyable  way to watch this movie legend.

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I read this article about someone having to compare and contrast the three versions of the movie “Avatar.” To me, that person seems like a pretty strict person. He has very high expectations when it comes to watching a movie. He talks about the seating, the audience, the previews, and of course, the movie. He watched it in 3D, 2D, and Imax. I’ve watched it three times, twice in 2D, and once in 3D. Even though I’ve seen it twice in 2D, I still don’t have the “bored, or uninterested” feeling. I liked 2D way better than 3D. I used the word “headache” a lot when I was putting sticky notes on the webpage. It is because the headache bugged me a lot; I couldn’t concentrate on the movie. Not only that, the glasses was also heavy, making my nose hurt a little. I think this person thinks that the movie Avatar, isn’t the most striking movie ever, like it’s not interesting enough for him. But, I’m not a movie critique, and I just like to watch movies peacefully. So, I would just pick the 2D version.

Usually, I take my movies in 2D form, but for Avatar, I would like to take it in IMAX form. If you’re going to pay anyways for a movie, wouldn’t you just take it in the best format? 3D movies are not  common. Even in 2D, the movie was amazing and fresh. I can’t wait to see the movie in 3D. 3D brings the movie to life, and if the movie already seems extremely lively in 2D form, it must be a lot more fun watching it like it’s happening right infront of your eyes! In the “How Would You Take Your Avatar” article, the author explained how it is a movie that people wouldn’t really want to watch twice. I personally think this is not true. Have you not seen the part where Jake is chased by the Rhino, or when the flowers gather around Jake? Even in 2D it was exciting. I would love to see the scene happen “in real life.” In conclusion, I would prefer to watch movies in 2D then 3D if necessary.

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I’ve watch Avatar 2 times, once in 2D and another time on 3D! If I could watched this heroic movie again, I’ll definitely watch it in Imax because the experience will be much better especially when there’s a lot of people watching which will make the movie more exciting and curious. The crowd is also very important to a movie, whenever their are those audience that have no respect and scream like a rooster definitely ruin the movie not just for me but also alot of people. I will really be happy if I could see this movie one more time on Imax.

I take my Avatar in the Three-Dimensional world. I prefer watching in 3-D, because it has better quality by far, but the glasses can be annoying or irritating. And although it may make one dizzy, I never felt dizziness. Feeling dizzy means you won’t last long in Avatar, however. Three hours of the Third Dimension? If your brave enough, go for it. Expensive as it was, it was all worth it.

The fire, the Hometree collapsing, the bullets from the gun, everything was fantastic. If you can manage to afford one ticket for yourself to see this movie, then you’re bound to have one of the most exciting and inspiring moments of your life. Avatar is truly a wonderful experience.

I myself had an Avatar IMAX experience, and with a screen as  tall as three stories, and with near-weightless glasses, it was totally cool. The floating mountains were exciting, and the fighting and fall of hometree was marvelous. Everything was just splendid.

The first time I watched Avatar was in 2D, and that was still a great experience even without the enhancements of watching it in 3D. Being in a theater watching any thrilling movie is fantastic, what with the massive screen and the speakers booming out sound effects all around you. But even though, I would still prefer Avatar in 3D, because of all the action bits, the alien rhino chasing Jake through the forest, that would take it to an even better entertainment level. Even with the imminent dizziness with watching through glasses, sometimes you’re too much into the movie too notice. So I would definitely prefer watching Avatar in 3D.

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