Very cool :) As for the music, I kind of wondered about that myself. They've got a great language, after all :)

True! Their language is, itself, kind of beautiful and musical. I hope they show us more of that in the 2nd and 3rd movies. I'm sure they will, now that Jake is fully Na'vi (well, except he has 5 toes, and 5 fingers, which probably freaks them out a little).

A lot of Avatar fans, myself included, would be very surprised if they DIDN'T include more of the language -- which is now past 1,700 words and still growing.

As for the Na'vi and their music, I'm sure Pandorapedia, the Avatar wiki, and/or the Activist's Survival Guide, would help in that regard. The Avatar soundtrack has been one of the most heavily-played in my library ever since I purchased it -- literally 5 minutes after I saw the movie for the first time in January 2012 (and I'm still kicking myself for not having seen it in the theatres two years earlier). Gotta love iTunes ;)

Yeah, the soundtrack is fantastic. :)

What made you not see it when it first came out? Timing, or hype?

It was for several reasons. I was (1) too busy at the time, (2) very disgusted at the relentless in-theatre pre-show advertising at the last movie I'd seen (Star Trek in spring 2009), and (3) a bit turned off by all the hype, although in fairness I have to say that excessive hype will turn me off almost anything.

I bought the Collector's Edition on Blu-Ray in August 2011 despite not owning a player at the time. I had heard a lot of nice things about the Blu-Ray presentation and figured on buying a player at some point in the near future. Like most in my profession, I'm extremely busy, but I eventually bought a pair of $70 Dynex Blu-Ray players at Best Buy just after Christmas 2011, and one night just decided to lie down on my bed and watch it. I opened the slip case to see a pair of yellow eyes and the words "Oel ngati kameie" ("I See you") and remembered thinking, "what the Hell does THAT mean?"

Needless to say, I got a pretty damn good education over the next 2 hours and 40 minutes ;)

Excellent. I like that story.

If you're ever in Denver, I'll treat you to a 3D presentation in my home theater. It's pretty rad. :)

Thanks :) I'll let you know if I'm ever out that way :)

The last time I was at the movies (Hobbit 3D HFR), one of the pre-movie ads was for the Avatar 3D Blu-Ray. Having seen the ad in 3D, I'm definitely itching to see the movie itself in 3D :D

The home theater 3D isn't quite as good as the big-screen stuff (though my screen is nearly 100"), but it's a good approximation. I was nervous at first, because I'm very picky about 3D, and this new projector was .. well .. new, it didn't have a lot of reviews yet. But I'm pretty happy with it, for the cost. :) I think it's the best available in this price range. It'll even upgrade 2D to 3D. O_O I watched Gladiator that way, and was sort of amazed. Not quite as good as true 3D of course, but not really any artifacts to speak of, so long as I kept the 3D depth setting low.

I should add -- Avatar was the first thing I watched on the new projector in 3D, to test it out. I had seen it in the theater MANY times, so I had a good idea what to expect with that movie. HTTYD was next. ;)

At the risk of necroposting, I finally did get to see Avatar in 3D, courtesy of no less than the producers themselves. See: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikko.....57645342539557 (I'm the one in the green hat)