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Sigourney Weaver: Avatar is 'Absolutely Amazing'

By: Lizerne Guiting on August 21, 2009 at 10:31AM Comments (5)

Happy Avatar Day! Yesterday, Fandango spoke with Sigourney Weaver on the set visit of Disney's forthcoming comedy, You Again. (We'll have the details for you on that soon.) The actress plays Dr. Grace Augustine in James Cameron's highly anticipated sci-fi, CG extravaganza about the Na'vi inhabitants from the planet of Pandora.

Director James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver on the set of "Avatar."

"I've seen all of it," Weaver says. "I haven't seen it in 3-D, I saw it in 2-D; that was enough for my heart." Seeming genuinely impressed, she continues, in a hushed voice, "It's absolutely amazing. It is so amazing. It's such a remarkable achievement and there's never been anything like it. I know I shouldn't over praise it, but I remember reading the script and just going, 'Well, this is great, but I just don't see how [Cameron] could do any of this.' I mean, it was so ambitious. And he's done it. He has done it."

We'll hand it to Cameron – the recent unveiling of the Avatar teaser trailer had fans rushing to sneak a peek, which crashed Apple's site. And the mad rush for free tickets to see 15 minutes of 3-D IMAX footage – in theaters today – did the same for Fox's site. If you've seen that footage already, tell us what you think! Does it live up to Weaver's praise so far?

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  • Aug 28th 2009 1:54PM

    freakinferrigno  said...

    Love the Aliens feel, but too much Delgo. I'll still watch.

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  • Aug 22nd 2009 11:58AM

    abdellah  said...

    i agree with laurie this movie looks like crap,when everything is done in 3D doesn't make the film any good, and the poster looks like only something a warcraft fan could only get into, until i see a trailor i wont be expecting anything more of this movie.

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  • Aug 22nd 2009 12:20AM

    javs010  said...

    It was pretty cool. I just wish they had shown an entire 15 min clip rather than a few small 3 min clips. That choppy feeling made it seem wierd. I dont know though. It could be cool.

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  • Aug 21st 2009 2:13PM

    trailerfan  said...

    you clearly weren't wearing your 3D glasses, Laurie - looks pretty cool to me

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  • Aug 21st 2009 12:05PM

    lauriehfisher  said...

    Avatar looks like the worst movie ever!

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