Everyone has been talking about James Cameron's Avatar so we finally went to see it. While I loved the movie for all the action and message(s), I did not appreciate the censorship of certain scenes. However, I am not the only resident of Doha, Qatar, wondering what happened to select scenes. Some commentators suggest that the movie theaters cut random scenes out for time, while others hint at some avatar sex scenes that went missing. The characters were not even human! How can anyone be offended by what might have been giant blue cat-people alien things kissing? I guess I will not know what scenes were deleted at the movie theater until we get a copy of the DVD. I still wonder to what extent is the theater obligated to tell their customers about scenes being deleted? And if theaters are deleting scenes must they give a reason? Furthermore, who would still go see the film knowing that scenes were deleted? I do not think I would have.
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