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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Ginger Beacon: [QB] Supprised no one beat me to it, but any one else out there seen it, excited about it in any way or just a little bit curious? Saw it this afternoon with my equally nerdy girlfreind, so failed on the "taking the girlfriend to the movies" front cos we both actually watched it, but can say it was pretty good. First things first, this is not the best film ever, or even of the year. But it is quite enjoyable, visually stunning and you don't have to think too much. It's also in 3D. Now, IMO, the 3D is not totaly needed. The film is exciting enough on its own. But its not just a gimic either. If you do see, do see the 3D version. Any way, plot: There is one. Its not the best ever but it works in as much as it gives the CGI a horse to ride. Essentially it is a retelling of that 90's eco-fairytale Fern Gully. Add to this two eggs, a generous helping of return of the Jedi, a pinch of The Wrath of Khan, and a good slosh of Dances with Wolves with a touch of Pocahontas. Essentially the humans want this mineral (humerously named in the film "unobtain-ium") that is on this moon called Pandora where the blue guys (the NA'Vi live. They are a tribal society of hunters. Our hero is given the job of learing their ways and gaining their trust so he can shift them out of the way of the human miners. In order to do this a cloned version of the NA'Vi (made by Sigourny Weaver) are made, into which the minds of unconsious people can be effectivly transfered using some tecobabble and an imersion tank. Good guy soon finds himself as a part of the tribe, realises humans are baddies, falls for the chiefs daugther, gets rejected by tribe and cheifs daughter, wins their trust again and saves the day. And all (when he's a NA'Vi) in CGI. Oh yes, the CGI. Well, it's good. Very good. You can almost forget it's not real in quite a few places (allthough a suspension of disbelief is required once or twice). It looks real, which I guess is the point. But the funny thing is I was more impressed (mostly because it was in 3D) with the little details, like the falling ash [i]looking like falling ash[/i] dancing in front of me. In this resespect the 3D does not help, but rather distracts. You are looking for cool stuff in 3D while not noticeing other bits. There are essentially two parts to thios films world. The human world and the NA'Vi world. The human world is epic. It looks like a real place 150 years in the future. The screens are like projections (much better than in Trek '09) but totaly believable. The stuuf lookis used where it should be and new where it should. It also is shown off (such as where one curved screen fixed in mid air has the information it displays taken from it and "slid" a la iPhone ap onto a handheld device), but mostly unobtrusivly, as if it is just the stuff these guys know, grew up with and use every day. Good SFX, good acting. The same goes for the NA'Vi world (mostly). You think it's real. I don't know what is totally CGI and what isn't. Unlike films such as Peter Jacksons LOtR or King Kong, the transition is near perfect from real to fake (allthough King Kong was still quite good). It's not the masterpiece some are calling it. But it is a very good example of how far this stuff's gone and it is (I think) a good look into how action films will look from now on. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not. It's also pretty damn corny and has a simplistic plot. But as I say, it looks pretty sweet. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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