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So the first viewing on Xmas day, the projector died during the climactic battle. They couldn't fix whatever it was and wound up having to give our money back. Really liked what I'd seen, but I was DYING to see the end. So today, I returned and watched again (again, no 3D!) And, yeah, no big surprises or anything, but a very satisfying ending to what was I felt an impressive movie (more on account of the technical achievements than the narrative ones).
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Finally watched it, in 3D, it did deliver the goods. Worthington has his ticket now, hope he makes the best of it. Gerard Butler and Colin Farrell kinda fumbled the ball, I hope this non-american english type can hold on a bit longer. Stephen Lang was the best "Vietnam village burner" I've ever seen, and his intense glee when killing wildlife with an exoskeletal KA-BAR was awesome.
It was fun hearing James Horner's suspense themes from his Trek soundtracks here and there (na-na-nennaah...), rich and juicy tunes overall. Skywalker Sound got to work up a sweat, but I'm glad they held back on the Wilhelm scream just this once, keeping it classy.
I predict the furry community will die out worldwide in a week, after the Avatar DVD has reached them all. They'll collectively drop the drapes and nail the doors shut, dying from dehydration and hunger with greasy 3D-glasses and smiles on their faces, babbling something about "C-beams at Tannhauser gate". A giant, abyssal vacuum will be left in the underbelly of the internet. I don't even wanna know what will replace furries, maybe some sick shit with ants or whatever. Moss. Moss nuclei porn.
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Well I'm shocked, my local cinema was actually showing it in 3D...and I'm glad I didn't wait for the DVD! This was my first 3D film experience (well, since I rented 'Nightmare on Elm Street 6' on video anyway) and I was shocked at how well it worked. Seriously, I wasn't expecting it to be nearly as effective.
Novelty factor aside, the film itself was very good. Cameron has lost NOTHING. Sure I've seen large chunks of the same kind of plot about a dozen times before, but there's a good reason this kind of story keeps being retold.
Anyone else notice that the first time you see Weaver she's climbing out of a metal tube? There's something oddly familiar about that too, I just can't put my finger on it.
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Saw it today, it was all very pretty and cool. Supposedly it contains an environmentalist message, but I couldn't find it since I can't relate to the Navis' relationship with nature, like I couldn't relate to Fern Gully's relationship with nature since I'm not sexy little nymph prancing about the rainforest with the Robin Williams' bat, so was the giant red Pterodactyl thing supposed to be the Robin Williams bat in this movie? Anyway I'm getting off track, the movie was like injecting high grade pharmaceutical cocaine into your eye balls, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. But as far as making a political statement, this movie must take a bow before the almighty District 9.
P.S.:So the furries die out, okay. Their deaths will free up land that once belonged to us Trek fans, and will be ours once again!
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quote:"Many thought James Cameron's Avatar was going to win big at the Oscars, this is what happens when your ex-wife beats you out for best director."
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I guess he thought his over-long, stilted dialogue wasting movie was going to win. Loser! No less than Dances With Smurfs deserved. He needs someone to take his movie ideas to who will then slap him in the face hard and tell him to tighten it up to 90 minutes, no more. Stereotypes standing around in impressive sets and landscapes explaining the plot points out loud to each other for hours on end is not a great movie in itself. Kathryn might be the very person for the job!
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Not surprised it didn't win. As much as I liked it, it didn't deserve winning best picture or best director. Having said that I thought Zoe Saldana should have at least gotten a nomination for her performance, but I suppose the academy hasn't quite figured out the difference between performance capture and key frame animation and still think of it as an animation where in reality it more like a digital prosthetic.
As for the overall dumbness of the plot, I guess my impression could have been coloured by the fact my previous two visits to the cinema was my mate dragging me to watch Transformers 2 and his girlfriend insisting we watch some kid's movie about talking guinea pigs. After being exposed to that, a relatively mild "switch your brain of" film like Avatar would have a much greater appeal. Yes I pretty much guessed exactly what was going to happen 10 minutes in, but it was still a fun ride. Surprising plot twists aren't necessary to make an enjoyable film. I know I didn't watch Star Wars for the first time expecting for the rebels to loose.
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Spending NASA sized budgets on special effects shouldn't automatically mean an oscar for best picture. A bloated, predictable movie is still bloated and predictable even when filled with jaw-dropping effects. As Rev says, it's is a movie where you leave your brain at the door, whereas Hurt Locker makes you think during and after. Trannies 2 was just static, interspersed with porn involving Megan Fox. At least it felt that way to me.
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Well I'm sure Cameron will have another shot with Avatar 2, cause it's not like the first movie tied up all loose ends and left very little unsaid that would require a sequel, which then limits the sequel to be a retread of the first movie or have a plot so bad it taints the memory of the first, which didn't require a sequel in the first place and stands well on its own as a one-shot story. Oh wait, it did.
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To be fair though, Cameron has a much better track record than the Wakowski brothers. He practically wrote the book on how to make good sequels to already successful films. Those guys...I don't know what to make of them. I half suspect the 2nd and 3rd Matrix films were some elaborate practical joke.
'V for Vendetta' I didn't mind so much - I mean how often does your home town get a cameo in a major motion picture as a death camp? That has to be worth something. I never bothered with the anime car racing thingy. It looked like just a bunch of bright colours and noise and just didn't interest me. Perhaps I'm just slightly too young to appreciate the to source material.
I haven't seen Hurt Locker yet. Normally if I want to see squaddies shouting and causing damage I can just go down to the local pub. So I'll wait for the DVD...or the telly.
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