James Cameron's Avatar

[Zaden]

Just saw it.

The only thing I learned from the movie was that the Native Americans *were blue and twelve feet tall.

*I only use the past tense because Native Americans are still around today, but somehow, are no longer blue or twelve feet tall.


Also, did anyone else notice that EVERY Na'vi was the same size?

[Auron]

^Yeah, really, really tall.

[Apollo the Just]

The movie was good, but it was by no means the god that everyone I know had been worshipping it as.

The world was really pretty and great and stuff, but there were some things I just couldn't get myself to believe.

Like how a guy who had lost the ability to use his legs was up an running after about five minutes of being in a totally different body with legs that he has not used in ages. I was like.... wut.

And I gotta admit that I got bored with all of the really dragged-out I R RUNNIN FROM GIANT MONSTRAR scenes. They were very blatant "oooh look what kind of monsters we can animate shiny shinyyyy" scenes. They served no purpose at all besides dragging out the movie.

That said, I didn't hate it. I just didn't adore it, there were some things that didn't make sense, and it was about an hour too long. I kind of got bored by the end, and that shouldn't happen in a movie.

[CaptHayfever]

I just couldn't help but wonder why everything glowed at night.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[Deepfake]

Sometimes, visual entertainment just wants to make **** look nice. It's one of those things you've got to accept. Braving a second reference to Bayformers in the same topic, that's the whole reason why the Autobots look like they're stupidly made of too many breakable pieces. Or why every-****ing-body in the Matrix wears sunglasses to the point of absurdity. It's hilariously bad to the point of liking it, speaking of the sunglasses. Who ever heard of hand-to-hand combat in a trenchcoat, anyway? I mean, if they're gonna go ridiculous like that, IMO they should go like Final Fantasy levels of ridiculosity on one dude, and just get that **** out of their system. Hell, if there was literally one guy in the movie that looks like Cloud, it could take on Anchorman levels of absurdist humor, if everyone blatantly takes him seriously. Sure as hell will get more laughs than making robot cars act like a mockery of urban stereotypes. They're ****ing cars, how does that even work?

</unprompted ranting>

[Calamity Panfan]

I <3 you AI

[Zaden]

I thought the only thing good about the movie was the visuals. The story seems like it was either blatantly ripped from something else or it was written by a fourth-grader. The dialogue wasn't exactly thought-provoking either.

[Galefore]

^Same thoughts I had. Hated the story, disliked most of the acting (especially Sam "I WISH I COULD SOUND AMERICAN" Worthington), but I was impressed with the effects.

Maybe I just went into it expecting to hate it, but eh. Still a great sensory experience, and I don't necessarily regret watching it.

[Rainbow Dash]

****ing cars, how does that even work?

miracles

[Sim Kid]

I thought the only thing good about the movie was the visuals. The story seems like it was either blatantly ripped from something else or it was written by a fourth-grader. The dialogue wasn't exactly thought-provoking either.

The story was blatantly ripped from Dances with Wolves, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest. To the level where I wouldn't be surprised if you could run the screenplay into one of those academic-honesty-protection-software-thingies and come up with a high percentage copied from those three movies - with some from Pocahontas and maybe Nausicaä in the top 5 but Nausicaä is nitpicking.

I mean, the antagonist of Avatar even LOOKS like the main antagonist in Atlantis!

[Calamity Panfan]

All of my friends are still hyping it up. Really imo it's the best popcorn movie I've ever seen.

I'll still probably pick up the director's cut when one comes out because of curiosity.

and i heard they were going to go into Navi sex in more detail too so...

[CaptHayfever]

The real triumph of the movie is not the effects--because, to be perfectly honest, there's nothing they accomplished effect-wise that hadn't been done before, absolutely nothing--but rather that it made freaking Ferngully's plot watchable. THAT is an accomplishment.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[LOOT]

^ Not really. Ferngully is a sin to all the senses. Avatar has at least some neat effects that look real impressive in hi-def.

Avatar was an okay movie for me.

[CaptHayfever]

^I meant that Ferngully's plot was watchable in Avatar, as opposed to in Ferngully.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[Calamity Panfan]

but Ferngully had Tone-Loc in it.

I think we know what the superior movie is.

[-Black-Mage-]

I can't pinpoint exactly what it was but this movie captivated me in every way..

Number one movie of all time for me and with the box office sales to back me up on this one.

Plus who would of thunk a computer generated 10 ft tall blue tribal chick could look so damn sexy.

I used to have dreams of a 10 foot tall blue tribal chick with ethereal beauty and appeal. But everybody has to wake up sometime.

[juli888]

Heard that the film leaves in 2012. Interestingly very much... I wait with huge impatience!

[Darkknight11]

I still can't believe it didn't get BEST PICTURE!

[Bomby]

I can.

[DarkZero]

lol bump