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rotweiler
Gallente Sarz'na Khumatari Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2009.12.17 00:14:00 -
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Dances with the Wolves meets World of Warcraft
500 mil dollars
cute tree sperm that sticks to you but apparently you have to endure it
to sum it up, I had a blast ! best 3D movie I seen
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2009.12.17 01:29:00 -
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Furry lovefest.
I have 3D glasses from way back, do I still need those to watch?
I'll not pay, I will however glance through it to confirm my first impression that this is a movie for people who wish cats were people.
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Oventoasted
Fleetworks Primary.
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Posted - 2009.12.17 01:32:00 -
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how did u see it already?! i thought it wasnt out till friday.
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Intense Thinker
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.12.17 01:33:00 -
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Avatar is the first movie to be filmed in HD 3D
Originally by: Hamshoe
Don't **** down my back and tell me it's raining.
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Sidus Isaacs
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.12.17 09:21:00 -
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Originally by: Oventoasted how did u see it already?! i thought it wasnt out till friday.
Not in US :) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2009.12.17 09:54:00 -
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Release dates
btw the movie is good. Was a bit skeptical, but it's very well done and looks amazing.
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Locus Bey
Gallente Fedavi
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Posted - 2009.12.17 10:01:00 -
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I haven't seen it yet but from the reviews I've been reading its a milestone for 3D, but like Star Wars or many other Hollywood blockbusters has a script and dialogue only your mother could love I can't help but think of the horror of watching Hadyn Christianson butcher Darth Vader. It didn't matter for me how beautiful the effects were, the script was rotten, and the acting even worse.
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Toshiro GreyHawk
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Posted - 2009.12.17 14:18:00 -
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After having seen the trailer ...
Wellllll ... lets put it this way ...
Storm Troopers vs. Ewoks ... I was rooting for the Storm Troopers ...
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Zaphod Jones
Minmatar Shining Horses Saints Amongst Sinners
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Posted - 2009.12.17 20:17:00 -
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saw this film this today
i cannot remember a film I have ever enjoyed as much, except maybe seeing Star Wars IV at the cinema all those years ago, amazing film, doesnt do overtly 3d things that fly towards you to make you jump it just uses the effects to make things seem more real
bloody amazing film, will the blue ray/dvd and TV's be able to cope with 3d ?
Caldari Epic Walkthrough Gallente/Minmatar coming soonÖ |
Karma
Vortex Incorporated
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Posted - 2009.12.17 22:33:00 -
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I'm a little behind the times... but when you say 3D ... you don't mean those red and green plastic glasses from the 80s, do you? and if not, can you enjoy the movie without whatever kind of glasses you need?
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Intense Thinker
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.12.17 23:14:00 -
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Originally by: Karma I'm a little behind the times... but when you say 3D ... you don't mean those red and green plastic glasses from the 80s, do you? and if not, can you enjoy the movie without whatever kind of glasses you need?
haha, that's so 25 years ago
Today's 3d glasses are just tinted a little and the picture actually jumps out at you in color and HD now. Yes, you can still see it perfectly fine without the glasses
Originally by: a51 duke1406 The girls just dont understand that sunday is pvp night, not cuddle on the couch watching tv night.
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Andrest Disch
Amarr Debitum Naturae
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Posted - 2009.12.17 23:59:00 -
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Just got back from watching it in the movies..
Absolutely mind blowing. ****ing loved every second just gazing in wonder at the effects.
Note; don't watch it if it's not showing as 3d. And the 3d glasses have actual glass lenses and are pretty much see through, except with a dark tint. No colouring.. |
HankMurphy
Minmatar Black Omega Security Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2009.12.18 10:46:00 -
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Edited by: HankMurphy on 18/12/2009 10:52:26 this movie doesn't need the 3d or half the special effects. it could be fine w/ it's story alone.
put it all together and it really is one of the best movies to come out in a quite some time.
Originally by: Intense Thinker Yes, you can still see it perfectly fine without the glasses
if seeing a bunch of blurry **** instead of a movie is perfectly fine, then yes. ---------- Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just happens to be how *I* feel about it. What do you think? |
Seiver D'amross
Subach-Tech
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Posted - 2009.12.18 10:54:00 -
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just got out of the movie and it was the best movie i have seen in a long time. you have to see it, there's nothing like it. _____________________________________________________ I shal stand tall and shake the heavens with my power
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xplosiv
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Posted - 2009.12.18 22:25:00 -
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Was visualy stunning. i would really push any 1 who feels they would use other methods to view this film not to and stump up the cash and see it in 3D at a Cinema. I study animation and i have to say itis very very hard to find flaws in it's visual's. they are exceptional. tbh i missed half the dialogs details as i got carried away with the visuals. watching a small bird on the edge of the shot instead of the main focus ect.
stupidly good visuals. Good acting for a sci-fi reasonable story. acceptable plot holes.
9.5/10
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kessah
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2009.12.18 22:29:00 -
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Originally by: rotweiler Dances with the Wolves meets World of Warcraft
500 mil dollars
cute tree sperm that sticks to you but apparently you have to endure it
to sum it up, I had a blast ! best 3D movie I seen
figured that when i saw the advert.
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stoicfaux
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Posted - 2009.12.19 03:55:00 -
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Just saw it tonight in 3D. Really good movie. Looks like we have two new trends in movies: a) 3D - good story enhancing 3D and not "3d the cheesy gimmick", and b) CGI enhanced actors. Big name actors might not be necessary in the not-so-far future since you can hire a lower rate actor, motion capture them (especially facial movements) and then enhance the actor's appearance with CGI, and throw in a good voice actor.
Really Fun: I'm curious as to what the Fox News types and far right talk shows are going to say about Avatar. And, I think James Cameron just outdid Al Gore.
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hired goon
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Posted - 2009.12.19 14:15:00 -
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BUT DO THE FURRIES DIE -omg-
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Grek Forto
The Black Rabbits Academy The Gurlstas Associates
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Posted - 2009.12.19 14:55:00 -
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Originally by: hired goon BUT DO THE FURRIES DIE
They have no Fur, so your point is moot.
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red righthand
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Posted - 2009.12.19 15:09:00 -
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Originally by: Grek Forto
Originally by: hired goon BUT DO THE FURRIES DIE
They have no Fur, so your point is moot.
BOOM
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Graelyn
Amarr Deus Imperiosus Acies
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Posted - 2009.12.20 09:19:00 -
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This was a Triumph. -------
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Grek Forto
The Black Rabbits Academy The Gurlstas Associates
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Posted - 2009.12.20 18:01:00 -
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Originally by: Graelyn This was a Triumph.
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I'm making a note here, huge success.
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stoicfaux
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Posted - 2009.12.20 20:25:00 -
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Originally by: Grek Forto
Originally by: Graelyn This was a Triumph.
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I'm making a note here, huge success.
For the good of all of us. Except the ones who are dead.
----- "Are you a sociopathic paranoid schizophrenic with accounting skills? We have the game for you! -- Eve, the game of Alts, Economics, Nietzsche, and PvP" |
Grek Forto
The Black Rabbits Academy The Gurlstas Associates
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Posted - 2009.12.20 20:39:00 -
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Originally by: stoicfaux
Originally by: Grek Forto
Originally by: Graelyn This was a Triumph.
'
I'm making a note here, huge success.
For the good of all of us. Except the ones who are dead.
Fail
It's, "It's hard to overstate my satisfaction."
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OMFG FIRE
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Posted - 2009.12.20 20:41:00 -
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Originally by: Grek Forto
Fail
It's, "It's hard to overstate my satisfaction."
Aperture Science...
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Zeredek
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Posted - 2009.12.20 20:42:00 -
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Originally by: OMFG FIRE
Originally by: Grek Forto
Fail
It's, "It's hard to overstate my satisfaction."
Aperture Science...
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Tamia Clant
New Dawn Corp New Eden Research
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Posted - 2009.12.20 20:55:00 -
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Originally by: Zeredek
Originally by: OMFG FIRE
Originally by: Grek Forto
Fail
It's, "It's hard to overstate my satisfaction."
Aperture Science...
We do what we must, because we can!
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2009.12.20 21:12:00 -
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It's like Pocahontas without insulting the memories of those involved in the real events.
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Corban Mah
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Posted - 2009.12.20 21:53:00 -
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Best movie ever. It was actually so amazing that I still think and have this strange feeling about it. You know like the whole setting etc so awesome i wanna be there right now. Havent had this feelings after watching a movie for a long time.
Altough i'd would have loved some background story in the beginning about mankind and dieing earth etc.
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Kayla Dawn
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Posted - 2009.12.21 01:00:00 -
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Brilliant movie, a little long, but really good.
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Rust Wagon
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Posted - 2009.12.22 22:51:00 -
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It certainly was beautiful, but the story was just a tad to predictable. The characters lacked a bit of depth, i'd say.
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ceaon
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.12.22 23:28:00 -
[32]
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=79195&page=1&pp=15
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brutoid
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.12.22 23:30:00 -
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Best looking sh!t film i've probably ever seen.
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Discrodia
Gallente Experimental Horizons
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Posted - 2009.12.23 01:10:00 -
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Saw it today, was ****ing awesome.
A bit on the odd side, but it looks nice and projects it's message damn clearly.
Originally by: CCP Zymurgist Locked, thread is filled with trolling.
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
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Posted - 2009.12.23 10:59:00 -
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Originally by: Adonis 4174 It's like Pocahontas without insulting the memories of those involved in the real events.
Way to give away the ending. Blue lose and the planet become home to some fat f*****g people.
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2009.12.23 14:53:00 -
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Furry refer to people having wires crossed and failing to differentiate between people and animals, animals in human form or vice versa, most have fur hence the term.
In no way does this get away from being a furry lovefest for these cats being without fur.
Cameron knew what he was doing when he made these cat creatures and blue at that. I wonder if he did a survey to get the lowest common denominator for what people would throw money at for cute/cool factor, blue people are very much in fashion as are cat people, just check out any asian MMO.
Seems as shallow and calculated as Eragon.
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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GM Horse
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Posted - 2009.12.23 14:55:00 -
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I was a bit skeptical, but I honestly haven't enjoyed a movie this much in years. Also, you simply must see this movie in a cinema.
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baltec1
Antares Shipyards Circle-Of-Two
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Posted - 2009.12.23 20:29:00 -
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Avatar is a fantastic film and the first that has 3D that works for me. I admit that I was paying more attention to all the hardware and I really want one of those gunships
Originally by: Danton Marcellus
Seems as shallow and calculated as Eragon.
Wash your mouth out with bleach.
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Master Gotama
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Posted - 2009.12.23 21:16:00 -
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(avatar * hd)^3d * (beer + smoke) = WIN!
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Mr Funkadelic
x13 IT Alliance
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Posted - 2009.12.23 21:36:00 -
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Saw Avatar a few days ago in 3d best movie ive seen in years, havent enjoyed a movie this much since LOTR/Star Wars.
Defently a must see movie.
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2009.12.23 22:19:00 -
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Originally by: Mr Funkadelic Saw Avatar a few days ago in 3d best movie ive seen in years, havent enjoyed a movie this much since LOTR/Star Wars.
Defently a must see movie.
Stop saying that! I really hate furries and high fantasy. Hovering rocks my ass. You owe me my soon to be wasted ticket fee.
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2009.12.24 16:50:00 -
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Edited by: Imperator Jora''h on 24/12/2009 16:51:02 The movie is 'Dances with Wolves' on c-ack and acid.
That is not a bad thing though (inasmuch as I do not mean it to slam this movie).
Like others here I was pretty dubious but based on word-of-mouth from here and elsewhere I had a go and really enjoyed it.
The story is pure 'Dances with Wolves' except in space. The particulars are of course different but at the root that is precisely what this is. That can be good or bad depending on your view.
The acting was ok. Nothing to write home about but not awful either. In a word: adequate.
It is the visuals you are here for and they are spectacular. Ordinarily I find 3D movies a gimmick but this one worked very well and occasionally I found myself wanting to wave bugs on the screen away from my head (not kidding).
The attention to detail is stupendous and obvious. Better, any sci-fi movie (well, in particular sci-fi) requires a suspension of disbelief to work well. The myriad little fiddly bits and details and things working the way you might expect pulls this off in spades. Add in it is just a jaw droppingly beautiful and fully realized world. Thankfully gone is the black/white or grey/brown (with a splash of dark green) color scheme of all too many sci-fi movies. This one is off-the-charts colorful.
Fortunately the aliens are not actually furry (thank Og).
And for those of us who are gadget geeks and whatnot this movie does computer displays and military hardware better than any I can think of. Futuristic but believable both in looks, function and how they are operated.
All in all a good time. I rarely drop the exorbitant fees to see a movie these days ($15 for parking, $14 for ticket, $8 for popcorn and a soda) but this is one that definitely needs a big screen treatment (to the point I may need to buy a 60" panel when this comes out on DVD). Near three hours long too so some value here rather than the eke out 87 minutes many movies do.
Bottom line: If you play internet spaceships (safe bet here) go see the movie!
-------------------------------------------------- "Of course," said my grandfather, pulling a gun from his belt as he stepped from the Time Machine, "there's no paradox if I shoot you!"
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silly person
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Posted - 2009.12.24 20:00:00 -
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It gave me a fierce headache
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adfadfadfawe
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Posted - 2009.12.25 03:44:00 -
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Avatar was sweet. Best movie I have ever ****ed to while wearing a raincoat in a movie theater.
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Herzog Wolfhammer
Gallente Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.12.25 08:29:00 -
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Well-crafted propaganda.
Of course, the sheep will oooh and aaaah at the special effects not knowing they are being programmed. '
At they, and the outcome of that programming, is certainly predictable.
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
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Posted - 2009.12.25 16:36:00 -
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Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer Well-crafted propaganda.
Of course, the sheep will oooh and aaaah at the special effects not knowing they are being programmed. '
At they, and the outcome of that programming, is certainly predictable.
Blue being the color of the Democrats?
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Percy Soars
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Posted - 2009.12.25 19:32:00 -
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Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer Well-crafted propaganda.
Of course, the sheep will oooh and aaaah at the special effects not knowing they are being programmed. '
At they, and the outcome of that programming, is certainly predictable.
And so is Jack and the Beanstalk, which ever version you see/read.
Take the story for what it is. Dances with wolves :D
I like the fact that the movie had very good depth of view, in the forests there seemed to be more on screen that could possibly be there. Like a window onto that world. Very impressive, but I dont think its worth watching if it wasnt in 3d. I wouldnt have paid to see it if it wasnt.
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Malaclypse Muscaria
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Posted - 2009.12.25 19:59:00 -
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Originally by: Percy Soars
Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer Well-crafted propaganda.
Of course, the sheep will oooh and aaaah at the special effects not knowing they are being programmed. '
At they, and the outcome of that programming, is certainly predictable.
And so is Jack and the Beanstalk, which ever version you see/read.
Take the story for what it is. Dances with wolves :D
Herzog is just too busy being bitter, ignorant, and sucking Alex Jones' c*ck while parroting whatever nutjob nonsense he says on his website - Avatar review included - to enjoy the good things in life.
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Eran Laude
Gallente The Aduro Protocol HellFleet
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Posted - 2009.12.25 20:21:00 -
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Edited by: Eran Laude on 25/12/2009 20:24:08 Went into the cinema somewhat skeptical of Cameron's ability, came out utterly entertained. Sure, the plot was quite predictable, but you know what? It was goddamn awesome. The 3D effects are sublime, and I stupidly felt like interacting with a lot of it - that's how good it was. Best film I've seen this decade and straight on to my personal top 5.
And yes, you have to see this film in a cinema. I'm going to go see it in IMAX hopefully, if I can get tickets any time soon! -----
Originally by: "CCP Whisper" Boo hoo. Cry some more.
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Feng Schui
Minmatar Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2009.12.26 01:44:00 -
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The plot was a bit predictable, but most movies are. The acting was not horrible, it was good (not the best, but eh, its a movie).
The story-line and the effects where damn good, to say the very least. I'm definitely going to the theater to watch this one, and buying the blu-ray when it comes out.
As far as sci-fi believability, it was extremely well done.
Overall: 9/10 (most if not all movies rate 4 to 5 out of 10 imho).
Project:Gank
Pilgrim Guide
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Cyprus Black
Caldari Cowboy Diplomacy
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Posted - 2009.12.26 05:47:00 -
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Edited by: Cyprus Black on 26/12/2009 05:50:00 The trailers don't do this movie justice.
But yeah a third of the way through the movie when Jake Sully was being introduced and taught the Na'vi ways, the first thing that popped into my head was "Dances With Wolves".
One gets the distinct underlying theme of the old west forcing natives Americans off their land. Even a few of the Na'vi language hair and clothing styles bear similarities to the Indians from Dances With Wolves.
I most especially liked the part of the movie where Jake Sully was integrating himself into the Na'vi society. Learning how to hunt, how to move, the ways of life, and how to fly one of those bird things. I was hoping this bit would last a long time and was constantly annoyed with going back to the human world. I suppose that was intentional though.
That bit lasted a long time. As long as it should have which is good.
The Na'vi race were very believable. Once you got over the fact that they're purely CGI, they felt like real people that evoked an emotional response. They became less CGI and more characters that one could identify and empathize with. Every slight movement and facial expression was well done.
I'm definitely going to go see this movie again. ___________________________________ "In the land of predators, the lion does not fear the jackal." -Dexter |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Gallente Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.12.26 06:11:00 -
[52]
Originally by: Malaclypse Muscaria
Originally by: Percy Soars
Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer Well-crafted propaganda.
Of course, the sheep will oooh and aaaah at the special effects not knowing they are being programmed. '
At they, and the outcome of that programming, is certainly predictable.
And so is Jack and the Beanstalk, which ever version you see/read.
Take the story for what it is. Dances with wolves :D
Herzog is just too busy being bitter, ignorant, and sucking Alex Jones' c*ck while parroting whatever nutjob nonsense he says on his website - Avatar review included - to enjoy the good things in life.
I just spent the last two days partying with the kind of people you hate, who think we are bitter, sucking Alex Jone's weenie and all that.
We joked about people like you and are looking forward to making 2010 even harder on you and your kind.
Resistance IS victory.
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Kora Zilesti
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Posted - 2009.12.26 06:39:00 -
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Edited by: Kora Zilesti on 26/12/2009 06:41:53
Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer
Originally by: Malaclypse Muscaria
Originally by: Percy Soars
Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer Well-crafted propaganda.
Of course, the sheep will oooh and aaaah at the special effects not knowing they are being programmed. '
At they, and the outcome of that programming, is certainly predictable.
And so is Jack and the Beanstalk, which ever version you see/read.
Take the story for what it is. Dances with wolves :D
Herzog is just too busy being bitter, ignorant, and sucking Alex Jones' c*ck while parroting whatever nutjob nonsense he says on his website - Avatar review included - to enjoy the good things in life.
I just spent the last two days partying with the kind of people you hate, who think we are bitter, sucking Alex Jone's weenie and all that.
We joked about people like you and are looking forward to making 2010 even harder on you and your kind.
Resistance IS victory.
Wow, so what, you're some underground warrior fighting The Man because you refuse to enjoy a blockbuster movie with a moral that every kindergartener in the world would learn from ten minutes with any good-hearted citizen anywhere on the planet?
Go you. You're so enlightened and rebellious you must sh*t Confucius quotes and AK-47s.
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Glarion Garnier
The Scope
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Posted - 2009.12.26 07:28:00 -
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Cameron is one of the good guys. Little did i expect. Knowing nothing is still the best way to watch a movie. like many have said. This movie has to be seen in 3D and in a threater. _________________________________ -be vary of the men behind the curtain-
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Sobach
Gallente Fourth Circle
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Posted - 2009.12.26 10:23:00 -
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Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer
I just spent the last two days partying with the kind of people you hate, who think we are bitter, sucking Alex Jone's weenie and all that.
We joked about people like you and are looking forward to making 2010 even harder on you and your kind.
Resistance IS victory.
I don't hate you, nor think you're bitter, and whether or not you're sucking anyone's weenie isn't my business.
but damn dude, underneath the amazing CGI, it's just another sci-fi movie with rather cliched storyline that everyone and their dog have seen a million time, this movie is as much of a propaganda as that orange on my desk which I'm about to eat. Despite occasionally posting something that has merit, this is way too crazy even for you.
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Dray
Caldari The Water Margin Tech
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Posted - 2009.12.26 11:17:00 -
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Visually its spectacular, not seen anything like it and its raised the bar.
As for the story, give me a break, contrived, clichTd, trite, and predictable, cant wait for family guy or south park to send it up, cartman would love the tree huggers.
If it wins an oscar for anything more than special effects then it will be hilarious, just like Titanic sweeping the boards, roll on march, it promises to be a hoot.
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Akita T
Caldari Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2009.12.26 12:29:00 -
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Nonononooooo.... as somebody else put it :
FERN GULLY... IN SPACE... WITH HD3D !
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Foxbite
Caldari Celestial Being Incorporated Sodalitas XX
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Posted - 2009.12.26 15:08:00 -
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I haven't enjoyed a movie that much in a very long time. And it was the first movie I ever saw in 3D, so it was really impressive.
Albeit the story was kind of predictable, the events and underlying story were fascinating. The landscape, the animations, the characters, were all very nicely done.
All in all, a good movie, understandable yet complex story, and some damn beautiful effects and nicely written battles to top it all off.
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Dray
Caldari The Water Margin Tech
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Posted - 2009.12.26 15:21:00 -
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Originally by: Foxbite I haven't enjoyed a movie that much in a very long time. And it was the first movie I ever saw in 3D, so it was really impressive.
Albeit the story was kind of predictable, the events and underlying story were fascinating. The landscape, the animations, the characters, were all very nicely done.
All in all, a good movie, understandable yet complex story, and some damn beautiful effects and nicely written battles to top it all off.
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it for what it was, but complex? The story was hackneyed beyond belief, the effects are what sets it apart, complex story, not even close.
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Dray
Caldari The Water Margin Tech
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Posted - 2009.12.26 15:54:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T Nonononooooo.... as somebody else put it :
FERN GULLY... IN SPACE... WITH HD3D !
Pretty much it.
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Megan Aven
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.12.26 16:45:00 -
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Went to see it yesterday - definitely of the best movies in recent years. ---
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Malaclypse Muscaria
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Posted - 2009.12.26 17:10:00 -
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Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer We joked about people like you and are looking forward to making 2010 even harder on you and your kind.
Resistance IS victory.
Oh, do go on, I'd love to hear how is it exactly you and your motley crew of internet warriors are intending to "make 2010 even harder" on me.
Though as much as it may contribute to my amusement, and as much as you may see it as "victory", your continued "resistance" to pulling your head out of your ass along with your staunch determination on breathing your own rectal fumes instead of fresh air, will cause irreparable damage on whatever parts of your brain are still functional.
Originally by: Dray As for the story, give me a break, contrived, clichTd, trite, and predictable, cant wait for family guy or south park to send it up, cartman would love the tree huggers.
South Park already did rip on the Avatar storyline on "Dances with Smurfs", albeit a month before release and the main focus of the episode being ripping on Glenn Beck.
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MAXSuicide
Fairlight Corp Rooks and Kings
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Posted - 2009.12.26 17:52:00 -
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Originally by: Malaclypse Muscaria
South Park already did rip on the Avatar storyline on "Dances with Smurfs", albeit a month before release and the main focus of the episode being ripping on Glenn Beck.
and it was funny.
i saw avatar in 3d the other day and thought it was a great movie. who gives a **** if some of its predictable (isnt it like that in pretty much all movies except for certain crime thrillers?)
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Thuranni
FinFleet IT Alliance
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Posted - 2009.12.26 21:08:00 -
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Edited by: Thuranni on 26/12/2009 21:09:28
Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer Well-crafted propaganda.
Of course, the sheep will oooh and aaaah at the special effects not knowing they are being programmed. '
At they, and the outcome of that programming, is certainly predictable.
Are you unable to turn off your paranoia for two hours to enjoy a piece of beautiful entertainment?
You are going to think that I'm just another well-programmed sheep following the orders of the invisible elite, whilst you are a brave, free thinking man in a sea of drones, but honestly, I pity you. You are unable to enjoy the simple, nice things in life without seeing what you believe are parts of some global over-arching conspiracy to indoctrinate you into some culture of submission.
If this was a piece of propaganda designed to "program" us "sheep", why was the overall message of the movie a anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist one? Or is this one part of a different conspiracy, not the consumerist, globalization one? My poor sheep mind can't keep up with all these conspiracies.
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Toshiro GreyHawk
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Posted - 2009.12.26 22:17:00 -
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Ah ... it's to bad. I'd probably love the special effects in this thing but .... damn ... I am so sick to death of liberal ass hollywood horse manure I ... I have no frakking desire to ever see another bit of simplistic crap like Dances With Wolves again.
One of the real ironies about movies on the American Indian Wars - is that the OLD ones - got it right. If you want to read a series of really informative, entertaining, well researched Historical Novels - check out Terry C. Johnson's Planesman Series. He's sympathetic to the Indian position but ... shows them as they were. A Warrior Culture - that revolved around raiding their neighbors, raping their women, killing their men and stealing their children and live stock. You can't be a Warrior if you don't have someone to fight.
All I've seen is the trailer for Avatar - but - if the movie portrays these guys as sweet, innocent little lambs - then suddenly has them very succesful at weapons usage that's a problem. The American Indians were very good at using their weapons - because they used them all the time on each other - and anyone else who happened along.
Look at the film "Little Big Man" where the Lakota refer to themselves as The Human Beings - and then think about that. If THEY were the human beings - what was everyone else? I can tell you. Everyone else was NOT a human being. Just someone to be robbed and murdered or kidnapped and/or ****d.
Yes - the settelers weren't all innocent either - but - they suffered twice the deaths of the Indians.
If you look at some of the old John Ford Cavalry movies - they treat the Indians with respect - but show them as the brutal killers they were.
You won't see that today in Hollywood. Just more horse manure like "Dances With Wolves".
And don't get me wrong about that movie - I really enjoyed it ... right up until ... the end. The end was just stupid. It was like ... "American Beauty" ... a really good movie - right up until the director had to put in his political message.
So ... sadly ... I'll not be going to see this any time soon ... I've put up with this crap for decades and I've had all I want to see of it. It's kind of like "Alexander". I'm a history buff and ... I was really looking forward to seeing that ... until I started hearing more about ... no thanks ... the last 4 seasons of Buffy burned me out on more politics insinuated into entertainment.
*shrug*
Oh ... and anyone who doesn't think that these Liberal Hollywood directors don't use their movies to push their own political points of view - is incredibly naive.
And ... lest any one misunderstand ... I don't care for Conservative Horse Manure either ... you just get a lot less of that coming out of Hollywood.
Sorry for the rant but ... this is just another film I might really have liked to see ... if it wasn't ruined by some politically correct crap ...
*shrug*
Oh well ... more time to play EVE ... Orbiting vs. Kiting Faction Schools |
Bibbleibble
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Originally by: Toshiro GreyHawk Ah ... it's to bad. I'd probably love the special effects in this thing but .... damn ... I am so sick to death of liberal ass hollywood horse manure I ... I have no frakking desire to ever see another bit of simplistic crap like Dances With Wolves again.
One of the real ironies about movies on the American Indian Wars - is that the OLD ones - got it right. If you want to read a series of really informative, entertaining, well researched Historical Novels - check out Terry C. Johnson's Planesman Series. He's sympathetic to the Indian position but ... shows them as they were. A Warrior Culture - that revolved around raiding their neighbors, raping their women, killing their men and stealing their children and live stock. You can't be a Warrior if you don't have someone to fight.
All I've seen is the trailer for Avatar - but - if the movie portrays these guys as sweet, innocent little lambs - then suddenly has them very succesful at weapons usage that's a problem. The American Indians were very good at using their weapons - because they used them all the time on each other - and anyone else who happened along.
Look at the film "Little Big Man" where the Lakota refer to themselves as The Human Beings - and then think about that. If THEY were the human beings - what was everyone else? I can tell you. Everyone else was NOT a human being. Just someone to be robbed and murdered or kidnapped and/or ****d.
Yes - the settelers weren't all innocent either - but - they suffered twice the deaths of the Indians.
If you look at some of the old John Ford Cavalry movies - they treat the Indians with respect - but show them as the brutal killers they were.
You won't see that today in Hollywood. Just more horse manure like "Dances With Wolves".
And don't get me wrong about that movie - I really enjoyed it ... right up until ... the end. The end was just stupid. It was like ... "American Beauty" ... a really good movie - right up until the director had to put in his political message.
So ... sadly ... I'll not be going to see this any time soon ... I've put up with this crap for decades and I've had all I want to see of it. It's kind of like "Alexander". I'm a history buff and ... I was really looking forward to seeing that ... until I started hearing more about ... no thanks ... the last 4 seasons of Buffy burned me out on more politics insinuated into entertainment.
*shrug*
Oh ... and anyone who doesn't think that these Liberal Hollywood directors don't use their movies to push their own political points of view - is incredibly naive.
And ... lest any one misunderstand ... I don't care for Conservative Horse Manure either ... you just get a lot less of that coming out of Hollywood.
Sorry for the rant but ... this is just another film I might really have liked to see ... if it wasn't ruined by some politically correct crap ...
*shrug*
Oh well ... more time to play EVE ...
Seriously this thread is like a really badly made fruit and nut cake...
It starts off nice and tasty, but as you get deeper into it, the nuts start to clog it up and take away any semblance of decent flavour.
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AtheistOfDoom
Amarr The Athiest Syndicate
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Posted - 2009.12.27 00:15:00 -
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Originally by: GM Horse I was a bit skeptical, but I honestly haven't enjoyed a movie this much in years. Also, you simply must see this movie in a cinema.
You should also see it in 3D. It's not the crappy kind :D
Though IMO it was really predicable but very enjoyable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Edited by: Brechan Skene on 27/12/2009 01:01:35
Originally by: Malaclypse Muscaria
Originally by: Percy Soars
Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer Well-crafted propaganda.
Of course, the sheep will oooh and aaaah at the special effects not knowing they are being programmed. '
At they, and the outcome of that programming, is certainly predictable.
And so is Jack and the Beanstalk, which ever version you see/read.
Take the story for what it is. Dances with wolves :D
Herzog is just too busy being bitter, ignorant, and sucking Alex Jones' c*ck while parroting whatever nutjob nonsense he says on his website - Avatar review included - to enjoy the good things in life.
All that conspiracy and just from one movie. I hate to see what Alex would have thought if the first Star Wars came out now instead of when it originally came out. I am sure it would be a pro Muslim/ al qaeda or a pro terrorist movie. But it would be a definite "We hate the US of A" film. Think about it, you can create conspiracy theories from anything
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Herzog Wolfhammer
Gallente Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.12.27 01:24:00 -
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Originally by: Thuranni Edited by: Thuranni on 26/12/2009 21:09:28
Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer Well-crafted propaganda.
Of course, the sheep will oooh and aaaah at the special effects not knowing they are being programmed. '
At they, and the outcome of that programming, is certainly predictable.
Are you unable to turn off your paranoia for two hours to enjoy a piece of beautiful entertainment?
You are going to think that I'm just another well-programmed sheep following the orders of the invisible elite, whilst you are a brave, free thinking man in a sea of drones, but honestly, I pity you. You are unable to enjoy the simple, nice things in life without seeing what you believe are parts of some global over-arching conspiracy to indoctrinate you into some culture of submission.
If this was a piece of propaganda designed to "program" us "sheep", why was the overall message of the movie a anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist one? Or is this one part of a different conspiracy, not the consumerist, globalization one? My poor sheep mind can't keep up with all these conspiracies.
The overall message is "anti-capitalist".... but have you grazed on over into any information that could show you how we have not had real capitalism since 1913?
"Anti-imperialist".... Gee, thanks James Cameron. I suppose that if he supports the ideals of non-intervention foreign policy he can use the bully pulpit to perhaps break BOTH democrat and republican parties from being war parties. Yes a new dawn is.... oh oh could he be justifying that war that started after the US security assets dropped the ball and there just happens to be oil pipelines going through now and troops defending opium production... Oh say it ain't so. Starting at 13 minutes of the NPR interview Cameron makes the same points about imperialism and then goes on to say that the Afghan war is a "just" war.
AND THAT illustrates my point about sheeple. You see, in 2154, we will not have an earth where we just sit here and say "we need energy! Send troops and kill them for it!!!!".
No instead there will be lies and propaganda to keep the sheep (like you) justifying it. Perhaps let a few men from caves (oh wait, Saudi Arabia and Germany) lob some planes into a skysc****r or two for effect.
So we send troops to "hunt terrorists" or "fight for your freedom" (while passing the PATRIOT ACT, illegal warrantless spying on citizens, no-knock searches, wiretaps, rolling surveillance without probable cause, all are spreading here).
So are you starting to get the idea of what I mean by sheeple and propaganda? And the "right" are just as sheepled out as "the left". The hippies who used to protest "Bush's war" every Sunday on a local corner are gone now. But it's the same kind of president, same kind of policies, same kind of war party.
The people who were against it before November 2008 are not for it, as are the same people for increased spending now were against the bankster bailout (but those who were for it are now against it).
You seeing a pattern here or should I just mouth-breath my way to the theater and think that watching a movie that is "anti imperialistic" will change anything even if the producer is just as stupid as anyone else?
Now we get to watch capitalism get the blame and the sheeple want socialism, and we don't even get real socialism. Merely a fraction of the money sent to banks this year could have paid off everybody's bills. Do you want to know where the money went or should I drool down my chin watching some 3D?
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Posted - 2009.12.27 01:30:00 -
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Edited by: Intense Thinker on 27/12/2009 01:30:27 Hooray! I just saw it!!! Had to get away from the drudgery of family for almost 3 hours
Interspecies sex ftw!!!
Edit: Herzog... as said in the AK thread, don't ever change
Originally by: a51 duke1406 The girls just dont understand that sunday is pvp night, not cuddle on the couch watching tv night.
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WheatGrass
Gallente Silent but Friendly
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Posted - 2009.12.27 05:53:00 -
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I SEE you CCP!
But really... "impossimonium"?!? CCP should have been consulted for a better name. Veldspar would have been sufficient.
I wanted to sit through the credits but three hours and six cups of coffee don't go well together. Speaking of coffee... who ever would have known that it was such a manly drink. I'm going to start holding my coffee in a more manly fashion. Heck! I might even start chewing it as well.
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Intense Thinker
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Posted - 2009.12.27 06:37:00 -
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Originally by: WheatGrass I SEE you CCP!
But really... "impossimonium"?!? CCP should have been consulted for a better name. Veldspar would have been sufficient.
I wanted to sit through the credits but three hours and six cups of coffee don't go well together. Speaking of coffee... who ever would have known that it was such a manly drink. I'm going to start holding my coffee in a more manly fashion. Heck! I might even start chewing it as well.
The movie was really enjoyable and well worth the $10 and the two hour drive.
I believe it was "Unobtainium"
Originally by: a51 duke1406 The girls just dont understand that sunday is pvp night, not cuddle on the couch watching tv night.
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Culmen
Caldari Macabre Votum Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2009.12.27 07:34:00 -
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The plot was cliched and hackneyed. The acting was poor. The script as a whole was laughable.
This is the kind of movie that depends on its CGI to carry it.
The fact that I thought it was a good movies is thus a testament to how out of this ****ing world the CGI was. Seriously the prettiest movie I have ever seen. Despite that fact that every single sci-fi vehicle has been done to death in a dozen other movies none of them actually looked half as real. The creatures looked grown rather then rendered The blue guys have easily the most expressive faces ever to come out of a computer
Id recommend the movie highly
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Posted - 2009.12.27 07:48:00 -
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Originally by: Culmen The plot was cliched and hackneyed. The acting was poor. The script as a whole was laughable.
This is the kind of movie that depends on its CGI to carry it.
The fact that I thought it was a good movies is thus a testament to how out of this ****ing world the CGI was. Seriously the prettiest movie I have ever seen. Despite that fact that every single sci-fi vehicle has been done to death in a dozen other movies none of them actually looked half as real. The creatures looked grown rather then rendered The blue guys have easily the most expressive faces ever to come out of a computer
Id recommend the movie highly
the 3D HD kicked major ass too
Originally by: a51 duke1406 The girls just dont understand that sunday is pvp night, not cuddle on the couch watching tv night.
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Culmen
Caldari Macabre Votum Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2009.12.27 08:01:00 -
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Originally by: Intense Thinker
the 3D HD kicked major ass too
actually I think the 3D detracted alot from the movie I had to guess where the director wanted my eyes, making alot of the movie blurry i also heard that color is more vivid in 2D
But judging by what i saw in focus, and even without focus, GOD DAMMMIT ITS PRETTY and further more why do i even need a sig? |
Intense Thinker
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.12.27 08:13:00 -
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Originally by: Culmen
Originally by: Intense Thinker
the 3D HD kicked major ass too
actually I think the 3D detracted alot from the movie I had to guess where the director wanted my eyes, making alot of the movie blurry i also heard that color is more vivid in 2D
But judging by what i saw in focus, and even without focus, GOD DAMMMIT ITS PRETTY
Ok, but back to the sex part... his mind is in the big blue cat-person guy but his brain is still in his body so does that make him a pervert?
Originally by: a51 duke1406 The girls just dont understand that sunday is pvp night, not cuddle on the couch watching tv night.
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Thuranni
FinFleet IT Alliance
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Posted - 2009.12.27 13:22:00 -
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Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer Words
It must be so hard being you.
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MAXSuicide
Fairlight Corp Rooks and Kings
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Posted - 2009.12.27 14:42:00 -
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Originally by: Intense Thinker
Interspecies sex ftw!!!
made me lol when that came out inside of their big tree. was just like "ahhhaha rumbled mate...ur in for it now"
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Reiisha
Evolution IT Alliance
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Posted - 2009.12.29 16:12:00 -
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Could people please stop this crap about "messages" and "morals"? I'm pretty sure the movie wasn't intended like that, and even if it were, i don't give a rats ass about it. I enjoyed the movie for what it was, not for what people think it was supposed to be. |
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Posted - 2009.12.29 17:45:00 -
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Originally by: Culmen The blue guys have easily the most expressive faces ever to come out of a computer
Probably because Cameron pioneered new forms of motion capture that upped the bar for the whole industry. The CGI characters were actually inhabited and acted by the human actors. As such their performances, every little nuance of arched eyebrow or quirk of the mouth, was directly translated to the CGI characters.
Apparently it took Cameron a few years and many millions of dollars to get the tech right. You saw the results.
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M00dy
Minmatar Killed In Action
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Posted - 2009.12.29 19:19:00 -
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Down with Capitalism!
Killed In Action
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Scythian Howe
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.12.29 21:43:00 -
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Originally by: Toshiro GreyHawk Ah ... it's to bad. I'd probably love the special effects in this thing but .... damn ... I am so sick to death of liberal ass hollywood horse manure I ... I have no frakking desire to ever see another bit of simplistic crap like Dances With Wolves again.
One of the real ironies about movies on the American Indian Wars - is that the OLD ones - got it right. If you want to read a series of really informative, entertaining, well researched Historical Novels - check out Terry C. Johnson's Planesman Series. He's sympathetic to the Indian position but ... shows them as they were. A Warrior Culture - that revolved around raiding their neighbors, raping their women, killing their men and stealing their children and live stock. You can't be a Warrior if you don't have someone to fight.
All I've seen is the trailer for Avatar - but - if the movie portrays these guys as sweet, innocent little lambs - then suddenly has them very succesful at weapons usage that's a problem. The American Indians were very good at using their weapons - because they used them all the time on each other - and anyone else who happened along.
Look at the film "Little Big Man" where the Lakota refer to themselves as The Human Beings - and then think about that. If THEY were the human beings - what was everyone else? I can tell you. Everyone else was NOT a human being. Just someone to be robbed and murdered or kidnapped and/or ****d.
Yes - the settelers weren't all innocent either - but - they suffered twice the deaths of the Indians.
If you look at some of the old John Ford Cavalry movies - they treat the Indians with respect - but show them as the brutal killers they were.
You won't see that today in Hollywood. Just more horse manure like "Dances With Wolves".
And don't get me wrong about that movie - I really enjoyed it ... right up until ... the end. The end was just stupid. It was like ... "American Beauty" ... a really good movie - right up until the director had to put in his political message.
So ... sadly ... I'll not be going to see this any time soon ... I've put up with this crap for decades and I've had all I want to see of it. It's kind of like "Alexander". I'm a history buff and ... I was really looking forward to seeing that ... until I started hearing more about ... no thanks ... the last 4 seasons of Buffy burned me out on more politics insinuated into entertainment.
*shrug*
Oh ... and anyone who doesn't think that these Liberal Hollywood directors don't use their movies to push their own political points of view - is incredibly naive.
And ... lest any one misunderstand ... I don't care for Conservative Horse Manure either ... you just get a lot less of that coming out of Hollywood.
Sorry for the rant but ... this is just another film I might really have liked to see ... if it wasn't ruined by some politically correct crap ...
*shrug*
Oh well ... more time to play EVE ...
To me, the movie was more about Gaia and the preservation of a world (our world) than the natives themselves who were mere extensions of the Gaia. Hence the creatures of the jungle joining in the fight later on. I think it spoke more of the victory of nature over man. Sort of a reverse man vs. nature theme. I very nearly wept openly in the theater when the planet (or their goddess/Gaia however you want to look at it) finally decided to fight the invaders at the end.
"My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack."
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brutoid
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.12.29 22:35:00 -
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Originally by: Imperator Jora'h
Originally by: Culmen The blue guys have easily the most expressive faces ever to come out of a computer
Probably because Cameron pioneered new forms of motion capture that upped the bar for the whole industry. The CGI characters were actually inhabited and acted by the human actors. As such their performances, every little nuance of arched eyebrow or quirk of the mouth, was directly translated to the CGI characters.
Apparently it took Cameron a few years and many millions of dollars to get the tech right. You saw the results.
The CGI\Live action was done in New Zealand by WETA Digital, Peter Jacksons company responsible for bringing us Gollem. The techniques you've mentioned were all used back in 99\2000 when making the LOTR trilogy, check the dvd-extras on the Extended Edition boxsets, you'll see the results .
The techniques were again applied in King Kong, both roles played of course by Andy Serkis. I think Cameron has mentioned paying Jackson a visit after seeing The Two Towers, the first time Gollem was truly realised, and asking the master for his secrets. Apparently Spielbergs upcoming Tin Tin film is another that the 'old skool' have had to ask Jackson how to do 'properly'.
What you're seeing in Avatar is the decade long polished technique by WETA being used by Camerons millions, Jackson must be loving it. Jackson managed to make a trilogy on less money and for me, Gollem looks better than these blue lanky junglebook dwellers.
The 3D stuff is a bit more 'Cameron' but again, as far as i understand it, he approached an already established company doing things with new camera and lens designs and built on top of that. At the end of the day the real magic with this new 3D technique gets done inside the computer and i doubt Cameron knows much about that, i will however grant him the respect of getting the funds together to bring all these techniques to harmony in one film. However sh!t it is.
Another 'tip of the hat' goes to his long term vision, i'm sure many here are aware that this new 3D malarky can be applied to films already made and i do believe that such films as The LOTR, Star Wars, Terminator 2, one of the Aliens etc are going to be treated to the 3D upgrade and rereleased for our viewing pleasure. Although i thought Avatar was a load of ****, i did however massively enjoy the whole visual experience and cant wait for someone to make something that will truly blow me away. If in the meantime while i wait for that day to come i get to watch the beginning of Star Wars with the whole letters scrolling and the ship flying overhead in 3D goodness, then i'm fine with that.
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2009.12.29 22:49:00 -
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Originally by: brutoid The CGI\Live action was done in New Zealand by WETA Digital, Peter Jacksons company responsible for bringing us Gollem. The techniques you've mentioned were all used back in 99\2000 when making the LOTR trilogy, check the dvd-extras on the Extended Edition boxsets, you'll see the results .
The techniques were again applied in King Kong, both roles played of course by Andy Serkis. I think Cameron has mentioned paying Jackson a visit after seeing The Two Towers, the first time Gollem was truly realised, and asking the master for his secrets. Apparently Spielbergs upcoming Tin Tin film is another that the 'old skool' have had to ask Jackson how to do 'properly'.
What you're seeing in Avatar is the decade long polished technique by WETA being used by Camerons millions, Jackson must be loving it. Jackson managed to make a trilogy on less money and for me, Gollem looks better than these blue lanky junglebook dwellers.
Actually no.
Well, it was WETA that Cameron hired to do the work but no, WETA did not have the tech anywhere near this level. WETA did the work, Cameron provided the money and the insistence for something that had not been done before.
Quote: In fact, Cameron doesnÆt even like the term ômotion captureö for the process used on Avatar. He prefers to call it ôperformance capture.ö This may seem like semantics, but to Cameron, the subtle facial expressions that define an actorÆs performance had been lost for many of the digital characters that have come before. In those films, the process of motion capture served only as a starting point for animators, who would finish the job with digital brush strokes. ôGollumÆs face was entirely animated by hand,ö says Weta Digital effects master Joe Letteri. ôKing Kong was a third or so straight performance capture. It was never automatic.ö This time, Cameron wanted to keep the embellishment by animators to a minimum and let the actors drive their own performances.
SOURCE: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4339455.html?page=3
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brutoid
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Posted - 2009.12.29 22:57:00 -
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Originally by: Imperator Jora'h
Actually no.
Well, it was WETA that Cameron hired to do the work but no, WETA did not have the tech anywhere near this level. WETA did the work, Cameron provided the money and the insistence for something that had not been done before.
Quote: In fact, Cameron doesnÆt even like the term ômotion captureö for the process used on Avatar. He prefers to call it ôperformance capture.ö This may seem like semantics, but to Cameron, the subtle facial expressions that define an actorÆs performance had been lost for many of the digital characters that have come before. In those films, the process of motion capture served only as a starting point for animators, who would finish the job with digital brush strokes. ôGollumÆs face was entirely animated by hand,ö says Weta Digital effects master Joe Letteri. ôKing Kong was a third or so straight performance capture. It was never automatic.ö This time, Cameron wanted to keep the embellishment by animators to a minimum and let the actors drive their own performances.
SOURCE: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4339455.html?page=3
Nice, cheers for the link. I stand corrected, Cameron payed WETA to expand on a technique they were already pretty efficient at. Evolution i guess, but in no way should be solely attributed to Cameron imo.
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2009.12.29 23:02:00 -
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Originally by: brutoid Nice, cheers for the link. I stand corrected, Cameron payed WETA to expand on a technique they were already pretty efficient at. Evolution i guess, but in no way should be solely attributed to Cameron imo.
Sorry...added to my post above. WETA expanded on their techniques but it was a lot more work than a few simple tweaks.
As for giving Cameron credit...well, he is the Director and the driver for the artistic vision. Most directors would have settled for something less.
A movie is hundreds or thousands of people working to produce the final product. Given that should you ignore the Director's part in it? Afterall he did not act or edit or build sets or design costumes or program computers. He did nothing I guess.
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brutoid
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Posted - 2009.12.29 23:36:00 -
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Originally by: Imperator Jora'h
Sorry...added to my post above. WETA expanded on their techniques but it was a lot more work than a few simple tweaks.
Absolutely, please dont get me wrong but i believe i commended Cameron earlier for his long term vision but i'm just making the point that its easier to get stuff done if you're using another Directors company who have an exsisting film-worthy technique and pay them to expand on it (as you pointed out to me) rather than starting from scratch on your own.
Originally by: Imperator Jora'h As for giving Cameron credit...well, he is the Director and the driver for the artistic vision. Most directors would have settled for something less.
Tottally agree, though knocking Cameron for what he has achieved artistically is our right as a viewer and largely hinges on whether we liked the film or not.
Originally by: Imperator Jora'h A movie is hundreds or thousands of people working to produce the final product. Given that should you ignore the Director's part in it? Afterall he did not act or edit or build sets or design costumes or program computers. He did nothing I guess.
Actually Cameron did design some of the creatures himself due to not liking what his artists achieved, speaks volumes about the man whose body of work i largely like, i think I'm not ignoring Camerons input as a Director, besides, without discussing the merits of his DoP or what was most important in making this film be it Principal Photography or Post-Production etc, what would be the point?
I'm certainly not knocking what Cameron has achieved technically either, but this whole 14 year vision, Camerons great technology etc marketing spin, is just that. This film cost so much that they are selling it with whatever wow-factor they can attatch.
Credit were credit is due, is what i'm getting at and that extends (for me at least) to WETA as much as Cameron for bringing it all together.
Plus we all know that he's never made a film as good as Aliens!
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Cyprus Black
Caldari Cowboy Diplomacy
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Posted - 2009.12.30 08:59:00 -
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Wow, everyone is getting all up in arms over this movie.
Best advice to anyone planning on seeing this movie who hasn't yet:
Don't go in looking for an underlying message, deep story, or political finger-wagging. Just go in and enjoy it for what it is. ___________________________________ "In the land of predators, the lion does not fear the jackal." -Dexter |
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Edited by: Toshiro GreyHawk on 30/12/2009 10:14:25
Originally by: Bibbleibble
Originally by: Toshiro GreyHawk
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Stuff I said
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Seriously this thread is like a really badly made fruit and nut cake...
It starts off nice and tasty, but as you get deeper into it, the nuts start to clog it up and take away any semblance of decent flavour.
Outstandingly crafted insult there Bib. Very well done.
Not really being into insulting other people I'm afraid I just don't have anything better to respond with other than something crude so I'll just let it go.
*shrug*
You have a Happy New Year now.
Originally by: Scythian Howe
Originally by: Toshiro GreyHawk
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The same stuff I said before.
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To me, the movie was more about Gaia and the preservation of a world (our world) than the natives themselves who were mere extensions of the Gaia. Hence the creatures of the jungle joining in the fight later on. I think it spoke more of the victory of nature over man. Sort of a reverse man vs. nature theme. I very nearly wept openly in the theater when the planet (or their goddess/Gaia however you want to look at it) finally decided to fight the invaders at the end.
That's cool. If you're into the whole Gaia thing. I'm just not. To me ... a planet is just a bunch of rocks and minerals ... that can't think. *shrug* So I have a hard time with the idea. Now ... if it's that all the living things on those rocks and minerals have some kind of shared consciousness ... I still wouldn't buy it ... but that would make more sense.
Anyway - if people enjoy this movie - good for them. I'm just ****ed because I really like special effects and would love to go watch this movie soley for that purpose (like the reason I watched Titanic was to see the ship sink ...) but ... I'm just burned out on the High Tech is Evil - Low Tech is Good crap.
*shrug*
Maybe I'm just old and have seen to much of it already.
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Glassback
Body Count Inc. Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2009.12.30 15:57:00 -
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Epic film I thought.
I dont think the storyline detracted from the film at all. Withnail and I doesnt have anything resembling a storyline and thats one of the greatest films of all time.
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Deva Blackfire
Cry Me a River INC
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Posted - 2009.12.31 01:41:00 -
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Ill post same thing i posted on local forum:
Ever heard of 1995 PC game Albion? If you did i guess you will see SOME similarities :)
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Drunk Driver
Gallente Aliastra
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Posted - 2009.12.31 16:17:00 -
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Saw Avatar yesterday in 3D.
10/10
Go see it. It's worth the ticket price.
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frsd
Caldari ANZAC ALLIANCE IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.01.07 14:01:00 -
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I have to say definetely one of the best new movies i have seen lately, had an awesome time watching. ;)
But back to all the various interpretations of the movie, world govermnet...religion, wants to justify sth. .... I mean common, get a job. Next thing thats gonna happen is people are gonna start seeing jesus in their burgers and going crazy.
All these guys that think they know it better than anyone else and have to tell them the "truth". Its not hard to see 5000 different meanings and reasons behind any movie background etc. . It all comes down to the person viewing and his personal history and experiences, I atleast hope that most people are still capable of taking theyre one conclusions or motives behind any media.
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2010.01.07 14:09:00 -
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Edited by: Danton Marcellus on 07/01/2010 14:10:44
Originally by: Cyprus Black Wow, everyone is getting all up in arms over this movie.
Best advice to anyone planning on seeing this movie who hasn't yet:
Don't go in looking for an underlying message, deep story, or political finger-wagging. Just go in and enjoy it for what it is.
Blue fluff and interspecies love affair?
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Hugo Lordmagnus
Caldari Vexillari
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Posted - 2010.01.07 16:19:00 -
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Seen it three times--last night in IMAX 3D. Incredible experience.
The list my friends and I came up with was: Dances With Wolves + Fern Gully + Last Samurai + Pocahontas.
Still loved it, though. I haven't gone to one movie this many times since LotR.
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Rashmika Clavain
Gallente Shadows Of The Federation
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Posted - 2010.01.07 16:44:00 -
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Saw it with the missus in 3D over the Christmas period.
We both really enjoyed it...
I was surprised at how quickly the film went. It's a long film, but the time does whip by.
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Juwi Kotch
Fiat Iustitia
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Posted - 2010.01.07 22:41:00 -
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Edited by: Juwi Kotch on 07/01/2010 22:42:19 I've seen it two weeks ago. Loved it, even my 73 year old mom liked it very much, and my wife was really amazed. Stunning effects, nice story. But my 2009 favorite remains Watchmen.
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captain kikaz
Genuine People Personalities SOUL CARTEL
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Posted - 2010.01.08 09:00:00 -
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Edited by: captain kikaz on 08/01/2010 09:00:28 saw it in 3d last week good effects good ooo factor but seriously seriously bad script. unobtainium? give me a break, I let out a little giggle when that line came out.dances with wolves on a different planet.Glad I went to see it but not in a great hurry to see it again.
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Smagd
Encina Technologies Namtz' aar K'in
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Posted - 2010.01.08 14:48:00 -
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Originally by: Culmen actually I think the 3D detracted alot from the movie I had to guess where the director wanted my eyes, making alot of the movie blurry i also heard that color is more vivid in 2D
Go watch it on the *smallest* 3D screen you can find. The really big ones eat up too much light.
Also, the thing with not knowing where to look can perhaps be resolved by sitting near the rear of the theater.
I get the same thing when I sit too close to a regular 2D screen.
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc. Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.01.08 15:02:00 -
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Originally by: captain kikaz unobtainium? give me a break, I let out a little giggle when that line came out.
That is why I think that the entire movie was a complete satyr of the United States political spectrum
Cameron is too good of a film maker to use a name like that if he was trying to be serious. That or it was used to assist in keeping a blatantly preachy movie comical.
Slade
Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
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Smagd
Encina Technologies Namtz' aar K'in
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Posted - 2010.01.08 15:16:00 -
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Have any of you guys slashing at "Unobtainium" looked at real life superconductor names?
"YBCO" is one of the easier shorthands to remember. It stands for "Yttrium barium copper oxide".
Originally by: "Wikipedia" From about 1993, the highest temperature superconductor was a ceramic material consisting of thallium, mercury, copper, barium, calcium, and oxygen (HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8) with Tc=138 K.
In February 2008, an iron-based family of high temperature superconductors was discovered. Hideo Hosono, of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and colleagues found lanthanum oxygen fluorine iron arsenide (LaO1-xFxFeAs), an oxypnictide that superconducts below 26 K. Replacing the lanthanum in LaO1-xFxFeAs with samarium leads to superconductors that work at 55 K.
I can just see how names like that wouldn't be popular with common grunts, and "Unobtainium" has a long history of being used for a magical material that can't, actually, be obtained - and in the case of Avatar they send a mining fleet 5 years through space just to get at it. It can't get any unobtainabler than that imho. There's another Wikipedia article about the history of Unobtainium that you can go and read up if you like.
For the time being I'll choose to believe that the Screen Writer was more aware of this than you and chose to find a name that wouldn't make his characters look silly trying to pronounce, while still being plausible.
There's a lot of awesome stuff in that movie where the director, in fact, is messing with your minds that you probably have missed, e. g. the plant Jake's Avatar first touches that retracts into the ground. Familiar to you? Not? It's on an alien world, right, therefore hitherho unseen fauna.
Wrong. It's a Christmas Tree Worm. They live in corals.
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Minmatar Neh'bu Kau Beh'Hude Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.01.18 23:41:00 -
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Absolute bollox.
Tedious plot
Everything else taken from other movies and games including the palette, the ships, and the aliens.
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baltec1
Antares Shipyards Phalanx Alliance
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Posted - 2010.01.19 00:04:00 -
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Originally by: Maggot Absolute bollox.
Tedious plot
Everything else taken from other movies and games including the palette, the ships, and the aliens.
worst movie i have been to see since "The English Patient".
I smell troll
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Maggot
Minmatar Neh'bu Kau Beh'Hude Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.01.19 00:12:00 -
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baltec1, no i really mean it. It was so bad in the "tribal" bits I could not stop laughing. Worst music score ever, expected phil collins to start singing but it never came. |
RedClaws
Amarr Dragon's Rage E C L I P S E
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Posted - 2010.01.19 08:45:00 -
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For those that watched in 3D, did it look blurry for you as well during the fast scenes? I could hardly see what was going on sometimes, like watching a movie on a bad LCD screen.
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2010.01.19 09:29:00 -
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Alice in Wonderland does look more promising, surely Burton will make better use of the 3D than Cameron did.
I went for the 3D, too little of it really, good but too poorly used. Story was **** as expected, though as been said the details were nice, glowy stuff and all.
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Verone
Gallente Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.01.19 16:33:00 -
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I went to see it between Christmas and New Year in the UK when it was first out in 2D. It was absolutely epic.
Then I went back to see it in IMAX 3D last weekend, holy ****.
I've always been a move buff, and I head to the cinema a lot... usually at least 4 or 5 times a month. This is by far the best movie I've seen in years.
I'm not usually one for "Science-Fantasy" as it's been labelled, but I had no problem at all with the storyline or setting. Effects and HD 3D aside, it was far more rich and immersive than most of the **** that's come out of Hollywood for the last decade. Some people have *****ed about acting and storyline, but frankly there was nothing wrong with either, in my opinion.
As for the visuals, I don't think anything will come close to this for years. The motion capture used does a superb job of reflecting emotion in rendered faces, and the rendered environments and effects are astonishing.
My only advice to people is to see it in a cinema, in 3D if possible, or in IMAX 3D if you have the ability. In terms of visual effects, its as ground breaking as A New Hope was when it was first released, and no TV set can really to it justice.
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Dray
Caldari The Water Margin Tech
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Posted - 2010.01.20 01:55:00 -
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Originally by: Verone I went to see it between Christmas and New Year in the UK when it was first out in 2D. It was absolutely epic.
Then I went back to see it in IMAX 3D last weekend, holy ****.
I've always been a move buff, and I head to the cinema a lot... usually at least 4 or 5 times a month. This is by far the best movie I've seen in years.
I'm not usually one for "Science-Fantasy" as it's been labelled, but I had no problem at all with the storyline or setting. Effects and HD 3D aside, it was far more rich and immersive than most of the **** that's come out of Hollywood for the last decade. Some people have *****ed about acting and storyline, but frankly there was nothing wrong with either, in my opinion.
As for the visuals, I don't think anything will come close to this for years. The motion capture used does a superb job of reflecting emotion in rendered faces, and the rendered environments and effects are astonishing.
My only advice to people is to see it in a cinema, in 3D if possible, or in IMAX 3D if you have the ability. In terms of visual effects, its as ground breaking as A New Hope was when it was first released, and no TV set can really to it justice.
Lets be honest V, as visual entertainment its the new standard nothing comes close, but the story is 3rd rate, if it was a book it would it would get slaughtered.
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theSONARnet
Gallente Dark-Rising IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.01.20 14:04:00 -
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Only one thing to say about Avatar:
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Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2010.01.20 14:17:00 -
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Originally by: theSONARnet Only one thing to say about Avatar:
Pic
This is what I thought after the first reviews. I'm sure the movie does this very well and is very entertaining, but I just can't get myself interested in it. I was hoping it to be something original, that would break the current trend of remakes. In a way it is original, but in the most shallow way possible.
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc. Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.01.20 15:05:00 -
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Originally by: Destination SkillQueue
This is what I thought after the first reviews. I'm sure the movie does this very well and is very entertaining, but I just can't get myself interested in it. I was hoping it to be something original, that would break the current trend of remakes. In a way it is original, but in the most shallow way possible.
Originall movies, today?
Just about every potential story has been put on the silver screen. I mean come on, even back in the 50's directors could not come up with original ideas
Seven Samurai vs The Magnificent Seven anyone?
Slade
Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
Please go sit in the corner, and dont forget to don the shame-on-you-hat!
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
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Posted - 2010.01.20 15:11:00 -
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Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Originally by: Destination SkillQueue
This is what I thought after the first reviews. I'm sure the movie does this very well and is very entertaining, but I just can't get myself interested in it. I was hoping it to be something original, that would break the current trend of remakes. In a way it is original, but in the most shallow way possible.
Originall movies, today?
Just about every potential story has been put on the silver screen. I mean come on, even back in the 50's directors could not come up with original ideas
Seven Samurai vs The Magnificent Seven anyone?
Slade
An original twist would be if the blue man group ate humans and they still won our sympathy.
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc. Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.01.20 15:14:00 -
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Originally by: Wendat Huron
An original twist would be if the blue man group ate humans and they still won our sympathy.
That would be just plain stupid
Slade
Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
Please go sit in the corner, and dont forget to don the shame-on-you-hat!
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
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Posted - 2010.01.20 15:18:00 -
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Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Originally by: Wendat Huron
An original twist would be if the blue man group ate humans and they still won our sympathy.
That would be just plain stupid
Slade
Why would it? It's still their planet, their ways and humans just another tasty treat. The noble savage has been done to death, why not some shades of gray where the history about real cannibalism is highlighted and discussed, them eating what they vanquish to gain its strength.
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc. Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.01.20 15:55:00 -
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Originally by: Wendat Huron
Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Originally by: Wendat Huron
An original twist would be if the blue man group ate humans and they still won our sympathy.
That would be just plain stupid
Slade
Why would it? It's still their planet, their ways and humans just another tasty treat. The noble savage has been done to death, why not some shades of gray where the history about real cannibalism is highlighted and discussed, them eating what they vanquish to gain its strength.
Not that part. The gaining our sympathy part.
Slade
Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
Please go sit in the corner, and dont forget to don the shame-on-you-hat!
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Abrazzar
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Posted - 2010.01.20 16:10:00 -
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A original twist would have been that the blue ones haggled for mining rights at first, quickly acquired the technology and know-how to mine themselves and then kicked the humans out because they wanted all the money for themselves for more technology.
And while there may be no original story left, rehashing the same old story over and over and over and over and over again is simply lazy, boring and uncreative. Stories are like colors: Mixing and matching for new shades to keep up some diversity and variety instead of trying to find another pattern of same old black and white. --------
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Triss S'Jet
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.01.20 16:29:00 -
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10/10 best SF movie I've seen in years.
Gief more Avatars nao!
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Dray
Caldari The Water Margin Tech
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Posted - 2010.01.20 21:28:00 -
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Originally by: Triss S'Jet 10/10 best SF movie I've seen in years.
Gief more Avatars nao!
At the risk of sounding harsh, you're a ****** if you think its the best SF you've seen in years, that or it's the only SF you've seen in years.
Funnily enough I just watched District 9 tonight and its superior in every respect except effects and running time.
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Avatar for what it was but it's nothing special other than how it looks
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Dray
Caldari The Water Margin Tech
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Posted - 2010.01.20 22:17:00 -
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Quote: Please do not evade the profanity filter. Zymurgist
Sometimes people just need to be told the truth.
Joking aside people need to get over the "special effects = win" mentality. If the exact same script was delivered by an unknown with a B movie budget people would be lining up to poke fun and laugh at how pathetic it was. The effects are everything here.
I really enjoyed Avatar as a visual spectacle, but the story was atrocious, like I said earlier District 9 has it beat every day of the week and twice on sundays, but Camerons well dressed turkey looks like its going to get a few Oscars if the Globes are an indicator, if Avatar can get Globes then what should District 9, or something like Moon, with Sam Rockwell, get.
Bottom line, enjoy it for what it was but don't wack off over it as the best thing on the big screen since god knows when, because it simply isn't.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2010.01.22 03:25:00 -
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what the bloody ****?!?! did I see a different movie in the wrong 3d? or are my eyes and brain just not wired together?
I figured if there was a forum on the internet I could say avatar was pretty bad and get a general agreement it would be the eve forum. but no I think I just logged into wow or something.
or is eve just full of a bunch of people who wish they were blue cat people having blue cat people sex? oh and riding horseys, gotta love riding horseys!
as for the plot a) the trailer gave almost all of it away (it pretty much shows they fall in love, and I'm pretty sure it showed them riding the superbeasts), b) full of holes. take off and nuke it from orbit anyone? I think I seen that phrase a few times http://eve-search.com/search/nuke%20it%20from%20orbit if it isn't full of plot holes then it might as well be a plot doughnut. also wasn't the unobtanium under the big tree, why did they bother attacking them at the "god" tree thingy? also the blue cat people are "hard to kill" and whatnot yet seemed to go down with a couple of bullets much like a human
now the 3d, the 3d was really unimpressive I thought. there were a few places where it looked pretty good, but didn't really add anything, and so many more places where there were objects just out of focus that looked terrible... at least there weren't any ZOMG it is comming right at us moments that 3d films love to have.
but tbh it was probably the best 3d movie I have ever seen, that said it was also the worst 3d movie I have ever seen. I predict it will hold both titles forever as I really don't plan on giving the movie companies more money for a gimicky "3d experience" I can only hope 3d movies go the way of smellovision.
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
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Posted - 2010.01.22 15:00:00 -
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Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Originally by: Wendat Huron
Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Originally by: Wendat Huron
An original twist would be if the blue man group ate humans and they still won our sympathy.
That would be just plain stupid
Slade
Why would it? It's still their planet, their ways and humans just another tasty treat. The noble savage has been done to death, why not some shades of gray where the history about real cannibalism is highlighted and discussed, them eating what they vanquish to gain its strength.
Not that part. The gaining our sympathy part.
Slade
How so? Some native american tribes tortured the **** out of their captives and they still get my sympathy 10 times out of 10.
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc. Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.01.22 15:44:00 -
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Originally by: Wendat Huron
How so? Some native american tribes tortured the **** out of their captives and they still get my sympathy 10 times out of 10.
I understand how your logic is flowing, but I am going with the thought that it would not work in the story setting set forth in Avatar.
I do not see a big "evil" corporation bent on making as much profit as possible, on planet hundreds of light years from Earth, where the corp is the only one that is really going to have contact or up to date information about what is going on on said planet feeling sympathy for unyielding natives. I find, in that situation, that the people running said corporation, would not feel sympathy for sentient aliens that slaughter and eat their workers.
But I am sure that you could come up with a setting where your ideas would work. Say like the District 9 setting. So I apologize for my more then ambiguous slant on your original concept, but I just did not see it working in the setting set forth in the Avatar storyline.
Slade
Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
Please go sit in the corner, and dont forget to don the shame-on-you-hat!
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Triss S'Jet
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.01.22 16:33:00 -
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Originally by: Dray
Originally by: Triss S'Jet 10/10 best SF movie I've seen in years.
Gief more Avatars nao!
At the risk of sounding harsh, you're a ****** if you think its the best SF you've seen in years, that or it's the only SF you've seen in years.
Funnily enough I just watched District 9 tonight and its superior in every respect except effects and running time.
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Avatar for what it was but it's nothing special other than how it looks
Please do not evade the profanity filter. Zymurgist
I watched quite a few SF movies lately and I also think that District 9 was a great movie, but I still prefer Avatar over D9.
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Posted - 2010.01.22 18:43:00 -
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One annoyance about this movie that I just can't get past............the title.
My kid and I have been fans of "Avatar: The Last Air Bender" for years. There is even a movie in the works, it has been cast and production is underway. Unfortunately, THIS 'Avatar' movie has come out first, and will cause no end of confusion to little kids ( and their parents ) who are fans of the "Airbender" cartoon.
Oh well. Such is life, I suppose.
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2010.01.22 22:48:00 -
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Originally by: Ick Ickagami One annoyance about this movie that I just can't get past............the title.
My kid and I have been fans of "Avatar: The Last Air Bender" for years. There is even a movie in the works, it has been cast and production is underway. Unfortunately, THIS 'Avatar' movie has come out first, and will cause no end of confusion to little kids ( and their parents ) who are fans of the "Airbender" cartoon.
Oh well. Such is life, I suppose.
Now imagine how cheesed off the writer of Hellraiser was when that hack Clive Barker stole his title and left him to name his work Hellblazer instead. It was not even fit for the big screen and the movie, killing a possible franchise, was named Constantine instead.
Though as I check some facts I see a rumour about an actual sequal of Constantine, back from the dead, hopefully with the correct John Constantine this time...
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2010.01.23 10:06:00 -
[126]
Originally by: Ick Ickagami One annoyance about this movie that I just can't get past............the title.
My kid and I have been fans of "Avatar: The Last Air Bender" for years. There is even a movie in the works, it has been cast and production is underway. Unfortunately, THIS 'Avatar' movie has come out first, and will cause no end of confusion to little kids ( and their parents ) who are fans of the "Airbender" cartoon.
Oh well. Such is life, I suppose.
Avatar the last air bender > avatar the crapshoot movie
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Xeross155
Minmatar Novadyne Dynamics Veni Vidi Vici
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Posted - 2010.01.23 14:08:00 -
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Originally by: Triss S'Jet
Originally by: Dray
Originally by: Triss S'Jet 10/10 best SF movie I've seen in years.
Gief more Avatars nao!
At the risk of sounding harsh, you're a ****** if you think its the best SF you've seen in years, that or it's the only SF you've seen in years.
Funnily enough I just watched District 9 tonight and its superior in every respect except effects and running time.
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Avatar for what it was but it's nothing special other than how it looks
Please do not evade the profanity filter. Zymurgist
I watched quite a few SF movies lately and I also think that District 9 was a great movie, but I still prefer Avatar over D9.
It might not be the best SF movie but for me it's the best overall movie, I just like movies with romance in them, and epic **** like capturing the toruk to ride (Or in bleach the people gaining new powers n ****). --------------------------------------------- Xeross' ventures into EVE |
Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Originally by: Xeross155 It might not be the best SF movie but for me it's the best overall movie, I just like movies with romance in them, and epic **** like capturing the toruk to ride (Or in bleach the people gaining new powers n ****).
yep that was awesome
I attacked from behind, at least that was the plan *jumps* and cut to the next scene
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Atomos Darksun
The Maverick Navy IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.01.24 01:41:00 -
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I was not excited about the 3d portion, and my unhappiness was confirmed. Eyestrain, not necessary, cumbersome glasses. One of the worst parts of the 3d aspect of it was the TINTED glasses - they're supposed to be emphasizing this rich, lush environment and then they bring the brightness out of it. I spent most of the movie with the glasses off.
I got the feeling they truly wanted to concentrate on the message - destruction of nation by the virus that is humankind. But, they ended up having to draw away from it so much...because when you make a $.5b movie, you have to make money back.
At any rate, excellent setting, excellent themes, excellent cinematography, but unoriginal plot and unoriginal characters. First half of the movie was much better than the last.
Originally by: Amoxin My vent is talking to me in a devil voice...
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Sankkasen Mining Conglomerate On the Rocks
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Felt like I was the only guy rooting for the corporate element.
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Bestofworst Worstofbest
Caldari Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2010.01.24 02:31:00 -
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Originally by: Hadrian Septim Felt like I was the only guy rooting for the corporate element.
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Louis deGuerre
Gallente The Rise of The Dragon Knights Void Alliance
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Posted - 2010.01.24 13:34:00 -
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Awesome visuals (3D) but so-so story. Sigourney Weaver by far the most memorable character which is kinda sad as she is not a main character. Have to watch : yes Watch twice : neh Best bit : Voice-over when capturing Toruk (even though you don't get to see the actual capturing ) Would I do blue chick : Yep, but only in a blue body, otherwise it would be too creepy.
Buy District 9 and watch dozens of times : **** yes !
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Irida Mershkov
Gallente Honour Before Death Nominis Expers
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Posted - 2010.01.24 14:39:00 -
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So in short, haven't seen this film, thinking of taking someone out to see it, worth it?
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc. Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.01.24 15:04:00 -
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Originally by: Irida Mershkov So in short, haven't seen this film, thinking of taking someone out to see it, worth it?
I would say it is a perfect date movie.
Slade
Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
Please go sit in the corner, and dont forget to don the shame-on-you-hat!
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AdmiralJohn
The Unknown Bar and Pub Elysium Alliance
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Posted - 2010.01.24 19:43:00 -
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Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Originally by: Irida Mershkov So in short, haven't seen this film, thinking of taking someone out to see it, worth it?
I would say it is a perfect date movie.
Slade
My date slept on my shoulder and demanded I feed her popcorn.
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Tara Moss
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Posted - 2010.01.25 08:36:00 -
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Watched the movie.
Definitely worth seeing...in a CINEMA! And 3-d.
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Victor Valka
Caldari Preta Light Industries Naraka.
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Posted - 2010.01.25 09:08:00 -
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Originally by: AdmiralJohn
Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Originally by: Irida Mershkov So in short, haven't seen this film, thinking of taking someone out to see it, worth it?
I would say it is a perfect date movie.
Slade
My date slept on my shoulder and demanded I feed her popcorn.
Slept on your shoulder?
Do you date Tinkerbell or something?
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2010.01.25 22:40:00 -
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Originally by: Victor Valka
Originally by: AdmiralJohn
Originally by: Slade Trillgon
Originally by: Irida Mershkov So in short, haven't seen this film, thinking of taking someone out to see it, worth it?
I would say it is a perfect date movie.
Slade
My date slept on my shoulder and demanded I feed her popcorn.
Slept on your shoulder?
Do you date Tinkerbell or something?
I just hope she doesn't have or develop a weight problem, eating in your sleep is bad for you
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baltec1
Antares Shipyards Phalanx Alliance
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Posted - 2010.01.26 15:31:00 -
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Edited by: baltec1 on 26/01/2010 15:31:24
Originally by: Hadrian Septim Felt like I was the only guy rooting for the corporate element.
I wasnt supporting the corperation but I DO WANT their toys. Yes bold underline at the very least
Originally by: Irida Mershkov So in short, haven't seen this film, thinking of taking someone out to see it, worth it?
Its one of the only films you should see at a cinema and in 3-D. Totaly worth it.
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Sanguis Sanies
Amarr
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Posted - 2010.01.27 00:03:00 -
[140]
Originally by: baltec1
Originally by: Irida Mershkov So in short, haven't seen this film, thinking of taking someone out to see it, worth it?
Its one of the only films you should see at a cinema and in 3-D. Totaly worth it.
Agreed, this is one of the few movies that you must see at the Cinema in 3D, IMAX if possible, this movie will sadly lose quite a bit when it transfers to Blu-ray. |
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Aiwha
Caldari Space Marine Academy
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Posted - 2010.01.27 04:55:00 -
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Its a really great movie, if a bit predictable at times. (okay, very predictable, but that's not necessarily a bad thing ) ---------------------------
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Verone
Gallente Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.01.27 17:36:00 -
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Originally by: Sanguis Sanies
Originally by: baltec1
Originally by: Irida Mershkov So in short, haven't seen this film, thinking of taking someone out to see it, worth it?
Its one of the only films you should see at a cinema and in 3-D. Totaly worth it.
Agreed, this is one of the few movies that you must see at the Cinema in 3D, IMAX if possible, this movie will sadly lose quite a bit when it transfers to Blu-ray.
Depends on how big your TV is
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FunzzeR
Death of Virtue MeatSausage EXPRESS
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Posted - 2010.01.27 23:21:00 -
[143]
Originally by: Verone
Depends on how big your TV is
This.
I suspect that Avatar was the perfect springboard for electronics companies to start hyping their 3d compatible televisions like the ones they were showing at the CES earlier this month.
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Glarion Garnier
Thermal reaction
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Posted - 2010.01.29 14:38:00 -
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I have to give a small pointer here about where home entertainment tech is now heading. 120 HZ full HD TV:s are a requirement if you want to watch 3D blueray movies at home.
Not that i would recomend anyone buying a tv to waste their precious free time with.
But the point is that if you want the best home avatar experience in the future.. that is how it is.
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