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b i o n i c
12-15-2009, 10:40 PM
think i'll see it this weekend.. anyone seen? i think its only in previews. lots of bad press from the trailer, good things being said now..
the london premiere got a great reception
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091210/ap_en_mo/eu_britain_avatar
skra75
12-16-2009, 12:58 AM
I think this movie looks gayer than Christmas in a snowy woods. The blue people freak me out and I am gonna have a hard time even renting this movie.
Kids will like it though, because this younger generation is retarded and has a short attention span and huge appetite for crappy movies.
checkyourprez
12-16-2009, 01:32 AM
I think this movie looks gayer than Christmas in a snowy woods. The blue people freak me out and I am gonna have a hard time even renting this movie.
Kids will like it though, because this younger generation is retarded and has a short attention span and huge appetite for crappy movies.
YOU HAVENT EVEN SEEN IT.
on that note, it does look a little eh to me. ill prob get it on the divid.
Jonathan Ross liked it.
Sold.
nodanaonlyzuul
12-16-2009, 01:00 PM
I think this movie looks gayer than Christmas in a snowy woods. The blue people freak me out and I am gonna have a hard time even renting this movie.
Kids will like it though, because this younger generation is retarded and has a short attention span and huge appetite for crappy movies.
this is exactly the reaction I had when seeing the trailer. I think it looks god awful. I will avoid it as much as possible until all the reviews (not just from London, but everywhere) are in, are mostly positive, and if people with taste in movies that I trust like it too. :p
Even then I'd go in as an extreme sceptic. And I think I'm stubborn enough and the creatures make my eyes roll so hard I still might not see it. I LIKE wonky, crazy creature shit and somehow they managed to make me roll my eyes!
:|
hpdrifter
12-16-2009, 01:10 PM
I agree. Somehow I thought it would be a much cooler story line than woodland fairies but oh well. I mean, after the trailer I was like, is this basically FernGully in CGI?
Freebasser
12-16-2009, 06:25 PM
Looks like a role player's wet dream.
That's not a good thing.
Kid Presentable
12-16-2009, 06:49 PM
Looks like it's got people too worried to have an opinion of their own.
paul jones
12-16-2009, 06:51 PM
not interested in seeing this at all.
Kid Presentable
12-16-2009, 06:53 PM
Could have fed a lot of people with that budget.
Looks like it's got people too worried to have an opinion of their own.
exactly
they gush all over children's movies and spike jonze rubbish, but for this it's a completely different story even though it's james terminator 1&2 aliens cameron
hpdrifter
12-16-2009, 07:40 PM
it's also james titanic cameron
Some of us here thought it looked weak from the previews. Why is that a problem for either of you?
hpdrifter
12-16-2009, 08:14 PM
I'm also looking forward to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Ya wanna say some shit about that appropos of nothing?
At least I got there first so I can't be accused of not having my own opinion because it happens to align with that of a few other people.
Anyone else who wants to see Alice in Wonderland is a copy cat!
Mr Films
12-16-2009, 08:24 PM
I've been reading about this movie for years and years. Can't wait to see it.
it's also james titanic cameron
Some of us here thought it looked weak from the previews. Why is that a problem for either of you?
despite celine dion and the cheese romance, that's another massive accomplishment. tim burton has his accomplishments as well.
hpdrifter
12-16-2009, 08:28 PM
despite celine dion and the cheese romance, that's another massive accomplishment. tim burton has his accomplishments as well.
...in the same way that Beverly Hills Chihuaua was a massive accomplishment. Doesn't make it a good movie.
I've been told this is THE movie to go see at the theater, so I think I will go see it.
nodanaonlyzuul
12-16-2009, 08:35 PM
If only Cameron, who also wrote the script, had spent as much time on the story as he did the effects he uses to tell it.
For all the grandeur and technical virtuosity of the mythical 3-D universe Cameron labored for years to perfect, his characters are one-dimensional, rarely saying anything unexpected.
Avatar falls short with its story, but it ultimately succeeds with its incredible special effects
And yet these were positive reviews, only rated on the positive end due to the effects, pure and simple. And from the trailer on TV screens and previews, maybe they just aren't conveyed as well as they are in the actual theater and so that is why I feel very skeptical about the effects. Mostly it's the creatures themselves that bother me.
Add to it that, as Freebs said, the story sounds like something that appeals to the RPG crowd which is not at all my thing.
Even if it is a major accomplishment for Cameron doesn't mean I'm going to suck his dick over it and shit myself over this movie before I've even seen it.
Echewta
12-16-2009, 08:46 PM
Even if it is a major accomplishment for Cameron doesn't mean I'm going to suck his dick over it and shit myself over this movie before I've even seen it.
So filthy. Where is the lady I once knew???
...in the same way that Beverly Hills Chihuaua was a massive accomplishment. Doesn't make it a good movie.
that comparison doesn't make sense
hpdrifter
12-16-2009, 09:12 PM
maybe not for the completely obtuse
so you're resorting to hurling insults over a difference in opinion regarding movies?
mickill
12-16-2009, 09:47 PM
I'm certainly not going to suck James Cameron's dick either, but I'll see it in 3D prolly.
checkyourprez
12-16-2009, 10:23 PM
so you're resorting to hurling insults over a difference in opinion regarding movies?
she is an insult hurler, its her thing.
cosmo105
12-16-2009, 10:52 PM
I just hate that Hanna-Barbera let him do this to the Smurfs.
hpdrifter
12-17-2009, 12:53 PM
so you're resorting to hurling insults over a difference in opinion regarding movies?
Actually I think that's what you did.
hpdrifter
12-17-2009, 01:11 PM
Bullshit aside, I reiterate:
Some of us here thought it looked weak from the previews. Why is that a problem for either of you?
MC Moot
12-17-2009, 01:13 PM
This movie represents the antithesis of where I want to see the industry evolving towards…I want films…actual organic films…not synthesized imagery…I want Technicolor 70 mm style films…with crane shots and dolly shots ,boom mics and gaffers…where light and shadow and cinematography are the basis of the medium and the art...
checkyourprez
12-17-2009, 01:26 PM
This movie represents the antithesis of where I want to see the industry evolving towards…I want films…actual organic films…not synthesized imagery…I want Technicolor 70 mm style films…with crane shots and dolly shots ,boom mics and gaffers…where light and shadow and cinematography are the basis of the medium and the art...
what ever gramps.
MC Moot
12-17-2009, 01:34 PM
what ever gramps.
whateva indeed...enjoy the video game...degenerate,hooligan,whipper snapper...
hpdrifter
12-17-2009, 01:35 PM
what ever gramps.
What was it you were saying about hurling insults?
Actually I think that's what you did.
by not agreeing with your comparison?
hpdrifter
12-17-2009, 02:11 PM
Oh for crying out loud, come with me I'm over here.
For jumping on KP's bandwagon that those of who think the movie looks weak don't have our own opinions.
It would be nice to hear from both of you why that is, necessarily.
Nicodemus
12-17-2009, 02:43 PM
Shut the fuck up. Two pages of bullshit and no one's even seen the thing. This wasn't a 'rate the trailer' thread.
hpdrifter
12-17-2009, 02:50 PM
You have a little more than 200 posts since 2003.
In that context you thought that was post-worthy?
Or are you an alias?
Nicodemus
12-17-2009, 03:02 PM
To me it was post-worthy because I was hoping to read someone's review of possibly an early screening of the film. I'm interested in that basically just because I was on the set probably a couple hundred times and I've been a fan some of Cameron's work. I didn't care for the trailer much either, but I still want to see this. Sorry if I was a bit harsh. Just woke up and got annoyed that I wasted five minutes reading people's opinions on the trailer. That thread has already come and gone.
Yes, I'm an alias...
For jumping on KP's bandwagon that those of who think the movie looks weak don't have our own opinions.
It would be nice to hear from both of you why that is, necessarily.
oh, sorry
my bad, i shouldn't post on five hours sleep :/
yeah sometimes i just don't get people's tastes, but honestly who cares it's just movies.
Planetary
12-17-2009, 03:39 PM
I just hate that Hanna-Barbera let him do this to the Smurfs.
no way, they should make a proper smurfs film. that would be amazing.
also, im looking forward to the hobbit. and that alice in wonderland thing
Kid Presentable
12-17-2009, 08:19 PM
Oh for crying out loud, come with me I'm over here.
For jumping on KP's bandwagon that those of who think the movie looks weak don't have our own opinions.
It would be nice to hear from both of you why that is, necessarily.
Hey, I was just making light of how this overblown movie has bought out some cultivated cool.
checkyourprez
12-17-2009, 11:07 PM
What was it you were saying about hurling insults?
o grow up little girl
Junker
12-18-2009, 09:35 AM
I saw it yesterday and I liked it.
Visually beautiful!
Too long tho.
i saw it in digital 3d, and overall it's great (y)
the only negatives are the score (james horner dropped the ball here big time), the occassional bad dialouge ("numb nuts"), and some corny/sentimental scenes which are cliche, ie the big speech before the epic battle.
it's a very simple sci-fi action story but it's told extremely well and very well done. i want to see it again on mushrooms. the visuals are phenomenal, fucking beautiful, the performances are good (stephen lang as quaritch is really badass, dude's a tank, zoe saldana is good and sigorney weaver brings her a-game). in the trailer the na'vi look dumb but it definitely works on the big screen and even better in digital 3d. as you get used to seeing them, they appear more and more human. everything, the facial features, the attention to detail is outstanding.
Avatar was really much, much better than expected, that it looked amazing and that the story was gripping – if cheesy in many places. The terrible film that some had been anticipating had not materialised. It was good. The Guardian (http://widget.uproxx.com/b/3/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/dec/10/james-cameron-avatar-preview).
If you can let go of your version and embrace Cameron’s – if you’re not, in other words, one of those splenetic internet fanboy types who’ve apparently made their minds up about Avatar before seeing it – then Avatar is a hugely rewarding experience: rich, soulful and exciting in the way that only comes from seeing a master artist at work. Empire (http://widget.uproxx.com/b/3/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=133552).
An unprecedented marriage of technology and storytelling which is on the whole remarkably successful. ScreenDaily (http://widget.uproxx.com/b/3/http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/avatar/5008859.article).
Avatar could be considered James Cameron’s masterpiece. It’s the culmination of his career’s work, carries many of the signature throughlines and trademarks the director is known for, and seems to be a punctuation mark on a career filled with substantial genre milestones. Chud (http://widget.uproxx.com/b/3/http://chud.com/articles/articles/21826/1/REVIEW-AVATAR/Page1.html).
Echewta
12-18-2009, 05:25 PM
The blue guy was looking all concerned over the horizon while peering over a big mac with a mcdonalds logo today in a banner ad. I fear I won't be shaking this combo vision anytime soon.
checkyourprez
12-20-2009, 11:17 PM
The film's rock-solid "A" CinemaScore rating, which, along with the raves currently streaming across Twitter and inundating message boards, suggests it will grow long legs at the box office well into the new year. (It's no wonder that IMAX screenings of the film reportedly sold-out every single seat.)
checkyourprez
12-21-2009, 07:57 PM
everyone i've talked to that has seen this has loved it.
both guys and girls, said it awesome.
i maaay see it in theators. prob not though, maybe when it hits the dollar theater. if not def dvd.
Helvete
12-21-2009, 08:07 PM
So what, only 1 of you mutherfuckers has seen it? Well, I saw it and it's great. So fuck you and go and watch it.
Echewta
12-21-2009, 08:21 PM
Cram it euro fun boy, it was sold out this weekend.
Helvete
12-21-2009, 08:41 PM
Hahaha.
monkey
12-21-2009, 10:56 PM
i saw it because my friend dragged me out on friday night. and it wasn't THAT bad. i saw it in 3d, and it was just a very fun time for my eyes. the story is eh at best, but the very preachy message is something i believe in, so i'll bite and give it a positive review. it should not have been so long though, i dont have the attention span.
but the whole imperialistic, materialistic human shit... well... it's true, and even though everyone was a giant caricature, at least it gets people thinking about it a little bit.
The Notorious LOL
12-22-2009, 01:40 AM
its a visually breathtaking turd of a film. 7.0 out of 10 if you see it in IMAX 3D...and you'll probably never need to watch it again.
roosta
12-22-2009, 07:22 PM
i thought it was great.
super cheesey, but over all entertaining.
the special-effects/3d are mind-blowing.
checkyourprez
12-22-2009, 08:01 PM
a bunch of people will be eating their own shit in this thread.
hpdrifter
12-22-2009, 08:21 PM
Why are you so uppity about what anyone else thinks of this fucking stupid movie? You said yourself you're probably not even going to bother seeing it.
JDsmagik
12-24-2009, 01:58 PM
I'll see it because even pure crap in RealD 3D HD technology is amazing.
It's like riding a roller coaster, even though you know where it's going it's still a lot of fun.
RobMoney$
12-26-2009, 07:02 PM
People do this in "other music" forum a lot too, and I just think it makes people look snobby douche bags.
Why bother posting at all, nobody's interested in your opinion anyway if your just going to shit on a movie or an album.
Randetica
12-26-2009, 07:25 PM
nothing i would ever watch
Helvete
12-26-2009, 07:45 PM
I suppose it would involve leaving the house.
Kid Presentable
12-26-2009, 10:26 PM
And being looked at.
RobMoney$
12-27-2009, 01:12 AM
Went to see this tonight in 3d.
Visiually stunning, but very predictable.
The 3d really was worth the price of admission alone.
checkyourprez
12-27-2009, 11:28 AM
Why are you so uppity about what anyone else thinks of this fucking stupid movie? You said yourself you're probably not even going to bother seeing it.
because im not a fan of passing judgment on things that you know nothing about...
YoungRemy
12-27-2009, 03:19 PM
the film was fantastic, up there with the LOTR and the Star Wars in my opinion.
I thought it wasn't long enough. most 2.75 hour films have you looking at your watch, I wanted to know more about their world, the history of the natives, what happened down on Earth, etc..
each and every single item in the world of this movie is a pretty neat little invention of Cameron. I'm glad he waited a while to let technology catch up with what he thought his vision should look like on film...
my overall theater experience was awful, so I think I'll catch it in IMAX next.
we missed the regular 3D showing so we had to take the next showtime, and it seemed like the audio track was turned too low in our theater. I know the audio in some scenes should have been more layered with the battles...
and then throw in a 40 minute wait at the concession line, I missed the opening scene and yelled at the theater manager for having the slowest, most incompetent staff members working on the busiest day of the holiday season for movies...
add screaming babies, families that walk in and out of the theater whwnever they want, and douchebags on their cell phones, watching movies at the theater is almost intolerable.
oh, and some critiques I read make me think a 12 year old blogger was writing the reviews.
like- they missed the entire concept of mind controlling the avatars and wrote that the avatars formed their own mindset and broke away from their controllers...
:confused: it just annoyed me that they didn't get it
oh and the lead's UK accent leaks through sometimes and it's hard to believe him when he shouts Hoo-Rah!
in conclusion, A++
Randetica
12-28-2009, 03:18 AM
up there with the LOTR and the Star Wars
nothing i would ever watch either
nodanaonlyzuul
12-28-2009, 03:43 PM
I have a little brother and he wanted to see it.
The 3D had a few moments of beauty, but that's all the movie had going for it because the story is nothing groundbreaking at all, as mentioned in other reviews. The movie was about an hour too long as well. So basically Ferngully/Dances with Wolves/Titanic (especially with that end titles song, jesus) in pretty 3D.
My boyfriend mentioned this and I agree: it would have been way better if it were an hour shorter and there was no main character. If it were all about the Navi vs Sky People only, it might have been pretty bad ass.
this is exactly the reaction I had when seeing the trailer. I think it looks god awful. I will avoid it as much as possible until all the reviews (not just from London, but everywhere) are in, are mostly positive, and if people with taste in movies that I trust like it too. :p
Even then I'd go in as an extreme sceptic. And I think I'm stubborn enough and the creatures make my eyes roll so hard I still might not see it. I LIKE wonky, crazy creature shit and somehow they managed to make me roll my eyes!
:|
I thought I was one of the few. Everyone here keeps talking about it, and I'm convinced it has to be gayer than banana handouts at a pride parade.
Seriously, fruity blue people? It looks like the cover of discount fantasy novels. I'm going to have a really hard time taking it seriously if I ever drag myself to see it.
HEIRESS
12-28-2009, 04:24 PM
right off the bat, I found the 3D shit. Perhaps IMAX would have please me more but I'd dont live in a big city so that wasn't an option.
I enjoyed the movie.
Zoe Saldana gave hands down the most realistic crying/grieving performance I've ever "heard"
totally amazing.
only Sigourney could have played her role. it was perfection!
YoungRemy
12-28-2009, 09:31 PM
nothing i would ever watch either
who seriously gives a fuck what you wouldn't watch?
also lol at anyone who vows to avoid a film, then makes an excuse why they had to see it...
nodanaonlyzuul
12-28-2009, 09:36 PM
I'm just a really nice big sister. That's no excuse, just a fact. :cool:
I've seen some pretty god awful movies because I'm such a good sister.
Nicodemus
12-28-2009, 09:45 PM
Saw it in IMAX digital 3D and it was great. That's what I always wanted 3D to look like. Felt like a Disneyland ride. I'm sure it suffers on smaller screens, and I can't even imagine watching it in 2D. Will never rent it, but might see it in 3D again. Yeah, the script has some flaws, but goddamnit, it was fun. Watching the trailer on your computer or TV screen does not do it justice. The detail in the visuals was amazing. Drove 100 miles in a snowstorm to see this bitch. If you're in driving distance to an IMAX theater, it's totally worth it.
That was a big-ass hunting knife.
People do this in "other music" forum a lot too, and I just think it makes people look snobby douche bags.
Why bother posting at all, nobody's interested in your opinion anyway if your just going to shit on a movie or an album.
if this movie had been directed by spike jonze or some other indie hipster douche, starred ellen page, and consisted of a soundtrack including interpol, panic at the disco, joy division, the shins, kings of leon, modest mouse, the strokes et al, it'd be a different story. but eh the majority clearly enjoys it as cameron has delivered once more.
YoungRemy
12-28-2009, 10:05 PM
I'm just a really nice big sister. That's no excuse, just a fact. :cool:
I've seen some pretty god awful movies because I'm such a good sister.
cool story.
Saw it in IMAX digital 3D and it was great. That's what I always wanted 3D to look like. Felt like a Disneyland ride. I'm sure it suffers on smaller screens, and I can't even imagine watching it in 2D. Will never rent it, but might see it in 3D again. Yeah, the script has some flaws, but goddamnit, it was fun. Watching the trailer on your computer or TV screen does not do it justice. The detail in the visuals was amazing. Drove 100 miles in a snowstorm to see this bitch. If you're in driving distance to an IMAX theater, it's totally worth it.
That was a big-ass hunting knife.
spot on. 2D nearly ruined it for me. hence the rant earlier. but you described it exactly.
Randetica
12-29-2009, 02:01 PM
who seriously gives a fuck what you wouldn't watch?
you obviously, shithead
YoungRemy
12-29-2009, 02:11 PM
you obviously, shithead
good luck with that New Year's Resolution of yours...
it's a thread about Avatar.
nodanaonlyzuul
12-29-2009, 02:17 PM
good luck with that New Year's Resolution of yours...
it's a thread about Avatar.
you should be eating your own words.
YoungRemy
12-29-2009, 02:23 PM
and you should have known your little brother would want to see the movie before you vowed not to see it. :)
lol, sorry I got people all emotional, but if they enter a thread about a movie they will never see, then name all the other movies they would never see, it's probably not the best subject matter to chime in on.
I respect your actual opinion on the movie that you saw in the movie theater.
it's actually different than mine but that's the last thing I'm annoyed at in this thread.
yup, i made an out of context remark.
nodanaonlyzuul
12-29-2009, 02:37 PM
I find it silly that you are basically telling her that it's just a thread about a movie when you have made several seemingly emotionally charged comments trying to defend the movie.
Having the attitude all of a sudden that it's not really that big of a deal when you have been responding to the thread like it is a big deal is just funny to me.
YoungRemy
12-29-2009, 02:45 PM
Uh, Earth to Matilda I don't think you did because you were all like 'well I'm sure Hansel's heard of styling gel' like you DIDN'T know it was a joke!
I find it silly that you are basically telling her that it's just a thread about a movie when you have made several seemingly emotionally charged comments trying to defend the movie.
several, huh? I posted my movie review experience then agreed with those who think talking shit about shit you don't know about is wacksauce.
bottom line here- you saw the movie? post away. you hated it? have at it. I don't give a fuck what someone thinks of a movie.
just don't act like you are above it and you need to share that on a message board.
nodanaonlyzuul
12-29-2009, 02:50 PM
Maybe a lot of the things you said were jokes, but there is no way of really telling via a message board sometimes the tone of the way someone is saying something.
just don't act like you are above it and you need to share that on a message board.
That's basically the impression I was getting from you.
YoungRemy
12-29-2009, 03:22 PM
Maybe a lot of the things you said were jokes, but there is no way of really telling via a message board sometimes the tone of the way someone is saying something.
That's basically the impression I was getting from you.
well I'm sorry you got that impression.
i got dragged to Avatar by own siblings who enjoy Star Wars, LOTR, Firefly/Serenity. these are good canonical films to compare Avatar to.
not a James Cameron fanboy or anything like that, nor am I obsessed with those listed above. no pre-conceived notions.
If saying you would never see these movies or that you would never see the movie being discussed, then yeah, you really have no place in a thread about movies...
I'm snobby like that. i should have never pointed out contradictory posts.
fucktopgirl
12-29-2009, 10:11 PM
That movie was good !! (y)
The Notorious LOL
12-30-2009, 09:14 AM
People do this in "other music" forum a lot too, and I just think it makes people look snobby douche bags.
Why bother posting at all, nobody's interested in your opinion anyway if your just going to shit on a movie or an album.
you mean sort of like that thread where you talk incessantly about how rap as a genre is trash?
RobMoney$
12-30-2009, 11:17 AM
you mean sort of like that thread where you talk incessantly about how rap as a genre is trash?
I love when people use analogies like this to try to burn someone and the analogy just completely makes no fucking sense.
I responded to a thread that SOMEONE ELSE MADE that was about how awful hip hop has become, and I stand by that.
I never said I never liked it.
So sorry your taste in "music" sucks, but that's your problem, isn't it?
I'm talking about when someone posts a thread about a band or an album, and someone replies with "This shit sucks".
Nobody really cares about your opinion if you think it sucks.
It's completely narcissistic when you think about it.
Either A) tell me intelligently why you didn't like it. or B) tell me why you liked it.
Other than that, no one really cares about your feelings.
jabumbo
07-19-2010, 12:09 AM
the story is eh at best, but the very preachy message is something i believe in, so i'll bite and give it a positive review. it should not have been so long though, i dont have the attention span.
but the whole imperialistic, materialistic human shit... well... it's true, and even though everyone was a giant caricature, at least it gets people thinking about it a little bit.
after watching it tonight, this about sums it up for me
it wasn't in 3d, so all that wizardry was lost. still a decent looking film either way. either way, it was neither so good or so bad for me to really sway one way or another. i would consider watching it again on the big screen in 3d for a late night show.
NicRN77
07-19-2010, 01:19 AM
i would consider watching it again on the big screen in 3d for a late night show.
I hear they are supposed to rerelease it...so you may be in luck!
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