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11/02/09
It belongs on the menu of shitty Asian fusion restaurant. #avatar
11/02/09
[xkcd.com] #avatar
11/02/09
"you haven't seen anything like this before" - james cameron.
really? it all looks pretty familiar to me.
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The first trailers made the film look average. But some of the shots in the featurrete are really gorgeous and really should have been in the trailers.
I think the special effects are a victim of their own success. It only just clicked that the whole jungle is computer generated it looks so real. I think my mind was fooled. It straight out bought everything my eyes were seeing was real.
The effects on display go far beyond 300 and its crappy green screen stuff, Anything in the star wars prequels and films like Beowulf. I dodges uncanny valley by making the blue cat aliens realistic cartoons. If that was intentional it was a really clever idea, if not they got lucky.
I hate green screen movies and movies with tons of excessive effects because they are done badly and are shit films. I can't belive I'm saying this but this film could be a pleasant experience.
I'm not expecting anything special from the story but since its Mr Cameron it should at least be solid and will have characters that have emtions and things so you actually might give a shit for once. That would make a nice change.
To all the haters: this the only film I would consider watching in 3d and I fucking hate 3d.
11/02/09
#spacerape #avatar
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Last night, before the World Series, Fox did this whole ridiculous Cross-Promo intro. to the game, where the Phillies were analogized to the Na'vi defending their homeland and the Yankees to the invading force.
So obviously, it's going to turn out that the Na'vi are weak yet evil creatures that must be destroyed the in order to save not only Pandora but to stabilize the universe as a whole.
I, for one, am very excited by this turn of events. (Although I haven't yet figured out which member of the Phillies is really a secret Yankee with torn loyalties. Probably Brad Lidge.) #avatar
11/02/09
One thing I've noticed about movies in general. The less said about it the better it usually is. And I think the reason for that is a sort of religious mentality. If the actors have bought, wholesale, into the directors vision and lost sight of reality, they become cultish and want to spread the "word". #avatar
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So, let us get down on one knee and pray to the movie gods. #avatar
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Granted, the problem is that they just hyped it up so much that they basically said "watching this movie is like a strong LSD trip" when really it just "looks nice"
I'm more interested in the "worldbuilding" of creature and vehicle design, which actually looks good.
Look, maybe its even like Lord of the Rings, where YouTube clips CANNOT compare to watching it on the big screen.
I'll be actually paying money to watch this in a theater, I was iffy about that after the first trailer but the international one and these featurettes changed my mind. #avatar
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