tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258555152569009857.post6097272514526536487..comments2018-11-05T21:03:07.326-08:00Comments on Moviesucktastic: Avatar Review: Is "Not Bad" Good Enough?AuthorSMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587049644182320299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258555152569009857.post-72742192541200878612010-01-13T05:29:06.899-08:002010-01-13T05:29:06.899-08:00Scott and I mention in our podcast that we would h...Scott and I mention in our podcast that we would have loved to see Colonel Quaritch switch sides fighting corporate and his own men. We loved his character so much.J.F. Guidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027567736888848030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258555152569009857.post-66726698954778207402010-01-12T19:52:09.121-08:002010-01-12T19:52:09.121-08:00A few things off the top of my head.First, if you ...A few things off the top of my head.<br><br>First, if you are going to comment on the essay, it would really help your argument if you used proper grammar AND SPELLED THE NAME OF THE MOVIE CORRECTLY.<br><br>Secondly, while a lot of the "haters" complain about the story being a ripoff of Dances With Wolves/Pocahontas/The Last Samurai/etc., there's nothing anywhere that says you cannot rework an old story. It helps if you can bring something new to it, or present it in an interesting way. That Cameron failed to do the former doesn't mean he didn't succeed at the latter.<br><br>My major disappointment with the movie is that Cameron could have easily added another layer of complexity to the story, without having to add more than a couple of lines of dialog. Shouldn't Grace have come to the realization after all her months of work on Pandora that the planet's ecology is artificial, and the biosphere is essentially a giant computer? It took me less than the running time of the movie to do so. Suppose she had at least guessed this, and presented it to the Corporate Honcho in terms of "How much do you think the patents that we can get from studying it will be worth? And what about the anti-gravity in the flying mountains?" She brings Corporate Honcho around to her side, at least to the point where he urges a slower approach to the Na'vi. The Colonel disagrees (he is a bit insane with his revenge motive), and goes off on his own to wipe out the village. That clash of personalities would have made it far more interesting. And it's not like Cameron didn't have the time to come up with it.rtpoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258555152569009857.post-66467735729780846202010-01-11T16:42:52.933-08:002010-01-11T16:42:52.933-08:00The movie isn't bad but it's just not grea...The movie isn't bad but it's just not great. For $400 million it should be groundbreaking on something other than the budget. If you stripped out the 3D and the BIG budget more people will see that. <br><br>In time i think more people will become aware of this. It's kinda like realizing all these years later that Pulp Fiction should have won Best Picture over Forest Gump as Forest Gump with it's over the top special effects looks dated and corny. Not a bad film mind you, just not the better film.J.F. Guidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027567736888848030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258555152569009857.post-60085546517747613862010-01-05T11:26:38.710-08:002010-01-05T11:26:38.710-08:00"But let’s stop making excuses for the obscen..."But let’s stop making excuses for the obscene amount of money thrown at what is nothing more than another unforgettable weekend blockbuster extravaganza. As much as the Hollywood elite might feel the need to engage in these annual meg-budget pissing contests, special-effect stroke-fests are no substitute for quality filmmaking. And contrary to popular belief, there is a difference."<br><br>So if I read this correctly it's not AVITAR you don't like it's any big budget film. I can agree with the Hollywood spends too much argument but that's also a lot of paying work for a lot of people. It's not like it all went up some exec's nose or ,god forbid, was invested with Bernie Made-off. There are a lot of "obscene" amounts spent in this world. At least in Hollywood a big hunk is going to paying people a living. Big budget does not = great filmmaking, but neither does no-budget. There are VERY VERY FEW great filmmakers, some have big budgets some don't.S.K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258555152569009857.post-30038273620865936392010-01-05T10:42:28.853-08:002010-01-05T10:42:28.853-08:00Well your having fun and being catty and I enjoyed...Well your having fun and being catty and I enjoyed it but your also a bit off the mark. AVITAR is an "epic". Now if you show me one that does have a lot of social relevance and great script etc then you haven't been watching the same films I have. It's a little like criticizing a horror film for being violent, it's part of the genre. Cameron does not wright great scripts - or I should say great dialog. He does make movies people want to see. Does that make it art? Probably not. But it sure beats PUBLIC ENEMY'S, or that horrible piece of trash 300.<br>On a technical level, the animation of humanoid form was the breakthrough. JURASSIC PARK did that for "creatures" but "people like" creatures always looked really bad. AVITAR managed to make humanoid creatures good enough to allow the "suspension of disbelief". And he did it up close and personal. TITANIC has a CG person in a very long shot from a very high angle and anybody who looks is instantly aware it's a fake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258555152569009857.post-67695731786038540522010-01-03T13:22:01.155-08:002010-01-03T13:22:01.155-08:00Not Bad doesn't equal good in any industry, bu...Not Bad doesn't equal good in any industry, but the more money pumped in, the more biz execs want money out...even if Not Bad means sucks.<br><br>For me, big-budget and not-bad equals wait for it on Hulu or Netflix.S.Smithhttp://realtaiji.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258555152569009857.post-40387434042800587252009-12-28T19:17:07.774-08:002009-12-28T19:17:07.774-08:00The film was pure genius and you need to be creati...The film was pure genius and you need to be creative yourself instead of trying to find wrong about other peoples work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258555152569009857.post-57213645026018351642009-12-28T12:48:54.611-08:002009-12-28T12:48:54.611-08:00Loved the writeup...Though I quite did not like th...Loved the writeup...Though I quite did not like the film at all. All it seemed was concentrated on getting the visual up.Jeanhttp://www.indianauteur.comnoreply@blogger.com