Subject: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:18 pm
I mean the James Cameron one, before anyone asks. I hope the 3D aspect works as well as it's supposed to.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:39 pm
Yeah I've heard about this, should be a good one.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:16 am
Eh... plot seems predictable as all heck (not to mention completely revealed by the trailer), the aliens look really fake, and here's a question... if the humans have anthromophic mechs, why is the protagonist in a wheelchair (manually operated, no less) instead of having cybernetically-corrected legs?
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:43 am
You're asking too many questions of a movie that isn't even supposed to be realistic.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:51 am
Too many questions? I just asked one. The others were complaints about them revealing too much of the plot (a.k.a. everything but the ending) and fake-looking aliens. If the humans were also CG, I wouldn't mind, but live-action humans with those things just looks awkward.
Also, how is it "not supposed to be realistic"? Stories can have fantasy elements and still have reasonable expectations. If you fail to realize that, then you have pitiful standards.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:57 am
No I realise that, but think about the plot. These aliens are either not advanced by our standards, or maybe they've advanced to a level that understands the importance of the environment. Then a human is effectively turned into an alien, in order to earn their trust. Or something along those line.
Maybe too many questions wasn't phrased the best way, but what I mean is you have to have an open mind when watching these kinds of films. Because if you're questioning the movie at every turn instead of just sitting back and watching it, you won't find it very enjoyable.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:03 am
Oh, I've thought about the plot, all right. It's your standard "man joins enemy force, sympathizes with said force, and joins them to fight against his original force" plotline... IT'S BEEN DONE! Oh, and the arbitrary romance subplot that more or less propogates said turn-around.
So it's just a double-double-agent story meets "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" meets sci-fi. Big whoop.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:05 am
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:10 am
You don't have to agree with me, but do you at least see my point?
And yes, it's been done, a lot of stuff has been done.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:16 am
"Do you at least see my point?" Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? I've had your "point" long before you even said anything, so don't talk down to me like an infant.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:10 am
angry kima is hilarious
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:19 am
Superbuu3 wrote:
angry kima is hilarious
SHIT JUST GOT REAL--IN 3D.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:10 am
Kimarous wrote:
"Do you at least see my point?" Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? I've had your "point" long before you even said anything, so don't talk down to me like an infant.
Whoa wtf
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:37 pm
Kimarous wrote:
the aliens look really fake
You're blind.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:44 pm
I saw that trailer when I went to see 2012 (which was a bit meh), and while visually it looks awesome, the plot doesn't exactly seem to be doing anything new. You know those trailers were they finish and you feel like you've seen the whole film already? Well, this was another of those.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:48 pm
Didn't feel like that to me. The plot's simple enough that you can't really make a trailer without telling basically the whole story, unless it was just a meaningless montage or something. Besides, who cares about the damn plot? Sometimes movies are just about the experience/visual feast. Which is hopefully what all this new-fangled 3D technology Cameron's been working on for a decade will deliver.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:52 pm
A_Nonny_Moose wrote:
Didn't feel like that to me. The plot's simple enough that you can't really make a trailer without telling basically the whole story, unless it was just a meaningless montage or something. Besides, who cares about the damn plot? Sometimes movies are just about the experience/visual feast. Which is hopefully what all this new-fangled 3D technology Cameron's been working on for a decade will deliver.
And let me guess... you actually liked the Transformers movies?
Get the hell out of my sight!
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:13 pm
Transformers 1 was... decent.
2 was absolute shit.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:18 pm
Kimarous wrote:
A_Nonny_Moose wrote:
Didn't feel like that to me. The plot's simple enough that you can't really make a trailer without telling basically the whole story, unless it was just a meaningless montage or something. Besides, who cares about the damn plot? Sometimes movies are just about the experience/visual feast. Which is hopefully what all this new-fangled 3D technology Cameron's been working on for a decade will deliver.
And let me guess... you actually liked the Transformers movies?
Get the hell out of my sight!
Haven't seen the second one. First one was okay when it was actually about the Transformers, but Bay had to fuck it up with super model teenagers, "funny" parents and constantly sucking off the US military like he always does.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:20 pm
And you can't say the Transformers didn't at least look good, because they looked brilliant. When that helicopter started transforming at the start I was genuinely amazed for a moment, but then the scene cut to military guys yelling about shit which totally ruined it.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:31 pm
As good as the Transformers looked overall, I have two complaints. First is more about Bay's directing... he zooms in way too close, making some of the better fights a bit tricky to follow. Second, a few too many of them are coloured grey, making it difficult to distinguish who is who, especially in the aforementioned close-up fights.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:58 pm
I had a problem with that but nothing beats Shia LeBouf basically being Peter Parker.
Hate him!
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:45 pm
I liked both Transformers films. Granted, the story was garbage, but the Transformers themselves looked great, and nostalgia can do funny things to your perception of what makes a good film...
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:50 pm
Oh it wasn't really a good film. It was just eye candy. Avatar looks like a full on eye roast dinner. In 3D.
If you get my drift.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:47 am
I wish it wasn't hyped up as something so convincingly real even though so much of it looks so fake like the smurfs.
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Subject: Re: So, like, Avatar looks FUCKING INCREDIBLE