Probably one of Cameron's best movie or his best movie.
Avatar cannot even compare to that.
Based on your description, I'll skip clicking the link, and just assume it's Laser Cats 5.
Probably one of Cameron's best movie or his best movie.
Avatar cannot even compare to that.
Based on your description, I'll skip clicking the link, and just assume it's Laser Cats 5.
@3-Headed:
Based on your description, I'll skip clicking the link, and just assume it's Laser Cats 5.
No, it is terminator 1.
I really loved the dark atmosphere. The characters felt more helpless and sad.
It seems like quite a few people didn't like it? O_O
I thought it was awesome, I really liked it :)
It seems like quite a few people didn't like it? O_O
I thought it was awesome, I really liked it :)
I personally had a good time. Yes Pandora was beautiful. The actors were good.
However, it is a deja vu story.
The characters were stuck in their one dimension. The corporate and military douches.
The Navis were too perfect. Good vs Bad.
Terminator 1 and 2 were much more interesting and dark.
The machines were not proved to be pure evil or good. They were just tools.
When Sarah wanted to kill the guy who created the machines of Skynet. She realized she was becoming what she hated the most. She was willing to kill a great guy for a better future, an ordinary person like she was.
Cameron was not screaming out loud Machines are bad and Humans are better. It was more complex.
Avatar is overrated. I heard people felt depressed after seeing the movie. They wanted to be Navi in Pandora.
It is just a movie. Real life is way better than all this. There are tons of things to discover and learn in the real world.
I do not wish to see a sequel if the story cannot improve.
It seems like quite a few people didn't like it? O_O
I thought it was awesome, I really liked it :)
I liked it, it just doesn't deserve all the praise it's getting. It's gained the most money of any movie in history (though ticket prices have changed). It'll probably sweep the Oscars, obscuring much better movies.
It seems like quite a few people didn't like it? O_O
I thought it was awesome, I really liked it :)
Yeah I really liked it too. There was actually a lot in the story that bugged me but it got overwhelmed by the sheer beauty and 3D effects and style. So while certain other recent movies might be "better", the enjoyability was very high with avatar. I just wanted the humans to win though, they were so much cooler than those blue treehuggers :/.
Here it finally is guys, Avatar/Pocahontas mashup http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=20040 I know you have been waiting for this
Nice new title, very fitting
This movie is soooo old news. :P
I see the title is now the most accurate three word review ever written.
Yeah it was cheesy. The title is a perfect review :)
Title mod abuse made me laugh, but is rather unjustified. I guess because it's such a big hit that it requires some extra bashing attention.
The movie has long parts not in 3D which is a let down.
This entire movie is a let down.
Title mod abuse made me laugh, but is rather unjustified. I guess because it's such a big hit that it requires some extra bashing attention.
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16 characters of justified.
It was a spectacle but nothing more. The title is 100% justified.
Smudge smirk .
I finally saw this, and was not impressed.
If the CGI was supposed to be the main draw of it, Cameron basically made the same mistake Lucas did and tried to make a Kodak moment out of every shot, to the point I very quickly stopped caring about the visuals (about 20 minutes in).
Story was not as dumb as I expected, but some stuff in the movie was dumb. The paramilitary assault at the end was brain-dead, why the heck didn't the lot simply attack from their airships, or go into orbit and nuke everything? Why the fudge did they try to engage the warriors in infantry combat when they could have simply bombed the ground?I didn't understand the Navi trying to make peace with the humans either, especially given the sour relations instigated by the humans.
I liked Augustine, and Jake. I didn't like most everyone else and ESPECIALLY not the Colonel, he was almost a not-character, just a random force of antagonism. He's supposedly a former Marine Corps officer but he displayed no Marine traits, save some lingo. Jake was a much better example.
I think if Augustine had said something along the lines of "this neural network has the potential to make you immortal" she would have been able to dissuade the merchant guy a bit.
Edit: Oh, I liked the chopper pilot, too.
Ok, I haven't seen this movie yet, but… ok seriously, People are getting FUCKING DEPRESSED?!
Because what? Because "Pandora" and the "Na'vi" aren't real?! Fucking SERIOUSLY?! Are these people THAT fucking retarded?!
My god, I'm embarrassed to call myself the same species as these fuckers...
Thanks all of you who researched this.
So it all comes back to us needing to use the stuff to find…resources. Which apparently we really need. Since we're fighting wars in...where was it...Venezuela(?) for resources.
You know what I don't mind, is when it's human VS human. Then I have someone to root for. Dances With Wolves? You've got real humans dealing with real issues and they were scumbags.
I mean, it was humane how they treated the main character when he was caught as a traitor. Maybe if they threw in a scene of the mercs torturing him or doing something inhumane for no reason than to be sadistic, methinks a scene of them playing with Na'vi children before killing them would have been superb, I could see them as deserving of defeat but they were downright civil.
What? Are we supposed to think they're 'mean guys' because as former jugheads they busted a fellow Marine's chops in a wheelchair?
Yeah the businessman was cruel in his decisions, but even then they showed he was a human.
I think if the unobtanium was linked to the Na'vi survival or on a ground they called sacred (I agree with the businessman, there ARE a lot of trees there they could move into) it was a different issue but I didn't really see anything there that made it absolutely clear that there was a villain in the film.
5 months later to come back to this thread.
Casualy, I'm from Venezuela.
Ok, I haven't seen this movie yet, but… ok seriously, People are getting FUCKING DEPRESSED?!
Because what? Because "Pandora" and the "Na'vi" aren't real?! Fucking SERIOUSLY?! Are these people THAT fucking retarded?!
My god, I'm embarrassed to call myself the same species as these fuckers…
I feel like that 90% of the time.
I did enjoy a laugh at the retards who got depressed by this movie but it would have been funnier if they were depressed because it was so bad.
Out of curiosity…
How many people here have been in the military and NOT met a Colonel(or Sergeant or Lt.?) that's JUST like the one in the movie (if not worse).
Just wondering cuz I've heard a lot of people say his antagonism and himself to be unrealistic.
But I'm here to tell you... there's WORSE men in the military RIGHT now.
And they are equally one dimensional.
And just as annoying.
Out of curiosity…
How many people here have been in the military and NOT met a Colonel(or Sergeant or Lt.?) that's JUST like the one in the movie (if not worse).
Just wondering cuz I've heard a lot of people say his antagonism and himself to be unrealistic.
But I'm here to tell you... there's WORSE men in the military RIGHT now.
And they are equally one dimensional.
And just as annoying.
Good point . Real People tend to be rather one dimensional and even more stupid in real life.
However, It is a movie made by Cameron. He made Terminator 1 and 2 who had a better plot and depth. Cameron was not yelling technology sucks and Humans are better.
Out of curiosity…
How many people here have been in the military and NOT met a Colonel(or Sergeant or Lt.?) that's JUST like the one in the movie (if not worse).
Just wondering cuz I've heard a lot of people say his antagonism and himself to be unrealistic.
But I'm here to tell you... there's WORSE men in the military RIGHT now.
And they are equally one dimensional.
And just as annoying.
To be honest, his existence didn't bother me. I believed in it right off the bat.
To be honest, his existence didn't bother me. I believed in it right off the bat.
One good thing about him.
He was very tenacious. I love it. It makes the villain more intimidating.
We thought he was gonna die in his ship but he finds a way to survive in a hardcore way. That creates a lot more tension.
Sasuke vs Itachi was a nightmare of non tension. Itachi was pathetic. He took a small shuriken (a technique created by Naruto !) He was like mommy it hurts !
The other villains were like I just took a huge fire ball. That is nothing.
I know several military officers above O-4, not one acts like that.
Colonel is a full military rank, O-6 in the Marine Corps and right below the General ranks. Don't equate that to Sergeant (E-5) and Lieutenant (O-1 or O-2), where promotions are based primarily around time in-service. To get to Colonel, someone has to have a lot of brains and a lot of restraint/discipline, on top of getting things done. It's a fiercely competitive rank to get.
That guy was a stereotypical warmonger/bloodluster type, who DO exist. A lot of recruits (enlisted) in the Marine Corps go in because for them fighting in Afghanistan is like real-lie Halo. But, you wouldn't see that kind of person last long enough to get O-6. That kind of mentality would get a lot of people killed, and nobody would give command to someone like that. That kind of attitude stays in the Lance Corporals.
I honestly didnt think the Colonel's actions were that bad.
This movie is the best scifi movie of all time. Heck, most movies on that generic "Top 250" list is worser then this movie (especially that retard one w/ the prison escape).
It is very original too.
@Jedi:
This movie is the best scifi movie of all time. Heck, most movies on that generic "Top 250" list is worser then this movie (especially that retard one w/ the prison escape).
It is very original too.
have you seen pocahontas ?:wassat:
Excellent trolling, imagine something actualy putting the shawshank redemption and Avatar in the same sentance.
@Jedi:
This movie is the best scifi movie of all time. Heck, most movies on that generic "Top 250" list is worser then this movie (especially that retard one w/ the prison escape).
It is very original too.
I should give you an infraction for obvious trolling.
He is obviously saying this ironically.
Obviously .
Ah, Avatar. I didn't care for any of the characters, other than Jake and the Helicopter Girl. I thought that that Cameron was forcing his message way too much, unlike in Terminator 1 and 2, in which he's merely stating that human ingenuity can outmatch machines. I didn't hate the movie, it just doesn't stand out in the crowd as well as Cameron (and his ego) obviously want it to.
i've never seen this.
I suppose I could rent it now… but I just don't care.
The blue people just don't appeal to me what-so-ever
why will this thread not die
Bah, I never liked the blue people.
why will this thread not die
Because it allows us a place to vent out about how Cameron has become like Lucas and Zemeckis in thinking "it's all about effects, not about characters and stories".
Ok, I haven't seen this movie yet, but… ok seriously, People are getting FUCKING DEPRESSED?!
Because what? Because "Pandora" and the "Na'vi" aren't real?! Fucking SERIOUSLY?! Are these people THAT fucking retarded?!
My god, I'm embarrassed to call myself the same species as these fuckers...
God forbid you see The LARPers. THEY ACTUALLY PAINT THEMSELVES BLUE AND GO TO FORESTS TO PRETEND ITS PANDORA! Its fucking pathetic.
were there any overweight Na'vi in the movie?
God forbid you see The LARPers. THEY ACTUALLY PAINT THEMSELVES BLUE AND GO TO FORESTS TO PRETEND ITS PANDORA! Its fucking pathetic.
I'm face-palming and shaking my head upon reading this.
were there any overweight Na'vi in the movie?
People in tune with nature dont gain weight like those wasteful humans.
They just eat whatever mother gaia gives them and pisses back twice what they took.
I think I might take a visit to the rental store…. for no particular reason
I think I might take a visit to the rental store…. for no particular reason
Be sure to let us know what you think…. of the rental store that is.
I think I might take a visit to the rental store…. for no particular reason
You should get Wayne's World, if you don't already own it. It's a classic.
It was alright.
Wayne's World!waynes World! Party Time, Excellent!
BY ROGER EBERT / February 14, 1992
Cast & Credits
Wayne Campbell: Mike Myers
Garth Algar: Dana Carvey
Directed By Penelope Spheeris. Running Time: 95 Minutes. Classified PG-13.
I walked into "Wayne's World" expecting a lot of dumb, vulgar comedy, and I got plenty, but I also found what I didn't expect: a genuinely amusing, sometimes even intelligent, undercurrent. Like the "Bill & Ted" movies, this one works on its intended level and then sneaks in excursions to some other levels, too.
The movie is inspired by "Saturday Night Live's" long-running parody of local access cable TV. "Wayne's World" originates from the paneled basement room of its host, Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers), who looks to be in his late 20s but still lives at home with his parents in Aurora. Wayne's sidekick is Garth Algar (Dana Carvey), looking uncannily like Arte Johnson and operating with the brain power of a clever 7-year-old. The two of them interview strange guests, drool over posters of their favorite models and use the word "excellent" a whole lot.
Onto this basic situation, director Penelope Spheeris and writers Myers, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner have grafted a plot of overwhelming predictability: An ad executive (Rob Lowe) spots their show, and sees it as the ideal vehicle for a client (Brian Doyle-Murray) who owns a chain of video arcades. Wayne and Garth don't want to sell out for the big bucks (individual cashier's checks for $5,000), but get outsmarted. And meanwhile Wayne falls in love with a foxy Chinese chick (Tia Carrere) who's the lead singer in a heavy metal band. Of course Lowe tries to win her away from him, which leads up to the final emotional showdown, etc., etc.
The plot is not exactly the point here. It's only a clothesline. What is funny about "Wayne's World" - sometimes really funny - are the dialogue and sight gags. The movie wants to be a laffaminit extravaganza like the Zucker & Abrahams productions, but with slyer humor, more inside jokes, throwaway references and just plain goofiness, as when the characters occasionally break into their own language. Some of the biggest laughs in the film could not possibly be described, because their humor depends entirely on the fact that the filmmakers were weird enough to go for them in the first place.
One quality that grew on me during the film was Myers' conversations with the camera. In a sense, this whole movie is a cable access documentary on his life, and particularly on his great and helpless crush on Tia Carrere. The Dana Carvey character doesn't wear as well; the fact that his personality has a severely limited range of notes doesn't prevent him from playing them over and over.
But the movie is so good-spirited we forgive him.
A few days before "Wayne's World" was screened, I got a letter from my local cable access people, advising me of some of the real shows they run, and asking me to have a look. I have already been looking, but my reactions may not please them very much. In a way, their best programs are their worst ones - because in aspiring to professionalism, they aspire also to the canned predictability of routine TV. The access shows I like the best are the ones on which I can never be sure what is going to happen next. "Wayne's World" gets that right.
Wait….Ebert liked Wayne's World?! This greatly confounds me.
Ebert can't deny the awesome that is Wayne's World.