Avatar who liked it??

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:29 am

I thought it was rubbbbbbbbish

i have been having this debate with work people for about 2 months.

dances with wolves ft giant smurfs tbh

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:37 am

Plot was weak.

SFX was epic.

Still liked it.

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:38 am

fuck i did no i am a spastic

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:39 am

fixed

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:41 am

fuckgn ghey shit for kids

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:44 am

what was so bad about it?

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:48 am

ok ill outline the plot:

blue aliens
the planet is flagging, environmental concerns
possible parralels with teh real world
man turns blue, mates with alien
doenst kill it, turns soft
bro hugs all around teh blue trees

samoe sums up best
dances with wolves b2b w/ giant smurfs

this film polarises opinion like no other.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:52 am

I loved it!!!! tbh I dont understand what was not to like.

thought hurt locker was gash.

I am a big kid who likes kids stuff.

serious films (unless they're sci fi which is kind of an oxymoron in itself) can GTFO

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:04 pm

Feigan wrote:what was so bad about it?

nic wrote:ok ill outline the plot:

blue aliens
the planet is flagging, environmental concerns
possible parralels with teh real world
man turns blue, mates with alien
doenst kill it, turns soft
bro hugs all around teh blue trees

samoe sums up best
dances with wolves b2b w/ giant smurfs

this film polarises opinion like no other.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:06 pm

Had this chat with some mates. This is a review of Avatar I wrote after seeing it in 3D:

Ok, I'm in a really bad mood because in the real world no-one likes ecologists. We get in the way of the bottom line with our bleeding hearts and naked group-hug 'won't someone think of the ecosystem' placards, irritating major petrochemical, mining and resource management clients, so perhaps I wasn't in the best frame of mind to see Cameron's 3D CG Sci-fi version of Dances with Wolves last night. Perhaps on re-watching I will experience the orgiastic ecological epiphanies that have lit up pretty much every other person I know who has seen this film. I don't know, and I sure as hell don't want to sit through 3 hours of plot-line hell to find out. The images are luscious, but they are all derivative; a quick thumb through any tome featuring lichen, fungi and marine organisms would reveal images nearly identical to those seen on Pandora. I can't find fault with the presentation beyond the standard 'you've just crossed a rhino and a hammerhead shark/ an anteater and a horse/ an eagle and a pterosaur/ a dog and some black CG to come up with new animals.... zoology FA1L', the 3D effects are the 'future' of imaging technology (can't wait to see the 'Car City' ad in 3D) and the use of bioluminescence is stunning.

I think that the thing that irks me more than anything is the assumption that there are 'goodies' and 'baddies'; ecology is the new religion, and a redemptive christ-like figure (Obama? Ghandi? Bernake?) will enter the fold in the not-too-distant future to stop the greedy shareholders from taking the oil from beneath the peaceful savages. A nice pipe-dream, perhaps, but if people are taking any message from this film, it is that they require a deity to lead them to ecological utopia and that they don't need to take responsibility for death/destruction/extinction events cos the goodies will win in the end. Even the message imparted early on in the film that nature doesn't take sides is whitewashed in the final few scenes. I'm certain that ecosystem imbalances will redress themselves post-Homo sapiens, but this will be a slow evolution involving the exploitation of new niches made available by the 6th great extinction event, not all the seagulls in Melbourne suddenly attacking Robert Doyle because they realise that he is a puffy douche while everyone cheers on from the sidelines like extras from BMX Bandits.

Overwhelmingly, my feelings upon leaving the cinema were that I had been turkeyslapped by James Cameron for 3 hours (as Chaz so succinctly put it, 'in 3D'). The new technology is wonderful, but I feel that 'The Road' has a more important and pertinent message regarding our current use of resources, and the quasi-religious eco-following that Cameron has now generated frustrates and angers me.

/rant over

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:17 pm

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:18 pm

I hate that Cameron director for crimes against cinema made with Titanic.
Only redeeming thing about about that film 10 hears ago, apart from being a distant memory is the gobby I copped during the film.

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:20 pm

best review i have seen tbh.
proper writing.

uninspired shit.
blue fuckign trees indeed
omg all the leaves are 3D made by computers.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:30 pm

They could have saved billions of dollars if they just got a real tree, dressed it up and used CS5 Content Aware Fill.

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:32 pm

april fools

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:34 pm

i liked it, it wasnt like a fricken masterpiece of a story line or anything, and Cameron didn't say it was. he wanted the technology to produce the world he had thought about for like 10-15 years or something like that, and he achieved that i think

who really cares whether people like it or hate it? wouldn't waste my time ranting on about it

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:36 pm

Lizkins wrote:i liked it, it wasnt like a fricken masterpiece of a story line or anything, and Cameron didn't say it was. he wanted the technology to produce the world he had thought about for like 10-15 years or something like that, and he achieved that i think

who really cares whether people like it or hate it? wouldn't waste my time ranting on about it

Umm... you just did Liz.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:37 pm

a nano second of time, i type fast

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:39 pm

Its still time though Liz.

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:40 pm

who really cares whether people like it or hate it? wouldn't waste my time ranting on about it

kill all debate, ban teh discussions

if you dont like this country you should just leave.

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Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:40 pm

I LOVED it. Didnt really care that the plot was pretty basic, the visual stimulation was enough to keep me more than interested the entire time.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:40 pm

nic wrote:best review i have seen tbh.
proper writing.

uninspired shit.
blue fuckign trees indeed
omg all the leaves are 3D made by computers.

you wish you'd made those 3D leaves.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:44 pm

Jazz - i wouldn't rate that amount of time as a rant

nic - true dat, fuck off out of the country bro

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:13 pm

seen

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:15 pm

I can't decide wether I liked it or not. I know i didn't think it was amazing, but I don't think it sucked either.

it was fine as a movie, I was entertained for the duration etc. but i didn't walk out blown away.

i didn't think it deserved an oscar, not even close, so i'm glad it didnt get one. actually what do I care, give oscars to whoever, couldn't give a shit tbh.

fuck, give one to Pauly Shore for Son In Law, Biodome, and especially Encino Man. Give him two for Encino Man.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:19 pm

Lizkins wrote:Jazz - i wouldn't rate that amount of time as a rant

Fair call, if it takes longer to knock one out than to write that spiel its not a rant.

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:29 pm

Liked it. Felt wrong for being slightly aroused by the smurf porn though.

lilstormer · Post by **lilstormer** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:36 pm

Haven't seen it probably won't bother. All the hype is too much and can't sit still for 3 hours atm.
I'm choosing life instead, it's amazing and in 3D all the time!

also I have a smurf phobia that i don't like talking about

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:38 pm

please tell more sal?
papa smurf visits at night?

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:39 pm

best bit was watchingh the preview of alice in wonderland in 3D and having the chesair (sp?) cat come right out of the screen grinning at me...lolcannabis.

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:40 pm

Alice in wonderland was awesome tbh

lilstormer · Post by **lilstormer** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:46 pm

nic wrote:please tell more sal?
papa smurf visits at night?

And undo years of therapy... I think not

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:48 pm

im sickened by that pic

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:49 pm

I thought Alice in Wonderland was pretty average.

Took a really great/strange story and turned it into your average hollywood hero's journey dragon slayer myth.

The mad hatter was just a bit sad.

Then it turns out Alice went off to incite the Chinese into starting the boxer rebellion.

Actually, according to the wikipedia page, it was Godzilla, not Alice

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:20 pm

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:21 pm

apophenian wrote:I thought Alice in Wonderland was pretty average.

Took a really great/strange story and turned it into your average hollywood hero's journey dragon slayer myth.

The mad hatter was just a bit sad.

Then it turns out Alice went off to incite the Chinese into starting the boxer rebellion.

Actually, according to the wikipedia page, it was Godzilla, not Alice

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:38 pm

haven't seen. just not interested. but always feel like that when there's a lotta hype about something

cameron has made some of my fave movies of all time. it's just this one that doesn't appeal

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:52 pm

nat loves teh titanics tbh

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:42 pm

Shitcunt movie. Fucking dreck.

Lephrenic · Post by **Lephrenic** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:47 pm

Amazing movie to watch. Hell, I just love Imax 3D. The 3 hours flew by and I didn't want to leave.

Some parts of the script made me cringe but honestly, I've rarely seen a Hollywood movie that didn't. Let's just say it was a good message delivered naively.

FliP · Post by **FliP** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:57 am

avatar is dead imo.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:15 pm

seems to be a correlation between liking Avatar and breaks?

I'm with Hegg, shit story and juvenile dialogue, but looked just amazing enough to be enjoyable on the surface.

Hype was pretty lol though, clowns loved it before they had even seen it.

Can't say Ive noticed any movement in attitudes towards ecology though.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:39 pm

flippo wrote:seems to be a correlation between liking Avatar and breaks?

teh dubsteps and teksteps don't like avatar?
needs moar bass

nic · Post by **nic** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:46 pm

breaks is dead (c. 2005 > )
correlation is interesting as breaks is now the lowest form of electronic music and avatar is the lowest form of 'film'

here are the other reviews i did of avatar, basically poetry (some of these arent very good reviews though)

blue aliens
life on our planets is getting ruined, could be extinctordz
man arrives, rocks float
love is made and hope blossoms
blue aliens

blue man goes to planet
goes blue from too many aliens
mates with alien
trees dies, planet is failing
kids cry
dead

blue man goes to jungle, saves aleien wordl
KAMBLAMMM
digoatal caermas, canon ixus.
'its a visual feast bro'
END
ALINET BLUE IWN Worls

blue alien goes to planet, falls in love with man.
plantet envrioemnt problem / mirrors earth problems

blue aliens?
jar jar binks imo

umm blue or green
what colour eyes does kate winslet from titanic have
oh blue
yes the alien will be blue
etc

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:54 pm

You amaze and disturb me all at the same time Nic

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:57 pm

Rip off of Dr Octagone IMO
Dan the Automator ahead of his time.
Blue Flowers?

nic · Post by **nic** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:07 pm

blue people indeed

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:43 pm

check teh tracklistorz

Dr. Octagonecologyst

8. "Blue Flowers"

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:49 pm

breaks is dead becoz of blue peoplez?

say its not soo.....

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:54 pm

is a peoplez a type of flower?

was avatar crap?