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Avatar looks badass. (pg. 16)
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| ivofivo |
Just saw the movie. I must say I was impressed. As most of you said, the story is quiet simple, however the attention to detail and constant emotions towards the characters and their actions are amazing. The plot was greatly managed and produced.
This movie makes our world look incredibly boring and simple. |
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| Domesticated |
| Someone told me tonight that the mineral they're fighting over in the movie is called 'unobtainium'. Irrespective of all the positive reviews I've read and my love for James Cameron, this makes me want to never, ever see Avatar. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| They couldn't have sat down for like 30 seconds to scrawl down some nearly sensible consonants to prefix anium? :/ |
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| stren |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
They couldn't have sat down for like 30 seconds to scrawl down some nearly sensible consonants to prefix anium? :/ |
no, its not a name they came up with.
| quote: | | Unobtainium can also refer to any rare but desirable material used to motivate a conflict over its possession (a MacGuffin). Like gold, the material may have technical uses, but the use or properties of the material are not important to the plot. Examples are dilithium in Star Trek, or a mineral actually called "unobtanium" in the film Avatar. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
anyways back to talking about the movie, did anyone else pick up the correlation between the head of the army guy and George Bush?
“fight terror with terror" & “shock-and-awe campaign” |
Pretty much everyone I went to the cinema with :p
That being said, Avatar taught me 5 very curious things:
- Alien girls are really fit. Though I couldn't see a single exemplar with a full bosom, they're all very attractive to the average human standards, and apparently no fatties exist in their world. As far as I can tell, this is not analogous to what we find in the actual indigenous peoples of my country;
- Na'vi aliens speak a very human language, and their vocal tract isn't that much different either. Females speak with a high-pitched voice, males sound like baritones. Never mind the fact that we can't breathe in their planet, the different air density doesn't change anything.
- Religion is a bitch - Aliens have it too;
- If you want to be heard, piss off the people you want to convince. That's always the best strategy!
- Michelle Rodriguez always dies.
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| ivofivo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Michelle Rodriguez always dies.
:D |
Good. |
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| stren |
| I personally believe, this movie is over hyped, and I refuse to give it more publicity by posting in this thread |
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| The17sss |
Saw it last night. The visual aspects totally lived up to the hype... it was even more mind blowing than I expected in that regard. Incredible.
However, his portrayal of the military and corporate executives, which he admittedly disdains in real life, was an overblown caricature.... blood thirsty, morally bankrupt, meat-head, imperialist red-necks who want to kill everything that moves for sheer joy; especially shown in the one army guy who talked like he just fell off the turnip truck and loved to scream, "GIT SUM!" as he cut down anything and everything with his machine gun. If the fate of humanity rests on this mission, one would think that the Army brass would have chosen someone to lead such an important mission on another planet that wasn't so incompetant. Little digs were made at Bush and his "shock and awe" campaign into Baghdad by calling the army's plan in this movie, you guessed it, "shock and awe".
Then you have black hearted corporate greedy guy who only cares about shareholder statements, and happily orders the slaughter of indigenous people to get to a natural resource that will line his pockets.
The actual story was A) so predictable that it seemed as though it was written by a 12 year old, and B) James Cameron's in-your-face rabid environmentalism made me want to puke. "We sent the aliens back to their dying world," says Sam Worthington about the humans, and, talking to the natives about how we treat our own planet, "They killed their mother, and they’ll kill you." Jesus how many clichés can you squeeze into one movie? A natural resource called "unobtanium"... a man sent to aid in killing the natives joins forces with them to fight back against the evil empire (very Last Samurai if you ask me)... only the wisdom of a woman saves the outsider from his fate, who coincidentally happens to be the chief's daughter, who coincidentally falls in love with the outsider... the warmongers military machines are useless against the natives' righteous fury... the dumb general who won't listen to the seasoned scientist's dire warnings... Then, when you least expect it, the natives triumph and the main character ends up with the chief's daughter. Big ing surprise. People walked out of the movie with a renewed sense of hate for the military and corporations.
James Cameron, you. Give up your millions of dollars, private jets, exclusive security enforced homes, and live off the land as a minimalist before you preach that to everyone else. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
The actual story was A) so predictable that it seemed as though it was written by a 12 year old, and B) James Cameron's in-your-face rabid environmentalism made me want to puke. |
I agree with you so much that, if I agreed with you more, I'd hug you now.
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Screw it, it's Christmas!
*hugs The17sss* :p |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Pretty much everyone I went to the cinema with :p
That being said, Avatar taught me 5 very curious things:
- Alien girls are really fit. Though I couldn't see a single exemplar with a full bosom, they're all very attractive to the average human standards, and apparently no fatties exist in their world. As far as I can tell, this is not analogous to what we find in the actual indigenous peoples of my country;
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Well they're all hunters so they have to be fit. Plus they didn't build a McDonalds there yet so I'm guessing they have fairly healthy diets. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Well they're all hunters so they have to be fit. Plus they didn't build a McDonalds there yet so I'm guessing they have fairly healthy diets. |
Yet, if you go to an actual Native American reservation, you'll quickly find out that they're not all athletic gods. And they too are hunters living in McDonaldless lands... |
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| ivofivo |
| quote: | Originally posted by stren
I personally believe, this movie is over hyped, and I refuse to give it more publicity by posting in this thread |
:conf: Sarcasm, I assume? |
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