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Avatar looks badass. (pg. 17)
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I agree with you so much that, if I agreed with you more, I'd hug you now.
Screw it, it's Christmas!
*hugs The17sss* :p |
:gsmile: :gsmile: :gsmile: |
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| Fledz |
| It was written by a 12 year old. James Cameron has wanted to make this his entire life. |
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| djnitride |
| Avatar was amazing... hope the sequels don't ruin it! |
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| Lira |
| Sequels? There are going to be sequels? Aw, man, please don't tell me this is going to be a trilogy! |
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| djnitride |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Sequels? There are going to be sequels? Aw, man, please don't tell me this is going to be a trilogy! |
The director has said just that, if it was successful it will be a trilogy. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by 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. |
I take it you wanted the mercenary corporate army to win. Yea, capitalism brought millions of us out of poverty, yada yada yada, but it certainly has an ugly side, which this movie did a fantastic job of highlighting. To simply write if off as a liberal hippy fest ignores the very real reality of the dark side of capitalism. |
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| enydo |
| Yo, whatever Krypton. You went to rehab for weed. |
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| Capitalizt |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
I take it you wanted the mercenary corporate army to win. Yea, capitalism brought millions of us out of poverty, yada yada yada, but it certainly has an ugly side, which this movie did a fantastic job of highlighting. To simply write if off as a liberal hippy fest ignores the very real reality of the dark side of capitalism. |
Capitalism doesn't have a dark side. :) The "darkness" only emerges when government/force inserts itself into the equation. And the semi-fascist military operation in Avatar certainly qualifies.
P.S. Did you really go to rehab for weed? |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by enydo
Yo, whatever Krypton. You went to rehab for weed. |
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| Lira |
Why the hell can't people just make one film and leave it like that? I can't remember the last time a good story became a trilogy anyway...
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
To simply write if off as a liberal hippy fest ignores the very real reality of the dark side of capitalism. |
Kryp, it is a "liberal hippy fest"! |
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| enydo |
| You just ed up, sir. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
Capitalism doesn't have a dark side. :) The "darkness" only emerges when government/force inserts itself into the equation. And the semi-fascist military operation in Avatar certainly qualifies.
P.S. Did you really go to rehab for weed? |
You'v got to be kidding me.
Economics 101: Negative externality; when a transaction negatively affects a third party.
It's not just the buyer and seller who are always affected by the transaction and often isn't. There is such a thing as exploitation of those who do not control wealth. |
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