On Jan 15, 5:22 pm, Alice Bevan–McGregor <al...@gothcandy.com> wrote: > On 2011-01-15 08:55:47 -0800, rantingrick said: > > > On Jan 15, 10:38 am, Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > > >>> Yeah, James Cameron made a *ton* of money using it to make Avatar. > > >> Too bad he couldn't have used it to make a better movie. > > I found the graphics impressive; the "blue people" was merely an effort > to avoid a more clear representation of the Na'vi as North American > indigenous people. > > > Avatar was very disappointing (Both in graphics and story) but maybe i > > expect too much...? > > The story was clearly "Pocahontas… in Space!", which was very disappointing. >
I have to disagree.. without writing a dozen pages of my thoughts on Avatar, I think this comment from Metafilter sums it up best: http://www.metafilter.com/88197/Even-better-without-special-effects#2897157 <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/88197/Even-better-without-special- effects#2897157">link</a> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list