Okay. So this is a Avatar thread? Is this the first one posted since the movie came out two weeks ago? Maybe. I haven't been paying too close attention with the holidays being so busy. So, without spoilers I will say that it was an enjoyable film. Extremely gorgeous, but I think I only enjoyed it for the beauty of it. The story is old and has been done over many times. I almost compare it to a modern day Dances with Wolves. I'm trying very hard here to not give away spoilers but seriously, I believe we all have seen this same story over and over again. However, just for the beauty of it, I would recommend everyone go see this movie, especially in 3D. It may be the most beautiful movie ever. By the way, there were parts I did fall asleep due to the boring and extremely cliche portions of the movie, but don't let that stop you as I tend to have A.D.D., even with movies these days.
-- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://www.edwardcrosby.com ----- "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." Merlin Mann > I haven't seen Avatar, but I loved your story! > Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee you looked for them. ;) > > The Irredeemable Shag > http://firestormfan.com > http://onceuponageek.com > http://twitter.com/onceuponageek > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [The Unique Geek] An Avatar Tale (No Spoilers) > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, December 31, 2009 6:41 am > To: [email protected] > > Went to see Avatar on Christmas with another couple. In the car, the > girls admitted neither one really wanted to see it. Who are these girls? > So...we settled on Sherlock Holmes. That's why we don't buy tickets in > advance! So, got to the theater. Packed! Everything sold out but Nine. > Nine was beyond terrible. A true stinker from the Kingdom of Malodoria. > Made not seeing Avatar worse than not seeing Avatar. It exists only to > punish. > > The other dude and I pledged to return to see Avatar. It worked out that > we went tonight. Failed to buy tickets in advance, since Wednesday night > and who goes to the movies on Wed.? Apparently, the answer is everyone. > Packed again! Sold out in Imax, Sold out in 3D, sold out in standard > (which we had no intention of seeing). > > We decided to buy tickets for tomorrow in advance, but since the line was > huge we decided to use one of the machines. I like the machines anyway. > They work! > > This is Seattle, however, and they just got the telephone poles out here, > so despite the dominance of Microsoft, folks don't know how to use > machines. Only two people in line ahead of us, but they were, like, > reading the instructions and unsure if it was touchscreen technology and > how to select their movie or how to do anything really. They were looking > at the movie titles and using their Iphone to read reviews of the movie. > With a line behind them. Where were they raised? The world isn't your > facebook. You can't just block other people. > > So...without getting too Brooklyn on them, I made enough snorts and > stamps to let them know there was a world beyond the selection screen, > one even more finely and delicately rendered than the 3-D images of James > Cameron's epic, one real enough to touch and feel and shame you into make > a fucking decision. So, they chose and they left, and when I walked up > to the machine...their tickets came out. And they were for tonight. > > It seems they were, in fact, collecting their tickets after having bought > them in advance, they had never done it before, and they took the receipt > and not the tickets. So, by the time I pieced this together they were > long gone, and since the tickets were for a showing in two hours, they > weren't in the lobby being told they didn't have tickets. They were off > at a juke joint or a soda shoppe or connecting antennae in the parking > garage. > > So...we sort of looked for them, but sort of took the tickets, grabbed a > five-dollar footlong, ate a five-dollar footlong and saw the movie on > their dime. I swear we looked for them, but you know, in Seattle > everyone wears black hoodies. So...Avatar...in 3-D....for freeeeee! > > It was pretty immersive and enjoyable. I liked the hell out of it. > Thought it was like John Carter meets Adam Strange and then some. It was > pretty and fun. Not as Ferngully as some of the haters have said. Maybe > it could have been sexier? Cameron doesn't do that, though. Unless you > count the drawing scene in Titanic or the headphones scene in Terminator. > So, liked it, but seeing it for freeeeee probably made me like it even > more. It made up for paying for Nine. Nine probably owes me two more > movies. > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
