There were plenty of cliches for sure, but I don't think the story is as hacky as people have been saying. Most of the broad plot points were paint-by-numbers, but the details were pretty new. I liked them. That plug-in ponytail thing didn't recall anything I'd ever seen.
Show me another movie where a guy fires a machine gun while riding on a dragon's back. Also really liked the Avatar concept. Where has that been done in anything popular? I guess the Matrix, maybe, but it's different enough. It's a real body. It was too long, though. Too much flying. As you point out, though, the experience of seeing it is what counts. The 3D is Deep and not in your face. That surprised me. It's not stuff flying out at you, but stuff going IN away from you. The third dimension is depth! The fifth element is....love? Salmon -----Original Message----- From: Edward Crosby <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 7:22 am Subject: RE: [The Unique Geek] An Avatar Tale (No Spoilers) 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. 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