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Denali
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 Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:34 pm Post subject: Avatar: My Official Review |
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OH MY GOD.
I walked away from this movie trembling in awe and coated with sweat.
James Cameron is the Voice of God to me. This man has yet to turn out a movie I dislike, and he's the only director to do so (even Peter Jackson lost my vote with King Kong).
Sure, he took a very common storyline and used that as the basis, but what makes this movie so wonderful was the journey it took me on. I never wanted to leave Pandora; like Jake Sully, I just wanted to stay in that world, forever.
Everything was bursting with detail, from the Na'vi language and culture to the visual look their homeworld had, and the brilliant score James Horner had composed. In the Digital 3D theater, I was completely absorbed in that world James Cameron and his crew had spun for me.
I could almost smell the steaming jungles, and feel the humidity against my face. After a while, I totally forgot that it was a movie; for those 2/12 hours, I lost all disbelief. I was not consciously aware of a storyline, or the fictional nature of the film. James Cameron had trapped me in his reality, and for that, I can honestly say "thank you". He has spun a world from his imagination so convincing and filled with such beauty and purity that I would rather live in it than on crummy old planet Earth. All my problems were gone, all my wants and desires bled away. All I wanted was to stay on Pandora for as long as possible.
When the credits rolled, I had to come to grips with the fact that it was a dream world, and nothing more. It was surreal; the movie felt more real a world than the one in which I lived. I was genuinely moved to tears when the film ended, because I knew I had to leave that dream world behind and live in the real world again.
Perhaps it helped that I had never seen "Dances With Wolves". Perhaps not. But I know this movie deserves every penny it has earned, and more.
I weep for those who feel that it cannot be enjoyed, because they are truly missing out on one of the great film events of their lives.
Never have I been so affected by a film, and so this really was a treat beyond anything I've ever experienced. I will see this film over, and over, and over, and over again. It is my favorite movie of all time.
Thank you James Cameron, and God bless you, sir!
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Butterfly Spirit
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I'm probably never going to see it. I'm such a procrastinator. *sigh* And Holly already saw it, so...
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GeminiStroke
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| Saw it and fell into that damnable depression. Help me? |
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Biohazard
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Special effects may take money and effort, but they're no replacement for creativity and talent. I wasn't very impressed.
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GeminiStroke
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| Biohazard wrote: | | Special effects may take money and effort, but they're no replacement for creativity and talent. I wasn't very impressed. |
It was creative and it had more talent than you will ever muster in 128 lifetimes. You are just being a troll.
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Biohazard
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:03 am Post subject: |
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I'm not being a troll. That's my genuine opinion. C'mon, it's SF.
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Denali
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:12 am Post subject: |
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Gem, let's dial down the attitude a notch. Bio, you are simply guilty of being ignorant of the BEST MOVIE EVER MADE.
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Wing of Faith
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:22 am Post subject: |
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| Biohazard wrote: | | Special effects may take money and effort, but they're no replacement for creativity and talent. I wasn't very impressed. |
Maybe the movie's success shows that people everywhere like the story. Cameron acknowledges the other several billion people in the world that do not live in the U.S.
Star Wars was not a remarkably original idea or movie. It is an age-old archetypal hero journey. Gone with the Wind is an age old story, so are most very successful movies. Star wars has two good actors (Guinness and Ford), like Avatar, which has Lang and Weaver. Beyond that, I'd actually say Avatar has better acting then Star Wars, particularly from Zoe Saladana. It does have an original setting, which is what Avatar has. I'd also say Avatar's setting is more "original" then Star Wars' is.
It entertains for 2.5 hours, it absorbs you in a world for 2.5 hours. Which is what a movie should do.
Avatar has outstanding production design, sound, pacing, editing, CGI, motion capture, solid acting, a decent soundtrack, and an admittedly simple story, albeit one that has a good point and is historically and culturally relevant world wide told extremely well. Even though I knew Hometree would get burned down 5 minutes before it did, the way it is told still made it a very dramatic and emotional scene. And even though I knew their would be a battle at the end, it visually eclipsed anything I have seen previously.
If people get offended by the portrayal of a M.N.C, and P.M.C, then that is their problem. If people can't acknowledge that humans have done similar things to each other in the past, and continue to do so, then that is their issue.
nitpickers are in full force these days, they don't need escapism and to see a very entertaining movie . The Average Joe from the US to China to France to Russia doesn't have their good fortune.
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Biohazard
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Denali wrote: | | the BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. |
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...Are you being serious?
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Denali
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| Biohazard wrote: | | Denali wrote: | | the BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. |
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...Are you being serious? |
I don't joke about this kind of stuff.
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Butterfly Spirit
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Denali wrote: | | Biohazard wrote: | | Denali wrote: | | the BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. |
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...Are you being serious? |
I don't joke about this kind of stuff. |
I can't tell if I'm supposed to laugh nervously or uproariously.
Or cry.
What has the world come to?
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| Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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What has the world come to? |
Exactly the same thing it came to yesterday: a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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Butterfly Spirit
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Uh... are you perhaps referring to the 4-year anniversary of Dick Cheney's infamous shooting incident? Or the death of Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer? Because I can't remember that far back and Wikipedia isn't saying anything else.
And I was referring to Denali's frankly ridiculous notion that Avatar is the Best Movie Ever Made.
Yes, I saw it. It was great, but NOT THAT GREAT.
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Warrior of the Dark Moon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Avatar is a good movie.
*slinks away before the flamers find him*
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Wing of Faith
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| Butterfly Spirit wrote: | | Uh... are you perhaps referring to the 4-year anniversary of Dick Cheney's infamous shooting incident? Or the death of Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer? Because I can't remember that far back and Wikipedia isn't saying anything else. |
I was referring to the fact that every day, shoot happens and nobody does anything about it. People suffer; they're humiliated, broken, and beaten, and whose job is it to make it right?
MINE. As a Therapist, people turn to me for guidance and sympathy, but there's actually very little I can do. I can listen, offer some advice and maybe prescribe a pill or two, but I can't fix their problems. They have to want to fix it themselves, but still they expect me to make their problems go away.
Therefore, I have something of a unique perspective on the world and what goes on in it. I listen to their problems and help them as best I can.
What makes this movie great is that it inspires people to make the world better. People are inspired to do good things, and many have done this. Their way of looking at the world was changed by the movie, and I for one appreciate that fact.
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| Quote: | | Exactly the same thing it came to yesterday: a wretched hive of scum and villainy. |
I mean that the cycle of mistreatment, neglect, and hardened hearts has continued to be perpetuated, and nobody thinks of trying to make things better. This movie offers a glimpse to our own cold-heartedness, and serves as a mirror through which we are offered the chance to see our own inner demons so we can deal with them.
I LIKE THAT.
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