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I haven't seen the movie yet but I saw the trailer a while ago and I just rewatched it then and from a pure CGI point of view it looks pretty meh. Like compara

I haven't seen the movie yet but I saw the trailer a while ago and I just rewatched it then and from a pure CGI point of view it looks pretty meh. Like comparable to the first Final Fantasy movie perhaps but not much better. The first time I saw the trailer (at least two months ago, maybe an early cut?) I actually commented on how bad the CGI was before realising it was Avatar. Added to this story just sounds like an old retold story as Arrington highlights. I'm sure the film is actually really clever and the little I know of Cameron has led me to think he is a passionate and down-to-Earth guy so I'm sure it's good but I'm really not getting that impression so far. In fact, this has to be the most marketed film ever (I see adverts everywhere even online and in the App-Store as well as tie-ins with multiple TV shows (Entourage, South Park come to mind)) and this kind of marketing always makes me instinctively wonder why it's so heavily marketed. I've avoided learning too much about TC/Arrington because it seems there's often controversy but is this the kind of site where sponsored reviews ever appear?

chancho 17y ago
So you haven't seen the movie and you don't know much about Cameron, Arrington or his site, and of those four things the one you are most interested in learning more about is TechCrunch?
- nopassrecover 17y ago
  No, I asked why this movie has been so heavily promoted, and if it's possible the Arrington/TC review was bought as it seemed a glowing endorsement of a film that I have not heard great things about elsewhere and which does not have great trailers. Clearly from the downvotes people think I was attacking TC et all, but as I've said I'm just asking as I have no idea why this review seemed so contrary to what I've found elsewhere to date.
heyitsnick 17y ago
I actually laughed out loud when i first saw the trailer on television for what seemed like very cheap and unbelievable CGI. But by all accounts the film is groundbreaking in it's realism and depth. Interesting how the trailers for the film clearly do not do it justice. I look forward to seeing it in the cinema.

chancho 17y ago

So you haven't seen the movie and you don't know much about Cameron, Arrington or his site, and of those four things the one you are most interested in learning more about is TechCrunch?

nopassrecover 17y ago
No, I asked why this movie has been so heavily promoted, and if it's possible the Arrington/TC review was bought as it seemed a glowing endorsement of a film that I have not heard great things about elsewhere and which does not have great trailers. Clearly from the downvotes people think I was attacking TC et all, but as I've said I'm just asking as I have no idea why this review seemed so contrary to what I've found elsewhere to date.

heyitsnick 17y ago

I actually laughed out loud when i first saw the trailer on television for what seemed like very cheap and unbelievable CGI. But by all accounts the film is groundbreaking in it's realism and depth. Interesting how the trailers for the film clearly do not do it justice. I look forward to seeing it in the cinema.