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Alas, most of people saw Avatar, and believe that it was the best movie in the history of genre..
by ilkhd2 16y ago
Alas, most of people saw Avatar, and believe that it was the best movie in the history of genre..
- kevinelliott 16y agoI haven't seen Avatar yet. I'm likely one of the 7 who hasn't.
- mattmanser 16y agoIt was totally worth seeing in 3D and on big screen just for the effects. Story's lame though.
- jokermatt999 16y agoExactly. I don't get all the Avatar hate. The story was bad, but the cinematic experience was excellent. It was a summer blockbuster style movie. I didn't go into it expecting a plot, I went into it expecting action, explosions, and shiny things. It delivered superbly on those things. Don't judge Avatar against hard sci-fi, judge it against something like Star Wars or the new Star Trek movie. Its purpose was to entertain, not to leave you thinking about it for days. Personally, I find nothing wrong with that. I generally prefer movies like Primer, but sometimes it's nice to kick back with a bucket of popcorn and marvel at the pretty lights.
- SandB0x 16y agoI found it impossible to relate to or care about any of the characters. If you haven't seen it, find the incredible review of the Phantom Menace on YouTube by Red Letter Media. The most insightful part is where he asks people to describe the nature of the characters in both trilogies. For the original movies, people instantly recall, for example the "dashing...arrogant..scoundrel" Han Solo. For the newer films, nothing. What was princess Amidala like? Nobody cares. Avatar suffered from this, and no amount of shiny graphics could ever bring me to care. With great characters you can forgive all kinds of things (eg Battlestar Galactica.)
- moultano 16y agoI think people could do a pretty good job of that for Avatar. The characters were nothing if not archetypical.
- rbanffy 16y agoI wouldn't call it lame. It's predictable, precisely because it's a fairly standard hero story, the kind we keep telling each other since we have learned to tell stories. Stories like these are part of what makes us human.
- iamwil 16y agoI guess I'm two of 7.