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I saw The Dark Knight and I would not have lost anything if I didn't. What's so good about it? Yes it has one or two nice jokes; the whole Joker character is ni

I saw The Dark Knight and I would not have lost anything if I didn't. What's so good about it? Yes it has one or two nice jokes; the whole Joker character is nice; but not enough to agonize thru a 3 hour movie. (Inception was even more boring, they have one good joke and no Joker) While Avatar, for example, is a movie that does deliver something you would not have if you didn't watch it.

anigbrowl 13y ago
De gustibus non est disputandem (an ancient proverb stating 'in matters of taste, there is nodispute [that can result in an objective conclusion]). Ironically, the plot of Avatar is largely a retread of an animated 1992 film called Ferngully (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest). Other than showcasing some interesting 3d technology, and high-quality CG, it's not particularly groundbreaking. Come to think of it, the most impressive thing about Avatar (with a few years' perspective to think about it) was the marketing campaign.
- guard-of-terra 13y ago
  It's not about matters of taste so much as of market saturation. The market of me is already saturated with certain kinds of movies. Image made all the difference.
- colomon 13y ago
  Avatar also owes a lot to Disney's Pocahontas, which is itself a blend of an old American legend with West Side Story, which is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, which was based on an old Italian story....
icebraining 13y ago
Do you measure the quality of the film by the number of good jokes? I don't consider TDK to be a great movie (and Inception was not masterpiece either), but it's weird to expect them to have jokes.
- guard-of-terra 13y ago
  Well, jokes have value. Mediocre FX do not have value. Heroes I can't tell from each one do not have value. Spupid love lines do not have value. Everything I've already seen does not have value (except for huge battleships in space, those do). But jokes - jokes are usually new and usually worth it.

anigbrowl 13y ago

De gustibus non est disputandem (an ancient proverb stating 'in matters of taste, there is nodispute [that can result in an objective conclusion]). Ironically, the plot of Avatar is largely a retread of an animated 1992 film called Ferngully (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest). Other than showcasing some interesting 3d technology, and high-quality CG, it's not particularly groundbreaking. Come to think of it, the most impressive thing about Avatar (with a few years' perspective to think about it) was the marketing campaign.

guard-of-terra 13y ago
It's not about matters of taste so much as of market saturation. The market of me is already saturated with certain kinds of movies. Image made all the difference.
colomon 13y ago
Avatar also owes a lot to Disney's Pocahontas, which is itself a blend of an old American legend with West Side Story, which is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, which was based on an old Italian story....

icebraining 13y ago

Do you measure the quality of the film by the number of good jokes? I don't consider TDK to be a great movie (and Inception was not masterpiece either), but it's weird to expect them to have jokes.

guard-of-terra 13y ago
Well, jokes have value. Mediocre FX do not have value. Heroes I can't tell from each one do not have value. Spupid love lines do not have value. Everything I've already seen does not have value (except for huge battleships in space, those do). But jokes - jokes are usually new and usually worth it.