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[Cail]

.....Which stole mercilessly from Ferngully.

[Zarathustra]

Z, I haven't read much of this thread, but seems to me your issue with Avatar is you didn't like being preached to on environmental matters (movie quality, or lack thereof, aside)?

I don't want to reopen old wounds or perpetuate this debate in this forum, but I have to say that's not my position. I'll post my response in the Tank, where I started a thread just for this sort of thing. See you there.

One thing I did like, though, was how the panentheistic deity of the Na'vi was shown to be actually real, ie the entire world was a sentient organism. Been done before, of course, but I thought the execution was cool, those vine thingies being neural pathways and all that.

I liked that, too.

It's a beautiful film that actually translates pretty well from IMAX 3-D to home theater. The picture and sound are freaking amazing.

I really enjoyed seeing it (in contrast to watching it) on Blu-ray. I thought it looked better than the 3-D theater experience. At least it was clearer. Brighter.

[Rigel]

.....Which stole mercilessly from Ferngully.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
I don't care who they stole the script from. Ideas are cheap; execution is everything.

Dances with Wolves was a great movie.
Last Samurai was pretty good.
Even Fern Gully was mildly entertaining, despite being so preachy and banal.

Avatar, like 2012, would make a great screen saver if you turned the sound off. Overly hyped special effects, with terrible dialog, plot and character development.

[Cambo]

The music and sound effects were pretty cool. Maybe there could be a way to edit only the dialogue from the film, make it like watching a high-tech silent movie.