Kevin's Watch

.....Which stole mercilessly from Ferngully.

Cambo wrote: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.

Cambo wrote: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.

Cail wrote: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.

Cail wrote:.....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.

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.