No Interest In Avatar Whatsoever!!!

My OH said exactly the same thing as you when he saw the trailer...but I dragged him along to it...:D...and he loved it!

And there were real actors in it. Thought I wanted to be one of the Na'Vi. :D
 
I thought this about Titanic back in the day.

In fact I only went to see because I knew someone who worked for Fox (I think it was them) and got the bests seats in the house free.

It was the shortest 3.15 hrs/mins I had every experienced and left the cinema feeling stunned by what I had just experienced. That's entertainment. Give it a go-you might enjoy it.

James Cameron always delivers the gooRAB.
 
Who cares? There are tonnes of films I'm not a bit interested in, I could start a thread almost everyday, but, who cares? If you don't wanna see it, then don't, it'll make no impact on it's BO sales that's for sure.

The first time I saw it, I wasn't too impressed admittedly, I was a bit let down by the story and characterization, but I saw it again with my sons and, with less expectations I enjoyed it more..... but who cares?
 
Something puzzles me about CGI.

Take a plastic model kit, some wood and spray paint and build a fantasy spacecraft.

Stick it on a computer controlled arm against a starry background and film it in minature and it looks real.

Build the same thing (even today) on a computer in CGI and it still does not look real.

I'm not sure what it is.

The CGI model can look superb it just is not real.

Same with special horror effect.

To me, CGI blood and guts and skin distoring does not look scary, but use red paint and some rubber and plastic guts slopping about and again it looks real.

It may not look as technically good, but it looks real.
When I say real, I mean it looks more yukky :)
 
I went to see it last night. I thought it was a good movie. My own feelings about the hype surrounding this film isn't about the acting or the plot, it's about the 3D sfx.

Now I went in thinking having to wear these glasses on top of my own specs, along with getting my eyes to adjust to the 3D effect would irritate the cach out of me, but after a few minutes I forgot I was wearing them.

3D is being touted as the future for movie and TV productions, maybe it'll take off, maybe it won't, I hope it don't. it works for somethings like Avatar, but is there any benefit watching, say, Corrie or Eastenders in 3D?

Story wise it was time out of mind nonsense, if you want to loose yourself for 3 hours on another world, taking on their problems then it's great. But in terms of originality I'm afraid it was a little lacking. The actual Avatar thing was original, but the "White man wants our lanRAB so he's come to kill us" thing has been done elsewhere.

But saying that, if and when we do venture into space that is exactlly what is going to happen. I wonder if Avatar is set in the Alien Universe,

Also the gung-ho, kick ass Colonel Quaritch guy was so one dimensional and predictable, My Nephew told me that at one point he was expecting him to say "I ain't got time to bleed"

The Na'vi, their Language and culture I thought was well researched and executed, watching Neytiri teach Jake the Na'vi way's, seeing Pandora through the Na'vi eyes was beautiful. In the sequel which I would think will happen, I hope we get to see more of both.
 
I've said this before; I think it's something subconscious. I just can't make a vicarious connection with computer generated imagery the way I can with organic effects - no matter how cheap, fake or tacky those may look, knowing that they are on some level 'real' enables me to do so; CGI in particular on the other hand just leaves me detached and cold.

I also feel that in some part it's down to it being absolutely everywhere now though, and we're all supposed to accept it not only as de rigeur, but as de rigeur the most cutting-edge thing since sliced bread and the pinnacle of unqualified success. It is an ineluctable part of film-making now though, and I think subtlety is the key for me - it's nowhere near as bad when it's not the point of the film in itself, and is being used for filling in detail and the like, rather than for an actual effect or set piece at which you're supposed to go "ooh" and "aah" at unreservedly, just because it cost millions of dollars to do. Seeing someone for example being catapulted across the screen from the perspective of 'inside' a massive explosion, filmed from as many show-off angles and as 'snazzily' edited as possible, may be superficially dazzling in its detail but it does absolutely nothing for me because it's just so ludicrous.

It's not a prejudice against 'new' films or 'progress' either - there are equal processes involving 'in-camera' effects in older film-making that I can't make any emotional connection with; an example being back projection. Being well aware of this, Hitchcock apparently always sought to make his as blatant as possible.
 
I have little interest in seeing it either, I have little interest in anything James Cameron makes these days.

Every time I see a clip/Trailer of those blue folk I just think they look ridiculous, like giant smurfs running around the forest, it's all a bit too clean and Disneyesque for my liking (not that there's anything wrong with Disney, they have made some cracking films) and comes across as the ultimate style over substance movie, basically it's pretty but shallow. Plus, like I said, giant lovable smurfs running around the forest, c'mon seriously :D

While I have no interest in seeing it, I do like to comment on it as it winRAB some people up something chronic ;)

I do understand it's appeal and why people have flocked to see it though, Cameron might be a prat but got to give the guy credit he knows how to make huge movies.
 
I've seen it, and I agree. Seems I am in the minority, but no matter. The script was awful. Visually impressive in places, not the whole way through, as seems to be the consensus. I was quite looking forward to it for about 9 months, unfortunately. As for the Sci Fi aspect, District 9 beats the cr*p out of it.
 
It's not my particular genre anyway, but any passive interest I may conceivably have had is only dissipated further by the hyperbole, just like with Slumdog Millionaire. The current fan mania puts me in mind of the whole Twilight/New Moon experience, except with slightly older male subjects as opposed to deluded teenage girls.
 
I dreaded going, but went anyway. The story wasn't the best but I got caught up in the idea of the main character, Jake, being free and strong in this beautiful world and then having to return to his wheelchair at the end of each day. It's a beautiful looking film if nothing else appeals.
 
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