tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post8555519255056867600..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: Why Avatar Will Suck, and Everyone Will See It AnywayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-87061442895485647922009-12-27T12:15:06.020-05:002009-12-27T12:15:06.020-05:00Richard: The problem is that for me, visuals don&...Richard: The problem is that for me, visuals don't make a movie. They enhance a movie, and can certainly ruin a movie, but if there isn't a good story and well-developed characters, it's just a CG orgy to me, and I don't want to pay money to see a tech demonstration. That said, I'll probably still see it, but it likely won't get a favorable review from me.<br /><br />Plus, I hate 3D. It's the stupidest damn thing to come to the movies in a long time. It's a gimmick.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-56330851552875766662009-12-27T11:57:00.578-05:002009-12-27T11:57:00.578-05:00I have the good fortune of having seen it in 3D al...I have the good fortune of having seen it in 3D already (I'm 20 and took my little siblings for christmas). To be honest, it is brilliant. It's like you get transported to another galaxy. The storyline is good but not fantastic, a little more character development would have been nice. The 3d effects are phenomenal though, absolutely breathtaking. IMDB is already rating it as the 24th best movie of all time, 2 places in front of the matrix. Go see it, open your mind and find out for yourself. You can't win a martial arts game by just reading books.Richard | RichardShelmerdine.comhttp://www.richardshelmerdine.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-34846066290615004222009-12-21T13:27:12.805-05:002009-12-21T13:27:12.805-05:00I hear you, friend.I hear you, friend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-89465588435879858642009-12-21T13:05:02.476-05:002009-12-21T13:05:02.476-05:00Couldn't agree more. Although I won't go s...Couldn't agree more. Although I won't go see it. CGI and craptastic plot makes for zero interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-7652197751131386922009-12-17T15:10:13.524-05:002009-12-17T15:10:13.524-05:00Hagelrat: I have no problem with shiny just as lo...Hagelrat: I have no problem with shiny just as long as it makes sense and isn't half-assed. I want there to be a clear, consistent, moving plot, and good characters. I'm not saying Avatar has to be this decade's thinking man movie, just that it should be something more than a bunch of expensive CG skits.<br /><br />Perry: Hollywood hasn't come to its senses in at least a decade...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-13430157420073171882009-12-17T14:45:45.090-05:002009-12-17T14:45:45.090-05:00someone out there has c ome to their senses!
http...someone out there has c ome to their senses!<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/17/avatar-premieres-in-holly_n_395887.html?slidenumber=s5m3oyyIH38%3D&slideshow#slide_imageUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516218969014710471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-77917900266340947142009-12-16T15:29:24.868-05:002009-12-16T15:29:24.868-05:00Pretty and lacking substance, you say this as thou...Pretty and lacking substance, you say this as though it's a bad thing?<br />What I want in my movies - lot's of shiny not too much on the thinking. This just got bumped up the to see list. ;)Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12876050775872445521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-83846183626985475392009-12-16T11:43:52.713-05:002009-12-16T11:43:52.713-05:00Pip: Which proves my point. It doesn't matte...Pip: Which proves my point. It doesn't matter if it sucks...you're still going to see it :P.<br /><br />That said, I don't think Cameron is that great. Titanic also sucked. The only thing good about Titanic were the special effects. Everything else was just over-dramatized nonsense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-36843697108047803462009-12-16T11:37:43.252-05:002009-12-16T11:37:43.252-05:00Your first point is flawed. You cannot compare a ...Your first point is flawed. You cannot compare a Michael Bay movie to a James Cameron movie. Cameron's worst movie is far better than Bay's best. <br /><br />Your second point is very valid, but it's how movies are marketed today. It is a problem, but a studio problem that should not speak poorly of a film.<br /><br />Your third point is a 50/50 assumption. Again, it's James Cameron. He's not one of the best directors, but he is good, and his movies do have dynamic characters, and does get his actors to act.<br /><br />I'm going to go see it because it is the closest thing to an original idea there is in this genre. (Sci-fi / action)testing thinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882014458283509104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-6104419889657336582009-12-16T11:30:19.159-05:002009-12-16T11:30:19.159-05:00Oh, okay. Apollo 13 was good. He was also in Ali...Oh, okay. Apollo 13 was good. He was also in Aliens :).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-67277744400133632272009-12-15T23:12:46.966-05:002009-12-15T23:12:46.966-05:00A simple plan, twister, apollo 13, TRUE LIES, weir...A simple plan, twister, apollo 13, TRUE LIES, weird science, and his awesome directorial starring moment of 80s alternative music: fish heads.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516218969014710471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-74310544595759382122009-12-15T17:35:59.405-05:002009-12-15T17:35:59.405-05:00Perry: Paxton is a lot of fun, that's for sur...Perry: Paxton is a lot of fun, that's for sure. Do you have a particular favorite Paxton flick?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-12012268668866446532009-12-15T17:30:12.734-05:002009-12-15T17:30:12.734-05:00Who wants a James Cameron movie without Bill Paxto...Who wants a James Cameron movie without Bill Paxton? Not I! <br />If avatar is as good and true lies and had paxton, you would not hear complaints from me!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516218969014710471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-12479430711388468632009-12-15T15:56:56.493-05:002009-12-15T15:56:56.493-05:00Jeff: Which is why I said that everyone will see ...Jeff: Which is why I said that everyone will see it anyway. But in 10 years, most people won't remember the movies from 2009 except as blank footnotes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-6828520658534334272009-12-15T14:10:24.510-05:002009-12-15T14:10:24.510-05:00Rich character development and a coherent plot don...Rich character development and a coherent plot don't make a blockbuster: explosions and oneliners are what we -- the viewing public -- need.<br /><br />Jeesh! get with the program!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09736482408900151244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-8089344844324075782009-12-15T10:28:36.597-05:002009-12-15T10:28:36.597-05:00Anonymous: It's not pseudo-intellectual babbl...Anonymous: It's not pseudo-intellectual babble, for one. Avatar will likely be terrible. That's just the way it is. I want good movies, not crap. Sorry, but I've grown up and what works for kids these days doesn't work for me. At least when Star Wars came out, it had a coherent plot, with memorable characters, and emotion and all that is great about good movies. Avatar? It'll lack so much of what it is that makes a good movie.<br /><br />That said, your comment is mostly incomprehensible. If becoming a kid means I have to use phrases like "bombed out" or "baby" or "suck on that, baby-babble pseudo," then you can count me out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-72885725753324690562009-12-15T08:15:16.443-05:002009-12-15T08:15:16.443-05:00Why Avatar will not suck, why we'll go see it....Why Avatar will not suck, why we'll go see it. KIDS!! Stop all this b-s pseudo-intellectual babble and become kids again.<br />According to Perry, Jim should have had Bill Paxton. Why? What has he done lately or in the pasr few years? BOMBED OUT long ago, BABY!<br />Judge a movie by not comparing it!<br />I love taking the whole family to see a movie we can all watch. It's nearly Christmas, the season for a big blockbuster. We're going to see it in 3-D too. My kids are gonna love it. They're ages range from 8 to 42!<br /><br />Super-Daddy does it large! Not just the family. I've 10 kids amd 5 grandkids. We'll even go to an illegal rave for New Year. Suck on that, baby-babble pseudo.... Scrub all that! You've lost your mojo. Go find it! That's an order!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-44420752087032268922009-12-14T17:01:19.818-05:002009-12-14T17:01:19.818-05:00Well, it was either blue or green. I suspect they...Well, it was either blue or green. I suspect they'll try to make their blueness logical in the film (something to do with the locale or some such).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-24163434420596790392009-12-14T16:59:21.628-05:002009-12-14T16:59:21.628-05:00I'm looking forward to it. Visually it looks ...I'm looking forward to it. Visually it looks amazing -- except for the blue aliens. I wish they weren't blue. <br /><br />-- Nick<br />from City of Kik<br />http://nickleshi.blogspot.comNick Leshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735641810049227247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-40671822862097687292009-12-14T16:50:32.250-05:002009-12-14T16:50:32.250-05:00Comparing the experience one has had to seeing a m...Comparing the experience one has had to seeing a movie in the 70s to seeing a movie now does not bode well. By modern standards, Star Wars is hardly the amazing flick it was when it first came out. Still amazing, but it wouldn't get the play it did then today precisely because the market has changed.<br /><br />That, and if his comparisons are way off the mark, I'll be pissed off. Comparing Avatar to Star Wars is like comparing the impact of Star Wars to the impact of the first movie ever made...totally not the same...<br /><br />But I'll still likely see it...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-10694663969675204072009-12-14T16:45:06.831-05:002009-12-14T16:45:06.831-05:00I've been more than inclined to agree with you...I've been more than inclined to agree with you, but the review that compared seeing Avatar to seeing Star Wars for the first time has made me open my mind a bit. But I mostly still think it will be really terrible. Plus: jim cameron, wtf where's bill paxton?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516218969014710471noreply@blogger.com