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Permalink Reply by Leslee Love on August 1, 2010 at 11:02am

LOL I did see that and wish I had not....barf indeed. Blade Runner however, nice. I loved it.

Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on August 2, 2010 at 3:11pm

Avatar was not a film with a powerful and meaningful message. It was, however, an excellent technical film - that is what got my interest. Cameron uses the cutting edge of technical cinema, and uses it well, and that advances the story telling possibilities of cinema. Even Titanic (which was a phenomenal bore) used the most advance technology at the time.
Plus Avatar was great escapism.

Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on August 2, 2010 at 6:35pm

That's the nice thing about art every one sees it slightly differently - I liked it you didn't...meh.

Permalink Reply by Nick Blair on August 2, 2010 at 7:03pm

I thought it was pretty obvious going in that Avatar was just a vehicle for the effects. I was actually pleasantly surprised, not by the depth of the story, but by the depth of the world and culture of Pandora. The movie was a display of technology and graphic design and, when viewed as such, it is excellent in my eyes.

Permalink Reply by Nick Blair on August 2, 2010 at 7:40pm

haha, from what I've heard, the Last Airbender film was horrible. I still haven't got around to watching that anime, I've heard it's quite good.

Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on August 2, 2010 at 10:12pm

Why not? Fantasy and S/F has some great writers. Just because we like Fantasy and S/F doesn't mean we take it as truth. We suspend belief with a lot of literature because it's fiction.

Permalink Reply by Nick Blair on August 2, 2010 at 3:43pm

Personally, I loved this movie. One of the best sci-fi films I've ever seen.

Permalink Reply by Ann N. on November 2, 2011 at 6:33pm

District 9 was awesome.

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