I don't think you're the only one who thinks 3D is retarded and the story is ancient and predictable as time.
Not so sure about it being a rehash of "Castle in the sky" since I watched that Miyazaki movie several years ago. But obviously Miyazaki has more talent than Cameron could ever dream of. No matter how much 3D screaming "cinema" he throws at us.
I thought Avatar was simply more of the same brainless popcorn Hollywood entertainment. As such it delivered just that and I didn't get annoyed by all the silly shit in it.
Btw, I read that Miyazaki is going to make a sequel to one of his first movies ("Porco Rosso"). His first sequel ever. Wonder whether he's running out of creative juice or whether he will be able to deliver something unique again.
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I enjoyed it, but then, i didn't see Castle in the Sky.
I've seen both but my favourite of Miyazaki is 'Howl's Moving Castle'. I did think avatar was hyped up more than it should have been. The greatest movie of all time, I don't think so.
I'm not impressed with 3D. Most of the time it gives me a headache. I hadn't heard of the Japanese version or that Cameron stole it. What a shame. I think Hollyweird has been stealing movies and movie ideas for quite awhile now in it's "remakes". The only thing I found interesting was that the creatures looked a lot like the human version of them. Of course I suppose that was all done with CGI. And as a side bar, I'm thinking CGI isn't always that good for movies anyway.
I saw the same animated show years ago. It was called Fern Gully. Then they did a remake and called it Pocahontas.
Avatar is a rehash of the white guilt fantasy. I'm sure we could list a number of similar movies.
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I got nothing out of Avatar, just made some struggling actress famous.
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I liked the movie a lot : )
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I liked Avatar - I guess I'm the one in the minority on here now! (LOL) I liked Avatar because I used it for what it was - an escape from an otherwise mindlessly numb afternoon. I wasn't expecting it to solve any of our problems for us, or teach us anything, or bring about world peace due to it's awesomeness... it's just a fucking movie. It allowed me to escape into it's reality for short while and forget my own troubles and pains. Very few movies capture my imagination the way Avatar did. Then I walked back out into the real world again.
Oh, and I thought the 3D effects were amazing. I've never seen 3D done in such a realistic way before. If you never saw it in 3D, you should use the rerelease to go see it.
I personally didn't really care for it much!
I can't watch things in 3D, because of an inability to bring the two images into focus; it's known as a problem of divergence.
Sounds political, right? lol Nope, it's ocular. I don't have a "leading eye", and cannot use binoculars either. I see two images all the time, and can't bring them together to form one. I shut one eye instead.
So I just didn't bother with Avatar, or any other 3D films.
I saw Avatar when it first came out. I was really disappointed by it. There was a big hype and it definitely didn't live up to my expectations. The story line is pretty predictable and has been done a hundred times before in both movies and books. I am into Sci fi/fantasy books and I can think of a few that have similar plot lines.
A few days ago I went to the see the special edition version. I really didn't see much difference then the original, but I was able to enjoy it more the second time round. I didn't expect anything of the plot. I really like the plants in it though. The trees are awesome to look at (I have a bit of a thing for trees).
I thought it was a juvenile tree huggers socialistic diatribe but I'm usually fairly cynical so might just be me LOL
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Bunny Rabbits cute and fuzzy they want to love you but they have razor sharp teeth - don't piss them off! Bunny12...I love your take it on it! Well said. Avatar employed a very generic method of storytelling clothed in brilliant color, A hip and contemporary Pocahontas is all it was.
Considering the trash and even trashier remakes coming out these days (clash of the titans for example).... I have to say I honestly loved Avatar.
Yes the story was somewhat Disneyfied and predictable...
But the 3d artwork was simply amazing. The colours were spectacular, the planet and trees were realistic, and the details on the Navi's face were done to perfection...
If it makes me a person who enjoys silly teenage brainless popcorn Hollywood entertainment... sobeit.
To me, Avatar was not a brilliant movie, but a brilliant masterpiece of art.
I have enjoyed better film's than this one ( Serephina French Movie) I'm not huge movie person. The reason I liked Avatar was the cartoon effect the drawings etc and the magical feeling I got from this. The magical tree etc was my fave part. I too couldn't care less for the story line either, like I said I liked the cartoon graphics, that's what I liked.
Having put off watching it, more because I thought the hype was way over the top, than because i wouldnt like the actual movie. My one regret is that I didnt watch it at the movies. Your right, the story was infantile and predictable. Nothing I hadnt heard before.
The effects though were good and that alone makes me wish I had saw it at the cinema
