TMS wrote:looking forward to this one too... i love vampire flicks

Yup. I'll be there for this one. You ever see the other movie these guys did called Undead? It's a wacked-out little zombie flick that takes place in Australia. Despite the low budget I thought the computer effects, esp. in the beginning with the meteor shower, were top shelf. I think I read they did all the F/X on their laptop computers for basically no money...Not a super-serious flick - it had more of a campy feel to it all the way. I enjoyed it though. If nothing else, it showed the Spierig brothers have some serious talent. Can't wait for their follow up Daybreakers. I've been looking forward to this one for awhile now...

Gonna take the old man to see Sherlock Holmes next week. How was it? Anyone seen it yet?

martin wrote:UKdad and I just got back from Sherlock Holmes, not a bad movie at all.

We were trying to go see 730pm Avatar showing, but the movie theater we went to - they had a 650 and 730 showing in 3D and 8pm in regular - apparently were sold out HOURS before their start times. DAMN.

Wow. Yeah gonna see Avatar next week too. Guess I'll have to Fandango the tickets to make sure we get in... So Holmes was cool huh? Nice...

NYKBocker wrote:Just saw Avatar 3D with the kids. WOW!! My 5 year old did not fall asleep so that tells you something. I agree with TMS review. Also, Roger Ebert said he had the same feeling when he saw Star Wars...I agree.

Saw it in 3D too. Pretty amazing experience. My girlfriend is really giving me hell because she thinks that I have a crush on Neytiri.

orangeblobman wrote:Just saw this Avatar movie, in 3d. And I walked out before it was done, angrily neglecting their plea to recycle my glasses.

Now I know what flushing $13.50 down the toilet feels like. Next time I want to go to see a movie, I will opt for the flushing because it will save me time and provide a healthier intellectual stimulation. Aesthetics aside, this ranks as one of the most blatantly insulting films ever made.

how was it insulting to you? what did you expect when you went to see this anyway? a tear jerker? i thought this movie was right up there with the LOTR trilogy flicks in terms of cinematography, production & special effects... storyline & characters were obviously not on the same level as an alltime literary classic epic from Tolkien but for what this movie was meant to be i thought it delivered in spades.

Paladin55 wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:Just saw this Avatar movie, in 3d. And I walked out before it was done, angrily neglecting their plea to recycle my glasses.

Now I know what flushing $13.50 down the toilet feels like. Next time I want to go to see a movie, I will opt for the flushing because it will save me time and provide a healthier intellectual stimulation. Aesthetics aside, this ranks as one of the most blatantly insulting films ever made.

how was it insulting to you? what did you expect when you went to see this anyway? a tear jerker? i thought this movie was right up there with the LOTR trilogy flicks in terms of cinematography, production & special effects... storyline & characters were obviously not on the same level as an alltime literary classic epic from Tolkien but for what this movie was meant to be i thought it delivered in spades.

The message of the movie was too much to the left for the blobman. There were obvious references in the movie which some would consider disparaging to the previous President, Mr. Bush, and the way the military was portrayed might have also bothered the blob, although if you remember the beginning of the movie, "Jake" indicates that the guys on Pandora were more like mercenaries (think Blackwater in Iraq) than Marines fighting to protect freedom. Add to all of this a negative portrayal of capitalism, and perhaps a critique of Manifest Destiny (which included the uprooting and cultural oppression of the Native Americans, and the near extinction of the buffalo), and you have a movie that a good conservative had to hate.

There are many interpretations and I am not inclined to go into my own, but it's safe to say that, whichever side you look at it from, it is insulting. Let's take the blue natives. Cameron, in his simplification of the plot, robs the natives of a genuineness, a completeness of character by making them 100% squeaky clean good guys. Even that is insulting in itself.

I will give it this: if you're ever looking for a movie to watch while on a mushroom trip, this is it. I can't even imagine how cool it would look on shrooms and in 3d.

orangeblobman wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:Just saw this Avatar movie, in 3d. And I walked out before it was done, angrily neglecting their plea to recycle my glasses.

Now I know what flushing $13.50 down the toilet feels like. Next time I want to go to see a movie, I will opt for the flushing because it will save me time and provide a healthier intellectual stimulation. Aesthetics aside, this ranks as one of the most blatantly insulting films ever made.

how was it insulting to you? what did you expect when you went to see this anyway? a tear jerker? i thought this movie was right up there with the LOTR trilogy flicks in terms of cinematography, production & special effects... storyline & characters were obviously not on the same level as an alltime literary classic epic from Tolkien but for what this movie was meant to be i thought it delivered in spades.

The message of the movie was too much to the left for the blobman. There were obvious references in the movie which some would consider disparaging to the previous President, Mr. Bush, and the way the military was portrayed might have also bothered the blob, although if you remember the beginning of the movie, "Jake" indicates that the guys on Pandora were more like mercenaries (think Blackwater in Iraq) than Marines fighting to protect freedom. Add to all of this a negative portrayal of capitalism, and perhaps a critique of Manifest Destiny (which included the uprooting and cultural oppression of the Native Americans, and the near extinction of the buffalo), and you have a movie that a good conservative had to hate.

There are many interpretations and I am not inclined to go into my own, but it's safe to say that, whichever side you look at it from, it is insulting. Let's take the blue natives. Cameron, in his simplification of the plot, robs the natives of a genuineness, a completeness of character by making them 100% squeaky clean good guys. Even that is insulting in itself.

I will give it this: if you're ever looking for a movie to watch while on a mushroom trip, this is it. I can't even imagine how cool it would look on shrooms and in 3d.

taking a humanistic approach to trying to reason why an alien race was portrayed as a peace loving culture is flawed anyway... that's the whole point of the movie... they're NOT human... they didn't have violent tendencies motivated by greed... this was not a political statement against the past administration as much as it was a social commentary on the human race... throughout our history there are examples of 1 dominant culture conquering, taking & stealing from a weaker one out of greed... it also showed how we strip the earth of its resources without even thinking of the repurcussions... this is inherent in our thinking... we take without asking, we use without thinking... if Avatar effected u this way, u must've had the same exact reaction after you watched Dances With Wolves... it was based on the same exact premise.

orangeblobman wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:Just saw this Avatar movie, in 3d. And I walked out before it was done, angrily neglecting their plea to recycle my glasses.

Now I know what flushing $13.50 down the toilet feels like. Next time I want to go to see a movie, I will opt for the flushing because it will save me time and provide a healthier intellectual stimulation. Aesthetics aside, this ranks as one of the most blatantly insulting films ever made.

how was it insulting to you? what did you expect when you went to see this anyway? a tear jerker? i thought this movie was right up there with the LOTR trilogy flicks in terms of cinematography, production & special effects... storyline & characters were obviously not on the same level as an alltime literary classic epic from Tolkien but for what this movie was meant to be i thought it delivered in spades.

The message of the movie was too much to the left for the blobman. There were obvious references in the movie which some would consider disparaging to the previous President, Mr. Bush, and the way the military was portrayed might have also bothered the blob, although if you remember the beginning of the movie, "Jake" indicates that the guys on Pandora were more like mercenaries (think Blackwater in Iraq) than Marines fighting to protect freedom. Add to all of this a negative portrayal of capitalism, and perhaps a critique of Manifest Destiny (which included the uprooting and cultural oppression of the Native Americans, and the near extinction of the buffalo), and you have a movie that a good conservative had to hate.

There are many interpretations and I am not inclined to go into my own, but it's safe to say that, whichever side you look at it from, it is insulting. Let's take the blue natives. Cameron, in his simplification of the plot, robs the natives of a genuineness, a completeness of character by making them 100% squeaky clean good guys. Even that is insulting in itself.

I will give it this: if you're ever looking for a movie to watch while on a mushroom trip, this is it. I can't even imagine how cool it would look on shrooms and in 3d.

taking a humanistic approach to trying to reason why an alien race was portrayed as a peace loving culture is flawed anyway... that's the whole point of the movie... they're NOT human... they didn't have violent tendencies motivated by greed... this was not a political statement against the past administration as much as it was a social commentary on the human race... throughout our history there are examples of 1 dominant culture conquering, taking & stealing from a weaker one out of greed... it also showed how we strip the earth of its resources without even thinking of the repurcussions... this is inherent in our thinking... we take without asking, we use without thinking... if Avatar effected u this way, u must've had the same exact reaction after you watched Dances With Wolves... it was based on the same exact premise.

I didn't come to this humanistic approach randomly. The movie went to great lengths to show the alien race in a human way. I don't know if we are as brutal to the earth as this movie makes it out to seem. Have we hurt the earth in the past? Sure, but not on purpose. It was a case of not knowing any better. Now we know better and move on.

Really? Who exactly is we? You think everyone is protecting the planet? A little naive aren't we?

NYKBocker wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:Just saw this Avatar movie, in 3d. And I walked out before it was done, angrily neglecting their plea to recycle my glasses.

Now I know what flushing $13.50 down the toilet feels like. Next time I want to go to see a movie, I will opt for the flushing because it will save me time and provide a healthier intellectual stimulation. Aesthetics aside, this ranks as one of the most blatantly insulting films ever made.

how was it insulting to you? what did you expect when you went to see this anyway? a tear jerker? i thought this movie was right up there with the LOTR trilogy flicks in terms of cinematography, production & special effects... storyline & characters were obviously not on the same level as an alltime literary classic epic from Tolkien but for what this movie was meant to be i thought it delivered in spades.

The message of the movie was too much to the left for the blobman. There were obvious references in the movie which some would consider disparaging to the previous President, Mr. Bush, and the way the military was portrayed might have also bothered the blob, although if you remember the beginning of the movie, "Jake" indicates that the guys on Pandora were more like mercenaries (think Blackwater in Iraq) than Marines fighting to protect freedom. Add to all of this a negative portrayal of capitalism, and perhaps a critique of Manifest Destiny (which included the uprooting and cultural oppression of the Native Americans, and the near extinction of the buffalo), and you have a movie that a good conservative had to hate.

There are many interpretations and I am not inclined to go into my own, but it's safe to say that, whichever side you look at it from, it is insulting. Let's take the blue natives. Cameron, in his simplification of the plot, robs the natives of a genuineness, a completeness of character by making them 100% squeaky clean good guys. Even that is insulting in itself.

I will give it this: if you're ever looking for a movie to watch while on a mushroom trip, this is it. I can't even imagine how cool it would look on shrooms and in 3d.

taking a humanistic approach to trying to reason why an alien race was portrayed as a peace loving culture is flawed anyway... that's the whole point of the movie... they're NOT human... they didn't have violent tendencies motivated by greed... this was not a political statement against the past administration as much as it was a social commentary on the human race... throughout our history there are examples of 1 dominant culture conquering, taking & stealing from a weaker one out of greed... it also showed how we strip the earth of its resources without even thinking of the repurcussions... this is inherent in our thinking... we take without asking, we use without thinking... if Avatar effected u this way, u must've had the same exact reaction after you watched Dances With Wolves... it was based on the same exact premise.

I didn't come to this humanistic approach randomly. The movie went to great lengths to show the alien race in a human way. I don't know if we are as brutal to the earth as this movie makes it out to seem. Have we hurt the earth in the past? Sure, but not on purpose. It was a case of not knowing any better. Now we know better and move on.

Really? Who exactly is we? You think everyone is protecting the planet? A little naive aren't we?

What! You mean that we're still exploiting Mother Earth for her resources?!

Paladin55 wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:Just saw this Avatar movie, in 3d. And I walked out before it was done, angrily neglecting their plea to recycle my glasses.

Now I know what flushing $13.50 down the toilet feels like. Next time I want to go to see a movie, I will opt for the flushing because it will save me time and provide a healthier intellectual stimulation. Aesthetics aside, this ranks as one of the most blatantly insulting films ever made.

how was it insulting to you? what did you expect when you went to see this anyway? a tear jerker? i thought this movie was right up there with the LOTR trilogy flicks in terms of cinematography, production & special effects... storyline & characters were obviously not on the same level as an alltime literary classic epic from Tolkien but for what this movie was meant to be i thought it delivered in spades.

The message of the movie was too much to the left for the blobman. There were obvious references in the movie which some would consider disparaging to the previous President, Mr. Bush, and the way the military was portrayed might have also bothered the blob, although if you remember the beginning of the movie, "Jake" indicates that the guys on Pandora were more like mercenaries (think Blackwater in Iraq) than Marines fighting to protect freedom. Add to all of this a negative portrayal of capitalism, and perhaps a critique of Manifest Destiny (which included the uprooting and cultural oppression of the Native Americans, and the near extinction of the buffalo), and you have a movie that a good conservative had to hate.

There are many interpretations and I am not inclined to go into my own, but it's safe to say that, whichever side you look at it from, it is insulting. Let's take the blue natives. Cameron, in his simplification of the plot, robs the natives of a genuineness, a completeness of character by making them 100% squeaky clean good guys. Even that is insulting in itself.

I will give it this: if you're ever looking for a movie to watch while on a mushroom trip, this is it. I can't even imagine how cool it would look on shrooms and in 3d.

taking a humanistic approach to trying to reason why an alien race was portrayed as a peace loving culture is flawed anyway... that's the whole point of the movie... they're NOT human... they didn't have violent tendencies motivated by greed... this was not a political statement against the past administration as much as it was a social commentary on the human race... throughout our history there are examples of 1 dominant culture conquering, taking & stealing from a weaker one out of greed... it also showed how we strip the earth of its resources without even thinking of the repurcussions... this is inherent in our thinking... we take without asking, we use without thinking... if Avatar effected u this way, u must've had the same exact reaction after you watched Dances With Wolves... it was based on the same exact premise.

I didn't come to this humanistic approach randomly. The movie went to great lengths to show the alien race in a human way. I don't know if we are as brutal to the earth as this movie makes it out to seem. Have we hurt the earth in the past? Sure, but not on purpose. It was a case of not knowing any better. Now we know better and move on.

Really? Who exactly is we? You think everyone is protecting the planet? A little naive aren't we?

What! You mean that we're still exploiting Mother Earth for her resources?!

According to blobman we are no longer raping Mother Earth because we know better and we can move on.