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Sat Dec-19-09 09:03 PM
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| Just saw Avatar AKA Dances with lizards |
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I should be getting tired of this white man's burden crap, but I loved it. Just what I needed after enduring the blitzkrieg of Transformers 2.
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| mike_c
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Sat Dec-19-09 09:09 PM
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| 1. the SO and I just got back from the theater too and we're blown away.... |
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Edited on Sat Dec-19-09 09:10 PM by mike_c
No spoilers, but we loved it. It isn't a deep story-- it's standard good vs evil on another planet, with Cameron's signature corporate badness thrown in, ala Aliens. But DAYUM! Avatar is visually STUNNING. And unlike many CG rich sci-fi flicks that use CG for accents-- effects, as they say-- Avatar is SET there. The stunning CG is everywhere. The landscapes are phenomenal, and not just in the distance.
We're both probably going to see it again. I've done a fair bit of sci-fi landscape modeling and rendering as a hobby, but Avatar unleashed the pros. It is amazingly well done.
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| Cowpunk
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Sat Dec-19-09 09:34 PM
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| 3. Those who say it isn't preachy aren't quite right. |
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There's little speechifying in the movie, but there are obvious references to the Bush doctrine of preemptive war and "shock and awe". Cameron didn't have to go there. Can't say I mind, but the neocons won't be pleased.
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Sat Dec-19-09 09:28 PM
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| 2. My friend and I just saw it, too. |
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Mind-boggling visually, a tried-and-true storyline, and some good acting; James Cameron delivers the goods yet again.
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| Touchdown
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Tue Dec-22-09 04:14 AM
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| 4. I thought they were Kitties. |
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Eh' Lizards are ok too.:P
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Tue Dec-22-09 08:55 AM
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| 5. Just saw it myself last night. "Dances with Lizards" is pretty appropriate. |
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The 3-D was amazing, sound performances, predictale story, but at least the dialogue is one step up from George Lucas.
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| jaksavage
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Wed Dec-23-09 11:27 AM
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| 6. Eye popping and mindblowing |
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Loved it.
Want to go back and spend somemore time on Pandora.
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| Kablooie
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Wed Dec-23-09 02:25 PM
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| 7. Hey, there are only 36 stories that are possible. This is one of them. |
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Tue Jan-26-10 09:42 PM
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I saw this in IMAX 3D the other day. Visually, it was the best movie I've ever seen, definitely an experience unto itself. I thought the story was ok, I don't hate on it as much as I've heard others say, but "Dances with Lizards".... man, that is spot on!
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Wed Jan-27-10 05:06 PM
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| 11. seamlessly excellent with lots of everything, nice mix...n/t |
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