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[devogue]

It's wasted on all youse fuckers.

Have you seen 'Up in the Air'? Now *that's* a film!

"Up" in the air?

I just watched it in the cinema.

[leo-rcc]

Not "Up" by Pixar, but "Up in the air".
http://www.theupintheairmovie.com/

[devogue]

Not "Up" by Pixar, but "Up in the air".
http://www.theupintheairmovie.com/

I knew that.

[Elessarina]

It's wasted on all youse fuckers.

Have you seen 'Up in the Air'? Now *that's* a film!

An incredibly disappointing and boring film I thought

[owtth]

So I saw this again today. Was in the Pavilions in Swords so I said I'll catch a movie. There was either Avatar at 13:30 or Daybreakers at 14:50. As it was 13:25 I said I'll see Avatar because I said from the beginning I would watch it again from a better seat when there are less people there.
So this time I got a seat in the front middle so the screen was more or less filling my vision. I managed to see the start again which I missed the last time due to this film not having ads at the beginning and starting bang on the time on the schedule. I was impressed with the part where Jake comes out of stasis into an hexagonal chamber. I decided on that moment that I was going to just admire the effects and let the dumb story melt into the background.
So after 15 minutes the screen went black. The lights came on and we were told that they would restart in 5 minutes. No prob there. After 5 minutes the lights were back off and the film restarted.
So this time I just cooed at the effects. The level of detail was more apparent this time around when I was free to not pay attention to the story. I found myself looking more at the background although this wasn't always possible because it became blurred. The plants all had veins, the creatures had defined muscle structure and their skin was porous and mottled. I was able to do this for all of 50 minutes before boredom kicked in. The film started losing its 3-D effect and I found my mind wandering. I still feel absolutely no connection with the Na'vi on any level, kinda like characters on Final Fantasy 7. The characters in Ratatouille were more endearing. Eventually I became completely disengaged. The script was worse than ever and "unobtainium" still sounds stupid regardless of its history and apparent general usage in real life. Jake Still seems more like a surfer than a soldier, they can assert he has a "strong heart" all they want but I saw no evidence of this. He's no Maximus. I still don't know the female's name (or care).
About an hour and 20 minutes into it the screen went black again. I started grabbing my coat and gear. A woman came in and told us a filter had gone in the projector and the film would be back in 5 minutes and would play from where it left off.
I'd already made my decision. I went to the foyer and got my cash back. Probably the only good thing about the whole affair.
I promised myself 2 things. 1) I would never watch that film or its sequels as long as I lived and 2) this would be the last time I talk about it.

Yup very pretty but the instantly forgettable, I would like to see it in Imax though, we have threee here and none of them are showing it.

[M]

Yup very pretty but the instantly forgettable, I would like to see it in Imax though, we have threee here and none of them are showing it.

Odd seeing how Avatar is Spanish for Imax.

[Deep Sea Isopod]

Avatar reminded me of Ferngully: The Last Rainforest.
A human, who's part of the team destroying the forest, is shrunk by a fairy, then they have a mini adventure to stop the de-forestation.

[Animavore]

[FBM]

They're here.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"In the Na'Vi,
you can be
what you
want to be!"

[tattuchu]

"In the Na'Vi,
you can be
what you
want to be!"

Ani, that vid was really funny, by the way. I just watched a bunch of them. But it made me think of something else that bugged me about the movie: the ending. So the Na'Vi won the battle. Big deal. What was to prevent the humans from coming back with a bigger force and wiping them out? Or simply nuking the planet (a la Aliens)?

[Xamonas Chegwé]

"In the Na'Vi,
you can be
what you
want to be!"

Ani, that vid was really funny, by the way. I just watched a bunch of them. But it made me think of something else that bugged me about the movie: the ending. So the Na'Vi won the battle. Big deal. What was to prevent the humans from coming back with a bigger force and wiping them out? Or simply nuking the planet (a la Aliens)?

Ahem. Trilogy...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"In the Na'Vi,
you can be
what you
want to be!"

Ani, that vid was really funny, by the way. I just watched a bunch of them. But it made me think of something else that bugged me about the movie: the ending. So the Na'Vi won the battle. Big deal. What was to prevent the humans from coming back with a bigger force and wiping them out? Or simply nuking the planet (a la Aliens)?

Um, sequel?

[tattuchu]

I don't care enough (or at all) about the characters to give two shits about a sequel. Although I did like T2 a hell of a lot better than the first, so I'll keep an open mind I guess.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I don't care enough (or at all) about the characters to give two shits about a sequel. Although I did like T2 a hell of a lot better than the first, so I'll keep an open mind I guess.

The first movie in a series is for setting the stage, introducing concepts and characters. Later movies can develop those characters and have actual plots. "X-men", "Fantastic Four", "Watchmen", etc. all are intro movies.

And remember, "All great trilogies come in threes."