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by Animavore » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:21 pm
The Vatican have jumped on the bandwagon
Publicity whores.
IT MAY be the biggest hit the film industry has seen in decades but, unlike the rest of the world, the Vatican is not impressed by the film 'Avatar'.
James Cameron's massive-grossing, 3-D spectacle has earned lukewarm reviews from both the Vatican newspaper and its radio station, which say the movie is simplistic in its plot and superficial in its eco-message, despite groundbreaking visual effects.
Perhaps more significantly, the Vatican takes the movie to task for flirting with what it says is the worship of nature as a substitute for religion.
"So much stupefying, enchanting technology, but few genuine emotions," said Vatican newspaper 'L'Osservatore Romano', which devoted three articles to 'Avatar'.
Vatican Radio called it "rather harmless" but added: "We doubt that this is an heir to those sci-fi masterpieces that -- for reasons other than special effects -- have marked cinema history."
The story of the tall blue creatures who inhabit Pandora and contend with humans intent on grabbing the resources of their planet has made over $1.1 billion at box offices worldwide and 'Avatar' looks well on its way to becoming the biggest grossing movie of all time.
"Pandora is the planet that cleverly winks at all those pseudo-doctrines that turn ecology into the religion of the millennium," Vatican Radio said. "Nature is no longer a creation to defend, but a divinity to worship."
The reviews came out after a red carpet preview held in Rome just a stone's throw from St Peter's Square.
The movie will be released in Italy on Friday.
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/eu ... 11076.html
I guess the Vatican would've preferred if Jake Sully and co. went on a mission to save the souls of the Na'vi by helping them find Jesus.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:25 pm
We're going again next week. This time Ayaan will be reminded of the tissues in her purse.
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by Animavore » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:40 pm
Gawdzilla wrote:We're going again next week. This time Ayaan will be reminded of the tissues in her purse.
Ewww. Gawd. That's disgusting. I expected that from MONF but not you.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:40 pm
Animavore wrote:Gawdzilla wrote:We're going again next week. This time Ayaan will be reminded of the tissues in her purse.
Ewww. Gawd. That's disgusting. I expected that from MONF but not you.
It's called being polite. Look it up.
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by Ayaan » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:48 pm
Gawd and I saw it yesterday. I was ready to turn around and see it again right then and there. All I could say was "Wow!" I can't remember the last time a movie made me cry, however, I was so caught up in it, that I forgot I had tissues in my purse. Incredible.
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by Elessarina » Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:35 pm
Ayaan wrote:Gawd and I saw it yesterday. I was ready to turn around and see it again right then and there. All I could say was "Wow!" I can't remember the last time a movie made me cry, however, I was so caught up in it, that I forgot I had tissues in my purse. Incredible.
Aww.. glad you enjoyed it Ayaan
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by Chinaski » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:13 pm
Ayaan wrote:Gawd and I saw it yesterday. I was ready to turn around and see it again right then and there. All I could say was "Wow!" I can't remember the last time a movie made me cry, however, I was so caught up in it, that I forgot I had tissues in my purse. Incredible.
So do you now feel PADS (Post-Avatar-Depression-Syndrome) that has you longing for life among the Na'vi?
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by FedUpWithFaith » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:34 pm
Ayaan wrote:Gawd and I saw it yesterday. I was ready to turn around and see it again right then and there. All I could say was "Wow!" I can't remember the last time a movie made me cry, however, I was so caught up in it, that I forgot I had tissues in my purse. Incredible.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I cried too when those blue devils beat the humans. And it was unrealistic. Humans would have nuked the whole planet before letting those creeps have it. I hope they make a sequel where they annihilate all those turquoise twats.
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by Azathoth » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:38 pm
Did it make anyone else a bit seasick? Wonderful film but wanted to puke most of the way through it
Outside the ordered universe is that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time and space amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.
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by FedUpWithFaith » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:42 pm
Ghatanothoa wrote:Did it make anyone else a bit seasick? Wonderful film but wanted to puke most of the way through it
Hmmm. I'll bet I know somebody who would be a drag to take to an amusement park.
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by Pappa » Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:24 am
Ghatanothoa wrote:Did it make anyone else a bit seasick? Wonderful film but wanted to puke most of the way through it
That's just because you're a big girl's blouse.
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by Trolldor » Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:39 pm
The film was over-rated, and as ED so kindly pointed out:
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:42 pm
We've missed you BAA, now bugger off.
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by Trolldor » Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:44 pm
Unavailability of penetrable asses and an absence of destination make your request unlikely.
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:44 pm
born-again-atheist wrote:Unavailability of penetrable asses and an absence of destination make your request unlikely.
Don't you live at a school?
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