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[Geebs]

single interconnected life essence.

I take it the hippie bullshit is strong in this one. Every review I've read makes it sounds like the whole film is a prolonged stare up Jar Jar Binks' arse-crack (in 3D!), and then goes on to say how good it is - which surely makes no sense.

[Geebs]

lol, people better than us at anything makes us feel uncomfortable... sad little planet we live in.

I think sliverOfManhood's reviews are actually some kind of hugely elaborate troll. There's no way anyone could be that much of a tool without occasionally expressing shame.

[axbaby]

i will see it sadly in 2D in a few days.

is this the prequel to all movies being 3D and no more illegal downloads?

[andyman]

Think of it like this (when silver says the character types are way overdone): How else is Cameron going to match everything else in the movie... everything in it is 10x more than normal (size, language, etc)


... unless he is a Camoron....?

[Foo]

then who was phone?

[GONNAFISTYA]

I saw Avatar last night.

The story, while long, doesn't feel like it's dragging on. It's basically "Dances With Wolves" so no real fault there. The 3D effect - IMHO - didn't really change anything for me. What I mean is that the movie was visually stimulating but it didn't have to be 3D in order to be entertaining....the 3D simply added to the experience. However, some shots with fast-moving elements were basically ruined by the 3D effect and several shots with foreground elements left me wondering what part of the frame I should be focusing on.

All in all, a decent film that isn't entirely original in any sense but is engaging throughout and has probably one of the highest quality effects of any movie in a long while. The cinematography and audio were very well done which simply made the entire package a worthwhile movie to spend $20 at a theatre.

But this movie is in no way, shape or form the "revolutionary" film the hype said it would be (fuck u go0f)...which was the whole point of this thread...at least for me. I already wish every PR and marketing person on this planet would simultaneously die a horrific death, and at the end of the day all the hoopla for this film did was reinforce that POV.

[MKJ]

if your wish came true you'd be out of work

[GONNAFISTYA]

Yeah....but they'd all die horrific deaths.

[feedback]

My friend is interviewing James Cameron tomorrow, any serious questions you want him to be asked? I'd go to the interview but I happen to have class exactly before and after the interview :'(

[Nightshade]

Yeah, why was the story so derivative and seemingly secondary to the visual effects?

[MKJ]

cos people likes eyecandy over a compelling story - less brainwaves needed.

[xer0s]

Maybe the effects are so huge that a storyline couldn't possibly compete with it?

[bitWISE]

Because James Cameron was an engineer who decided to become a special effects guru back in the 70s and he is the one who wrote the story.

Feedback. Could he ask for any details about how the final cut of the film was rendered? Number of machines, specs, etc. And the obvious one, how many other movies are planned for Pandora?

[plained]

tell him plained says eeyy

[Mat Linnett]

Because James Cameron was an engineer who decided to become a special effects guru back in the 70s and he is the one who wrote the story.

Feedback. Could he ask for any details about how the final cut of the film was rendered? Number of machines, specs, etc. And the obvious one, how many other movies are planned for Pandora?

I can answer in a round-about way; several post houses in London were given segments of the film to render as far as I know. It probably wasn't just London, but I heard about the London companies as there were serious worries a couple of weeks before release that the render wouldn't be finished.
At least one of those companies was MPC on Wardour Street. I'm not familiar with their effects machines as we mainly support their edit suites and SAN.

Of course, that would be an interesting, if slightly pointed question. Is it true that there were worries about the render finishing on time?

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

Ask him if that was Sarge.

[bitWISE]

Because James Cameron was an engineer who decided to become a special effects guru back in the 70s and he is the one who wrote the story.

Feedback. Could he ask for any details about how the final cut of the film was rendered? Number of machines, specs, etc. And the obvious one, how many other movies are planned for Pandora?

I can answer in a round-about way; several post houses in London were given segments of the film to render as far as I know. It probably wasn't just London, but I heard about the London companies as there were serious worries a couple of weeks before release that the render wouldn't be finished.
At least one of those companies was MPC on Wardour Street. I'm not familiar with their effects machines as we mainly support their edit suites and SAN.

Of course, that would be an interesting, if slightly pointed question. Is it true that there were worries about the render finishing on time?

Cool, thanks. That was actually the first thing I wondered when I heard it was being released this winter. I had just read about how it took 50 hours to render each frame and then the next thing you know there's a release date. Wonder how much raw data it was.

[andyman]

Ask him what we can expect in blu ray from this movie (3d, shit ton of extra features, directors cut, etc)

Also tell him i'm a huge fan sayin EYYYY
Terminator 2 is an absolutely perfect movie IMO and tell him he is the tip of the spear as far as pushing the next big things in movies

[m4shke]

Threedee-shmeedee

If it doesn't have exploding cars, half-naked women and Bruce Willis with guns it's not a movie

[plained]

Ask him what we can expect in blu ray from this movie (3d, shit ton of extra features, directors cut, etc)

Also tell him i'm a huge fan sayin EYYYY
Terminator 2 is an absolutely perfect movie IMO and tell him he is the tip of the spear as far as pushing the next big things in movies

that blu ray question is exstreamly good.

cuz he will want to talk about product so there is a good chance he wouldnt not like ey

[andyman]

I can see a behind the scenes bit taking up an entire BR disc... that would be toight

[xer0s]

Like a tiger?

[andyman]

you know it

[andyman]

ASK HIM ABOUT THIS http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340138/

[feedback]

okay thanks, I'll tell you what he said, if anything, later