_Avatar_, directed by James Cameron

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SPOILERS, if anyone cares

Over time, Jake integrates himself into the Na'vi clan, and begins to fall in love with Neytiri. As a result, Jake finds himself caught between the military-industrial forces of Earth and the Na’vi, forcing him to choose sides in an epic battle that will decide the fate of Pandora and the Na'vi.

Which side will he choose, I REALLY CANNOT GUESS.

his best friend is a talking pie

wow there are some moments in that clip that almost reach dr. tongue levels of 3d-shown-in-2d posing

when he held up the rock i was sure he'd start waving it back and forth

when the audience stands up and starts throwing toast at the midnight showings of this, you gonna be sorry you dissed it.

They're more likely to initiate furry sex.

The pelvic thrust really will drive them insane...

*throws toast*

unobtainium

x-post -- Terrible euphemism.

I just feel that needs repeating every ten post or so. Unobtainium - get some if you can.

I was thinking that there Cameron goes on about the atmosphere and culture and etc. and I'm thinking, "Okay sure it wasn't a setting you originally devised but in Aliens you just threw in some gunk about terraforming for two seconds and that's all anyone needed and anyone WANTED."

WE HAVE THEME SONG:

http://www.popeater.com/2009/12/04/leona-lewis-avatar-theme-i-see-you/

For the first few seconds I'm all "Imogen Heap?"

"Okay sure it wasn't a setting you originally devised but in Aliens you just threw in some gunk about terraforming for two seconds and that's all anyone needed and anyone WANTED."

Patton Oswalt's "I don't want to know where the stuff I love comes from, I just want the stuff I love" re: the star wars prequels would seem to apply here

Yup.

I cannot put my finger on who Leona Lewis sounds like on this song because it sounds like she's pastiching every single big solo female pop vocalist of the past 20 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium

(Sometimes referred to as "Unaffordium")

As for song:

Of the creative process, Lewis says, "James and I spoke about the meaning and emotion of the song. He showed me clips from the film, which gave me insight into the characters and this whole other world that he had created. The song represents the feelings shared between Jake [Sam Worthington] and Neytiri [Zoe Saldana]; it's very powerful and beautiful."

Even the press release is a pastiche etc.

tbh I want this film to be good. Not sure why, but there it is.

At the very least it could be the most WTF SF feature since Zardoz.

Zardoz is a crap film with a lot of weird ideas in it. This is a crap film with no ideas.

Haha now imagine James Cameron's bouncing head at the start of the film making fun of us all.

Unobtainium also featured heavily in the movie The Core (the vessel they used to travel to the earth's core was made of it) so Jimmy is at least following in the footsteps of some great examples of hard sci fi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7ljBKqJdw

id love for this film to be good. i want all films to be good. but when they so obviously arent and the people behind it act like confusing arseholes, then i can easily sit back and appreciate the lols when it flops

Fuck you, synergy.

wow

looooooooool

reminds me of the Three's Company episode where Jack keeps holding up a copy of I'm In You by Peter Frampton he bought for whichever blonde roommate was on at the time.

"Lance? Very phallic name you've got there."
how can you NOT want this movie to fail

finally a sexy sci-fi movie for the sexing

it corrupts whatever it touches.
Leona sounding very enya at first and then very bad tina after

ugh, then just bad leona

mcguffinanium

http://kotaku.com/5419824/conan-obrien-now-picking-on-60+metascore-games

For Abbott -- Michelle Rodriguez talks about things.

The only reason I might ever watch this is for Michelle Rodriguez, but I doubt that's enough.

Only if Michael shows up and shoots her.

we can only hope that the movie is at least funny

Oh man Ned thanking you so much.

Eckhart gives a slight chuckle of disbelief upon hearing the name Unobtanium. There will be no such chuckles in Avatar. I have a feeling it will be filled with chuckles of a whole other nature (a gimme for the 30 Rock fans in our audience).

And in today's news:

'Coke Zero hopes to ride ‘Avatar' hype':

“Our Coke Zero drinkers go to the movies all of the time,” York said.

Mm.

More amusing, though, is this. Consider:

What is 20th Century Fox thinking? Have you seen the marketing for Avatar? As one colleague recently ruminated, “Fox has never known how to sell a good movie.” Sad but true. They do know how to sell the living hell out of bad ones like this summer’s remake of Universal Soldier, titled X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Their tactic is simple: Oversaturate the market so people cannot possibly miss knowing when the opening weekend is, then cross your fingers and pray the negative buzz doesn’t overwhelm the advertising. But this time around, someone has set a bunch of monkeys with typewriters loose in the staff room, turning out incredibly terrible ideas like rebranding a popular soda can with the name "AVTR" and running embarrassing, completely nonsensical pieces of footage at highly questionable times.

Well then.

Later on in this, ah, interesting piece:

After all, this is this year’s Lord of the Rings, the season’s Harry Potter; its Star Wars. A ton of money went into this thing, regardless of which estimate you believe, and the film lacks the one component all of those properties have in common: brand recognition. People know what Lord of the Rings is. They know Harry Potter. They don’t know what the heck an Avatar is supposed to be. They have no idea what to expect – unless, of course, Fox rams the ideas down their throat so hard that once it is in theaters people need to run and see it just to find out what all the fuss is about, like they did in droves for Harry Potter, The Dark Knight and Twilight. Once there, the film can speak for itself, and on that front I am acutely aware that the studio is confident.

Fox, well known for keeping the Internet press at arm’s length, this time is giving the the full court press. For years I have been on a banned list from seeing their films at screenings, but now I’m receiving invites for interviews and an invite to an early, press-only, no-friends screening. Studios only hold “no +1” screenings when they are very, very confident that everyone will want to pay to see it and that press will pay to see it again with friends and family.

So is the bad advertising indicative of a bad film? I think not. The studio isn't worried about what the alpha filmgoers think about their advertising. They know your ticket is as good as sold, especially once you hear positive reviews. This is for a different crowd entirely. And since those filmgoers are beginning to ask us critics “Will this be any good?” I’m starting to question whether it is really bad advertising at all.

Perhaps.

all of the time!!!

Zardoz is a crap film with a lot of weird ideas in it. This is a crap film with no ideas.

― unobtaintium (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, December 4, 2009 2:07 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

when did u see it shakey??

I am fairly certain "I wanna bone blue chicks" is going to be a central theme to this movie.

But will it play in Peoria Sheboygan?

Advance ticket sales for the midnight shows were pulled sometime over the weekend, and the Sheboygan Marcus Theater confirmed Tuesday the midnight shows have been canceled.

No reason was immediately given for the cancellation.

"Not enough Coke Zero drinkers in this town, sir."

"Ah, screw 'em."

id love for this film to be good. i want all films to be good. but when they so obviously arent and the people behind it act like confusing arseholes, then i can easily sit back and appreciate the lols when it flops

― Wee xx (a hoy hoy), Friday, December 4, 2009 3:37 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this, kinda. i mean, this movie looks terrible. but i'm like, not excited about how bad it's gonna be. i'd always rather something turn out good... and i'll wait till i see it before i judge it (or pronounce that it has "no ideas")