CAMERON: Right from the beginning I said, "McNulty's got to have tits"
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 17 December 2009 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
shakey mo thought the wire ws like the movie traffic
oh come on you have to admit there are some superficial similarities.
by contrast, jj thought Inglorious Basterds was "horrible" but stans for this bullshit
― Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
ts: metalstorm the destruction of jared-syn vs. megaforce
vs. Warriors Of The Wasteland
― Thulsa Doob (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
the problem here is that i have actually seen both movies which makes that whole opinion having mechanic work a lot better
― .81818181818181818181818181 changed everything (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha
― Restless Genital Syndrome (HI DERE), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
fair enough but I don't have to jump off a cliff to know it's not a good idea
x-post
― Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
also you should get a new mechanic
can't talk for jj obv (and I thought inglorious basts ws great) but I didn't think he was stanning; merely pointing out tht the 3D in this is v.v.good, which it is, and difft from what's come before
ribisi doing his best j.piven impersonation throughout this btw
― cozwn, Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
you know, if there are two activities that are directly analogous, it's going to a movie and jumping off of a cliff
― Restless Genital Syndrome (HI DERE), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
you can now do both in 3D
― cozwn, Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
hang on, u could always go see a movie in 3D
― cozwn, Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
but cliff-jumping is so much better than it used to be
― This part of the sentence is even dumber. (lukas), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
jesus shakey, stop being such a morbs.
― akira goldsman (s1ocki), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean seriously, i'm hardly this movie's #1 defender, but if you're going to have an opinion—a strong one that you're going to spend your time pompously trotting out and defending—on a movie you might as well fucking see it.
― akira goldsman (s1ocki), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe he's afraid he'll like it ;-)
― you are wrong I'm bone thugs in harmon (omar little), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I saw "Avatar"And I liked itThe flash of the pyrotechnicsI saw "Avatar"Just to try itHope my film friends don't mind itIt felt so wrongIt felt so rightDon't mean I'll missForeign Film NightI saw "Avatar"And I liked itI liked it
― Restless Genital Syndrome (HI DERE), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
(if all I've done is get Katy Perry stuck in people's heads, I'll consider that a success)
a stanning that dare not speak its name
― you are wrong I'm bone thugs in harmon (omar little), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
oh u dick xpost
― .81818181818181818181818181 changed everything (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
SUCCESS
― Restless Genital Syndrome (HI DERE), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I can see Shatner reciting that.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
London just spat out its dinner. >_<
― special vixens unit (suzy), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
sheep's heart, liver, and lungs all over the keyboard
― you are wrong I'm bone thugs in harmon (omar little), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
― akira goldsman (s1ocki), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.chronicart.com/cinema/chronique.php?id=11577
«Vingt ans qui déboucheront sur ce space-opera écolo un film-monstre où le rapport de force humain / digital se renverse en un plan, celui du premier contact : en 1989, c'est l'alien qui se reflétait sur le casque du plongeur ; en 2009, c'est le visage du soldat qui se réfléchit sur le corps de son avatar. Un signe des temps.»
― moullet, Thursday, 17 December 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
The only film I've ever been to where the audience stood up and applauded (normal cinema goers) was, ummm, Fahrenheit 9/11... I was well confused when it happened, even if I did enjoy it.
xpost.
― "can´t you be just normal?? be normal just once!" (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 17 December 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
la dargis:
He hasn’t changed cinema, but with blue people and pink blooms he has confirmed its wonder.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Friday, 18 December 2009 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
how does this compare to, say, Beowulf 3D
― 囧 (dyao), Friday, 18 December 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Angelina Jolie's boobs weren't nearly as immersive.
― Zoo Snickers (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 18 December 2009 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
This "confirming cinema's wonder" type argument really STICKS IN MY CRAW. Go on a fuckin motionmaster or something if you want ooh wow it looks so cool type crap, man. Or take some drugs, I dunno. I could be entirely wrong, it just seems silly to think that the wonder of cinema consists of special effects w no decent context (haven't heard anyone standing up for the plot etc so far, after all)
― The reverse TARDIS of pasta (Niles Caulder), Friday, 18 December 2009 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Most of the positive reviews I've read are basically 'eh the movie mostly sucks but FUCKIN A 3-D'
― mayor jingleberries, Friday, 18 December 2009 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
yes, this makes sense, the future of hollywood should be 300 million dollar productions
― avatar brothers (Tape Store), Friday, 18 December 2009 04:12 (fourteen years ago) link
the "confirming cinema's wonder" argument depends on more than just eye appeal. it depends on the film's ability to immerse (that word) you in the its universe and moment, so the eye candy becomes real to you, becomes a better-than-real world. it works best on kids, and that's why people who were kids in the late 70s will always be the biggest star wars fans. the measure of avatar probably isn't how adult critics react to it in the here and now, but how young adults remember it a decade or two down the line.
― a dimension that can only be accessed through self-immolation (contenderizer), Friday, 18 December 2009 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Like the way kids who are 26 now think fondly of Titanic?
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 18 December 2009 04:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I wasn't born when Star Wars came out and I love it, tho
― The reverse TARDIS of pasta (Niles Caulder), Friday, 18 December 2009 04:38 (fourteen years ago) link
in terms of pure escapism video games have had movies beat for the past 10 years or so
― 囧 (dyao), Friday, 18 December 2009 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
uhhh
― avatar brothers (Tape Store), Friday, 18 December 2009 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude, that's the thing! Why're movies competing w a medium they can't beat? Unless you can tell the characters what to do etc, this is a stupid principle to be acting off
xopost
― The reverse TARDIS of pasta (Niles Caulder), Friday, 18 December 2009 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
except, most ppl don't play video games on cinema screens, with cinema sound systems.
― jabba hands, Friday, 18 December 2009 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
immersiveness is a false grail imo
any good art should be immersive
― akira goldsman (s1ocki), Friday, 18 December 2009 05:03 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, when i want this kind of jolt, i just play a game
― fictional, homosexual, Baltimore hoodlum (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 December 2009 06:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.slate.com/media/1/122939/2207695/2237022/2238895/CA_091217_avatar.jpg
― ice cr?m, Friday, 18 December 2009 06:06 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^think this is going to be indicative of the HARD JOURNALISM directed at this for the next 48 hours
― fictional, homosexual, Baltimore hoodlum (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 December 2009 06:08 (fourteen years ago) link
really cannot believe in this day and age people are still talking abt movies and video games as if they do the same things
― ice cr?m, Friday, 18 December 2009 06:12 (fourteen years ago) link
seems silly to think that the wonder of cinema consists of special effects w no decent context
Kinda agree there, but on the second hand I also think a lot of movies these days hinge wholly on plots that are so unbelievable and half-assed the suspension of disbelief is getting worn out. Maybe some big budget eye candy with no narrative would be a cool future for cinema.
― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 18 December 2009 06:20 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure this movie would do roughly the same thing for me as playing uncharted 2
― fictional, homosexual, Baltimore hoodlum (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 December 2009 06:24 (fourteen years ago) link
just not in all EYEPOPPING 3-D but i will trade you that for being in a theater on opening night any day
I might be more receptive to the idea of "all spectacle" if the spectacle wasn't so blandly unimaginative.
I'm sure it'll be a fun 3 hours and whatnot, but it still looks like Delgo with a bigger budget. Which is really just removing half of what was lame about Delgo.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 18 December 2009 06:26 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah cause movies are always filled w/scenes of u trying to jump over a pit and falling on spikes repeatedly for two hours - movies and video games are less similar than wikipedia and a novel - they both compete for yr entertainment time but past that xp
― ice cr?m, Friday, 18 December 2009 06:29 (fourteen years ago) link
That's a terribly poor point
― The reverse TARDIS of pasta (Niles Caulder), Friday, 18 December 2009 07:01 (fourteen years ago) link