_Avatar_, directed by James Cameron

near, far, wherever he are

Thinking of going to catch this in a few minutes, since I haven't really been able to do anything today yet and I could use massive visual and caffeine-based stimulation

it seems that pretty much all directors are insufferable egotists, but Cameron more than most.

He'd still be more fun to talk to than Reitman, though.

That probably falls into the "faint praise" category, but still.

it is TOTALLY ferngully with guns btw

Who is the TONE LOC of Avatar?

cameron is a hilarious cartoon egomaniac, at least from a distance

Fern Gully had a lot of questionable rapping, incl. from Robin Williams.

wait, waht

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtuKoD1Wbvg

"Batty Rap"

...

From the grand tradition of putting the word "rap" in the title so you know they are, in fact, rapping.

Whereas Tone Loc's song in the same movie does not have the word "rap" in the title (otoh it is not good (otooh if is frigging Fern Gully)).

what the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT1wXm-rqLo

okay I am going back to listening to songs based on WoW samples

wow the lead chick in fern gully totally anticipates zooey deschanel

"This movie makes me emo. Thinking about it makes my nose do that chloriney thing you get right before you start crying. I am SO GAY for this movie that I can’t stand it. And you know what? Having finally seen it, I don't even care what the haters have to say. I am a happy meniscus that your spite sauce slides off of. I'm lifted."
http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/flicked-off-with-mary-hk-choi-avatar
(kinda digging the awl lately)
comments are fun too

xp drowned in a gulley

Ha Simon I was thinking Fairuza Balk.

that review i just posted was the first one that made me actually want to see this thing

"Avatar" is staggering. It’s seismic. Evolutionarily speaking it is cladogenesis in a thunderclap. Punctuating the balls outta equilibrium. Think about it: You can’t bit torrent this shit. And even if some very industrious pillager cops the glasses and figures out how to do it in the way it was intended to be seen, that person is a hope rapist that should be shot in the face for dream treason because James Cameron and a gang of wizards made this beautiful, beautiful thing for us—in 2009 of all years. We should ALL hold hands about it.

is this lady brent dicrescenzo?

Hahah

dream treason

hope rapise!!

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the planet's gone mad.

i kind of want to see this dumb thing now

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/02/01-07/captain-planet-tom-cruise-ted-turner.jpg

@coryischaki: 10 word Avatar review: Space marines vs Roger Dean painting set to Enya.

pretty much. whether that's a bad thing depends on you.

I liked this.

I watched this at an IMAX theater and thought it was very good. If I happened to be 8, I think it might have fucking blown my mind.

^^

I'm still learning how to read 3d. There are bits where the depth of field is v. shallow, and my eyes are roaming, trying to focus on things that will never come into focus. Recipe for watery eyes, that.

If I happened to be 8, I think it might have fucking blown my mind.

This is how I feel about Kung Fu Shuffle, and that's far from an insult.

Somehow I doubt this is the same level of awesome, tho.

stet - when u do can u code ilx in 3d - shd only take u 10 mins

birthday sundae in 3d, it's what we've all been waiting for

stet - when u do can u code ilx in 3d - shd only take u 10 mins

The valuing of the tech over the art is a bit of problem, no?

http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/avtr-4181.jpg

oops wrong pic

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/sexymollusk/ironicnotfunny/zz7b3af938.jpg

is it just me or was the other avatar driver totally shaggy from scooby doo

that's not very flattering to sigourney

other avatar guy was from the exact same hampshire college hacky sack matthew lillard care bear cousins family as the sidekick driver from speed racer, just another way in which this shit failed to live up to my beloved gold standard of long dumb cgi action epics

well i guess tbf i have no serious preference between the two scrawny doofs except that i don't think the guy in speed racer had a hacky sack goatee and also that archetype becomes more annoying the further away we move from 2000, however:

lead guy: that shitty guy <<<< emile hirsch
the girl: i like saldana & i guess she had more character but i grew up w/xtina ricci in the 90s, so
color palette: blacklight posters, lisa frank, money grab nature museum rainforest exhibits from 1994 < photoshop color selector, paper rad, seizures, dumb shit
slimy corporate villain: 'go' star giovanni ribisi < that guy who looks like chris hitchens
old lady crush: sigourney > sarandon (this is like mentioning that God the Creator could outrun usain bolt or some shit though)
was john goodman in it: no < yes
did anyone say 'get that weak sh*t off my track' in it: no <<<< yes
u r sexually attractive but god as my witness i will never watch another episode of lost: michelle williams = matthew fox
questionable stylistic bugaboo: papyrus <<<<<<<<<<<<< rotating head wipes

avatar sux

i saw this at 3:30 pm & went for happy meals at 1230 am and could not accurately identify my toy's character

'go' star giovanni ribisi

if you mean the film with tom cruise's wife and tail diggs, then ribisi wasn't in it.

speed racer is the nuts. avatar doesn't look like it comes close.

that said, with a lot of you guys being all cptn save-a-smurf, i'm now starting to ponder whether to see this...

don't post your review until you've had the happy meal and taken that into account

oh weird, i have no idea what i confused go with other than 1999 in general

i was surprised by how much i liked ribisi though! when he first showed up i was wondering what kind of weirdo scientology challenge he completed to get put in a wide release movie at the end of this decade but he was p enjoyable

i got cat zoe saldana but i thought it was supposed to be her dad. her face lights up when you wave your head in front of it, sometimes

this reminds me that i still thought the alien romance was kind of weird