2009-12-26, 19:16 | Link #81 | |
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2009-12-27, 18:00 | Link #84 | |
Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
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And super strong bones don't keep your gut from getting torn to shreds.
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2009-12-27, 22:33 | Link #85 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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This was epic. I appreciate the hard works involved in bringing Pandora before my eyes in realism. (It's the same feeling when I saw Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky and Valley of the Wind.) Avatar is just on another level due the grand scale and the intricate details. I'm glad it was made.
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2009-12-28, 07:04 | Link #87 |
Baruk Khazad
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: finland
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Not doused in reality? The company and mercenaries in the movie immediately made me think of Halliburton, Shell, Blackwater, and lots of other companies and private military contractors who have done really nasty shit around the world.
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2009-12-28, 14:32 | Link #91 |
Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
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What kind of complicated motivation did you want them to have? Selfridge wants to destroy the ecology because a bird shit on him his first day on planet? And how is wanting money illogical? Money/resources has been the biggest drive for almost everything throughout human history. He's saying that the Mercs in the movie being trigger happy is more believable considering the reputation that organizations like Black Water gained in Iraq.
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2009-12-28, 15:46 | Link #93 |
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Well I thought it was an alright movie. Obviously the movie looked great which is it's selling feature there. Though I would say after it went on for so long my eyes were a bit bothered. Not much to say on the story. It pretty much went along the lines you expected.
Overall an alright way to spend a couple of hours.
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2009-12-28, 20:40 | Link #94 | |
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As for the evil military/corporate figureheads being very one-dimensional, I thought that was the point. Those consumed with greed/power are sometimes nothing but.
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2009-12-28, 22:57 | Link #96 |
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Location: USA
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Awesome movie, definitely a must see. Saw it in 3d but that's not really necessary. Definitely loved the romance
Also has bullets and dinosaurs. Something for everyone, including brief hot alien sex.
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2009-12-29, 13:57 | Link #98 | |
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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and yes... Joseph Campbell discussed these sorts of primal archetypal stories as essential to the transmission of cultural memes -- (same story, different dressings across time and space). The Hero with a Thousand Faces, The Masks of God, etc. So lack of originality (what *is* original?) doesn't mean it isn't a "ripping good yarn". Oh and nice bit of fan art there... (wondering how many out there are suddenly having a science fiction==alien==furry bit of disorientation ).
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2009-12-30, 10:00 | Link #100 | |
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I'm sure there are those who heavily criticize it just because it is popular. Though at the same time there are valid reasons for criticism so can't discount all of them. In the end long as people enjoyed the movie it's fine for them to say so.
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