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karthak · 2010-01-15, 10:24

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Originally Posted by killer3000ad

Apparently some folk found Avatar racist.
INMOVIES article

And here's an excellent article that skewers the racism argument and roasts it over an open fire:
http://www.hollywood.com/feature/Cou...Racist/6461379

Frankly, lots of these complaints seem to be coming from people who are intentionally looking hard for something to be offended by.

Wargumm1i · 2010-01-15, 21:33

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Originally Posted by karthak

And here's an excellent article that skewers the racism argument and roasts it over an open fire:
http://www.hollywood.com/feature/Cou...Racist/6461379

Frankly, lots of these complaints seem to be coming from people who are intentionally looking hard for something to be offended by.

And here is where Avatar started reminding people of Pizza.

Spoiler for Pizza + Avatar 3D style:

james0246 · 2010-01-17, 23:05

So...Avatar just won the Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director Golden Globes...not a very good year for the Golden Globes when a spectacle feature with little heart and a cliche-ridden story manages to win a prestigious award...Is this really the best you can do Golden Globes (It was bad enough when the NYFC gave the film best picture, but at least Cameron didn't win...)? Titanic may not have been the best film of 1997, but it at least had a good story and was well acted.

(I apologies to fans of this film. I just get annoyed when average films win big awards.)

Ending · 2010-01-18, 03:39

You aren't alone. They should had given a glance at "9", which didn't have a famous director but was still more entertaining than Avatar.

Slice of Life · 2010-01-19, 08:49

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Originally Posted by Wargumm1i

And here is where Avatar started reminding people of Pizza.

Spoiler for Pizza + Avatar 3D style:

Lol, only blue people watch this movie.

In other news,
Chinese rulers are not amused by Avatar (or something)

Take this with a grain of salt. Though there is no such thing as "unpolitical" in a dictatorship, so it might be absolutely true.

Nosauz · 2010-01-19, 09:33

Now if they make lasercats 5 I would be completely blown away, BEST JAMES CAMERON short FILM EVAR!!!

Vexx · 2010-01-19, 14:57

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Originally Posted by Ending

You aren't alone. They should had given a glance at "9", which didn't have a famous director but was still more entertaining than Avatar.

I enjoyed the hell out of Avatar..... do I think it rated these particular Golden Globes? No. Remember the GGs aren't taken seriously because of its voting process and who votes.

Yeah, sure, give it some awards for technical merits, glorious cinematography, maybe even Zoe's performance coming through all that technology. But yeah, there were a lot of other films out there....

Imagine all the films this year told using hand puppets.... which *still* are compelling.?

Roger Rambo · 2010-01-19, 21:04

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Originally Posted by Slice of Life

Lol, only blue people watch this movie.

In other news,
Chinese rulers are not amused by Avatar (or something)

Take this with a grain of salt. Though there is no such thing as "unpolitical" in a dictatorship, so it might be absolutely true.

None of the possible reasons there for cutting Avatar's run short are particularly illogical. I can easily see them doing this.

Zetsubo · 2010-01-19, 21:16

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Originally Posted by james0246

(I apologies to fans of this film. I just get annoyed when average films win big awards.)

Why ? ..............

-Sho- · 2010-01-20, 14:48

Just want to show you something .
If someone wanna know how they did "it" XD

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...=1774&page=312

mg1942 · 2010-01-20, 14:55

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Originally Posted by Slice of Life

Chinese rulers are not amused by Avatar (or something)

"Pirated copies of “Avatar” are already available in Beijing’s bootleg DVD stores. "

blue_wind · 2010-01-21, 03:37

~ And I thought www.avatar-forums were bad LOL

Two sides of the same coin IMO - here and there, extreme at both ends.

Dilla · 2010-01-21, 04:10

Ahh, Avatar-forums.com, where Avatar causes depression.

karthak · 2010-01-21, 10:18

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Originally Posted by Dilla

Ahh, Avatar-forums.com, where Avatar causes depression.

I'm a member there, and as far as I've seen it's a minority who got depressed. Most seem to have been cheered up by the movie, as a matter of fact.

-Sho- · 2010-01-21, 13:39

Read a news that someone died after watching the movie omg .

And read another news which said that maybe James Cameron took a leaf out of a French BD in 1998 called "Sillage" which was released in US called "Wake" .
Look http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_%28comics%29

It's hilarious cuz the main girl is called "Navis" (Us = Navee) well she's a human orphan but was raised in an alien planet and this one look like the same Pandora's planet .
And there is a Big Tree like Avatar .
Then comes the "Wake" civilization which are in search of ressources and destroyed the Big Tree for thoses ressources .

james0246 · 2010-01-21, 13:52

^Yes, Avatar is just a rip-off of other (better) material (btw, nice find). The late great Poul Anderson novella Call Me Joe was also heavily ripped off by Cameron...hell, Anderson even had a novel called Avatar...though it had nothing to do with Avatars

. (This isn't the first time Cameron has ripped off better storytellers either (just look at Terminator, which was stolen from a Harlan Ellison Outer Limits episode).)

Being overly formulaic and unoriginal doesn't stop the movie from being fun, though...

blue_wind · 2010-01-21, 18:25

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Originally Posted by james0246

Being overly formulaic and unoriginal doesn't stop the movie from being fun, though...

I second that

Seitsuki · 2010-01-21, 18:33

As the trend in movies has been going: "hm characters are flat, plot unoriginal, sheesh this is pretty cra--- OMG DID YOU SEE THAT THING BLOW UP HOW AWESOME WAS THAT??!?"

Yuutsu · 2010-01-21, 22:28

I have a question for those of you that have already watched the Avatar movie in 3D. Did you guys have any problems with the glasses, as in headaches or anything like that? I'm planning to watch it this weekend, and I get wheezy from first-person shooters.

-Sho- · 2010-01-21, 23:02

Not for me , i was fine . I was thinking the same thing when i was planning to watch it too but in the end there were nothing

And

1st -> See if your glasses work fines , if not go report and change it .

2nd -> If yes but you still can't see 3D :

News said that some people in the world can't see 3D at all so ...

2010-01-21, 18:33	Link #278
Seitsuki Onee! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Auckland, NZ	As the trend in movies has been going: "hm characters are flat, plot unoriginal, sheesh this is pretty cra--- OMG DID YOU SEE THAT THING BLOW UP HOW AWESOME WAS THAT??!?" __________________ thanks to Patchy ♥

2010-01-17, 23:05	Link #263
james0246 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: East Cupcake	So...Avatar just won the Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director Golden Globes...not a very good year for the Golden Globes when a spectacle feature with little heart and a cliche-ridden story manages to win a prestigious award...Is this really the best you can do Golden Globes (It was bad enough when the NYFC gave the film best picture, but at least Cameron didn't win...)? Titanic may not have been the best film of 1997, but it at least had a good story and was well acted. (I apologies to fans of this film. I just get annoyed when average films win big awards.)

2010-01-18, 03:39	Link #264
Ending Senior Member Join Date: May 2004	You aren't alone. They should had given a glance at "9", which didn't have a famous director but was still more entertaining than Avatar.

2010-01-19, 09:33	Link #266
Nosauz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Age: 35	Now if they make lasercats 5 I would be completely blown away, BEST JAMES CAMERON short FILM EVAR!!!

2010-01-20, 14:48	Link #270
-Sho- ~Omedetô~ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell !	Just want to show you something . If someone wanna know how they did "it" XD http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...=1774&page=312

2010-01-21, 03:37	Link #272
blue_wind Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007	~ And I thought www.avatar-forums were bad LOL Two sides of the same coin IMO - here and there, extreme at both ends.

2010-01-21, 04:10	Link #273
Dilla 'Sup Ballers Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Carolina, USA Age: 34	Ahh, Avatar-forums.com, where Avatar causes depression.

2010-01-21, 13:39	Link #275
-Sho- ~Omedetô~ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell !	Read a news that someone died after watching the movie omg . And read another news which said that maybe James Cameron took a leaf out of a French BD in 1998 called "Sillage" which was released in US called "Wake" . Look http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_%28comics%29 It's hilarious cuz the main girl is called "Navis" (Us = Navee) well she's a human orphan but was raised in an alien planet and this one look like the same Pandora's planet . And there is a Big Tree like Avatar . Then comes the "Wake" civilization which are in search of ressources and destroyed the Big Tree for thoses ressources .

2010-01-21, 13:52	Link #276
james0246 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: East Cupcake	^Yes, Avatar is just a rip-off of other (better) material (btw, nice find). The late great Poul Anderson novella Call Me Joe was also heavily ripped off by Cameron...hell, Anderson even had a novel called Avatar...though it had nothing to do with Avatars . (This isn't the first time Cameron has ripped off better storytellers either (just look at Terminator, which was stolen from a Harlan Ellison Outer Limits episode).) Being overly formulaic and unoriginal doesn't stop the movie from being fun, though...

2010-01-21, 22:28	Link #279
Yuutsu Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: 雲の向こう	I have a question for those of you that have already watched the Avatar movie in 3D. Did you guys have any problems with the glasses, as in headaches or anything like that? I'm planning to watch it this weekend, and I get wheezy from first-person shooters.

2010-01-21, 23:02	Link #280
-Sho- ~Omedetô~ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell !	Not for me , i was fine . I was thinking the same thing when i was planning to watch it too but in the end there were nothing And 1st -> See if your glasses work fines , if not go report and change it . 2nd -> If yes but you still can't see 3D : News said that some people in the world can't see 3D at all so ...