Comments on: Biggest Christmas Weekend Ever Winner: Avatar

By: Chris Bunker

Chris Bunker — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:48:11 +0000

In reply to Alfie. No Alfie, Giant Shark VS Killer Squid is the worst film of the year. Avatar is science at least appreciate it for that. I understand if u give it a average or below average but "the worst film of the year" = you have a grudge against the film for some reason and are a hater.

By: genesiskelsghost

genesiskelsghost — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:49:28 +0000

I hate the argument that Avatar’s story lacks originality. There’s a bible verse that states “There’s nothing new under the sun.” (Ecc. 1:9). And that was written almost 2000 yrs ago. So why are we still so offended that particular aspects of a story resemble aspects of a previous story?

Yes it follows the formula of “Dances with Wolves”. It also has traits of “The Matrix”. It has traits of any story regarding military oppression, overcoming physical handicap/adversity, discovering the beauty of foreign culture, etc., etc., etc.

If I were to present you with a cake that I had personally baked, you could look at my dish and say, “I’ve had sugar before. I’ve had eggs before. I’ve had milk before. There’s nothing in this cake that I have not tasted at a previous point in my life.”

And while that may be true, it does not rule out the possibility that the particular fashion in which I have combined these familiar ingredients has created the best cake you have ever tasted.

If you watch Avatar and don’t like it, that’s fine. That’s your opinion. But don’t dismiss it out-of-hand simply because it “lacks originality.”

You would be doing yourself a great disservice.

By: Alfie

Alfie — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:18:10 +0000

In reply to duck. They didn't spend 400 million dollars to mak their pieces of shit. Avatar is a giant piece of 400 million dollar shit.

By: Bryan W.

Bryan W. — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:25:41 +0000

Avatar is only 20 million away from surpassing Transformers 2 foreign box office gross. It has 200 mil before it’s passes it domestic gross, but it’s only 2 weeks old with a 3 percent drop in week two. I remember John saying it had no chance of surpassing TF2. I wonder if he’ll admit he was wrong. Cameron Rules!

By: thematticus

thematticus — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:38:10 +0000

In reply to duck. This is true.

By: nicki

nicki — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:04:10 +0000

very beautiful Movies , I like Cameron

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:20:13 +0000

Screw dances with wolves,this movie is an exact replica of “FernGully: The last rainforest”, and animated movie from the 90s. wow, evything from the visual imagery (the tree lighting up as they walk), the ‘bulldozer’ taking down the forest, the hometree idea to the interconnectedness of the forest and it fighting back man, seriously lol. I’m sure FernGully wasn’t the first one, but the parallels are eerie.

Having said that it was the right story for the movie and the worl JC created. Quality film IMO, and a great moviegoing experience (which is the most important thing).

By: Ender575

Ender575 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:57:44 +0000

I am not suprised that it’s making a lot of money, although the amount it earned (worldwide) in such a short period of time is remarkable. IMO if you ask anyone if they went to see this for the story they’d say no. I was entertained by Avatar as was anyone else that liked it. I watched TF2 for the robots and TDK for Heath Ledger’s Joker. They were entertaining. That’s all I want from a “big” movie and nothing more.

By: DFrank

DFrank — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:18:48 +0000

I think the whole dances with wolves discussion was a bit over played. Yes there was a very familiar story with very familiar themes and yes the movie was a bit more preachy than I would have liked, but it was one of those movie experiences that you MUST see in 3D and on a big screen otherwise you are really missing out on something spectacular imo..

It was really just a fun film to sitback and get taken away from a few hours. Visual eye candy with a decent enough story to buy into.

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:52:22 +0000

In reply to John. IMO the story was the weakest part of the film. I mean I could predict a lot of what was gonna happen, and it was pretty much just a copy and paste of "Dances With Wolves". Great film, though.

By: duck

duck — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:48:27 +0000

In reply to chris bunker. I find your comment about avatar truly offensive to all the bad movies out there this year. GI Joe, 2012 are very much contenders in amoungst big movies. Law abiding citizens is also trying very hard to win the worst movie of the year honors. This is not mentioning small indie masterpieces such as Transylmania. With bad dialogue, predicable script, poor acting, kinda cool effects, Avatar is best compared to Star Wars. Not true greats like Ballistic, Manos, The Hottie & the Nottie etc.

By: Nifty

Nifty — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:45:09 +0000

I liked Avatar very much. Would give it an 8. The story was familiar, but that didn’t bother me at all. I thought the visuals were stunning and vibrant and VERY immersive. And at the risk of sounding like a total girl — except, hey…I AM a total girl — I loved the relationship between Jake and Neytiri. Neytiri, in particular, was probably my favorite part of the whole movie. She was awesome. Zoe Saldana was awesome.

Most of the time when I was watching, I didn’t feel like I was watching “animation.” The only time the disconnect clicked back on was during SOME scenes in which the Na’vi or Avatars were sharing screen time with the humans. But that wasn’t all scenes…just some scenes. I thought the performance capture technology was convincing, and I loved that the Na’vi (and Avatars) had such fluid, subtle facial expressions.

Great movie for me. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Best Movie Evah?? Not for me, but I can appreciate that others might think so.