Avatar
So... it was... pretty.
Just... pretty.
But there is nothing beyond that, nothing. The plot is typical ecologist bullshit that I'm SICK of, though I kind of understand why it's about that, it sells a lot, and there are still retards that don't get the message of those kind of movies. But, eh, I rolled my eyes a lot through the movie.
It was also extremely predictable. I predicted almost every death and hell, I even predicted how the bad guy would die (Though, honestly? It wasn't that hard to figure it out that he would die with a arrow on his chest), and you know why?
Because it was Pocahontas in 3D. And blue people instead of native americans.
There was Pocahontas (Naytiri, I think), John (Jack Sully) and of course, the guy that liked Pocahontas and was going to marry her (That... other blue guy, you know the one). Though Pocahontas dad doesn't die, you could tell from miles he would die eventually. Other similarities? Atlantis. You know the whole "Nature is their life source" and money hungry mercenaries trying to steal it. It was ok for a disney movie, but not for this. One last thing: Avatar. No, no, I mean Avatar: The last air bender. I swear I just screamed "APPA" when the whole thing about the Birds was explained, the whole "He's your partner for a lifetime" and "he chooses you and you choose him". Sup, Jakesully, or should I say Aang?
Though I don't remember something though: When they say lifetime, does that mean that the bird can't choose another partner? Or that both you and the bird can't choose another partner? Because if it's the last, that's some bullshit. How come Jakesully with all his plot armor gets to ride two? Or are they going to say "hurr it doesn't count because it was the big bird". Because if that's the case, that's a deus ex machina right there.
I find hilarious that they skipped the fight to get the Toruk though. Because, what the fuck. Just imagine: Batman is about to take on the Joker, it's an epic battle that you know that will take all his guts and strength and brains to win--
FADE TO BLACK
JOKER IS IN THE JAIL LOL HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT.
That's... just... so cheap.
Now, I can understand they cut it because they didn't have time (The movie is already impossibly long, after all) or because we had already seen an Ikran fight, but it still left a bitter taste on my mouth. It bothers me, even if I understand why it was cut.
I was also praying when, at the beginning of the movie, we would be free of love interests. I expected that Jake Sully would fall in love with their culture, and even if it's not that original, it's still better than, quoting the bad guy from the movie "You just want to save those natives for a piece of ass". Hell, even Milo from Atlantis felt more deep as a character than Jake Sully.
But as soon as Naytiri arrived, I lost all hope. Now, you probably think that maybe I'm just a mean ol' bitch that hates love stories? Yeah, no. I'm a romantic and I'm all in for some romance in my fiction.
But GODDAMN was it predictable and clichéd. It was more than I could take. Actually, those two words describe this whole movie.
The bad guys? They were WAAAY too bad and the good guys were OH SO PURE AND MAGICAL. There was no evil in the Na'vi's, literally, no evil.
The whole message of this movie wasn't "Guys, you have to take care of your planet, stop being dumb" it was "OH SHIT HUMANS ARE FAGGOTS YOU SHOULD JUST KILL YOURSELF NOW AND BECOME A NA'VI BECAUSE CLEARLY YOU AREN'T PURE ENOUGH FOR THE WORLD BITCH".
What the hell? I mean, you could argue that there were a few good humans, like 5. 2 of them died, 2 of them were left in that planet and will probably become Na'vi's and well, the last one already became one. And all the other humans were sent to the earth despite the fact that maybe some of them didn't even want to go to war but just did it to keep a family or because if they refused they would, you know, get killed.
No, screw multidimensional characters HUMANS BAD NA'VI'S GOOD END OF THE STORY. I rolled my eyes when there was this guy on an helicopter or whatever with a gun going "OH YEAAH GONNA KILL SOME NATIVE BITCHES" C'mon. That was so lame.
Now, It wasn't that bad either. I think I enjoyed myself through the movie because all the pwetty pictures managed to distract me from the shit plot. The movie is BEAUTIFUL, no one will argue that, I only wish that all the money spent on the graphics could've gone to the PLOT. But no, most people today are like kids, if the movie is pretty, then fuck the plot. Just give me eye candy and I'm happy, best movie ever made.
It managed to get a few laughs out of me, too, my favorite part being Naytiri hitting Jakesully because he couldn't speak their language right.
I say, don't go watch it? NO. GO WATCH IT. GET YOUR OWN OPINION. Maybe I didn't like it, but you will, who knows. It's a good flick. A little too long though. Just don't try to think too much about the plot, like I did as soon as the movie was over.
On a final note, the money hungry executive guy was actually Phoebe's brother in Friends. That was just funny. And that latina chick that piloted the helicopter was in Lost. Just something I noticed.
Just... pretty.
But there is nothing beyond that, nothing. The plot is typical ecologist bullshit that I'm SICK of, though I kind of understand why it's about that, it sells a lot, and there are still retards that don't get the message of those kind of movies. But, eh, I rolled my eyes a lot through the movie.
It was also extremely predictable. I predicted almost every death and hell, I even predicted how the bad guy would die (Though, honestly? It wasn't that hard to figure it out that he would die with a arrow on his chest), and you know why?
Because it was Pocahontas in 3D. And blue people instead of native americans.
There was Pocahontas (Naytiri, I think), John (Jack Sully) and of course, the guy that liked Pocahontas and was going to marry her (That... other blue guy, you know the one). Though Pocahontas dad doesn't die, you could tell from miles he would die eventually. Other similarities? Atlantis. You know the whole "Nature is their life source" and money hungry mercenaries trying to steal it. It was ok for a disney movie, but not for this. One last thing: Avatar. No, no, I mean Avatar: The last air bender. I swear I just screamed "APPA" when the whole thing about the Birds was explained, the whole "He's your partner for a lifetime" and "he chooses you and you choose him". Sup, Jakesully, or should I say Aang?
Though I don't remember something though: When they say lifetime, does that mean that the bird can't choose another partner? Or that both you and the bird can't choose another partner? Because if it's the last, that's some bullshit. How come Jakesully with all his plot armor gets to ride two? Or are they going to say "hurr it doesn't count because it was the big bird". Because if that's the case, that's a deus ex machina right there.
I find hilarious that they skipped the fight to get the Toruk though. Because, what the fuck. Just imagine: Batman is about to take on the Joker, it's an epic battle that you know that will take all his guts and strength and brains to win--
FADE TO BLACK
JOKER IS IN THE JAIL LOL HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT.
That's... just... so cheap.
Now, I can understand they cut it because they didn't have time (The movie is already impossibly long, after all) or because we had already seen an Ikran fight, but it still left a bitter taste on my mouth. It bothers me, even if I understand why it was cut.
I was also praying when, at the beginning of the movie, we would be free of love interests. I expected that Jake Sully would fall in love with their culture, and even if it's not that original, it's still better than, quoting the bad guy from the movie "You just want to save those natives for a piece of ass". Hell, even Milo from Atlantis felt more deep as a character than Jake Sully.
But as soon as Naytiri arrived, I lost all hope. Now, you probably think that maybe I'm just a mean ol' bitch that hates love stories? Yeah, no. I'm a romantic and I'm all in for some romance in my fiction.
But GODDAMN was it predictable and clichéd. It was more than I could take. Actually, those two words describe this whole movie.
The bad guys? They were WAAAY too bad and the good guys were OH SO PURE AND MAGICAL. There was no evil in the Na'vi's, literally, no evil.
The whole message of this movie wasn't "Guys, you have to take care of your planet, stop being dumb" it was "OH SHIT HUMANS ARE FAGGOTS YOU SHOULD JUST KILL YOURSELF NOW AND BECOME A NA'VI BECAUSE CLEARLY YOU AREN'T PURE ENOUGH FOR THE WORLD BITCH".
What the hell? I mean, you could argue that there were a few good humans, like 5. 2 of them died, 2 of them were left in that planet and will probably become Na'vi's and well, the last one already became one. And all the other humans were sent to the earth despite the fact that maybe some of them didn't even want to go to war but just did it to keep a family or because if they refused they would, you know, get killed.
No, screw multidimensional characters HUMANS BAD NA'VI'S GOOD END OF THE STORY. I rolled my eyes when there was this guy on an helicopter or whatever with a gun going "OH YEAAH GONNA KILL SOME NATIVE BITCHES" C'mon. That was so lame.
Now, It wasn't that bad either. I think I enjoyed myself through the movie because all the pwetty pictures managed to distract me from the shit plot. The movie is BEAUTIFUL, no one will argue that, I only wish that all the money spent on the graphics could've gone to the PLOT. But no, most people today are like kids, if the movie is pretty, then fuck the plot. Just give me eye candy and I'm happy, best movie ever made.
It managed to get a few laughs out of me, too, my favorite part being Naytiri hitting Jakesully because he couldn't speak their language right.
I say, don't go watch it? NO. GO WATCH IT. GET YOUR OWN OPINION. Maybe I didn't like it, but you will, who knows. It's a good flick. A little too long though. Just don't try to think too much about the plot, like I did as soon as the movie was over.
On a final note, the money hungry executive guy was actually Phoebe's brother in Friends. That was just funny. And that latina chick that piloted the helicopter was in Lost. Just something I noticed.