[365days: Day 34] [02.03] I saw that movie
It's hard to believe I've been posting for 34 days now without failing to post a single day (except for those two occasions when the 24h went by me at such a speed I didn't realize what time it was before I posted :P). So, to further test my commitment to, well, anything, I'm going to achieve one thing a day for the next days, and until I have nothing more pending (that is, never).
Today's achievement: I finally saw Avatar. Now, I know that most people (read: not me) have already seen the movie, so I'm not going to post my impression after a cut. Still,I'm going to be as vague as possible just to be fair to the anti-spoiler people in my f-list/r-circle.
I went to see this movie with the worst possible predisposition against any movie I've ever seen. I didn't saw it on 3D nor mega screen, so the 'oh, shiny!' factor was somewhat diminished. As a result, I ended actively (and internally) monologing at different points. I think my biggest complain was about how Earth-like the whole thing was. I mean, I've read a lot of scifi, and one of the things I enjoy most is the worldbuilding. But this movie? It had horses, for god's sake! But of course they weren't horses, they were alien creatures! Because they had more than four legs!!! *sarcasm*
And I know that Star Trek, my favorite scifi series ever, was heavily anthropocentric, but their aliens were aliens in more under-the-skin ways than the ones in this movie. Because of course they had to laugh, and cry, and kiss, and play tag just the same way that human do (and that being said, I'm not sure all human cultures do these things the same way). They even bled red!! *grumble grumble*
And the characters I liked most, the ones who showed an evolution as time passed, they were suddenly dropped out of the movie. And the evil guy wasn't even evil just because (I can love evil characters that are evil for evil's sake, which this was not), so weak his motivation was. And although the female characters had their cool moments of showcasing strength on their own, the whole 'I hate you - now I don't because I was scared but now you have the biggest bird so please save me' thing just sucked.
That. I said it. Of course, there were so many moments of pretty, and so much untouched potential (although I could call it appropriation, as the twins idea was probably the only thing that didn't feel too thrilled), that I hope fic writers all over the world make good use of it and show Cameron how much more he could have done.
This entry is also posted at DW.
Today's achievement: I finally saw Avatar. Now, I know that most people (read: not me) have already seen the movie, so I'm not going to post my impression after a cut. Still,I'm going to be as vague as possible just to be fair to the anti-spoiler people in my f-list/r-circle.
I went to see this movie with the worst possible predisposition against any movie I've ever seen. I didn't saw it on 3D nor mega screen, so the 'oh, shiny!' factor was somewhat diminished. As a result, I ended actively (and internally) monologing at different points. I think my biggest complain was about how Earth-like the whole thing was. I mean, I've read a lot of scifi, and one of the things I enjoy most is the worldbuilding. But this movie? It had horses, for god's sake! But of course they weren't horses, they were alien creatures! Because they had more than four legs!!! *sarcasm*
And I know that Star Trek, my favorite scifi series ever, was heavily anthropocentric, but their aliens were aliens in more under-the-skin ways than the ones in this movie. Because of course they had to laugh, and cry, and kiss, and play tag just the same way that human do (and that being said, I'm not sure all human cultures do these things the same way). They even bled red!! *grumble grumble*
And the characters I liked most, the ones who showed an evolution as time passed, they were suddenly dropped out of the movie. And the evil guy wasn't even evil just because (I can love evil characters that are evil for evil's sake, which this was not), so weak his motivation was. And although the female characters had their cool moments of showcasing strength on their own, the whole 'I hate you - now I don't because I was scared but now you have the biggest bird so please save me' thing just sucked.
That. I said it. Of course, there were so many moments of pretty, and so much untouched potential (although I could call it appropriation, as the twins idea was probably the only thing that didn't feel too thrilled), that I hope fic writers all over the world make good use of it and show Cameron how much more he could have done.
This entry is also posted at DW.