[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

the first one was so bloody awful, a story a three year old could have written and acting barely worthy of a low budget kung fu movie I doubt I'll bother watching it

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I will give it one thing, it's a kids movie that embraces being a kids film, none of the 'dark backstory' masquerading as an adult drama guff

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I think the thing about Avatar like most of the MCU superhero films is not that I hate them, I just get kind of weirded out that adults are so excited by them and keep telling me I miss their inherent genius, the Star Wars fanboys used to be the same but that franchise is so unarguably terrible now they've all pretty much shut up now.

These are kids shows, there is nothing wrong with that I am just tired of having some fan boy try and tell me there is some equivalence between Avatar and Lawrence of Arabia or the Seven Samurai, there just isnt.

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

come on, it wasn't just unoriginal it was absurd, from naming the mineral 'unobtanium' (I mean at least give it a throw away line like 'the scientists call this plutouranium 789 but its so bloody rare we call it 'unobtanium' for short) to the absurdly one dimensional character's, the evil military guy, the good scientists etc, why's he evil? is it in any way likely some futuristic colonisation any of this would be allowed? if you want to draw the parallel between the history of manifest destiny and the wests resource exploitation fair enough but the lazy shallow plotline that nothing is different in the future, there isnt even the slightest nod to time and attitudes changing and an increasingly complex and morally grey future maybe being likely.

The story, the character's even the language was about as shallow as an episode of Flash Gordon from the 1930's, Cameron spent years working on the technology of the film and at most a weekend on writing the script

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I don't doubt that but attitudes have changed since 1870 and will continue to change, the 'plot' behind Avatar was lazy and one dimensional, childishly simplistic

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Can we assume the climax will consist of the bad guy with a spear screaming '“From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee"?

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

and at some point the greedy company guy will look over at the evil military guy when they see a sea full of Maori like whale riders and say

'we're going to need a bigger boat!'

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

by the fourth film they will be mining slightlyrareium

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Ok so I'm not saying Cameron's predictable but I made the joke about Maori's riding whales before I had seen a single still of the film, I open up your link and what do I see, the blue people have now all got Maori face tattoos, this film is about the same Maori's I made an off hand joke about three hours ago!!!

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

As I read these posts I am less and less inclined to see this movie, it sounds like a complete joke

LOL

Does James Cameron pay you rent?