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[Hack&Lube]

I cringe when anything other than South Park tries to deliver a message during a speech/monologue/soliloquy

[Pastiche]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

You know after watching Avatar tonight (and yes it looks excellent) besides the average storyline, I get sick and tired of getting environmental and other messages crammed down my throat.

I guess that combined with James Cameron bleating about the Oilsands soured me a bit about this movie.

If you want to make an entertaining movie thats fine, but if your going to make a statement movie make a statement movie.

Also i did like the hurt locker a lot, but District 9 to me was definitely the movie and story of the year to me.

Bad post.

[FurnaceFace]

Originally Posted by Pastiche

Bad post.

It's frankly much better than your drive by. You might want to say why you disagree with his opinion.

[Jbo]

Originally Posted by Pastiche

Bad post.

Irony

[burning_acid1]

Originally Posted by FurnaceFace

I guess I need to watch District 9 again as I really don't get the love for it. I just remember it as Apartheid alien style....with some comic relief.

I enjoyed District 9, but didn't really love it that much. For me, it got boring pretty quickly

[HelloHockeyFans]

Thought Hurt Locker was entertaining, but definitely not Best Picture worthy... Avatar was entertaining too, but the plot was typical and nothing special.

[flip]

Don't even get me started on the mess that was Hurt Locker.

That movie had so many things going for it (intensity, the themes of being an adreneline junkie, the effects of high stress from war etc) but it was just SO badly done and the acting and story were completely awful.

There were some scenes that honestly made me cringe they were so stupid and badly acted.

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When they found the kid I said quite sarcastically "I bet the kid IS the bomb". Man did we laugh when it turned out that the kid was the bomb. Not a good laugh either.

Avatar was by no means the next Godfather but it really is comparable to The Godfather if Hurt Locker is the comparison. Avatar had a better plot and acting than Hurt Locker. The only thing HL had going for it was that the themes, intensity and premise were good, I'm not sure HL even had any discernible plot. Jarhead with Jake Gyllenhall was 10x the movie that Hurt Locker was.

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

I hated Avatar. The dialogue was just awful, the characters weren't developed at all and there was zero chemistry between the two leads.

It was a visual achievement but it failed in every other regard. In fact I would have probably walked out of it if not for the fact I was seeing it with someone else.

Awful movie.

I'd be interested to see what you think is a good film then. Transformers? The Hurt Locker? Nothing ever?

[awildermode]

to me, Hurt Locker tried SO hard to be a documentary, but failed. i mean, it was a good movie...but just that...good, not great. in fact, i much rather watch a documentary on a real bomb squad. in the eyes of critics, it was the right movie at the right time (war, politics, bigelow vs cameron, etc)

Point Break with Keanu as an FBI agent was more believe able that the main guys in Hurt Locker.

avatar is also a 'good' movie...again, not great. and, it is a totally different movie. i put it in the same level as the first Pirates of the Caribean movie...good, fun movie.

For me, District 9 was good, but just meh.

as for Oscar... that is just a bunch of rich people telling us what they think is good or not. much like us yapping about how good or bad Avatar, Hurt LOcker, or District 9 is. just opinions...you will not agree with mine, why agree with theirs?

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by flip

I'd be interested to see what you think is a good film then. Transformers? The Hurt Locker? Nothing ever?

Transformers was OK but not really that good. The Hurt Locker I haven't seen but I'm looking forward to it.

I really enjoyed District 9 this year, Inglorious Basterds, The Hangover, and Up in the Air. I didn't see as many films this year as I typically do.

I've seen some more on DVD though this year that I enjoyed: Body of Lies, Appaloosa, and others.

You seem to think that if one doesn't enjoy Avatar that you are incapable of enjoying any movie.

[flip]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Transformers was OK but not really that good. The Hurt Locker I haven't seen but I'm looking forward to it.

I really enjoyed District 9 this year, Inglorious Basterds, The Hangover, and Up in the Air. I didn't see as many films this year as I typically do.

I've seen some more on DVD though this year that I enjoyed: Body of Lies, Appaloosa, and others.

You seem to think that if one doesn't enjoy Avatar that you are incapable of enjoying any movie.

No i don't.

I just want to know if you have bad all around taste in movies or if this was just a good movie that you didn't like for some odd reason.

[Yeah_Baby]

I loved District 9 when I saw it in the theatre. Since watching it at home I'd say it was just ok. It didn't hold up for me as much on a repeat viewing.

[flip]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

I loved District 9 when I saw it in the theatre. Since watching it at home I'd say it was just ok. It didn't hold up for me as much on a repeat viewing.

D9 definitely isn't a repeat viewing kind of movie. The nature of the story with the guy always on the run makes it only good the first time. I remember the movie finishing in the theatre and I knew right away that I liked it but that it wasn't something I'd want to watch many times over like Avatar.

[DFO]

Originally Posted by flip

D9 definitely isn't a repeat viewing kind of movie. The nature of the story with the guy always on the run makes it only good the first time. I remember the movie finishing in the theatre and I knew right away that I liked it but that it wasn't something I'd want to watch many times over like Avatar.

Thats how I feel about Avatar. Seeing it for the first time was fantastic - the 3-D visuals were stunning. Seeing it a second time would probably be like seeing Starship Troopers again - just end up being annoyed with the lame story & acting.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by DFO

Thats how I feel about Avatar. Seeing it for the first time was fantastic - the 3-D visuals were stunning. Seeing it a second time would probably be like seeing Starship Troopers again - just end up being annoyed with the lame story & acting.

Pretty much 100% my thoughts. I mean, even thinking about the story and dialogue and such annoys me. I'm pretty sure that if I tried to watch it a second time, the movie would be completely ruined for me.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by DFO

Thats how I feel about Avatar. Seeing it for the first time was fantastic - the 3-D visuals were stunning. Seeing it a second time would probably be like seeing Starship Troopers again - just end up being annoyed with the lame story & acting.

Whoa, wait a second. Starship Troopers has a lame story and lame acting?


Blasphemer!

[3 Justin 3]

How can anyone watch Avatar at home and NOT fall asleep? Seriously, the middle of the movie is sooooooo boring and stupid.

[HelloHockeyFans]

Originally Posted by DFO

Thats how I feel about Avatar. Seeing it for the first time was fantastic - the 3-D visuals were stunning. Seeing it a second time would probably be like seeing Starship Troopers again - just end up being annoyed with the lame story & acting.

Yup. Can't imagine watching Avatar again.

Again the three movies listed in this thread so far - D9, Avatar and Hurt Locker - were all GOOD, entertaining movies...

But that's it. None of them were "amazing" and worth watching again... in my opinion.

[HPLovecraft]

I still laugh when I hear "We're not in Kansas anymore" in Avatar. One of the most overused lines in the history of cinema used to describe an entirely fictional planet everyone realizes is nothing like Kansas, let alone the planet Earth. We damn well knew we weren't in Kansas anymore, damn it!

Avatar's dialogue, especially in the last half of the movie, really hurt my enjoyment of the film as far as repeat viewings go.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans

Yup. Can't imagine watching Avatar again.

Again the three movies listed in this thread so far - D9, Avatar and Hurt Locker - were all GOOD, entertaining movies...

But that's it. None of them were "amazing" and worth watching again... in my opinion.

I wouldn't watch any of those three ever again either. There are very few movies of which I will watch over again, maybe only a handful that I will enjoy watching hundreds of times. I guess that saves me money. I don't ever feel the need to own or watch anything at home that I've seen once before.

[CaptainCrunch]

This was the best part of Avatar. But I don't think that T-Shirt is regulation