It's going to be so cool ;)
Well, thanx for Jinxing it. Now it is going to suck.
I thought the trailers did a good enough job of making me think it will suck. Hopefully I'm wrong (Cameron hasn't let me down yet, other than Titanic, which was still a visual effects achievement).Thats what a lot of the reviews said, they expected it to suck because of the trailers, but it was actually a good movie.
I thought it was a M. Night Shyamalan movie.
You're thinking of The Last Airbender
Judging from the local reviews I'm not expecting a lot from the story, should be "Dancing with wolfes" on another planet :angry:.Really? I thought it looks like Smurfs + Pocahontas.
You're thinking of The Last Airbender
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I thought the trailer made that look pretty darn cool.
Trailers for M. Knight Shamayalan's movies always make them look cool because he's really good with creating atmospheric films. Unfortunately (with the exception of his first two movies) he gets every other aspect of his movies horribly horribly wrong.
I think you can rest rather assured that the CGI will be "decent.
QuoteI think you can rest rather assured that the CGI will be "decent.
Well, by decent, I mean "won't look like a dang video game."
it's a romance, what does anyone expect?!?
Where the heck do I say it's impossible to make a good film in "that" genre?!?
The Happening = entertaining movie
The Happening = entertaining movie
is it now ??? I heard nothing happens..ever..
My wife and I really liked it, too. Good flick.
The Happening = entertaining movie
is it now ??? I heard nothing happens..ever..
Maybe you should just see it for yourself. Me and my wife both really enjoyed it. People are killing themselves left and right in the movie.
Me and my wife both really enjoyed it.My wife and I really liked it, too. Good flick.
Me and my wife both really enjoyed it.My wife and I really liked it, too. Good flick.
Subtle grammar correction. :lol
Boy, you done got your grammar corrected by a high dollar country bumpkin from Oklahoma.
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??? ???Boy, you done got your grammar corrected by a high dollar country bumpkin from Oklahoma.
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Haruman did the grammar correction, and I'm no country bumpkin, so I don't know what he's on about...
I like posting confusing nonsense, it's how I troll.
:cheers:
I like posting confusing nonsense, it's how I troll.
:cheers:
fixed!
We went to see the Princess and the Frog instead. No regrets.
:cheers:
Signs was alright. . .
Village was alright as well.
The Happening was just bad. Who in God's name directed that?
my score for recent movies you may have seen:
5/5 - Michael Clayton, In Bruges, Gran Torino, Mary and Max
4.5/5 - Taken, Iron Man, Reign Over Me
4/5 - Traitor, Bedtime Stories, Sunshine, pineapple express
3.5/5 - 300, Max Payne, You dont mess with the Zohan, Yes Man
3/5 - That new Indiana Jones flick, Disturbia, That new TMNT flick,
2.5/5 - Angels and Demons
2/5 - The Love Guru. Note: My 2 is probably someone elses 1. Just leaving room for worse!
Seriously, I'm getting borderline "until movie theaters jam cell phone signals, I'm avoiding them".
1 - For the big titles, I usually go the first weekend and there's typically less inconsiderates attending. Probably means those who brave the large crowds are REAL movie fans who want to the see the movie badly, not text.
1 - For the big titles, I usually go the first weekend and there's typically less inconsiderates attending. Probably means those who brave the large crowds are REAL movie fans who want to the see the movie badly, not text.
Usually opening weekend it's the "Hey, what's new? We'll go see that" crowd. That means teenagers on dates with their phones out the whole time or laughing like twats at the wrong parts. Maybe it's not that way in your area, but I know that's the reason I avoid opening weekend on most movies anymore.
* Giovanni Ribisi (who I like, and think of as a very good actor) seemed hopelessly miscast; too young, and not believable in the leadership role; should've been 20 years older and 20 pounds heavier
We saw "40 Year-old Virgin" in a full theater and the laughter was contagious. We thought it was one of the funnier movies we had seen. But when we saw it at home it was very flat making us wonder why we ever liked it.
Cameron is right, this is one movie that won’t be the same watching it at home
Because at home there isn't some teenager sitting next to me texting the entire movie?
Seriously, I'm getting borderline "until movie theaters jam cell phone signals, I'm avoiding them".
Especially given I can buy the DVD for $10 in 6 months. :P
Cameron is right, this is one movie that won’t be the same watching it at home
Because at home there isn't some teenager sitting next to me texting the entire movie?
Seriously, I'm getting borderline "until movie theaters jam cell phone signals, I'm avoiding them".
Especially given I can buy the DVD for $10 in 6 months. :P
FYI, you can buy and/or build a short range cel phone jammer.
Which may or may not be very illegal, depending on your location...
* Giovanni Ribisi (who I like, and think of as a very good actor) seemed hopelessly miscast; too young, and not believable in the leadership role; should've been 20 years older and 20 pounds heavier
Actually, i thought he was perfect for the role. remember, he's not the CEO of this big corporation, he's more of a regional manager. From this point on, when 20 years and 20 pounds are added, he will be CEO (",)
Which may or may not be very illegal, depending on your location...
It is probably very illegal wherever you are! One to block a 50 foot radius or so is about the size of a cigarette pack, and no one would ever be the wiser. It's not like black Apache helicopters carrying men in black will convene on your location and nuke it...or will they?
just wait til someone dies because you can't call 911, text messaging wont seem that bad ;D
Yeah, that's what everyone says when I gripe about the cell phones....
Except that, you know, people didn't tend to die in movie theaters 10 years ago, did they?
Aren't we still used to the idea of not necessarily getting good reception inside buildings?
Im saying that the problem isnt with the cell phones, its idiots who don't know when its appropriate to use them. Instead of phone jammers they need devices that smack their parents for not teaching them not to be ---Deutsche Frankfurters--- in a theater
The fact that Sigorney Weaver smoked sucked too (why do they keep promoting that
crap?!)
And in 10 years I bet it looks dated.
Sorry this movie just looks horrid to me and the reviews aren't making me want to see it.
Then you're missing out.
On spending $40 to have an elbow jammed into my stomach by a kid texting the entire movie?
If it's anything like Titanic, it'll be in theaters for 6 months... I'm sure I'll get talked into it.
QuoteThe fact that Sigorney Weaver smoked sucked too (why do they keep promoting that
crap?!)
Because people smoke in real life. It's not promoting it, it's just what the character does.
I had to deal with that Crap as a child, where parents had no problem polluting the
enclosed car / house with us kids having no way to breath unbothered. I cant wait
for them to get a lung problem / cancer... for all the Intentional suffering they caused me.
Its great just to see how battered their faces are, and how much like Cave Trolls
they sound like cause they have burned out their skin and vocal cords.
Man... thats way sad.
Alright, $90 later I've seen it.
The bootleg protection was freaking annoying, too. Black dots that appeared periodically on different parts of the screen and remained for ~30 seconds on / 30 seconds off.
QuoteThe bootleg protection was freaking annoying, too. Black dots that appeared periodically on different parts of the screen and remained for ~30 seconds on / 30 seconds off.
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Alright, $90 later I've seen it.
???QuoteThe bootleg protection was freaking annoying, too. Black dots that appeared periodically on different parts of the screen and remained for ~30 seconds on / 30 seconds off.
???
For some reason at this theater they always have piracy patrol. If they see a cell phone lit up, they'll run over and tell you to shut it off.
For some reason at this theater they always have piracy patrol. If they see a cell phone lit up, they'll run over and tell you to shut it off.
:applaud:
I wish they would do that here, and not for piracy...
Imax3D did the same thing with the layers and the people generally being non-3D.
As for blooper #3, maybe they were able to resuscitate his avatar? But I noticed it, too.
THe image SEPERATION for the 3D effect is done horizontally, so if you TILT your head (he's not talking about looking away), eventually the angle is too much for the two seperated images to "merge", so you see both, AKA a sort of "blur".
Unless you are turning your head to the point where
one of your eyes sees thru the opposite lens, you should not see the other eyes
view.
You get a blur with a very minor tilt of the head. It's very annoying.
Granted, I was yawning and looking at the time a lot.
Well . . . it's James Cameron. He made Terminator 2, The Abyss and the abysmal Titanic. I think you can rest rather assured that the CGI will be "decent. ;DThe best Cameron I know is the one without any CGI (at least not visible to me): True Lies. By far his best.
I watched the original Stepford Wives and The Others last night. Enjoyed them quite a bit.
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I watched the original Stepford Wives and The Others last night. Enjoyed them quite a bit.Makes sense now. It's not about story, film-making techniques, acting or anything like that. It's just got to have Nicole Kidman in it!
:dunno
I watched the original Stepford Wives and The Others last night. Enjoyed them quite a bit.Makes sense now. It's not about story, film-making techniques, acting or anything like that. It's just got to have Nicole Kidman in it!
:dunno
I enjoyed it, even though it cost nearly 7 pounds (sterling) to see it even with my student discount. :cheers:That's better than 12 euros. :D
Or 105 danish kroner -> 14 eurosI enjoyed it, even though it cost nearly 7 pounds (sterling) to see it even with my student discount. :cheers:That's better than 12 euros. :D
As per anyone trying to look at an LCD watch using polarizing 3D glasses, it doesnt matter what kind of lighting it is, one of the filters will block it (unless you tild your head 45 degrees, then each filter will only block part of it). When I was a kid I had an LCD pocket calculator that had a removable front polarizing filter (after you took the calc apart) that I would flip over and reinstall. Kinda cool to see the digits as white on a black background.Yeah! Cool, I did that too! Ever play with two filters? You overlay them so they show clear, then rotate one slowly 90'. It gets darker. I used to want to use that technique to make round windows where you can make them darken by rotating one layer. (but who wants round windows). Might make a neat pair of steam punk sunglasses though...
Dances with Wolves was a great movie, but Cameron was trying to make a movie that's more of a spectacle, not just great intellectual cinema. As I mentioned somewhere else before, Star Wars is a ripoff or another story done before and it's script can be pretty hokey at times. That didn't stop me from enjoying the purpose of SW: To take me to another world in a galaxy far far away. For this reason, I think Cameron hit a homerun with this movie, and the box office is proving that this is what a good chunk of the people want. Yeah, sometimes I do believe Boxoffice can indicate there's a certain level of quality achieved (just don't look at the New Moon numbers ;) ).
Obviously, not everyone want this type of movie, or there taste or expectations is different and that's cool. My favorite movie of all time is Shawshank Redemption, a perfect movie IMHO. Yet even though I find it's perfect, it's not the type of movie to draw the masses to the theatres, as it's not a spectacle, which is what Cameron targetted for Avatar.
Cameron was trying to make a movie that's more of a spectacle, not just great intellectual cinema.
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@Shmokes: Agree with ya on the mineral name. I thought Wolverine's "admantium" was dumb, but this was dumber. One step away from calling it "rare-ium", or "hard-to-getium"I assumed they were trying to get the name to sound similar to, but not quite the same as, Upsidasium, which is seems to be where the minerals properties was copied from.
Cameron was trying to make a movie that's more of a spectacle, not just great intellectual cinema.
I just don't see how bad storytelling can be simply dismissed as, "That's not what the director was going for." I would hardly call Iron Man great intellectual cinema. The difference between Iron Man and Avatar is that one is good and the other isn't.
It's the #2 grossing movie of all time and on target to reach #1 maybe. *someone* likes it. :)
Your point stands
Don't forget that the prices are also higher per ticket because of 3D
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On the fan forum site "Avatar Forums," a topic thread entitled "Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible," has received more than 1,000 posts from people experiencing depression and fans trying to help them cope. The topic became so popular last month that forum administrator Philippe Baghdassarian had to create a second thread so people could continue to post their confused feelings about the movie.
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LMAO . . . Apparently S-a-ndra Bu-ll-ock is so bad that her name has to be autocensored.
Ray, thats impossible. Imax has 4times the resolution and your sittingIt still has a grainy film look, cuz... its film.
closer.
Your Imax theater must have some issues. Maybe the thing was out
of focus. Ask for your money back, and demand they fix the problem.
The Imax here, is crystal clear, and blows the reald screen next to it
away in detail and depth. (The 2 theaters here are owned by the same
company, and sit side by side)
Ray, thats impossible. Imax has 4times the resolution and your sittingIt still has a grainy film look, cuz... its film.
closer.
Your Imax theater must have some issues. Maybe the thing was out
of focus. Ask for your money back, and demand they fix the problem.
The Imax here, is crystal clear, and blows the reald screen next to it
away in detail and depth. (The 2 theaters here are owned by the same
company, and sit side by side)
And it's stretched to fit a larger screen.
If the movie wasn't rendered to Imax resolution, then guess what?
Also, Imax "HD" runs at 48 fps, which halved to display alternating frames (one for each eye) makes it 24 fps like a standard film. RealD runs at a much higher frame rate.
Last point, RealD via digital projection uses highly reflective screens (much more reflective than standard movie screens). Imax's screen is transparent to allow the sound through from speakers behind the screen (you can see this when they run the little Imax tech demo before every screening). The result was a darker picture than when I saw it in RealD.
Unless you've watched the same movie in both formats, you have no point of reference to be defending one over the other. I don't know why you feel inclined to automatically defend 17+ year old technology. (Hit up the Wiki, and read the part called "Digital Backlash")
It still has a grainy film look, cuz... its film.
And it's stretched to fit a larger screen.
If the movie wasn't rendered to Imax resolution, then guess what?
Also, Imax "HD" runs at 48 fps, which halved to display alternating frames (one for each eye) makes it 24 fps like a standard film. RealD runs at a much higher frame rate.
Unless you've watched the same movie in both formats, you have no point of reference to be defending one over the other. I don't know why you feel inclined to automatically defend 17+ year old technology. (Hit up the Wiki, and read the part called "Digital Backlash")
Coraline is creepy as hell and I've always turned it off halfway through.
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Coraline is creepy as hell and I've always turned it off halfway through.
I think it'd disturb most kids, but maybe not.
Your two year old daughter loves a movie about a girl that hates her parents so much so fantasizes about escaping to a set of new parents?Yes, my 2 year obviously understands the script well enough to pick out the subtle plot nuances. Anyways, she didn't hate her parents. She loved them deeply but was hurt because they didn't pay attention to her because of their work. I think many of us latch key kids can sympathize with that character.
Aren't you already grown and living with your parents? I can't believe you don't have a drug habit already.
I really, really need to see Hurt Locker. Is it on DVD yet?
I haven't seen the nominations, but I can speak to a few of those movies..
- I've said plenty about Avatar.
- The Blind Side - Haven't seen it, but my brother said Bullock was retarded in it. He also said that the black guy scored poorly on standardized tests, but he was off the charts on protective instincts. This should be straight to DVD.
- District 9 - Liked it a lot, but it was heavy handed in areas (seriously . . . Johanesburg? like we can't figure out the apartheid references unless you beat us over the head?). Also, they totally had these complex characters and so on, but then made the villain this ridiculous group right out of a comic book
- The Hurt Locker - Just a legitimately good movie. See it.
- Inglourious Basterds - Worth seeing for many reasons, but not great. Not Tarantino's worst (that honor goes to Death Trap), but not even remotely thinking about approaching his best.
- Up - Very good. Not Pixar's best. Not nearly their worst. Probably deserves best Animation, though Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was very good. Cloudy doesn't come close to Pixar's movie in terms of technical achievement.
- A Serioius Man - This damned thing never opened in Miami. I want to see it and I have no doubt that it will be amazing. It's made by the best filmmakers of our time, and from what I've read I have the impression that this may be one of their best. I will probably see it this weekend. My friend has a screener.
- Up in the Air - Very good. I don't know about metaphore, but the dialog was great, the story was great, the characters were complex, the issues people were struggling with felt real and relevant. The whole film seemed really honest, not to mention timely (with the economy the way it is). And it was funny. And it didn't rip us off with a syrupy Hollywood ending. It was a good show, IMO.
Edit: Since writing this post I got around to taking a look at the list of nominees. I mentioned Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs as competition for Up, but I totally forgot that Coraline and Fantastic Mr. Fox came out in 2009 (hilarious, since I went on and on about Coraline just a few posts up :) ). I would be perfectly happy to see either of those films win over Up.