Here's Critical Drinker's take on Avatar.
Well worth a look …
Avatar (2009) - a mixed-bag but entertaining movie
by LoveUniHateExams 14 Replies latest social entertainment
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Simon
What is amazing about Avatar is that it's the highest grossing movie of all time and yet it's had almost zero influence on society - it never get's referenced, people don't dress up and go to conventions. Nothing.
It just seems weird when you compare it to other big grossing movies such as Marvel movies, Star Wars and so on.
Whatever happened to the other 5 movies they were planning to make?
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LoveUniHateExams
What is amazing about Avatar is that it's the highest grossing movie of all time and yet it's had almost zero influence on society - I'm almost tempted to view it as a video game, not a movie, lol.
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StephaneLaliberte
people don't dress up and go to conventions. Nothing.
Because people don't aspire to be, or find it fun to dress as, these characters in that movie. None of them spectacularly stands out and the story is basically very similar to "dances with wolves". Bad civilized nation takes over native in a cruel way. Been there, done that.
The only thing that was spectacular with that movie at the time was the visual effect. You didn't go to that movie for the story, you went to see the water falls from floating land masses, the dragons and the ships, all in 3D (when 3D was so cool).
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Rocketman123
Caught a few snips of it but realized it was more a children's film full of fantasy and special effects.
I probably would have liked it if I was a young teenager, but aren't these kind of movies targeted to that age group ?