By n8 dogg Go To PostET on ITV2. What a fuckin movie.This is one of the few Spielberg I haven’t actually seen lol. Never been in a big hurry to see it and I’m not a big fan of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostThis is one of the few Spielberg I haven’t actually seen lol. Never been in a big hurry to see it and I’m not a big fan of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
It’s lovely. Very different than Close Encounters.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostThis is one of the few Spielberg I haven’t actually seen lol. Never been in a big hurry to see it and I’m not a big fan of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.ET is a good young adult adventure scifi.
It'll also make you hate JJ Abrams even more because how much an unoriginal bastard he is.
By n8 dogg Go To PostET on ITV2. What a fuckin movie.
'Does et have a mouth?' - Willkiller
By reilo Go To Post.Indifferent to JJ Abrams tbh I haven’t seen anything he’s done besides The Force Awakens (edit: forgot he did Mission Impossible 3, decent film)
It'll also make you hate JJ Abrams even more because how much an unoriginal bastard he is.
He’s unoriginal but your boi Tarantino is just making “homages” innit
By reilo Go To PostDon't you have a colonoscopy bag? Why do you worryWhat if it fills up?
You haven't thought about the smell Reilo!
By Perfect Blue Go To PostIndifferent to JJ Abrams tbh I haven’t seen anything he’s done besides The Force Awakens (edit: forgot he did Mission Impossible 3, decent film)He steals a lot of shit from others but he makes it work though.
He’s unoriginal but your boi Tarantino is just making “homages” innit
We've seen what most people can make when they remake/homage/ripoff other people's work and the end result is usually eh.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostIndifferent to JJ Abrams tbh I haven’t seen anything he’s done besides The Force Awakens (edit: forgot he did Mission Impossible 3, decent film)This isn't even the same thing PB please
He’s unoriginal but your boi Tarantino is just making “homages” innit
finally saw spirited away.
wasn't blown away by it--which, judging from the praise it got, i should've been--but it was great nonetheless. beautiful visuals. lovely soundtrack.
i'll watch howl's moving castle next.
wasn't blown away by it--which, judging from the praise it got, i should've been--but it was great nonetheless. beautiful visuals. lovely soundtrack.
i'll watch howl's moving castle next.
By bud Go To Postfinally saw spirited away.think Howl's Moving Castle might be a smidge better.
wasn't blown away by it–which, judging from the praise it got, i should've been–but it was great nonetheless. beautiful visuals. lovely soundtrack.
i'll watch howl's moving castle next.
its back and forth.
Howl's Moving Castle is the worst Ghibli movie. It's plot/characters/narrative/ is messier than its production(original director left, movie shelved, then shat out by Miyazaki)
Its presentation is the only noteworthy part of that movie.
Princess Mononoke and The Wind Rises are the best Ghibli movies that I've seen.
Its presentation is the only noteworthy part of that movie.
Princess Mononoke and The Wind Rises are the best Ghibli movies that I've seen.
avatar: the way of water
lads... james cameron, the magisterial magician, has done it again. this is actual cinema. pure, unadulterated, visually stunning, heart-pounding, stake-having cinema. the bar for the blockbuster has been raised. genuinely.
if i had to nitpick: i hope he goes full hfr in the third one because it can be very jarring going from hfr to 24fps.
nonetheless, you must see it in hfr 3d.
what a film.
lads... james cameron, the magisterial magician, has done it again. this is actual cinema. pure, unadulterated, visually stunning, heart-pounding, stake-having cinema. the bar for the blockbuster has been raised. genuinely.
if i had to nitpick: i hope he goes full hfr in the third one because it can be very jarring going from hfr to 24fps.
nonetheless, you must see it in hfr 3d.
what a film.
By WoodenLung Go To Postwill watch split screen on my ultrawide.
Just blink really fast, ez
Watched Avatar for the first time since original cinema release.
Complaining about how unoriginal the plot is just seems pointless, because Cameron fucking knows. That’s why he delivers everything you need to know about it in the first 25 minutes, then spends the next hour and a bit just showing off what the tech can do. It’s almost an experimental movie in that regard; umpteen shots of Jake and Neytiri stepping on branches and trunks that light up, the time spent showing off the floating mountains and fauna.
It deliberately follows the most conventional plot, and crowbars every thematic approach possible - anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism and environmental protection brushing up against noble savage, white saviour and magical Black character tropes - purely so the plot can be understood with zero trouble and you can just go with the vibes.
The action is great; Cameron is one of a few mainstream action directors who has a real sense of geography and continuity, and when your film is all CGI in a jungle with blue figures among green background, that’s no mean feat.
It’s not a classic, because the set up is too rudimentary, the characters sketched too thin to be anything special, and its entire existence too contradictory, but it is a really good action flick.
Complaining about how unoriginal the plot is just seems pointless, because Cameron fucking knows. That’s why he delivers everything you need to know about it in the first 25 minutes, then spends the next hour and a bit just showing off what the tech can do. It’s almost an experimental movie in that regard; umpteen shots of Jake and Neytiri stepping on branches and trunks that light up, the time spent showing off the floating mountains and fauna.
It deliberately follows the most conventional plot, and crowbars every thematic approach possible - anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism and environmental protection brushing up against noble savage, white saviour and magical Black character tropes - purely so the plot can be understood with zero trouble and you can just go with the vibes.
The action is great; Cameron is one of a few mainstream action directors who has a real sense of geography and continuity, and when your film is all CGI in a jungle with blue figures among green background, that’s no mean feat.
It’s not a classic, because the set up is too rudimentary, the characters sketched too thin to be anything special, and its entire existence too contradictory, but it is a really good action flick.
Watched Black Adam. A real shame.
The movie is all over the place but here is what I did like: a clearly Arab country occupied for years by invading forces and yearning for a superhero to save them, abandoned by the rest of the world's superheros. That is an inspired choice and deserved something better.
The movie is all over the place but here is what I did like: a clearly Arab country occupied for years by invading forces and yearning for a superhero to save them, abandoned by the rest of the world's superheros. That is an inspired choice and deserved something better.
By Daz Go To PostAvatar aint deep.
Its a fun theme park ride.
It definitely tries to hit about a million themes at once. Jack of all trades, master of none.
The one thing I do remember is that Cameron did a great job building momentum towards the final battle crescendo.
Avatar was pretty good, visually 10/10 if not for some questionable HFR parts but it only bothered me at a few parts a bit.
Story is still paper thin but who cares, it's a visual spectacle and that's ok.
7/10
Story is still paper thin but who cares, it's a visual spectacle and that's ok.
7/10
By data Go To PostWould watch a James Cameron 40k movie starring him tbh
By n8 dogg Go To PostComplaining about how unoriginal the plot is just seems pointless, because Cameron fucking knows.
Why didn’t he deliver a better script then?
By JesalR Go To PostWhy didn’t he deliver a better script then?dont ask questions just consume
By JesalR Go To PostWhy didn’t he deliver a better script then?
Because he didn’t give a shit about that either, lol.
The film exists so he can play with computers. The script was a necessary box ticking exercise to get him there.
Even the casting is in shorthand. Hire the most generic white man ever as the lead, check. Get Michelle Rodriguez so people know she’s tuff, check.
The movie (mostly) works for me in spite of Cameron’s writing, the performances and the plot, because the visuals, cinematography, editing and action compensate for it. Like I say, it’s no classic, but it’s fun enough.
Don't think I've ever seen a film so visually impressive that I've enjoyed it despite it being shite at everything else. Haven't ever rewatched the first Avatar, maybe the action would make a greater impression on me than it did at the time.
By JesalR Go To PostWhy didn’t he deliver a better script then?n8 getting perilously close to the “it was bad on purpose!” argument
Top Gun Maverick's plot was basically the Death Star run and it didn't matter one bit because the movie was still great because they got everything else right.
There's room for that type of blockbuster entertainment to still be good overall as long as the craft and care exists within the action, CG, and set-pieces.
There's room for that type of blockbuster entertainment to still be good overall as long as the craft and care exists within the action, CG, and set-pieces.
While I don't really like Avatar, Reilo is right. I'm super stoked for the next MI movie and I'm going to go out on a limb and say the plot isn't going to be breaking any new ground.
By reilo Go To PostThere's room for that type of blockbuster entertainment to still be good overall as long as the craft and care exists within the action, CG, and set-pieces.
No, everything has to be an Oscar worthy movie where we discuss in detail how the blue people were able to fund their war efforts and whether or not it makes tactical and thematic sense for the space marines to fight them.
By You got 14 bricks right there? Go To PostNo, everything has to be an Oscar worthy movie where we discuss in detail how the blue people were able to fund their war efforts and whether or not it makes tactical and thematic sense for the space marines to fight them.If this was any other forum there'd be a slew of posters proclaiming MCU is deep like this
script issues aside, i think plot bitching is... well, bitching.
what exactly do people expect out of a plot?
predator is one of the all-time greats. but what is the plot? it's just a bunch of lads in the rainforest who are being chased down by an alien.
there are loads of really great films out there with very simple plots.
plots are overrated.
what exactly do people expect out of a plot?
predator is one of the all-time greats. but what is the plot? it's just a bunch of lads in the rainforest who are being chased down by an alien.
there are loads of really great films out there with very simple plots.
plots are overrated.
By Perfect Blue Go To Postn8 getting perilously close to the “it was bad on purpose!” argument
:lol
No, it was that Cameron didn’t write anything better than boilerplate stock shit, and it doesn’t really matter.
It wasn’t bad on purpose. But it was deliberately shallow and accessible as fuck. Twenty minutes in, you know the stakes, about Pandora, about the Navi, about unobtanium (I mean, the name of that alone and the Hometree - y’know, the tree they call home - should tell you that originality is neither in abundance nor really was ever considered).
I’m not an Avatar truther, lads. It’s a decent movie, not a masterpiece. But there’s just no point saying ‘it’s a Ferngully/Pocahontas rip off!’, when it knows exactly how shallow it is, and uses the time that could be dedicated to better writing to instead be better at showing off the tech and Cameron’s directing chops.
It’s not deliberately bad; it’s just pretty bad, and it doesn’t matter.
By bud Go To Postscript issues aside, i think plot bitching is… well, bitching.
what exactly do people expect out of a plot?
predator is one of the all-time greats. but what is the plot? it's just a bunch of lads in the rainforest who are being chased down by an alien.
there are loads of really great films out there with very simple plots.
plots are overrated.
Absolutely. It’s never the what - it’s always the how and the why.
By DY_nasty Go To PostIt was better written than Batman at leastWhich one, there's so many to choose from
By Xpike Go To Postthe seed bearerthis is incredible