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Jazzman · 12-30-2009, 05:00 PM

I just found out that there is a renovated single screen vintage theater here in Portland showing the digital 3D for $9, so I think we'll go there. The only way I'll see this film is in 3D, as that and its overall visuals are all that I'm interested in. Otherwise, it's just another "People are evil" film, which isn't worth more than a Netflix slot to me.

Alex · 12-30-2009, 05:26 PM

Why bother seeing a movie you've already decided you won't like?

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-30-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Why bother seeing a movie you've already decided you won't like?

That's what I'm wondering.

I'm also wondering why he thinks all the people in the movie are evil. Spoiler alert - they're not.

mousepod · 12-31-2009, 11:24 AM

After seeing Avatar, I joined the large group of movie fans who thought that the effects were brilliant but the story was lacking and derivative. Now, a couple of weeks later, I've rethought my position a bit, based on an unrelated request from my sister last week. Right before we moved to LA, I took some Disney/Ghibli animation DVDs and reburned them for my then two-year-old niece with all of the non-movie stuff removed, so she could just pop it into a DVD player and go straight to the flick. When we visited her in San Francisco last week, my sister asked me if I could burn a copy of the theatrical version of Star Wars for Ella, now four. It occurred to me that part of the reason that I loved Star Wars so much when it first came out was that it was an exciting sci-fi adventure with characters that I liked. For an eleven-year-old me, it didn't matter that the story was derivative or that there were shortcomings in the logic or production. Had I been a forty-something with a sophisticated knowledge of cinema, I would have been able to intellectually block my visceral enjoyment of the film. And that would have been a shame. I hope that my nieces and nephews (all 13 and younger) get a chance to see Avatar in its initial run. When they're in their thirties and Cameron produces a crappy movie set in the "Avatar Universe", they'll get all huffy about how he betrayed his original, unique vision. And I'll quietly smile.

wolfy999 · 12-31-2009, 12:15 PM

Just purchased tickets for the Irvine Spectrum IMAX showing of this on Sunday afternoon....from everyone's input, I'm really looking forward to this.

Gn2Dlnd · 12-31-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

That's what I'm wondering.

I'm also wondering why he thinks all the people in the movie are evil. Spoiler alert - they're not.

Sez the funnily colored hippie.

Jazzman · 12-31-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Why bother seeing a movie you've already decided you won't like?

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Originally Posted by Me

The only way I'll see this film is in 3D, as that and its overall visuals are all that I'm interested in.

Alex · 12-31-2009, 12:41 PM

Roll your eyes all you want, but the question remains unanswered. 3 hours of hating a movie is a lot of investment to see some pretty pictures.

Or to ask it a different way, if you're going to see it anyway, why bother pre-determining that you won't like it?

Jazzman · 12-31-2009, 12:57 PM

No, no, it's answered. Rather clearly too. Perhaps not satisfactorily to your fight-picking baiting, but it's answered.

After seeing it I'll post my own review. Enough for now though.

Tref · 12-31-2009, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jazzman

Otherwise, it's just another "People are evil" film, which isn't worth more than a Netflix slot to me.

Yeh, I am tired of 'people are evil' movies, too. I want more 'animals are evil' films. Stupid animals.

12-30-2009, 05:00 PM	#61
Jazzman Sax God Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland's Tijuana Posts: 510	I just found out that there is a renovated single screen vintage theater here in Portland showing the digital 3D for $9, so I think we'll go there. The only way I'll see this film is in 3D, as that and its overall visuals are all that I'm interested in. Otherwise, it's just another "People are evil" film, which isn't worth more than a Netflix slot to me.
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12-30-2009, 05:26 PM	#62
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Why bother seeing a movie you've already decided you won't like?
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	After seeing Avatar, I joined the large group of movie fans who thought that the effects were brilliant but the story was lacking and derivative. Now, a couple of weeks later, I've rethought my position a bit, based on an unrelated request from my sister last week. Right before we moved to LA, I took some Disney/Ghibli animation DVDs and reburned them for my then two-year-old niece with all of the non-movie stuff removed, so she could just pop it into a DVD player and go straight to the flick. When we visited her in San Francisco last week, my sister asked me if I could burn a copy of the theatrical version of Star Wars for Ella, now four. It occurred to me that part of the reason that I loved Star Wars so much when it first came out was that it was an exciting sci-fi adventure with characters that I liked. For an eleven-year-old me, it didn't matter that the story was derivative or that there were shortcomings in the logic or production. Had I been a forty-something with a sophisticated knowledge of cinema, I would have been able to intellectually block my visceral enjoyment of the film. And that would have been a shame. I hope that my nieces and nephews (all 13 and younger) get a chance to see Avatar in its initial run. When they're in their thirties and Cameron produces a crappy movie set in the "Avatar Universe", they'll get all huffy about how he betrayed his original, unique vision. And I'll quietly smile. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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wolfy999 Eyes like Sapphires! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 2.4 miles from Disneyland Posts: 1,523	Just purchased tickets for the Irvine Spectrum IMAX showing of this on Sunday afternoon....from everyone's input, I'm really looking forward to this. __________________ Diane "Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." - George Carlin 1937-2008 DISNEY IS FINALLY PAYING ME BACK......STILL OWES ME ABOUT (oh, wait....way too much)!
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Roll your eyes all you want, but the question remains unanswered. 3 hours of hating a movie is a lot of investment to see some pretty pictures. Or to ask it a different way, if you're going to see it anyway, why bother pre-determining that you won't like it? Last edited by Alex : 12-31-2009 at 12:47 PM.
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12-31-2009, 12:57 PM	#69
Jazzman Sax God Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland's Tijuana Posts: 510	No, no, it's answered. Rather clearly too. Perhaps not satisfactorily to your fight-picking baiting, but it's answered. After seeing it I'll post my own review. Enough for now though.
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