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Posted: December 23, 2009 04:41 am  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
      IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8    | Going to see it again tomorrow. Planning on it anyway. --------------------  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 23, 2009 05:24 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Colin Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2039 Member No.: 68 Joined: December 31, 2007 Total Events Attended: 69 |
Yeah, I'm gonna end up seeing it like 5 times because all my friends want to go and so does my family. I honestly don't mind. It's really good. --------------------   Proud WG member from January 2006 - Fall 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 23, 2009 11:16 pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | It's even MORE AMAZING the second time through. Nobody else is getting any oscars this year.  -------------------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 24, 2009 06:16 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | Avatar... addictive... withdrawal... must... 3D... PS: This might actually threaten my LotR:RotK record of 7 theater visits. -------------------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 24, 2009 06:50 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Dnovelta Group: Emeritus Posts: 2750 Member No.: 130 Joined: January 20, 2008 Total Events Attended: 137 | Trying to convince my dad to go see it a second time in 3D...it's an awesome movie. --------------------   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 24, 2009 07:01 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Sithofwookie Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2842 Member No.: 815 Joined: June 11, 2008 Total Events Attended: 48 | Going to see Sherlock Holmes instead. -------------------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 24, 2009 10:10 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Hitman Group: Ex-Member Posts: 126 Member No.: 774 Joined: June 6, 2008 Total Events Attended: 15 | friends said it was cool. so i might go see it -------------------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 26, 2009 07:30 pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Group: Emeritus Posts: 505 Member No.: 20 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 27 | I watched it Bootleg last night, I enjoyed the film, I plan on seeing it in Imax/3D soon. Definitely worth paying money for. Lol Not only was it a Pocahontas story, but you could make an argument for the war in Iraq too, the element stuff the marines were trying to obtain, 'unobtanium' = Oil. Also they never got it in the end, 'un-obtainable' -------------------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 27, 2009 01:54 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Samurai-JM Group: Emeritus Posts: 3204 Member No.: 117 Joined: January 11, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | in terms of action, scenery, and all that stuff, EPIC MOVIE. in terms of story and lame names for minerals, meh. it was a standard cliche movie of war and love and all that, but ffs it looked amazing. -------------------- -=}¤- Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici -¤{=-  W I N N I N G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 27, 2009 04:02 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 |
Unobtanium is actually a word, and makes perfect sense given the setting. I'm glad Cameron didn't go into specifics with what they were actually after on Pandora, it would have distracted from the storyline too much. -------------------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 27, 2009 04:55 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Sgtswordfish Group: Guest Posts: 1737 Member No.: 1758 Joined: March 9, 2009 Total Events Attended: 64 | great movie. i like sherlock holmes more that's where my 2 cents go =P --------------------  Goals 2011  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 27, 2009 02:39 pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Snowzak Group: Emeritus Posts: 1193 Member No.: 5 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 67 | The effects are cool, I wonder why I wanted to do the blue chick after the movie. I liked the first part of the movie when he progressively masters the Naavi skills, but the end is too long. But seriously, the plot sucks. So predictable. --------------------  London RL Meeting attendee - Paris RL meeting attendee Joined WG in October 2005 - Original DG - Ex-Raid Leader Proud Council Member from October 21st 2007 to May 19th 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 28, 2009 05:42 pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Fire Lion Sword Group: Emeritus Posts: 1189 Member No.: 103 Joined: January 4, 2008 Total Events Attended: 3 | I watched it Christmas day with the family. These days, I scrutinize how the story is delivered more than what the story is about... because any legitimate story can be amazing with a good story-telling technique, in my opinion. And Avatar is no exception. It did a considerably good job of immersing the audience into its world. The wildlife, people, and landscapes made many references to the real world, and that helped shape an attachment to the storyline. Although its philosophical value was shallow to a degree, I think it was effective at stimulating the mind. And that's what caught a lot of people's attention. What it lacks in epiphanic depth it makes up for in appealing presentation and concept. The huge public hype initially made me wary (Transformers and Snakes on a Plane were dissapointing, to say the least), but it was better than I expected. It was a beautiful movie -- technically and artistically. [SPOILER ALERT] With all that said, I did have one notable problem with the movie... and that was when Grace died. I feel I didn't care as much as I probably should have. I was more affected when the helicopter pilot died... and I don't even remember her name. lol -------------------- --------- 獅の炎 ----------  ----------- 忍☯者 ----------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 28, 2009 06:33 pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Snowzak Group: Emeritus Posts: 1193 Member No.: 5 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 67 | You're not supposed to care for Grace dying, the whole thing is that she's at peace and harmony with nature or some bs. -------------------- London RL Meeting attendee - Paris RL meeting attendee Joined WG in October 2005 - Original DG - Ex-Raid Leader Proud Council Member from October 21st 2007 to May 19th 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 28, 2009 06:40 pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Majeic Group: Ex-Member Posts: 775 Member No.: 1671 Joined: January 28, 2009 Total Events Attended: 77 | Heard it was good, may see --------------------    | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 29, 2009 02:12 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Mickey Group: Emeritus Posts: 5305 Member No.: 48 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 282 | The film was awesome. I can't see me being excited about a new release anymore after experiencing Avatar. --------------------    | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 29, 2009 05:32 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Colin Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2039 Member No.: 68 Joined: December 31, 2007 Total Events Attended: 69 | Saw it again tonight. Still awesome. -------------------- Proud WG member from January 2006 - Fall 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 29, 2009 06:27 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | Third time, still awesome.  My friend was a philistine though, couldn't take the tall blue aliens seriously whatsoever. [SPOILER]My only misgiving is at the end; the Na'Vi didn't send any sort of envoy back to Earth. So now like... what... humans come back in a decade and totally vaporize them? They must have two space transports going back and forth in a rotation for them to keep the schedules they refer to in the movie, so the second is actually inbound at the end. All they need is the Unobtanium, they could nuke Pandora to hell and back from orbit and it wouldn't hurt their profits whatsoever. I guess they're just hoping that the total secession of activity on Pandora for 5-6 years would wreck the corporation so much that they won't be able to finance the hostile takeover of an entire planet.[/SPOILER] -------------------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 29, 2009 08:31 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Group: Emeritus Posts: 318 Member No.: 21 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 1 | Did they really spend half a billion dollars making this movie? --------------------  *Proud* Former leader of the Wilderness Guardians  ^Not Reticked's idea, mine tbh (FOR REAL NO JOKE OMG)^ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 29, 2009 09:26 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Colin Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2039 Member No.: 68 Joined: December 31, 2007 Total Events Attended: 69 |
Official budget: $237 million Other estimates put it at $280-310 million to produce, and $150 million for marketing. So yeah, they might have spent half a billion dollars making this movie.  ...no worries though, in the first week they've already made all their money back and then some... -------------------- Proud WG member from January 2006 - Fall 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 30, 2009 01:46 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: |Tezza| Group: Emeritus Posts: 1430 Member No.: 60 Joined: December 31, 2007 Total Events Attended: 12 |
LOL so true FL. I agree completely I didnt really like grace from the start >_> -------------------- Joined Wg - 18th January '05 (s4 vet) Ex-WG Moderator  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 30, 2009 01:57 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Emeritus Posts: 505 Member No.: 20 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 27 |
Yeah I feel the same I was like why did the helicopter chic have to die! -------------------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 30, 2009 04:10 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRC Nickname: Sithofwookie Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2842 Member No.: 815 Joined: June 11, 2008 Total Events Attended: 48 | I found a pretty good copy on the internet of Avatar if anyone doesn't feel like paying the $10 to see it but I have to say it would probably be worth it. http://www.videoweed.com/file/4b2d70e530917 Also, the helicopter chick was really hot. -------------------- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Posted: December 31, 2009 01:38 am | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 IRC Nickname: Matt|Multi Group: Emeritus Posts: 668 Member No.: 49 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 12 |
Saw it pirated twice now, subtitles were in Russian so I didn't know what was going on half the time, but figured it out pretty quickly thereafter so it's all good. Will probably see it in theaters as it's one of the only movies that actually has had me say "Oh shit". Also, did some browsing on the wikia for the movie, and apparently the company mining the planet, the RDA, was granted their monopoly on interspace commerce provided they abide by a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons and limiting military power in space, so in all probability, their forces on Pandora were all they were legally allowed to commit, and since any future expeditions would have to secure a landing zone AND fortify it, all while probably being under siege by the native population (they only got a foothold in the first place because the Na'vi were tolerant), since if they're smart, they'll hold on to Hell's Gate. Since orbital bombardment is out of the question, that'd be their only option to resume any form of large-scale mining operation. So in short, yeah, the RDA is screwed. Also, don't think they could have sent an ambassador anyways, since our atmosphere would *probably* be poisonous to them, and we don't have any breathing things for them to use so ya. -------------------- Born at sea, baptized in blood your fame will never die. Your Division is one of the best if not the best division in the history of American arms -Gen George S Patton on the 45th Infantry Division  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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