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Avatar: Hexapedal Lemur - Need I Say More?

I was apparently the last person in the universe to see Avatar, largely because the trailer really stunk (the one shown in theaters, not the one currently used on the site.) I finally got around to seeing it yesterday.

From a pure entertainment perspective, this movie was just incredible. Avatar is a true work of art, and clearly a game changer along the lines of Lord of the Rings and The Matrix. Pandora is without a doubt the most amazing rendering of an alien planet in sci-fi history. Its not just a technical feat, but I thought the use of reef-like terrestrial flora and fauna was fantastic. Of course, any movie with a hexapedal lemur automatically gets my vote :-)

The way this film seamlessly blends live action and CG is amazing. I never once lost my suspension of reality mode and thought "eck - CG" the way I have with almost all previous films in this genre. From a CG perspective, I think the most impressive feat was the realistic interaction between the Navi and their aerial mounts.

I look forward to hearing what other TechHuians thought about the movie.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Leuck on January 5, 2010 at 9:21am

Nate - ROFL. Good find.

Permalink Reply by Kimo Watanabe on January 5, 2010 at 9:30am

"Dances With Wolves was a bad Dances With Wolves" hahaha funny stuff. Also, I can't wait for the Evil Eskimo movie, that's going to be awesome!

Kimo

Daniel Leuck said:

Hey Kimo - I think you are in good company. GB, a film guy, agrees with you.

Daniel, WHERE can I find this movie about the evil eskimo?
I'm working on a script that pits evil Eskimos against an army of transgenic lemur cyborgs lead by
Edward James Olmos. I'll keep you updated.

The story was nothing new (a bad Dances With Wolves)
True, but there are few new things under the sun in terms of story lines, and Dances With Wolves was a bad Dances With Wolves.

the dialog was laughable (the part where he comes out to the Navi could've been stolen from the movie She's All That)
I nearly choked on my coffee when I read this. Touché. There was something She's All That-esque about it.

and additionally the acting wasn't doing it for me
I think it was hit and miss. Saldana (Neytiri) was good, as was Lang (the Colonel.)

I feel like I don't need heavy handed exposition, the planet's name is Pandora? The stuff the colonialists are after is Unobtainium?
I wrote off Pandora as a random name the colonialists made up for the planet. Its happened many times before - Where did the names Japan and Madagascar come from? Drunk white folks :-) They don't sound anything like the Japanese or Malagasy words for their own country. On the name unobtainium, we agree. It was comically stupid.

Avatar: Hexapedal Lemur - Need I Say More?

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