So I just came back from seeing James Cameron's Avatar, and it was very good. Not blew me away good, but I guess that's just me. A decent movie. Probably spoiled by the fact that I spent to much time on the Tvtropes home page. You can spot a plot point miles ahead. So that let it just be left on feelings the movie creates for you and it delivers on that aspect. Except when it's disturbed by bloody annoying kids that run across the damn screen. Keep the children at home people. Damn kids. For you who intends to see the movie, don't continue to read as their will be spoilers now until the end of the post.
Also, to burst a bubble for some of the reviewers on some of the Swedish newspapers, you think that the movie was original? It was ridden with clichés. Actually it reminded me a lot of old animated movies. A spiritual people living in a tree and evil humans in machines cutting down the woods? Sound a lot like Ferngully. Even the human that become one of them. Of course Cameron understood not to be subtle who the bad guy was. No evil deity of smoke, no, just mankind. Military recon man from a foreign military ends up with the daughter of the native tribes? Pocahontas. No doubt. Beating a giant monster in order to gain the trust of the tribe? Not a movie, but a comic, Scrooge McDuck in The Land of the Pygmy Indians by Carl Barks. Nature itself amassing it's forces to quell the human destruction? The Don Rosa follow up, War of the Wendigos. And that is just animated and Disney stories I mentioned.
Aside from the unoriginal story, it's still good. All my fantasy books have almost the same story, but it is the packaging and retelling that makes it worth reading it. All fantasy books are ripping of Lord of the Rings, but they ad new thing and perspectives and puts the issues closer to what is important today, or criticizing what happens just now. But the packaging of Avatar is amazing. They might scorn its almost over the top use of 3d, but it's beautiful to look at, even to I get video game flashbacks. A funny thing if you are a James Cameron fan, you could always try to spot hints from his earlier works in the movie. For example, the helicopter ships or whatever reminds me of the flying Terminator attack ships, the seeds of the great tree of The Abyss aliens or whatever, a bomb ship of the drop ship from Aliens, you get the picture. Very fun actually.
As you probably noticed I had time to do this during one sitting which could indicate I wasn't that into the story. Well, I blame the kids. If I ever get rich I should do as one character in an old Swedish Christmas calender story did, he bought all the tickets for one show and kept them all. That is filthy rich. Buying out the entire cinema just to not be disturbed. Unfortunately he wasn' t able to watch the movie as they faced some techincal problems. Good idea though. All in all, I highly recomend Avatar this winter, it is well worth your money.
Also, to burst a bubble for some of the reviewers on some of the Swedish newspapers, you think that the movie was original? It was ridden with clichés. Actually it reminded me a lot of old animated movies. A spiritual people living in a tree and evil humans in machines cutting down the woods? Sound a lot like Ferngully. Even the human that become one of them. Of course Cameron understood not to be subtle who the bad guy was. No evil deity of smoke, no, just mankind. Military recon man from a foreign military ends up with the daughter of the native tribes? Pocahontas. No doubt. Beating a giant monster in order to gain the trust of the tribe? Not a movie, but a comic, Scrooge McDuck in The Land of the Pygmy Indians by Carl Barks. Nature itself amassing it's forces to quell the human destruction? The Don Rosa follow up, War of the Wendigos. And that is just animated and Disney stories I mentioned.
Aside from the unoriginal story, it's still good. All my fantasy books have almost the same story, but it is the packaging and retelling that makes it worth reading it. All fantasy books are ripping of Lord of the Rings, but they ad new thing and perspectives and puts the issues closer to what is important today, or criticizing what happens just now. But the packaging of Avatar is amazing. They might scorn its almost over the top use of 3d, but it's beautiful to look at, even to I get video game flashbacks. A funny thing if you are a James Cameron fan, you could always try to spot hints from his earlier works in the movie. For example, the helicopter ships or whatever reminds me of the flying Terminator attack ships, the seeds of the great tree of The Abyss aliens or whatever, a bomb ship of the drop ship from Aliens, you get the picture. Very fun actually.
As you probably noticed I had time to do this during one sitting which could indicate I wasn't that into the story. Well, I blame the kids. If I ever get rich I should do as one character in an old Swedish Christmas calender story did, he bought all the tickets for one show and kept them all. That is filthy rich. Buying out the entire cinema just to not be disturbed. Unfortunately he wasn' t able to watch the movie as they faced some techincal problems. Good idea though. All in all, I highly recomend Avatar this winter, it is well worth your money.
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