Let’s Talk About…Avatar
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AVATAR (2009/IN THEATERS)
From: Rebecca Lenzini
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:17 AM
To: McClelland, Brian
Subject: Avatar
Saw Avatar last night and my friend and I enjoyed it for sure, but on the way home, we decided the movie and especially the plot was like a mash-up on steroids! Our suggestions: FernGully meets Jurassic Park meets The Matrix meets Dances with Wolves meets Return of the Jedi (ewok/stormtrooper battle scene) meets Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers meets Terminator meets Predator meets Alien meets Pocohontas.
Here in Denver on a Wednesday night, the IMAX show was sold out and the 3D show was packed. Fabulous box office…people applauded at the end…
Becky
Hottest. Na'vi. Ever.
From: McClelland, Brian
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:54 AM
To: Rebecca Lenzini
Subject: Avatar
Ha! FernGully.
I can’t believe that Avatar is still packing ‘em like that! Wow. I really liked it, and I’m thinking I might check it out again while it’s still playing, but it surprises me how many people are calling this their fave movie ever and seeing it a dozen times, like with Titanic. I understood people feeling a deeper connection with Titanic, cuz as hokey and hammy as that film was (and BOY, was it), Cameron masterfully packed so many different scenes with so heavy an emotional wallop—the one that always gets me is the mom in steerage putting her babies to bed as the ship sinks—viewers were left wrecked and feeling they had gone through this traumatic experience with the rest of the ship’s survivors. Avatar, on the other hand—despite an emotionally effective performance from Zoe Saldana—strives for deepness only to find itself securely wearing water wings in the shallow end.
I have noticed that the people that have told me they didn’t like Avatar all had one factor in common—they didn’t see it in 3D. My reaction to that is, what’s the point? This film’s leap forward in movie technology, like with Jurassic Park & Star Wars & Terminator 2 & Titanic, is a big part of what makes the film exceptional. If you’re not choosing to see it in 3D you might as well watch it on VHS on a black & white TV. And it’s TOTALLY weird to me that this film—which is SUCH a lightweight sci-fi flick, no deeper (or better, really) than the Star Trek reboot—is the big oscar contender for best pic this year! I understand that The Hollywood likes to reward for such big box office, but still.
Kisses-
brian
Tags 3D, Avatar, James Cameron, Titanic
Really did like Avatar, and I am not much of a Sci -fi fan. I saw it in 3d – only flinched once and tried to swat a bug once – great fun! If it wasn’t for the drunk behind us trying to grope the lady next to Becky – it would have been the perfect movie night.
Packed house even in the middle of the week – arrive early!
Roger Ebert shares your opinion about Avatar’s best picture trajectory, Brian.
http://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/7917020095
Loved AVATAR, I just let it take me over. I think the IMAX version would be tooo much. Even with a thin plot, the movie is so much more. I want to see it again, I’m sure there is much that was missed the first time, spending time just enjoying the 3D aspect. My 29 year old daughter thought it was FERNGULLY also. I never saw that, but the comparison has been brought up several times. A, in my book.
Now that is a Twitter account I can get behind.
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