Avatar: See it this weekend, and see history...

James Cameron is going to marry the first action star he lays. And she's going to treat him like shit. You know why? Because you can't respect someone who won't respect himself.

 

Beautiful.

 

Ladies and gentlemen, you are such a wonderful crowd. We'd like to play a little tune for you. It's one of my personal favourites and I'd like to dedicate it to a young man who doesn't think he's seen anything good today - James Cameron, this one's for you.

 

Good parallel, JR, and most re-imaginings of Shaespeare are terrible.
With the exception of Ian McKellen's 'Richard III,' which was brilliant.
But it wasn't brilliant because of the updated presentation. It was brilliant because of McKellen's protrayal.
Of course, you could argue that the changed presentation is what allowed McKellen to put his particular spin on the character.

Anyway, that 'Richard III' also had Downey in it, and he was terrible.

 

Anywhere you see it will be in 3D so you'll get most of the effects regardless of where you are; although the next time I see it will be in IMAX.

 

According to the AP review/feature on Downey/the movie, Doyle fans won't be let down: the story apparently stays relatively true to the book/story/characters.

 

Well, I was all jacked up to see this today with the kids, but they are pretty lukewarm to the idea of seeing it so I guess I'm waiting ...

 

Call me sir, goddamnit!

 

I can't believe Cameron didn't get the bends when he fell into the pool. [/tying it all together nicely]

 

"Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his a_s, in two weeks you'd have a diamond."

I'm probably still childish, but because I still laugh at the above line to this day.

 

Cameron's "Aquaman" rocked. ;D

 

I thought Avatar was an incredibly stunning film. The visual effects, in 3D, are like nothing ever put on film. That alone doesn't make the film inherently great, but in this case, Cameron creates a fully realized world borne of his own imagination and basic geo-political constructs.

I consider myself a pseudo film snob. The story didn't lack, which is already becoming cliche in describing this movie. The villains were two-dimensional as we many of the "real" actors. But that world ... wow. Rich visuals and enough backstory to really immerse a viewer.

Does it change film history? No individual movie does that. Yet Avatar boosts filmmaking, and digital effects especially, up Hollywood's evolutionary ladder like LOTR, Jurassic Park, ET and Star Wars before it.