Pandora: The World of Avatar Announcement, Construction, & Preview Discussion

[rhino4evr]

Wow this thread is going no where fast. I realize this is a discussion board, but maybe we should stop with the constant criticism until you actually see it in person. It's just tiresome and endless.

Avatar land isn't going to change your life. We get it.

I look forward to the actual impression thread.

It's nice to have low expectations, but walking into any experience with the thought that you'll hate it, won't change your mind.

 

[epcyclopedia]

Maybe you need a different hobby than visiting discussion forums?

People having opinions that don't support or reinforce your own beliefs seems to really distress you.

 

[twebber55]

i come to the conclusion that people have different standards for different projects

 

[rhino4evr]

Maybe you need a different hobby than visiting discussion forums?

People having opinions that don't support or reinforce your own beliefs seems to really distress you.

Maybe you should take a step back and take a deep breath.

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

This is all rather heartbreaking considering we almost had this instead:

 

[twebber55]

This is all rather heartbreaking considering we almost had this instead:

why you have this

and this

thematically similar just hope the rides are good

 

[twebber55]

i dont remember seeing this image yesterday in the article

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

why you have this

and this

thematically similar just hope the rides are good

James Cameron has had a handful of creative masterpieces, but Avatar ain't one of them. Jules Verne captures my imagination vastly more, especially when viewed through the prism of Walt Disney and Harper Goff.

 

[hishedale]

Some plants actually look quite close to bioluminescent species. However, some (like the blue tube plant) look more like they just have a colored light bulb in them. I doubt it's that much of an issue, as it probably doesn't read well in pics rather than in person.

 

[twebber55]

James Cameron has had a handful of creative masterpieces, but Avatar ain't one of them. Jules Verne captures my imagination vastly more, especially when viewed through the prism of Walt Disney and Harper Goff.

certainly disagree
it was as successful on every level a movie can be successful but lets not start that 5 year old debate again

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

certainly disagree
it was as successful on every level a movie can be successful but lets not start that 5 year old debate again

It was successful on exactly one level: financial. Beyond that... it didn't exactly reinvent the wheel.

 

[twebber55]

It was successful on exactly one level: financial. Beyond that... it didn't exactly reinvent the wheel.

the 9 academy award nominations disagrees with you

 

[quinnmac000]

the 9 academy award nominations disagrees with you

Suicide Squad won an academy award. I will leave it at that. Just because something gets nominated doesn't always mean its actually good.

 

[rhino4evr]

It was successful on exactly one level: financial. Beyond that... it didn't exactly reinvent the wheel.

Well it actually reintroduced 3D to cinema, and Paved the way for 3D TVs, and Videogames. It also helped bring IMAX back from financial collapse.

So it did a lot more for the film industry then just make money and win awards.

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

the 9 academy award nominations disagrees with you

It only won awards for the eye candy aspects, which is clearly what James Cameron spent the most time working on. The other nominations it received doesn't exactly scream innovative storytelling, the majority of them were the just the standard set that the biggest blockbusters get each year. Yes, it got nominated for Best Picture, but that was also the first year they increased the number of nominees to ten, and yes, it got nominated for Best Director, so this was naturally going to happen after James Cameron hadn't had a movie out in over a decade and the notoriety of how freaking long it took to make Avatar helped to create unstoppable hype around the flick. I'm sure it also doesn't hurt that it came out in December when there weren't a lot of other movies out and just a scant two months before the Academy Awards. I have to wonder what those nominations would have looked like if Avatar had come out in like May instead.

 

[epcyclopedia]

i dont remember seeing this image yesterday in the article

Bloomberg seriously used that font? Eww.

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

Well it actually reintroduced 3D to cinema, and Paved the way for 3D TVs, and Videogames. It also helped bring IMAX back from financial collapse.

So it did a lot more for the film industry then just make money and win awards.

That's true, but one could argue that that's just another facet of the financial success. Whether Avatar actually contributed anything to the art of 3-D storytelling is debatable, but it sure did help the movie studios to find another way to make more money.

 

[twebber55]

Suicide Squad won an academy award. I will leave it at that. Just because something gets nominated doesn't always mean its actually good.

it won one and had a 25% on rotten tomatoes
Avatar won 3 and was nominated for 9 awards including best picture and best director it also won golden globe picture of the year as well as drama and director
i mean its your opinion to not like the movie but the facts say it was as popular and successful as a movie can be literally every level box office, critical acclaim, home sales
its just facts

 

[Parkscope Joe]

It's a Mexican standoff in here. Everyone chill.

 

[twebber55]

im fine
i recognize Avatar is not The Godfather
speaking of i feel like Michael Corleone "i keep trying to get out but keep getting dragged back in"