AVATAR (THE ONE WITH THE BLUE PEOPLE)
Dec. 19th, 2009 11:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
okayawesomeSo while New York is getting buried under mountains of snow, we went to see Avatar! In 3D!
I have thoughts, but I am tired out and cold and kind of tipsy, so suffice to say, it was not half bad. My recommendation: Just assume right from the get-go that you're not going to get even a remotely original story, prepare to be completely unsurprised by everything, and understand that the plot is pretty much secondary. This is all about the pretty, pretty world and the pretty, pretty characters. And shell out for the 3D, it's worth it.
eta ALL THIS SAID, I revise myself the next day: If you have problems with the Dances with Wolves/Pocahontas/etc. "white guy assimilates into native culture and becomes the savior of a dying race" trope, you will have a problem with this story. I managed to enjoy it anyway -- mostly because, like I said, I just switched off my brain at a certain point and went "ooh" -- but it's definitely there. I mean, it basically reads like Cameron saw Dances with Wolves and said "I want to make that with aliens :D" and didn't update at all for 15 years, so take that as you will.
I have thoughts, but I am tired out and cold and kind of tipsy, so suffice to say, it was not half bad. My recommendation: Just assume right from the get-go that you're not going to get even a remotely original story, prepare to be completely unsurprised by everything, and understand that the plot is pretty much secondary. This is all about the pretty, pretty world and the pretty, pretty characters. And shell out for the 3D, it's worth it.
eta ALL THIS SAID, I revise myself the next day: If you have problems with the Dances with Wolves/Pocahontas/etc. "white guy assimilates into native culture and becomes the savior of a dying race" trope, you will have a problem with this story. I managed to enjoy it anyway -- mostly because, like I said, I just switched off my brain at a certain point and went "ooh" -- but it's definitely there. I mean, it basically reads like Cameron saw Dances with Wolves and said "I want to make that with aliens :D" and didn't update at all for 15 years, so take that as you will.
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Date: 2009-12-20 05:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-20 05:07 am (UTC)And I'm with you. I bet I'd actually like it much more a second time, because I kept waiting to see if anything unusual was going to happen, LOL.
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Date: 2009-12-20 06:54 pm (UTC)(Also, brava to the icon! Intuitive usage of the Ahbed ;)
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Date: 2009-12-20 11:37 pm (UTC)