By: videot53

videot53 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:03:03 +0000

I was not surprised by Avatar’s lack of awards. Cameron is a true talent, but his main talent lies in the initial concept, enthusiam thoughout the project and stunning visual effects of the movie. As in the Abyss and even Titanic his storytelling starts off strong and then wains as the movie becomes more about the effects than the story and characters. Avatar’s story of reaping the indiginous tribes for corporate and personal greed (although a noble tale) has been done to excess in recent years. The screenplay was pretty weak. There was little character development. There was about 30 minutes of wonderful eye candy but I was shifting around in my seat waiting for the inevitable ending. No surprises. Here is a tale about people living harmoniously with nature culminating in a grand war. I liked the idea of all things being connected but was put off by the fact that instead of just having a mental connection of “oneness” the Navi had to plug into the neural network with their tails. I enjoyed the movie but I think if you are spending $300 million to make a movie you should hire the best screenwritters available and I don’t think Cameron is one of them. He is a great director and visual effects genius but his writting doesn’t grab me. That said I have enjoyed all of his movies and will look forward to the next but I understand why the artistic views of the academy may have been more influenced by a well written story with true character development.

By: eastalabamamedia

eastalabamamedia — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:01:22 +0000

Ditto on having to rent “The Hurt Locker” to satisfy curiosity. To be honest, I’d heard little to nothing about it until the Oscars. But the clips they showed looked good. As a documentary filmmaker, I definitely want to check out this upstart.

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