Comments on: 6 Reasons Avatar Sucks

By: AAA

AAA — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:33:05 +0000

@Matthew
District 9 obviously, its everything Avatar wants to be and fails to capture and it didn’t suck up hundreds of millions of dollars to make. Its message was more subtly entwined into the action and bolognium rather than being smashed into your face every 10 minutes. I didn’t even particularly like the action sequences but I still left the theater with the feeling I had spent my 10 bucks well.

District 9 is a cupcake, Avatar is a shit filled twinky.

By: Bobarian

Bobarian — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:32:54 +0000

Are 3D glasses made from unobtanium?

By: Matthew Belinkie

Matthew Belinkie — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:09:51 +0000

On the other hand, everytime I start to preemptively complain about Avatar winning Best Picture, I always then think, “Well, what SHOULD win Best Picture?” That’s the catch – it’s a weak year for movies (thanks writers strike). There were plenty of good movies, but nothing seemed to get much buzz going. Nobody seems EXCITED about anything, except for Avatar. In the end, I think it’ll win partially because none of the other movies have any momentum, and partially because, for all its flaws as a piece of storytelling, it is the single prettiest thing ever made.

By: Matthew Belinkie

Matthew Belinkie — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:01:23 +0000

@David – Normally, I’d agree with you. But this isn’t some dumb blockbuster that everyone understands is just there to sell Happy Meals. This movie is probably going to win Best Picture. Let me repeat that: Avatar will most likely be crowned the greatest cinematic achievement of 2009. And because of that, this movie’s flaws MATTER.

By: David

David — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:47:15 +0000

I hate it when people disagree so much over which dumb, cliched, stultifying, off-putting aspect of a movie like this is the most dumb, cliched, stultifying and off-putting aspect. Can’t we all get along?

By: keith wilson

keith wilson — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:06:29 +0000

Ok, so me and my friend went to see this thing, where both black.
This is important for one reason, the movie is overally racist.
Only when a magic white man comes along do the Navi have any chance at all he’s so special, god talks to him , blah blah.
I could rant on this fact for days, but u know what, I would of been allright with the movie if the antangonist wasn’t so plan bland.
Take the douchbag general from every nam movie, you know the guy who likes war and killing( the big tree attack looked a heck of alot like naplam). Now roll them all into one. Refuse to give him any more of a reason to fight instead of pure rage. And to top it off we NEVER find out what unotitranium is used for, up until mr protagonist talks to god we know NOTHING about the earth being used up. ONE line to make the evil general guy more real is all i ask, a “i have a family to provide for back home, i don’t do this because its fun, i need this money”, instead we get “HELL YEA, IM KILLING SOME BLUE PEOPLE.” Don’t forget that while all the other humans in the movie can not be exposed to the air for more then 5 seconds or so without suffocating, this dude runs out of the air-lock command room and just starts firing at the one pilot who decides they want to abandon the military and fight for the blue people
To top all of this off the navi want to help a human right after seeing them destroy home tree. And since you can scientifically explain the navi’s connection to there land its now important to stop attacking them.

But do you want to know the stupidest part of this entire movie, it’s like district 9 , but instead of enforcing the reality of conquer’s essentially being wrong , although there stronger, the Navi win. District 9 got it right, you see the struggle oppressed people have, and its uncertain what will happen to them, or if they’ll ever be free. Avatar says, naw its happy if the Navi win. One word on the military tactics, im sure they’d just fire a precision guided curse or ballistic missile at what ever they want to destroy. But NOOO , even with your advance technology the forest creatures come to save the day. I’m pissed since i was hyped for this movie, why the F*** did james cameron neglect his plot while coming up with special effects.

This movie needs to be taken as a comedy, the way he bumps into a navi girl that just happens to speak english, how he’s all of a sudden a good person since he gets his freak on and thinks “hey, there not so bad” . We don’t hear any negotiations that break down about a peaceful move, naw, JUST ACTION ACTION ACTION, crap plot, love story, ACTION, somehow protagonist becomes a real navi at the end.

Best looking movie ive ever seen though, just with a crap plot.

By: rtpoe

rtpoe — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:04:02 +0000

AVATAR: The Sequel

(Several Earth months after the first movie, a NA’VI comes to one of the human research stations to find all the humans preparing to evacuate)

NA’VI: What’s going on? Where is everyone going?

SCIENTIST: Oh dear. We didn’t want to tell you, since there’s nothing we can do about it. A huge asteroid is heading for Pandora. The impact will probably wipe out all life on the surface.

NA’VI: Can’t you do anything? Take us with you!

SCIENTIST: We wish we could, but we simply don’t have enough resources to help you.

NA’VI: But with all your advanced technology, couldn’t you push it out of the way?

CORPORATE HACK: We might be able to, but that will be very expensive. Very expensive. And frankly, without a pesky biosphere in the way, it will be easier for us to get the Unobtanium we need. It’s not like we can live on Pandora without any help, so a devastated surface won’t matter.

NA’VI: Er……..

(Of course, it was the military that diverted the asteroid onto a collision course. But that’s Top Secret…)

Thank you for an excellent article. I wish I had written it, since it sums up my feelings about Avatar perfectly.

By: Mercury

Mercury — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:39:40 +0000

Cameron is a hack, plain and simple. Why not just make a cartoon? Why go through all the time and money to develop this more “realistic” CGI when it borders on the cartoon form anyway. Show a cartoon in 3D; show it in IMAX. This is not ground breaking to me. Making a cartoon look less like a cartoon is not advancing the art of making films. It is advancing the art of making Hack-Films. I would have been more impressed if Cameron was actually creative by stripping off the gimmicks, (i.e. most of the movie) by filming in actual locations and putting actors in blue-laxtex and trying to create a BELIEVABLE world that way. Instead, Cameron creates the most expensive cgi-cartoon ever made. Cameron did indeed advance movie-making, he is the greatest hack who ever directed a movie.

By: lee

lee — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:46:48 +0000

@Tim, thanks for that comment. I think you’ve captured my feelings on this movie and these criticisms of Avatar in your words.

As for the sequel, if I were to trust anyone with making a sequel of anything, it would clearly be James Cameron. Terminator 2. Aliens. ’nuff said.

As for other recent sequel problems, sure, the 2nd and 3rd Pirates movies were crud-tacular, but 2nd Spider-Man movie was quality, no? The 3rd was a stinker, yes, but the first Spidey sequel in some ways exceeded the original.

It seems pretty inevitable that there will be an Avatar sequel, and I think it’ll be significantly better than the original. However, as with most franchises, it’ll start to stink pretty quickly after that point.

My prediction. You heard it here first.

By: Matthew Belinkie

Matthew Belinkie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:46:35 +0000

I think Avatar is the Debbie Does Dallas of special effects porn.