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Comment on Hating on James Cameron: Avatar’s Anti-Fans by Poe Ghostal

Poe Ghostal — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:05:44 +0000

I walked into Avatar a bit predisposed to dislike it–largely stemming from reading the posts about it on ToplessRobot.com–and ended up feeling very “meh” about the whole thing–underwhelmed but not actively hating it.

My wife went in mildly interested and came out *hating* it. Every aspect of it–the plot, the visuals, the acting, the poorly-done 3D with the out-of-focus backgrounds thereby ruining the whole point of going 3D, everything. She rarely feels this passionately about this sort of thing, so it was kind of interesting to witness.

Comment on What a Crazy Trailer by Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:50:01 +0000

Thankyou Chuck, for that link: there’s such a great selection of reviews there — one could teach a class on audiences with just that batch

Comment on What a Crazy Trailer by Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:34:57 +0000

You should see the comments on the movie’s IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1314645/

Comment on Hating on James Cameron: Avatar’s Anti-Fans by Martin

Martin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:48:59 +0000

I like Avatar very much. Before watching it, i tried to be without any prejudicates. At the beginning the 3D effekts were very confusing but after a while i enjoyed it very much. The story was very crazy but all in all i like it either. I can understand others who say Avatar is the latest trash in all film productions because it is not every mans thing.

Comment on Intro Sequences: The Good and the Bad by charles echangiste

charles echangiste — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:09:06 +0000

Well you´re right the opening of Human Target is graphically good but the music is so lame, slowing doing the rest and making it boring as death!
It is not even cheesy it´s corny!
Thanks for the post anyway as I enjoyed it

Comment on Intro Sequences: The Good and the Bad by Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:31:09 +0000

Not a list — just a sample

Comment on Intro Sequences: The Good and the Bad by Annie Petersen

Annie Petersen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:29:07 +0000

No mention of True Blood?!? One of the few intros that I watch all the way through for each and every episode. I also enjoy the quietude of the FNL intro.

Comment on Hating on James Cameron: Avatar’s Anti-Fans by Marion

Marion — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:33:35 +0000

I did not expect to hate Avatar before I saw it. I knew it was a special effects movie with a poor plot and I was OK with that. What really disturbed me about the film though, was that the non-special-effects aspects of the film were not just poor, by deliberately dumbed-down, so that the viewers would not be distracted from their trance-like states. At least that’s what it felt like to me, and I had to continuously remind myself to keep the thinking part of my brain turned off. If this is where the film industry is headed, there are indeed reasons to be concerned.

Comment on Time For Answers on Lost? by Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:31:48 +0000

four yEar old, not four yOur old. sorry

Comment on Time For Answers on Lost? by Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:31:10 +0000

Exactly. Which is why I mention the midichlorians — I didn’t need to know why people had The Force. I feel as though some Lost fans/bashers are like four your old kids asking “why? why? why?” to everything, and why some of those questions are important to answer (“Daddy, why shouldn’t I put my hand under the lawnmower?”), some aren’t (“why do dogs have four legs?”). In that spirit, I think the answer to many of these questions is simply, “because Damon and Carleton say so”