Comments on: AVATAR REVIEW: Ho…Lee…Frak…

By: Heath

Heath — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:19:02 +0000

AWARDS UPDATE: The Oscar nominations have been announced. The nominees are:

BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious

BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
A Prophet
The White Ribbon

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

BEST FILM EDITING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

BEST ART DIRECTION
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

BEST MAKEUP
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart
“Take It All” from Nine
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog

BEST SOUND EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

BEST SOUND MIXING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Avatar and The Hurt Locker lead the race with 9 nominations each, followed by Inglourious Basterds with 8. Not a whole lot of surprises except for The Blind Side’s Best Picture nom (Seriously, I was like WHA???!!!!). But we shall see who’ll win on March 7.

By: Will K.

Will K. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:23:45 +0000

Honestly this Movie Blew My Mind Out My Ass and I’m now Undoubtedly obsessed with the franchise. I’ve seen it twice planning to do it a third time this weekend. This Movies Been Top of the Box Office List for 6 WEEKS Running Nothing has ever been so popular. I mean I’ve been reading Na’vi I bought several Movie Posters and even the Officially Sponsored Game for the Xbox 360 and I was having doubts about that as well..But it was remarkably well made for a Movie Game and doesn’t play as horrible as Movie Games like Transformers or Spiderman. You interact and go deeper into the story line and it also appears more as an addition to the movie before the movie takes place. I’d give the movie a 9.5 and the game an 8.5 This Movie was so epic it landed third on my personal list of movies of all time. It reminded me of how awesome the Star Wars Series is and How my Brain Bubbled in a pool after watching the whole Matrix Trilogy..It’s Just So Amazing that Words can’t describe. Cameron’s Attention to Detail seems to be his Niche and he is remarkably good at it. It was hard to critcize the movies plot. Some of it was predictable but the movie made up in being Original and extremely enticing. I can’t believe how much money this movie has already made. It was literally Movie of the Decade for me. Cameron Truly has a Gigantic Imagination and I praise him for this project. Its made extremely well and I wish I could go into more detail on the movie and every tid bit that I loved but the cast is great the plot is great the CG was Orgasmic. I mean this movie probably couldn’t get any better than it is. It was unrealistic either in how it presented the world of Pandora, He made everything so real that Yeah I’ve been having day dreaming memories of being on Pandora and talking to some of the characters. Its just Insanely Good, Recommend this Movie to anyone. Nothing Can Compare to this Revolutionary Film making..Cameron You’ve Truly Outdone yourself This Time -Will Kirchmayer.

By: Kev

Kev — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:42:24 +0000

Predictable story? Come on people, where you’ve seen epic film with unpredictable story, eh?

And one-dimensional characters… hell, i watch these types every day IRL, so wtf?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:44:23 +0000

I keep wondering what the story behind the Na’vi is going to turn out to be. A whole world of creatures that just happen to be able to interface with each other? I mean, hardware wise–they all shared the exact same plugs! That and some of the landscape features the big arches had me thinking the world seemed designed–like the world was a living computer (42) or constructed nirvana.

It’s hard to believe that the company behind the venture would just leave all that material and goods go without at least attempting to recoup their losses.

I liked how the movie lingered on the faces of the soldiers listening to the terror talk. They were scared and bought Mr. I-only-know-war’s line.

By: Ivily

Ivily — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:20:43 +0000

I just saw Avatar this past weekend in 3-D. I enjoyed it. I can’t say it’s a great movie, but it’s good. Like many other commentators, I also believe that I’ve seen the storyline of Avatar in many films. So, that was a let down for me… the movie was predictable. I agree that the CGI effects were fantastic and I fell in love with the world of Pandora.

Now, I don’t know if anyone else noticed this, but the horses of the Na’vi people sound just like the cry of the Velociraptor dinosaurs in the movie Jurassic Park (part one)!???? Am I the only one that thinks this way??? So, this was another thing that I just couldn’t stop thinking about… because it just made the movie so unoriginal!!!
Another thing is the “dogs” that were circuling around JakeSully… they totally sounded like Hyenas!!! lol!

Anways, all in all it was a good movie but not the best!
So far I haven’t been impressed with a movie as I was with District 9… that is the best movie IMHO. ^_^ I plan to get it on DVD BluRay.

By: Heath

Heath — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:06:35 +0000

AWARDS UPDATE: Avatar wins 2 Golden Globes including Best PIcture (Drama) and Best Director. The Hurt Locker = nothing. The Hangover wins Best Picture (Comedy or Musical); Crazy Heart wins Best Actor for Jeff Bridges and Original Song; Inglourious Basterds wins Best Supporting Actor; Supporting Actress went to Mo’Nique in Precious; Up won 2 including Animated Feature; Robert Downey, Jr. wins Best Actor (COM) for Sherlock Holmes; Sandra Bullock wins Best Actress (Drama) for The Blind Side; Meryl Streep takes Best Actress (COM) for Julie & Julia; and Best Screenplay went to the film Up in the Air.

By: Heath

Heath — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:40:25 +0000

Kathryn Bigelow: HA!!! Take that mister King of the World! People actually like my movie more than you! So suck it!

Jim Cameron: (sighs) Women. (He then turns and jumps into a pool of money with a floating miniature model of the Titanic and two naked Na’Vi chicks.)

Sorry but that just popped into my mind and I thought it would be pretty funny.

By: Heath

Heath — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:33:39 +0000

AWARDS UPDATE: Avatar went home with 7 Critic’s Choice Movie Awards including Best Action Movie and Cinematography. James Cameron lost the award for Best Director and Picture to his ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, for The Hurt Locker. Inglourious Basterds won 3 awards for Best Ensemble Cast, Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz) and Best Original Screenplay. Jeff Bridges won Best Actor for Crazy Heart; the Best Actress award was a tie between Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia and Sandra Bullock from The Blind Side; and Supporting Actress went to Mo’Nique for her role in Precious.

Just thought you would like to know. That is all.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:43:54 +0000

3d is SO overrated! I’ve never been as uncomfortable watching a film! It was far too long and it got boring by the middle.

Aside from the sucky 3d and length, it was ok. I liked how much thought they’d put into creating a world of its own. Vibrant and beautiful and imaginative. And I liked the way the locals didn’t just base the holyness of trees on magic but it was a scientific, biological fact that they were all connected.

By: Heath

Heath — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:10:19 +0000

Holy crap, you’re right! He did give off some Chip Hazard vibes! Like in Small Soldiers how he just basically mixes every single speech in history into one and that scene in Avatar where the Col. talks to the men towards the end of the film. His speech reminded me that same exact speech!