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"Plus the freely available nature of technology in cinemas have brought film-making to irrelevant, totally untalented fanboys, a place it should never go in the first place. Everyone can make a movie these days, people who don't necessarily have the cultivation and background of using those tools for just what they are and pay attention on focusing on the truly cinematic material instead......very few to almost none, can make a GOOD movie."

Where do i talk about "the technology should only be allowed to be used by those deemed worthy enough?" . I am no fascist. I just observe the fact that the more fanboys with no real cultivation knowledge and background on the subject matter get their hands on the technology, the more the crap. As simple as that.

Ralph, you're contradicting yourself. If you publicly announce that you don't care about our opinions, our likes and do not like's, then how do you call your self-defense on the argument of discussion? If you don't have valid opinions on someone since you don't bother to be informed about those individuals in the first place, how can you accuse me of lacking debate skills or anything like that?

I have strong rejections against crap which is over-flowing is day by day whilst you seem to like everything that comes your way, regardless what (And i DO follow your posts and opinions, i am not assuming based on isolated events or writing in isolated topics) but that's not the point, it's your right to like everything and all you want, who am I to label you or call you names? Same applies to you i am afraid; not anyone who doesn't agree with you or share your opinions is miserably, grumpy or dark or fascist. Face it.

What i am saying is if you're going to accuse me, then i am afraid you'll have to get informed properly first and if you're not willing to do so, your argument against me will be completely invalid, the way i see it.

Demetris, I was not accusing you of anything, I was reacting to something you said in this topic and others I´ve read and remembered in this situation. And just because I do not read every single topic on this board I have no right to object to something that you stated here, in this topic? Where does that end? Should I have to read your blog, too, before I am allowed to answer to anything you said, because I´m not informed well enough? If you don´t mean what you say here, you´re the one who is contradicting himself.

Yes, I´ve been known to "like stuff", and I don´t make a secret out of it, but it´s not so easy as you want it to be. It´s not that I like everything, it´s just that I take something and look for what I like about it instead for the stuff I don´t like about it, because, in the end, this is just more satisfying. And I did say that on many occasions, so you´re doing the very same thing you´re accusing me of, stating something rather blunt and simple about me that´s just half the truth.

What you did was talking about my technique of talking instead of focusing on what I said, and looking for things where I might have contradicted myself (which I didn´t) instead of just answering to the point I made, that you sound bitter and depressed about the state of art. And that wasn´t even an attack, but an observation I made and commented on. Evil me. How could I have ignored that you like stuff sometimes? What that has to do with your general view, which you have stated since then again and again and which was all I was commenting on is beyond me.

Of course you like stuff. Everyone has something he likes. But what does this have to do with how you sound and come across while talking about how things are going down the toilet everywhere? I was talking about your general attitude towards things as expressed in this and other topics, and please correct me if that attitude is not how I described it earlier. So why are we even having this discussion? I said you sound as if you seem to hate everything based on what you said here and elsewhere. You said that it´s not the case. Okay then. Now where is the problem?

But surely I've addressed this... Oh, I give up.

:sigh:

Hmmm... exactly 9 days to go for world premiere of AVATAR.

From the second link:



That's all I need to know that I'm going to love Avatar. He has never in any of his films let the characters be one-dimensional or take second place to the action / effects.



And this !!!

Nice to read these comments!

(rt had the same reviews for 2012 the first week it came out)

"You can safely stow away all that spurious crap about videogame-style effects, or blue Jar Jars: this is truly next-level stuff, which doesn't smother Worthington and Saldana under a pile of pixels, but rather teases out and enhances the emotion in their excellent performances".

"If you can let go of your version and embrace Cameron’s – if you’re not, in other words, one of those splenetic internet fanboy types who’ve apparently made their minds up about Avatar before seeing it – then Avatar is a hugely rewarding experience: rich, soulful and exciting in the way that only comes from seeing a master artist at work".

"Avatar is an astonishing feast for the eyes and ears, with shots and sequences that boggle the mind, from the epic – a floating mountain range in the sky, waterfalls cascading into nothingness – to the tiny details, such as a paraplegic sinking his new, blue and fully operational toes into the sand. The level of immersive detail here is simply amazing".

I CAN´T FRIGGIN WAIT.

Apparently there are two cinemas in The Netherlands that suggest showing it in 3D...except these are IMAX cinemas, not 3D cinemas...so I'm not sure what's going on?

I'll be sure to have a look if the favourable reviews keep up, but I'll probably wait until January.

"....a feeling that will be enhanced further if you can - and we really, really recommend that you should - catch it in 3D, where Cameron’s unparalleled and meticulously constructed use of the technique expertly envelopes you in the beguiling, exotic sights and sounds of Pandora, a planet (or, to be precise, a moon) that throbs and hums and teems with life and energy in three dimensions".

I´m not sure how far you would go for this, but if it is shown in English somewhere along the border, would you like me to tell you?

Nah, you're welcome. I doubt there will be an english screening anyway, but if that´s the case, I would have loved to be of any help.

With one positive review after another coming in, I sure as hell hope you'll be able to do this someway.

And I get a strange feeling this will be a hit after all. I never doubted it would be a great thing, but I had few hopes for a success. The raving reviews may change the tide.

South park replacing the Avatar native people with the Smurfs, really funny material!

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=TXHU55YO