TheCritic17 reviews AVATAR

TheCritic17 reviews  AVATAR

Just saw Avatar and I ask this question: Was it the best film of the year or just another end of the year action flick??

Review Opinion
By CRITIC17 - Dec 18, 2009 09:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi

Well… I have just seen Avatar. Like Access, I agree that this is James Cameron’s magnum opus. I have nothing else to say… I guess just read the review and find out what I thought.

Avatar is by far James Cameron’s best film of all time. (I like starting with something positive :) ). Everything about this film was great!!! Let’s see why. By the way, this is spoiler-free.

The story was AMAZING . You guys know the basic story. Sam Worthington plays Jake Sully, who is a paralyzed marine. He goes to Pandora (a planet with beautiful life and on it lies the Navi, its people), in an Avatar and falls in love with Neytiri, then he decides he with the Navi, not the humans. (That is all implied/seen in the trailer). So, the story was magnificent. The first hour doesn’t pull you in as well, but it was still good then. But, after that first hour I was just sucked right in.

The actors were phenomenal in this movie. Sam Worthington is truly a magnificent actor. I only noticed his accent one time in the film. He has just launched what I expect to be a major film career. Zoe Saldana is also brilliant in this film. While you don’t actually see her, her voice and body movements truly represent the style and attitude that her character projects. Sigourney Weaver is fantastic as usual. She’s tough, and knows what she wants, I like that. Weaver is good in anything though. Stephen Lang is also brilliant as the film’s main villain. I won’t talk about everybody, but every other actor/actress in the film (even Michelle Rodriguez) made the movie fantastic!!!

The effects were OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! I saw the film in IMAX-3D. I was at ahh at how Cameron put you into this brand new world filled with all this life. The 3-D really does put you into the movie. The action and explosions (uh oh, spoiler alert there :) ) were same old Cameron, FANTASTIC!! But, really just the CGI and the life Cameron put into this remarkable planet and all the creatures on it really made the movie work.

Well, I have to say… this is by far the best film I’ve seen all year!!! This was just a great movie!! Hands down the best of the year (not of all time, it can’t beat the Shawshank Redemption on me). So I award this movie…:

4 out of 4 spectacular stars.

-TheCritic17-

P.S. Can’t wait for the sequel!!!

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CRITIC17
CRITIC17 - 12/19/2009, 12:07 AM
@Ozy: Wasn't it just FANTASTIC!!!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/19/2009, 6:09 AM
OZY @ Have you noticed all the AVATAR HATERS have [frick]ing shut up lol!!! ; D


CRITIC @ Great review man!!!!!



MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 12/19/2009, 6:28 AM
Whats an Avatar hater? Someone that thought the movie looked shit? It did! Plus you sound like a looney having not seen it lee seriously.

Nice review dude..although I would disagree with the story being amazing. The story let the movie down for me even though I still loved it. If it had a stronger story and some more rounded characters it would be worthy of being called a masterpiece.
CRITIC17
CRITIC17 - 12/19/2009, 8:17 AM
Yeah!!! My first article on the front page!!!

@LEEE: Thanks man!!!

@Ozy: It was man!!

@Ror: I still loved the story though, but thanks!! I have to admit that some of it was obvious though...
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 12/19/2009, 8:27 AM
It was very predictable but that wasn't even what annoyed me the most. It needed some sort of sub plot. The story was so obvious and unoriginal that there needed to be another thread running from it. I know it was already 3 hours long, but I think if they sacrificed some of the prancing around the jungle and maybe set up some more between Weaver and Ribisi..or revealed some more about how his brother was killed...I dunno, just something else.
skidz
skidz - 12/19/2009, 9:15 AM
This movie is the best way to end the year! I think it would ruin its significance if Cameron made a sequel. LOTR's Peter Jackson is probably taking notes for this.
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 9:17 AM
ROR- I don't know if a sub-plot would help the movie at
all. I think if there was a sub-plot like you
suggested it would of HURT the film. I just saw it
last night (not im Imax, but in 3D non the less)
and it was an AMAZING film, I'm not saying you didn't like it. but all those scenes of them "prancing"
around just engulfed me more into there world. Sure the story was predictable but what isn't now a days. anyway
OVERALL..BEST MOVIE IN AT LEAST 5 YEARS! IMO.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 12/19/2009, 9:50 AM
Sorry I don't buy the "what isnt these days" cop out. Plenty of movies are original or at least tell a story in an original way. Avatar focused singly on being a visual feast..which it was, and I agree it was an amazing movie from a certain point of view, but I just wish it focused a little more on its plot and dialog. Not because I didn't like it, because I loved it! You have to admit, a couple of bits were a little big cringy..the dry hump scene for one!
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 12/19/2009, 10:39 AM
I just saw it last night, and frankly I was too astounded by the lush visuals and too busy soaking up all the amazing details to worry about the boring plot.
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 10:46 AM
Yes I will admit some scenes were a little bit "cringy"
the "love" scene didn't bother me that much..the Cringy scenes for me were all involving the bad guy with the scars..he was nothing more than a run of the mill
bad guy(no depth of character)..that I think was the only flaw. I've seen that portrayed in many other movies. Ribisi was great and I wish he was in more scenes but other than that. AMAZING movie!
Phinehas
Phinehas - 12/19/2009, 10:56 AM
Not totally blown away by this movie. It was a fun romp, but the story was thin and exceptionally predictable. I'm thinking about writing my own review. The heavy-handed preaching of nature-worship, that was well packaged in cultural sensibilities, along with a strong dose of self-hatred of our own capitalist Western civilization was not appreciated by me. Every genre of great sci-fi films had been borrowed (I'm being nice) by Cameron in this film. The one thing he has going was the cutting edge imagery. I'm not sold that what he had constructed otherwise, was all that innovative. Perhaps it came down to a subtle nuanced level where someone in that field of special effects would see it, but I don't. Nothing new here really. The antagonist was overthetop and didn't offer anything by way of a spiritual, or intellectual challenge. It was brute-force and you knew when you saw him that he was the one that was going to tussle the protagonist. At least in the Abyss, Lt. Coffey succumbed to the bends which made him paranoid. You had some empathy for him. The end played out more like a video game than movie.
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 11:13 AM
Phinehas- you didn't like the fact that he made us
(westerns) the bad guys? and he portrayed us
as war hungry people, as long as there is a
profite to be made...well as a member of these
united states, I think he was SPOT ON..cause
thats who we are, America was built on WAR.
war is all we know.IMO,,for gods sakes we
still have troops in GERMANY and Vietman!
not to mention 45 other countries. LOL
or maybe I read you're statement wrong?
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 11:17 AM
ohhh ya and it was kind of a referance to
Native Americans..at least I took it that way.
Phinehas
Phinehas - 12/19/2009, 11:42 AM
No, I don't like when America, and humans in general, are portrayed as the antogonist. Believe it or not, I love America, and (gasps) what it stands for. There is no better place on this planet. It has prospered because of its ideals, and when they are scorned and ridiculed enough to subsequent generations, they will systematically undermine and destroy from the inside out.
We do not have troops in Viet Nam. And if you think America's built on war, you need to read books that are contrary to your perspective. We were an agrarian society that transformed into an innovative industrial nation. This wasn't accomplished by military conquest. Not like ancient civilizations of Rome or Babylon.

"was kind of a referance to
Native Americans.."
It was a total rip-off of Dances With Wolves. Hated that movie for the exact same reason. What a surprise.
superdog
superdog - 12/19/2009, 11:49 AM
peterparker@ how old are you? i can only assume your young or in some liberal high school or college since you have no idea about american history. i also dont like movies that portray america and capitalist as the bad guy. but i wont let that stop me from liking the movie but peter dont fall for the liberal crap your being spoon fed. if it wasnt for capitalist america you probably wouldnt have a computer or this website to go on.
superdog
superdog - 12/19/2009, 11:55 AM
and by the way we didnt start most of the wars we were in. i believe the germans, the japanese, the british, and the terrorist started 90 percent of them.
Minotauro
Minotauro - 12/19/2009, 12:05 PM
Avatar haters + Hatewagon committee = Ror and friends?..


peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 12:39 PM
ohhh god here we go again!

superdog- i know american history, and not that crap
they teach in books in high school. and
don't give me that crap..if it was for
capitol is america we wouldn't have..bla, bla
bla..whatever, belive what you want. I like to
read books about the good and bad of the
american people. sure they started 90
percent of them..but of course we had to
put are nose's in other peoples battles.
Now im not saying after the bombing of pearl
harbor we should of done nothing, but hey
my opinion is my opinion. I love living in
america, but americans are not saints, and if
you think that then, you don't know what you
are talking about. if you want facts i'll give
them to you.

Phinehas- so you don't think the slaughter of Native
Americans are wrong, We drove them of there
land..they were here first.
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 12:42 PM
here some facts

a brief history of AMERICA!

peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 12:44 PM
here is more facts..read

NateBest
NateBest - 12/19/2009, 1:29 PM
"so you don't think the slaughter of Native
Americans are wrong, We drove them of there
land..they were here first."

We were discussing this same topic last night on the way back from the show (AMAZING on Imax 3D... Probably my favorite movie ever now)... Anyway, that statement is true, but if you look at Native American's themselves, they beat the crap out of eachother and took one another's lands too. We didn't do anything to them that they hadn't been doing to themselves long before we arrived.

HUMAN history is a laundry list of war, bloodshed and taking one another's land.

All of that being said, tell me another country that has done more, or given more, than the United States to help other countries? We aren't saints (I don't think ANY country could claim that), but we do a TON to help others out.

BTW, I'm part Cherokee (my great grandmother was born on the "trail of tears"), so don't take this as some type of Native American hater/racist commment ;o)
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 1:38 PM
Nathan Best- I agree with you 100 percent! that is true
the US helps allot of people, and I am
glad for it! but we are not the most
compassionite (spelled wrong?) people
either. I love the country I live in
but I am not going to blindly look over
all the wrong we have done. again I will
say I LOVE MY COUNTRY!
CRITIC17
CRITIC17 - 12/19/2009, 2:22 PM
@Nathan: Nuff said man...
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 3:18 PM
Phinehas/superdog- thank you , I proved my point!
FACTS DO NOT LIE!
Gose
Gose - 12/19/2009, 3:38 PM
POCAHONTAS IN SPACE, I get it now, AVATAR is like a scifi POCAHONTAS movie in space ....
NoobMike
NoobMike - 12/19/2009, 4:15 PM
@Lee... I considered myself an Avatar hater, basically what I think is that Cameron managed to take a lot of movies and mash it up into something which is enjoyable and great eye-candy, but that everyone will have forgotten by this time next year.

It is indeed visually stunning and the level of detail they put into the whole world they created is mind blowing. But the story... the dialogues... the acting... the bad guy... the dialogues...the furry sex...and the fact that the Navi rape animals with their tentacle thing... is just...

I mean analize the whole banshee thing... you choose it, it chooses you, you have to be quick, and when they finally do link her pupils dilate and the first flight seals the deal? c´mon that was just sick and made me feel dirty. After that every single link the Navis did for me was just mind rape to say the least.

It has a lot of plot holes, like how do they speak english? are we supposed to assume that they learned it from the school which hadn't been there long enough? and for an inteligent culture, they were way to eager to teach him everything without trying to find anything back. And no one saw love develop between Jake and Neferyiti? for a spiritual race they seem to be rather blind and naive...I have to admit it was enjoyable, I'd recommend watching it since it is serious eye candy and it does make you forget at times that this is mostly CGI.

Now was it revolutionary and will it split the history of cinema in two? no... will I watch it again? no unless it's aired on cable and I have nothing better to do... it is what it is, an enjoyable movie nothing much, along the lines of Iron Man (cool movie I loved it but it's not changing movie history, and I actually own the Iron Man dvd, unlike Avatar which I don't plan to own)

As far as the US helping... there are always ulterior economical motives behind those help efforts. And the USA is a great country but unless you have lived somewhere else and experienced different cultures you seriously can't claim for it to be the greatest (even if you have experienced one or two cultures other than the american one) or the only way to go. It is not wrong to love your country, but when you think that that is the only way to go... well, you'll definitely feel uncomfortable watching avatar or any other experience that questions it's take on how the world should run.
superdog
superdog - 12/19/2009, 5:22 PM
Peter@ u didn't prove anything. I have been shopping all day in this crap capaitist country we live in. I luv people who profess they love this country them list all the things they hate about it. If I told my wife I loved her then listed all the things wrong with her that wouldn't go over too well. And name me another country that is more compassionate then us and spends more money then us on our own citizens as well as the world. Trust me u won't find one. And Nathan is right on, our country hasn't domes anything hat any othe country hasn't done. Tha doesn't make it right, but to say a stupid statement like " this country is all about war" demonstrates to me that you don't know it's history. I noticed you didn't answer my question about age. I was young once and felt like u. We all think we know everything when were young then we grow up and realize we were idiots and had no idea of the real world. Don't worry man you'll get there one day.
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 5:48 PM
superdog- I never said this country is crap and
I never listed anything, and let me guess
you didn't watch the videos above, All i did
was show you the facts nothing more, nothing
less. and to answer you're question old man
I am 25, and I don't want to get there if
there is where you are. The videos above are
facts..or are you not intrested in facts? why
do you keep saying I don't know history?,
please teach me old wise master since I have
no idea what I am talking about..anyway
at least I'm not blind to the truth.
I LOVE MY COUNTRY!! LOL HAHAHA
superdog
superdog - 12/19/2009, 5:54 PM
You certainly say "I luv this country" alot. Who are you trying to convice me or you? And I prefer to get my history from history books not videos put together by god knows who with god knows what agenda. I suggest you do the same. I've never said my country hasn't done bad things, but unlike you and your liberal friends I don't dwell on them and would rather accentuate the positives . Different strokes for different folks. Tomato and tomato, just different ways of looking at things. I like mine better.
superdog
superdog - 12/19/2009, 6:15 PM
Sorry dude luv to stick around and argue but I'm about to go get in the hot tub and have sex with my wife while watchig my Alma mater UCF woop up on rutgers in a college football bowl game on my big screen plasma hanging on my pool deck. All of which is made possible by good old American capitalism. Peace and love dude :)
CRITIC17
CRITIC17 - 12/19/2009, 6:36 PM
@superdog: LMFAO!!!! ;) Capitalism RULES man!!!
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 6:45 PM
superdog- HAHAHA no you about to watch tv on a japanesse
made tv and sit on a couch made in sweeden,
and then get in a hot tub maybe made in the US
and have sex with you're hand. you're married
don't you watch stand up comedians?...OH
and luv is spelled l-o-v-e. and the videos
where put together by a man named
Michael Moore. not just anybody. of course
you want to dwell on the positive, like all
of us americans, we don't like to hear or
watch the truth. I'm giving you facts on
a video, go get them from a book they'll
be the same, facts are facts. and who is
dwelling on this stuff? I'm just letting you
know. have a good night! ;)
Phinehas
Phinehas - 12/19/2009, 7:11 PM
Gee,
I wonder why he thought you were a teenager...
Facts have a funny way of getting skewed by people like Moore who have a politcal bent to the left. Please don't tell me that you look at the facts given in this presentation as accurate view of the real world. Larry Elder put together a great video in response to the claims made by Moore in Bowling for Columbine called Micheal and Me. Give it a watch.
By the way, the Swedish couches, Japanese TVs and all other non-American products are improved upon because of the American consumer. If not for us buying the majority of goods, most things wouldn't exist, or be at the height of technological advancement that we have now. Why? AMERICAN CAPITALISM.
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 12/19/2009, 7:24 PM
Phinehas- Micheal and Me..No I never saw that but I will
give it a watch, I like to look at things from
ALL points of view! Moore is fine but I take
everything he says with a grain of salt. but
he useually gets his facts right, I
was just trying to get under his skin on that
last statement! LOL, hell all my stuff was
made in japan! LOL I like to bust peoples
chops! especially about the american way!
superdog
superdog - 12/19/2009, 8:14 PM
Michael Moore never gets his facts right, and certainly never shows them in the correct context or perspective. He's total horshit. He's worse than al gore when it comes to facts. Watch a movie called "an American carol" for a true representation Of michael Moore. Buy the book liberty and tyranny by mark levin as well for a true history and political perspective. But props to you for being open minded and at least willing to view other perspectives. I have seen the Michael Moore movies so we are on the same wavelength when it comes to at least watching the otherside. But they are complete horseshit. And my wife and I have only been married for a year so the stand up comic "no sex" thing hasn't kicked in yet. But it's probably right around the corner :(
Phinehas
Phinehas - 12/19/2009, 8:40 PM
OOoooooo
Mark Levin's book is a great suggestion, SD.

"He's worse than al gore when it comes to facts."
I can't agree with that. A high court in Britain ruled that "An Inconvient Truth" can not be shown to Public School children without first relaying the 9 falsehoods parleyed in the film(http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=117819).
Moore's films do not have such stipulations levied against it. Not for being lack of them, either.
superdog
superdog - 12/19/2009, 8:51 PM
That's because there so bad on facts that even schools won't show them. Therefore no need for a court battle :)
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