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What exactly is "important" about Avatar?

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Dec 2 '09, 11:45

I see the trailer and it seems just like the Final Fantasy movie, only they've decided to spend the time they would have spent animating humans on making trees instead.

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I'm not sure about important, but I think the majority of people will find it surprisingly good. -- nm - Inigo Dec 2, 11:50
It's like a video game, but in 3D SUPER HD. - TWuG Dec 2, 11:50 2
- I honestly forgot it is in 3D. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 11:50 1
  - Every CGI movie is these days. -- nm - Ender Dec 2, 11:59
I think Joey did a good job of highlighting the why of it. - David Dec 2, 11:48 1
- well he did shoot the TV Film that ended Dark Angel. -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 11:50
I think (in my non-edumacated opinion) that what he's done will revolutionize (a) CGI filming of movies and (b) 3D movies. - JaxSean Dec 2, 11:47 3
- *yawwwwwwwn* - Cuzzin Todd Dec 2, 11:49 2
  - I think the (a) part is most important. He has the system now that they can film actors interacting in a CG-live environment. It's groundbreaking. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 11:51 1
    - And yet in the trailers the actors still look clearly out of place in front of the CGI backgrounds... -- nm - Ender Dec 2, 12:02
Because James Cameron is junior Stephen Spielberg! - Spawn Dec 2, 11:47 13
- In that both have created movies wherein technology advances while still being understudies to the important parts of movies. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:08
- I think there is a solid argument to be made that Cameron has had a more consistent career than Spielberg. -- nm - David Dec 2, 11:53 2
  - Quality vs quantity plays in. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:02 1
    - Yup, Spielberg chose the prolific route. The chances of having a dud significantly increase the more movies you make. -- nm - Inigo Dec 2, 12:06
- Disagree: not junior, but wannabe -- nm - OAE Dec 2, 11:51
- people can see what I mean when I say that, though, right? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 11:47 7
  - Totally, even though I still like both directors a lot. - con_carne Dec 2, 11:53 5
    - "Indulgent" is the word I'm thinking of, but neither director is completely so, IMO -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 11:58 4
      - That's exactly the right word. And you're right, neither one fully succumbs to the indulgence ... but they do stray from the path, at times. - Beryllium Dec 2, 12:00 3
        
        To be honest, if I had the career, success and acclamation of either, I'd be an ego-driven self-indulgent buffoon too -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 12:01 2
        
        Oh, me too :) -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 12:04
        
        If I had the career, success, and acclimation of either ... I'd be a reclusive hermit. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 12:04
  - Wait, you said that? - Spawn Dec 2, 11:50
~there is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees~ nm -- nm - groiny Dec 2, 11:46

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