Avatar movie

[Brycesv1]

the new avatar movie looks great. cant wait for it in december.

is it just me or does the ship at the beginning of the trailer look a lot like the DGIV?

 

[ryan]

It looks more like the XR2, and the movie looks very weird, sort of like those movies that dont make scense.

 

[Oceanic]

It looks more like the XR2, and the movie looks very weird, sort of like those movies that dont make scense.

yeah it looks more like the xr2.

small question which sci-fi movie makes sense????

unfortunately trailers are nowadays pretty misleading.

 

[Ark]

James Cameron comes out of semi-retirement to direct what may be the most expensive movie in history (just like his last one)? This movie is gonna be absolutely freakin insane.

 

[Suzy]

I am so looking forward to this (and wondering when someone on a spaceflight forum would mention it...)! (See Wikipedia for a plot summary)

 

[Andy44]

I don't know. I saw the preview last night when I saw Inglourius Basterds and it seemed...wierd. Looked like humans were colonizing another planet by assuming the form of the elf-like people who once lived there or something. Kind of a fantasy Tolkien thing or something. Lots of money and lots of special effects means nothing these days.

 

[Brycesv1]

I don't know. I saw the preview last night when I saw Inglourius Basterds and it seemed...wierd. Looked like humans were colonizing another planet by assuming the form of the elf-like people who once lived there or something. Kind of a fantasy Tolkien thing or something. Lots of money and lots of special effects means nothing these days.

this is true. still... i kinda wanna see it. if its an awesome movie ill be glad i did. if it sucked it will simply further my belief that as ppl try to push special effects, movies will become increasingly low quality

 

[Dig Gil]

If a film's visual effects are bad I won't consider it a bad film.
If a film's plot is bad I won't blame the visual effects.

 

[Pilot7893]

James Horner is on the soundtrack? Oh boy.

 

[Andy44]

In other words, the music will sound just like Aliens and Star Trek: Wrath of Khan!

 

[Suzy]

Best sites for updates: Avatar Movie Zone and Marketsaw blog

 

[Suzy]

Resurrecting an old thread, but...7 days to go! It's getting good reviews.

 

[JamesG]

From the trailers it looks like its about MMOGs, hence the name "Avatar". The lead character plays a er... character, the blue dude. I'm sure there is a twist to it. I'll watch it tonight and report, sans spoilers of course.

The whole thing is CG, and to be honest, doesn't look very realistic. It looks more like a cartoon film than live-action. I don't know if that was intentional given that its a movie about a video game or not...

 

[Hielor]

From the trailers it looks like its about MMOGs, hence the name "Avatar".

No. If you actually *watched* the trailer, you'd see that it has nothing to do with video games.

The whole thing is CG, and to be honest, doesn't look very realistic. It looks more like a cartoon film than live-action. I don't know if that was intentional given that its a movie about a video game or not...

A) It's not about a video game.
B) Yes, there was an intentional decision to make it somewhat surrealistic.

 

[Sar]

I've been waiting for this aswell. Though my hopes are not particulary high, but I do wish it'd be a movie worth the time it takes to watch it.

 

[JamesG]

No. If you actually *watched* the trailer, you'd see that it has nothing to do with video games.

The trailer does imply that the lead character "enters an alternate world" and the title "Avatar" suggests it considering its a common term for virtual world characters.

 

[Ghostrider]

The trailer does imply that the lead character "enters an alternate world" and the title "Avatar" suggests it considering its a common term for virtual world characters.

It's not an "alternate world" but an alien world whose atmosphere is poisonous to humans. The "avatars" are biomechanical devices made in the image of the native population, remotely controlled by fully immersive VR by the characters. They see, feel and act through those remote bodies, acting as scout for Earth forces.

 

[JamesG]

eh, whatever... Told you I didn't pay much attention to it because the trailers didn't look very good. It still looks like a cartoon/video game.

 

[Brycesv1]

i guess they used a bunch of new types of cameras to catch the facial expressions of the actors so that the na'vi would look more real. no more dead-eye CG characters

 

[T.Neo]

So... you have alledgedly the biggest budget in film history, but can still only afford aliens that look like humans with a bit of bad makeup?

No doubt Cameron is a great director and this will be a good film, but considering what Blomkamp could do for only 30 million...