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If all I want is awesome graphics I can go outside.

If I had floating land masses, neon plants and huge beasts and dragon like creatures outside my house I\'d agree with you.

This is just the kind of thing amazing visuals were designed for, for breathtaking fantasy worlds, this is why I hate \"realistic\" games, they\'re not fascinating in the slightest. What\'s the point of \"escaping in a film/book/game\" if it\'s just outside?

That\'s what I love about Avatar, it was so new, and all the creatures were amazing, and most of all they were believable. At times it felt like a real planet.

It\'s not just a great technical showcase, it\'s a great show of imagination and creativity in a fantasy world.

( Edited 29.12.2009 22:11 by SuperLink )

We\'ll have to agree to disagree. It was a fun movie to look at true enough, but if we celebrate visuals in place of story we due damage to the actual industry. I don\'t doubt its splendor and I do praise its visuals, but a movie that provides only spectacle deserves credit only where its due. It looked like a $300 million dollar movie should look. That\'s really all there is to say. Good movies are supposed to have good visuals that complement a good story. And if one of them is to supersede the other, surely it would be on the story side, and not the graphics?

BTW, I found this on the interwebz and have to share it with you:

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Sherlock Holmes [7|10]

I\'m a big fan of the series, yet I am not averse to the changes that they\'ve made. I was worried that they\'d make Holmes too much of an action hero, but its really not as bad as I worried. Indeed his fighting skills only serve to make him that much more of an interesting character. And while the story is out there, I was pleased to see a scientific answer to everything (even if it all seems to be quite a stretch). I was worried at the end end that they were going to just chalk it all up to a supernatural occurrence, which would have been a giant cop out and very much out of nature with the series. One change I didn\'t like though was that they turned Holmes into a slob, and that is extraordinarily unlike him.

Overall I enjoyed the movie a lot, and feel it updates the series well. Its understandable that some people could be upset with the changes, but the changes do make it a more exciting movie.

( Edited 07.01.2010 20:39 by Jacob4000 )

On the \"picture\"... what about all the interesting science?! (The science is important) And the awesome aliens and dragons and plantlife. Pochahontas just has small mammals from planet Earth... Also the end is a bit different.

When you explain Avatar like that it\'s really demeaning to the scale of everything.
..But yes... agree to disagree.

Also don\'t forget that Avatar is a mainstream film, and if children were going to be watching it (which may or may not be a great idea) then all the timeless morales would need to be included too.
If it were up to me I\'d have made Avatar a 15 anyway

EDIT: Oh yeah, I went to see Avatar again last weekend. I don\'t think the glasses I had were nearly as good this time though, but it was still great and everything seemed to go by much quicker.



( Edited 07.01.2010 21:08 by Toon SuperLink )

Toon SuperLink said:
On the "picture"... what about all the interesting science?! (The science is important) And the awesome aliens and dragons and plantlife. Pochahontas just has small mammals from planet Earth... Also the end is a bit different.

Anyways, back on-topic:
Little Nicky-9/10, I find Adam Sandler and his little Happy Madison company quite humorous. His playing of a minorly mentally-impaired son of Satan on Earth for the first time is too funny.

The Final Destination. 5/10. It had no plot at all and was just plain Death doing his job. Some of the deaths were grousome. But was not as good as the other films in the series.

Avatar = FernGully

Still awesome, though.

Billy Madison (Had seen it before)

It's not lost its novelty after all these years. Even if the plot is a little...well, shit.

One of Adam Sandlers better movies. 7/10

Alice in Wonderland 3D 8.5/10
Was quite entertaining, took Jhonny Dep a while to get into his suited role (He started playing it as captain jack, then moved onto willy wonker, then found a middle ground towards the end) the 3D wasn't as impressive as Avatar (Probably because it wasn't filmed that way) and I think the old cast suited the film much better. Cat Deely was pretty funny as the white queen...

Planet Terror

I thought it was great. Made very well, not so cheesy that it was unwatchable, but done perfectly so it was still a great film. Lots of blood and cool gruesome effects and just some completely crazy scenes. It felt like they did a very good job of recreated an old horror film in new times, in my opinion.

8/10

Deathproof

The second in the Grindhouse feature. I didn't think it was as good. It was very dull and slow throughout a lot of the film and it wasn't till the end until it really picked up. The car chase scene is easily one of the best I've seen in any film. The last scene was pretty funny, along with they way it ended. Nothing amazing, but the later half of the film saved it a bit.

6/10

Air Force One. Rented it a few wekks ago on HD from the PSN and it was amazing. The action was top notch, Harrison Ford played his part well and Gary Oldman playing the head of the terrorists was just as good. It really kept you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Great action, story, and acting. Plus I would expect nothing better from Wolfgang Peterson, he did bring us the Never Ending Story after all. 9/10

Shutter Island: 7/10

The plot twists unfolded completely unexpectedly, the whole film was a pleasant surprise, being that I'd gone in expecting something considerably different.

I always grumble when there's a very well known pretty boy placed in such a complex role, but unlike most other pretty boys, Leonardo's acting chops had completely charmed me very soon into the film.

Unique film.

IP Man 10/10

Semi biopic about Bruce Lee's mentor Grandmaster Ip Man and the Wing Chun fighting style, yep it's a Kung Fu movie. With action scenes choreographed by Sammo Hung and Ip Man portrayed by Donnie Yen, has the best action scenes and this is the best Kung Fu movie ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qhPDEOYbx4

siMes. Bison said:
IP Man 10/10

Semi biopic about Bruce Lee's mentor Grandmaster Ip Man and the Wing Chun fighting style, yep it's a Kung Fu movie. With action scenes choreographed by Sammo Hung and Ip Man portrayed by Donnie Yen, has the best action scenes and this is the best Kung Fu movie ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qhPDEOYbx4

One of the best and most vicious martial arts films I've seen in ages. If I could give ya more than one star I would!

I'm gonna star you for watching such an amazing film. There's a trailer for the second one, Ip Man against Sammo Hungs character. Donnie and Sammo's fight in Kill Zone was quite good but knowing the fights in Ip Man this'll be much better.

Nice! I need to check out Kill Zone but I only even heard it existed about a week ago. I can't wait for Ip Man 2, hopefully it'll get a cinematic release. Also can't wait for New Shaolin Temple, hoprfully it'll redeem Chan's recent Hollywood efforts.

I recently watched another Chan film called Shinjuku Incident, it was a good film and showed Chan's darker side. Never heard of Shaolin Temple, I'll look out for it.

Kill Zone is a good film but not quite up there with Ip Man. Also yeah I hope there'd be a cinematic release for Ip 2, apparently most of the character will make a return, which is cool because I loved all the characters in Ip 1. Also young Bruce Lee is going to be in this.

Moon

Amazing film. Great acting and good concept, with some nice (non-cgi) visuals. The ending was kind of a bitter sweet one, and overall should go down as a classic. One of the few films I've really been interested in the past few years, and didn't disappoint.

Echoes221 said:
Alice in Wonderland 3D 8.5/10
Was quite entertaining, took Jhonny Dep a while to get into his suited role (He started playing it as captain jack, then moved onto willy wonker, then found a middle ground towards the end) the 3D wasn't as impressive as Avatar (Probably because it wasn't filmed that way) and I think the old cast suited the film much better. Cat Deely was pretty funny as the white queen...

I have heard a lot of mixed reviews. People have said that the story was not that faithful to the original. But the 3D was supposed to be excellent.

Super Sonic said:
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I have heard a lot of mixed reviews. People have said that the story was not that faithful to the original. But the 3D was supposed to be excellent.

It's not a faithful adaptation of the original, because it covers more from Alice Through the Looking Glass and Jabberwocky. And it works as a sequel to the original

Kick-Ass 10/10
I have to say, this is one of the best films I have seen for a long long time, it trumps avatar for the pure fact that it was not clichéd in any way and it was pure comedic genius from start to finish. The action was brutal with a complete contrasting audio track that just made it hilarious.

Go see this film!

Alice in Wonderland (2D) - 8/10

It's a pretty good movie: great actors, cool effects, drug references (), and I overall enjoyed myself. It's not movie of the year, by far, but it's just one of those movies you go to see just to get out of the house.

Rear Window - 10/10

I know I'm late to the party in seeing one of Hitchcock's masterpieces, but oh man, was this a great movie. This proves that you don't need high quality special effects to make a good movie. There was no blood, no gore, no murder scenes, and I was still terrified. One of the best films I've seen a good while. It had that "what will happen" pit feeling in my stomach the whole time, and I loved it!

Both Rear Window and Vertigo are my personal Hitchcock favourites. Amazing pieces of work.

Kick-Ass

Lives up to it's name, that's all I need to say. Bit too violent for my squeamish tastes though. - 9/10

Kick Ass

Kick's Arse. It's going to be one of my films of the year, along with Iron Man when that's out. Another great collaboration of matthew vaughn and jane Goldman, like Stardust a few years back

Iron Man 2 -7/10
It wasn't as good as the first, but still enjoyable. Don Cheadle seems a little off after Terence Howard. And the final battle resembles the first one largely.

Stay post credits though...