I never did get all the hype for Avatar. I saw the first movie, and I liked it. But it was no juggernaut, nothing super special. The media machine can sure artificially pump things up though.
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Almost all of my memory of the original Avatar:
I went to see it with my girlfriend at the time, and she kept reaching into our bag of popcorn, getting engrossed in the movie and just leaving her hand in there, so if I wanted popcorn I'd scritch at her wrist with my fingertips.
There's a point in the movie where it does this big heavy fade to black. It's near or beyond the midpoint of the film, and someone in the theater said "Act two." and half the audience cracked up.
Jake Sooolly.
People talk about the spectacular CG effects, I really only remember one scene, Native Chick takes Jake Sooolly for a walk in the woods at night and everything's glowing. That scene was striking. Most of the rest of the movie is stored in my brain as visual sludge.
I also remember the news talking about people being upset that they couldn't be tall sexy blue cat people.
I know someone who went to see the second one, and there was a power cut part way through. He said he was relieved he didn't have to see the rest.
I didn't bother seeing that one.
Honesty I thought the second was the best one. It's full of plot holes sure, but the watery setting makes a series that primarily is tech-demo eye candy, even prettier.
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I remember avatar being really pretty, and then realizing as the credits rolled that if what they said about unobtainium is true, that it's a room temperature semiconductor and that these are the only proven deposits of it, and that the Earth is a dying planet that needs unobtanium to stay habitable for billions and billions of people, RDA would probably just throw a big rock at Pandora and comb through the rubble. Us or them.
I'm just focusing on the fleshlight in the back...
peanut? at the same time?
But pretty CGI
And it's fucking great for it.
Sawfisch
What fisch tho?