http://www.assortednonsense.com/2010/01/02/response-to-criticism-of-avatar/ "The older you get, the better you get. Unless you're a banana." -- Betty White's Mother Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.assortednonsense.com/2010/01/02/response-to-criticism-of-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-45005 rankpay promo code Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:34:33 +0000 http://www.assortednonsense.com/?p=583#comment-45005 During the film, I was momentarily jarred by most of the same things that were been discussed here, but for the most part, I overcame them as my expectations continued. Even the heavy-handed depiction of "corporate greed" or the over bearing were accepted as being a important section of the film.But there one technical thing that (oddly enough, I guess) upset me. I had no way to go back and watch it after, but I'm pretty sure that when the Colonel was killed, he took his hands off the robot controls, trying to remove the arrow/bolt. Yet, with the Colonel's death, the robot TOPPLED OVER! I would have expected such a machine just to simply stop moving and stand there. During the film, I was momentarily jarred by most of the same things that were been discussed here, but for the most part, I overcame them as my expectations continued. Even the heavy-handed depiction of “corporate greed” or the over bearing were accepted as being a important section of the film.But there one technical thing that (oddly enough, I guess) upset me. I had no way to go back and watch it after, but I’m pretty sure that when the Colonel was killed, he took his hands off the robot controls, trying to remove the arrow/bolt. Yet, with the Colonel’s death, the robot TOPPLED OVER! I would have expected such a machine just to simply stop moving and stand there.

]]> http://www.assortednonsense.com/2010/01/02/response-to-criticism-of-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-13587 Grondzilla Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:57:33 +0000 http://www.assortednonsense.com/?p=583#comment-13587 Obviously the previous critic was doing the sort of knee-jerk reactionary spouting that the internet is so good at breeding. As I've stated and others have stated no-one is going to mistake Cameron for insert-name-of-brilliant-screenwriter-here. He makes visually epic, action filled generally enjoyable movies. Most of the moaning I've heard thus far all seems to echo the bitchfests that accompanied the new Star Wars films...the fact that all these twerps cannot dissociate their current jaded, smart ass selves from the twelve year olds they were who thought they'd just witnessed the creation of *film* when they saw those movies as kids. At least they managed to hang on to that level of maturity. Obviously the previous critic was doing the sort of knee-jerk reactionary spouting that the internet is so good at breeding. As I’ve stated and others have stated no-one is going to mistake Cameron for insert-name-of-brilliant-screenwriter-here. He makes visually epic, action filled generally enjoyable movies. Most of the moaning I’ve heard thus far all seems to echo the bitchfests that accompanied the new Star Wars films…the fact that all these twerps cannot dissociate their current jaded, smart ass selves from the twelve year olds they were who thought they’d just witnessed the creation of *film* when they saw those movies as kids. At least they managed to hang on to that level of maturity.

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