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Originally Posted by mores
It's interesting to see how amateur film critics always pick the season's highlights to really show off how much they despise hollywood and its movies.
I don't know a lot about what makes great movies, and some of the world's top rated films did not impress me. But Avatar was, at least in my humble opinion, the greatest film I have watched in a long, long time.
Of course it features CG extravaganza, but it does not forget a decent story behind it all. I don't know why you say the "acting" was bad; there was not much acting going on anyways, but one thing I know is that it was not bad. Maybe you should re-watch your Stephen Seagal movies to refresh your memory of how bad acting really looks.
And as to "worst directed" ... care to explain that one? On second thought, don't, it wouldn't make sense because you only saw about a third of it.
The movie never let up, never rushed, was riveting from the first minute to the last.
As to unobtainium ... that was something I wanted to research. I suspect some kind of a marketing scheme by oakley. And I think it's funny. (In case you don't know, they use unobtainium excessively  )
I can just roll my eyes at "critics" like you. I know a number of people who like to jump on every anti-something bandwaggon there is, and they behave just like you. I suggest you forget going to cinemas, you will be dissapointed no matter what you watch. Better wait for those DVDs of indie films, french films, even german films that only people watch who want to prove they don't appreciate anything coming from Hollywood.
Sorry for venting ... stuff like that just gets to me!
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I love Hollywood movies so go make your assumptions some place else. And I really love Cameron's Terminator, Aliens and the Abyss, so it's not like I'm not versed in Cameron's work (I started liking him for his matte painting work on Escape from New York). This movie could have been made on Mars by the Galgamecks and it would still be goddawful. The pacing and acting in the first hour is way off, stilted, and the dialogue is cliched to hell and back - not that Cameron was ever a decent scriptwriter to begin wtih, Gale Anne Hurd was the good half of the combination when they were a partnership. Half of the shots could have come from Aliens, the whole waking up from stasis is a direct repeat. The CGI didn't impress at all (even with 3D glasses). I did not feel immersed, I felt like I was watching a cartoon or an extended cutscene from a game. And yes, you don't need much more than an hour of any film to see if it's well paced or worth watching. If you do, then you're either indecisive, don't know what you like or are just plain stupid.
Oh, and if you want to call someone out on their likes and dislikes, be sure you actually know what they like and dislike before spouting off your 'amateur' psycho-babble and character deconstruction.
My ignore list grows longer every day.
Currently re-watching the Hollywood film (which he loves the most) Die Hard.
*rolls his eyes at forum halfwits who think they know what they're talking about*