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Old 03-22-10 | 05:34 PM
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Avatar: Predictable or not?

I'm pretty sure all of us have watched Avatar since it came out. I personally liked it a lot. It ranks right up there with Armageddon, Gladiator, and Transformers. After talking with some people I was a little surprised to find that most of them thought the movie was extremely predictable. I have to agree, but I still thought it was great. What are your thoughts?
Old 03-22-10 | 05:55 PM
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Hi, I may sound like a dick but......

My thoughts are that maybe you should post in the Avatar thread on this site. In that thread you'll find my thoughts about the film.
Old 03-22-10 | 05:58 PM
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Yeah, giant 39 page thread with lots of discussion here: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...thread-39.html
Old 03-22-10 | 06:01 PM
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

What's predictable is that you're only a few posts away from posting links to a "site I found".
Old 03-22-10 | 06:06 PM
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
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that is badass sir.
Old 03-22-10 | 06:10 PM
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Sorry guys, I didn't see it. Just disregard this thread.
Old 03-22-10 | 06:13 PM
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Originally Posted by jKipler
Sorry guys, I didn't see it. Just disregard this thread.
The moderators are like hawks here, sir or madam, and the users are not gullible to bright, shiny links. Just keep that in mind before posting anything else, as it'd be a waste of a bunch of peoples' times.
Old 03-22-10 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by gryffinmaster
The moderators are like hawks here, sir or madam, and the users are not gullible to bright, shiny links. Just keep that in mind before posting anything else, as it'd be a waste of a bunch of peoples' times.
Thanks. I didn't post that Transformers one, it just got auto-linked if that's what you are referring to with a "shiny link". I'll just be sure to look a little more carefully before posting a thread.
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Originally Posted by Fist of Doom
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this is awesome and i only now know what this is since i have been unknowingly unlocking these as i play through Halo 3.
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I know that sound from anywhere.
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Interesting that Avatar, Gladiator, Armageddon and Transformers were all mentioned in the same sentence.
Old 03-23-10 | 12:07 AM
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Originally Posted by jKipler
It ranks right up there with Armageddon, Gladiator, and Transformers.
It certainly does.
Old 03-23-10 | 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by whoopdido
Interesting that Avatar, Gladiator, Armageddon and Transformers were all mentioned in the same sentence.
well because they are all directed by the same director, Michael Scott, right?
Old 03-23-10 | 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by whoopdido
Interesting that Avatar, Gladiator, Armageddon and Transformers were all mentioned in the same sentence.
They all belong in the same sentence.
Old 03-23-10 | 07:12 AM
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Originally Posted by lamphorn
They all belong in the same sentence.
I think I figured it out. They're all one word titles.
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Was there ever a movie less predictable than Avatar? I guess if you had never seen or heard the basic premise of Pocahontas or Dances With Wolves it may have been 'new'.
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That was funny as shit
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Oh God...
What's sad is people would pay money and see that shit on purpose.
Old 03-26-10 | 08:24 PM
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

It's not an awful film. It's a story that's been done to death and is full of cliches but visually Cameron did a good job. The action scenes were fun and the score was good and I guess that's why the movie turns out to be fun. It's alright action flick. It's not a horrible film by any means but is it worthy of its praise? Of course not.
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Originally Posted by Lemmy
To answer the OP, here's a response I've given in one of the myriad of other Avatar threads, which asked a similar question:

you could do that with many movie, I have seen it with Star wars and a bunch of others. They have done the same thing with Harry Potter, basically ripping off Star Wars

Old 03-27-10 | 06:19 AM
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Originally Posted by whoopdido
Interesting that Avatar, Gladiator, Armageddon and Transformers were all mentioned in the same sentence.
Name four movies which made millions for investors, and didn't have to spend much for scripts?
Old 03-27-10 | 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Danger
Name four movies which made millions for investors, and didn't have to spend much for scripts?
Even in a well written movie, the script is probably one of the cheaper parts.
Old 03-27-10 | 11:14 AM
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Re: Avatar: Predictable or not?

Originally Posted by maingon
you could do that with many movie, I have seen it with Star wars and a bunch of others. They have done the same thing with Harry Potter, basically ripping off Star Wars

Nah.

It's not a good comparison at all. Harry and Hermoine aren't sisters. Voldemort wasn't Harry's father. Ron never got Harry out of a jam like Han Solo did with Luke. The differences go on.

The Last Samurai is pretty identical to Dances With Wolves but in my opinion, no story takes another story so much as Avatar takes from Pocahontas.


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