Totally not Gorgon Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) mmm.. I can't remember that much about the first one. Avatar 2, it's more apparently a children's movie. There are recognizable themes of family and friendships and such that identify it as such. But it's not bad at all for what it is. Edited January 6, 2023 by Totally not Gorgon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 First movie is just Pocahontas with some space ships. I watched it two or three times if I remember right (not on my own). My issue with the movie is that it's a bit too long - it starts not bad and even captures my attention for a while, but after half of the movie, it's starting to become a real slog for me. Will probably watch the 2nd movie at some point, just to see what's up with it, I guess. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 31 minutes ago, Amentep said: I thought the first one was average at best, and haven't really had much interest in seeing the second. If I did see it, do you think I'd like it better/worse/same than the first? I would say the same. Do you like whales and water more than trees and birds? That is the big change. As a parent with kids who don't listen, it was highly entertaining watching Jake Sully try and get his blue kids to listen to him. I'd probably say the character dynamics were better in the sequel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Disappointed the humans won't win again. 2 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally not Gorgon Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Can someone explain to me what the blue Sigourney Weaver is doing floating in a tank. I mean, that's Sigourney's Avatar, and she died ? - or joined the neural network in the trees. I can't remember. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 14 minutes ago, Malcador said: Disappointed the humans won't win again. It wasn't really a humans versus na'vi movie. It was really just Jake Sully an family on the run, with a bit of Whale Wars thrown in. I imagine we will get the big Pandora World War once Cameron has established all of the biomes. There is an entire human city now that was barely covered in the movie, so that will play a part going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, Totally not Gorgon said: Can someone explain to me what the blue Sigourney Weaver is doing floating in a tank. I mean, that's Sigourney's Avatar, and she died ? - or joined the neural network in the trees. I can't remember. Her human body died, but it was not able to transfer over to the blue version like Jake did. So they kept her in the tank, I guess. She also gave birth, to like, herself? I don't know, don't look too closely at the science and you will probably be happier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 11 minutes ago, Hurlshort said: It wasn't really a humans versus na'vi movie. It was really just Jake Sully an family on the run, with a bit of Whale Wars thrown in. I imagine we will get the big Pandora World War once Cameron has established all of the biomes. There is an entire human city now that was barely covered in the movie, so that will play a part going forward. Oh ok, well then the next movie is when they lose. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 11 hours ago, Malcador said: Oh ok, well then the next movie is when they lose. He will need to drag it out over another 3 movies, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uuuhhii Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 stop trying to use human character to save budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Hurlshort said: He will need to drag it out over another 3 movies, I think. While I'm sure the next ones won't take quite as long (since they did a lot for the next one already I think), Cameron being Cameron, he'll probably pass away before he finishes the Avatar series. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 16 hours ago, Hurlshort said: He will need to drag it out over another 3 movies, I think. Sounds like Cameron should work with GW for 40k movies Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 The reason Michael Caine and Tim Curry are so good in their respective Muppet movies is that Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow actors, and Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet discuss "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairchucker Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 I like spreadsheets so I kept a spreadsheet of 2022 films I saw in 2022, so here is the list of 2022 films I saw in 2022 in the order in which I am ranking them. Everything Everywhere All at Once Prey The Valet Weird: the Al Yankovic Story Thor: Love and Thunder Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness Turning Red The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun See How They Run The Princess Bullet Train Rosaline Disenchanted Hocus Pocus 2 Better Nate Than Ever Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers Strange World Lightyear Sneakerella Hollywood Stargirl Eternals The King's Man The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild Pinocchio There is probs a bit of flexibility in the 'soggy middle', like IDK that The Princess is necessarily better than Bullet Train, everything from Weird: the Al Yankovic Story down to, IDK, Strange World, was kinda dumb and fun which is a good time imo. Top 3 and bottom 3 are pretty set in stone for me, though. Also I have, since making this list, seen Glass Onion, and kinda enjoyed it, but since I didn't see it in 2022 it doesn't make the list soz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 How much are non-matinee film ticket theater prices these days, in the USA? The new Puss n Boots film is getting good reviews -that first one was cute in spots but not that great so this is supposedly leaps above that one- and I was half tempted to try and convince hubby to go to a theater with me. Then I saw it was early-access rent-able. For $25. What happened to $20 early-acess rent price? Is that Amazon or Dreamworks being greedy, or both? I'm not sure Puss n Boots is worth $25 for at home viewing. >.> “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Ticket prices are $12-16 in these parts. Matinee is the only way to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uuuhhii Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 21 hours ago, LadyCrimson said: How much are non-matinee film ticket theater prices these days, in the USA? The new Puss n Boots film is getting good reviews -that first one was cute in spots but not that great so this is supposedly leaps above that one- and I was half tempted to try and convince hubby to go to a theater with me. Then I saw it was early-access rent-able. For $25. What happened to $20 early-acess rent price? Is that Amazon or Dreamworks being greedy, or both? I'm not sure Puss n Boots is worth $25 for at home viewing. >.> the last wish are great film worth watching at least once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I'm pleased that RRR won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song (Naatu Naatu). It's not my favorite of the film's original songs but it's a fun one. If the two stars + others were to do an Oscars stage performance of that dance, I might watch (part of) the Oscars for the first time in years and years (and years). But I won't hold my breath for the Oscars to do something that fun. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Banshees of Inisherin (2022) One of the best movies of last year, a tragic comedy that shows how an act of petty cruelty can ruin everyone. Absolutely beautiful scenery and the background of the Irish Civil War is used to great effect. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Much like Goodfellas and Casino, but both funnier and scarier. The scary mostly comes from thinking on how such dip****s can end up wielding such power by several strokes of luck, which is timely given Elon Musk's post-divorce meltdown. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirottu Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) Better late than never I guess. Edited January 13, 2023 by kirottu 3 This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 52 minutes ago, kirottu said: Better late than never I guess. This is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, kirottu said: Better late than never I guess. But what about Hitler on Ice? https://youtu.be/ybuKQf9p5jg RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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