Well, Avatar is a masterpiece when compared to The Room. But then again, The Room is more enjoyable and much less tedious. Yeah, well I enjoy some of Howard's films as well as some of the other mainstream directors you seem to be alluding to, but they are far too overrated to be practically be winning a best picture nomination at the oscars every year. Their film are very good and very well made, but far too traditional to be considered with the best of contemporary cinema. Well it wasn't that it was not worth it, it was just a bit ridicuously priced. I got Synecdoche, New York, I have already seen it online and decided to get it since I knew of no other way to spend twenty-two dollars. Well, maybe it's not too overpriced (especially when compared to the Criterion Collectoin), but when compared to the three other movies I got (Gates of Heaven, The Saddest Music in the World and Paths of Glory) which were all for around five bucks, one does find a reason to complain.
A friend, who will be watching it for the second time, is the one pulling me by the ankles. This sounds as good as The Room. Cameron along with Ron Howard, and a few others, are mad-for-tv directors. I enjoyed dances with wolves as well, but the idea is very worn out and the times have changed since dances with Wolves. The world is connected and a middle man is no longer needed. Ridiculous indeed. which overpriced movie did you get? There's some great stuff in the collection. I tried searching for "House of Cards" online, but you're going to have to get volume 2 to see it. I own the first two volumes. I saw the third the week it was released, but I went to the shop for Fantastic Planet.
Merde! Those Kino videos look so great! Epstein, Duchamp, Welles, Eisenstein? The mind boggles. Too bad I just spent my last couple of extra dollars on an overpriced movie Do you own that collection?
You know, I was just thinking, that it's ridiculous how so many Hollywood films seem unable to travel into exotic societies without a white or Western/American protaganist to "sympathize" with.
Is your wife dragging you to see it? Good luck. Idk what was up with my experience, but I was half-dead. The two friends that came with me fell asleep at least once during the course of the film, and they are the most mainstream audience you will ever find, for they love films like Eagle Eye or Transformers, but they HATED this one even more than me. Well, I loved Dances with Wolves, but after that, the idea was worn out to an unbearable extent. There is one insulting moment in Avatar when (I suppose you don't care if I slightly spoil the plot) the main character tries to once again win the natives respect by riding one of the most dangerous flying creatures by jumping on it from above, and the natives see him as some kind of demi-god, because of course a civilized person such as himself would have the wit make these primitives think he's a demi-god
Yeah, Uberfall is a well spent twenty-two minutes. There's a nice combination of fear and humor. The editing is extremely well done. You may want to check out Kino's Avant-Garde series: http://kino.com/video/item.php?product_id=875 There's three in the series, but I really recommend "Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and 30s".
I really don't want to see Avatar, I'd rather spend my money on The White Ribbon, but I'm getting dragged to the Imax theater on Wednesday. I read your review and it's bitter sweet. The bitter: I'm going to spend money on it; the sweet: I can continue to sing the virtues of Gibson's Apocalypto (Gibson doesn't get enough credit as an English speaking filmmaker who makes these foreign language epics in which he doesn't use a American protagonist to explore a foreign culture; Tarantino is praised for it, but he's a Johnny-come-lately). I don't know about you, but I'm always insulted when filmmakers say they made a protagonist "go native", because they wanted someone the audience can relate to. I can relate to a shark if it's done well. It's a cop out and they fill the protagonist with wonder hoping that it will rub off on the audience.
Wow, I just saw Uberfall and it was amazing! One of my all-time favorite short films now.
Dude, did you see Avatar. Don't. Please. Read my review. I'm writing it.
Thanks. I will never forget a single image from that Film.
