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Stare At The Sun · 12-19-2009, 06:57 PM

Saw it last night, my thoughts are as follows:

Sadly, it's a largely negative review

And I apologize for the *giant* post.

Spoiler: First of all, I'll say that I wanted to like this movie. It had a lot going for it, but I can not just turn my brain off for 2 and a half hours. The main problem that I had were the giant drive a train through, park it, and build a train station around it holes. The main points are as follows:

Pandora is supposed to have low gravity, and its supposed to weaken the strength of people. As noted by the constantly working out Colonel, and the withering frame of Jake. Yet the Na'vi were atleast 10 foot tall and clearly stronger than humans. Seems odd that they had "carbon fiber" bones as well. As that is, as far as I know, not naturally occuring.

Really, I can actually suspend my disbelief of other things, like the islands that floated yet had water constantly flowing off of them. If this was caused by the metal they were mining, which is what I imagine most people would say, why were these not mined? As they obviously had a very high concentration.

The absolute biggest problem I had with the movie, is the idea that the natives, who's most advance weapons were bows and arrows could have stood a change against an absurdly more advanced society that can clearly travel faster than the speed of light.

Lets just be realistic here, helicopters do not move slower than birds.

Where were the jets? Simple question. And don't say they couldn't fly without radar. That's bullshit. They did it at the end of WW2 and Korea.

Where were the tanks? I absolutely loathe this. It's just like in the third matrix, WHY WHY WHY would you design a military vehicle that exposes the pilot, or only protects him by glass, which the magical super powerful bows of death can penetrate? Perhaps you'd put some..I don't know...metal? Over it, and then toss a few webcams on the hull? It's just insanity.

Second, the "bombing mission" to destroy the holy site of the Na'vi was not accomplished by bombers, like it would of been done in world war 2, vietnam, korea, iraq, etc. NO NO! We're instead going to get pallets of TNT, attach detonaters to them, and wheel them out of a freaking cargo hulk that moves at roughly 13 MPH. And the defensive abilities of this giant cargo hulk? A bunch of dudes, in totally exposed machine gun pillboxes. You think they'd have turrets with steel mesh covering..or just armor with video feeds? And why would they have the 'bomb bay' door open before they were even remotely close to the drop zone? Simple answer, they wouldn't.

Lack of cruise missiles, nukes, or any tech more advanced than we have today. Again, in reality, if they wanted to destroy this holy site, they would have launched 15 cruise missiles at it, and called it a day. No need to even leave the base.

Other questions, what the hell was that metal even used for? 20,000,000 dollars a kilo? What the hell does it do? If the answer is "float" that's pretty lame.

The movie *should* have ended half-way through, and it would have in any realistic sense, when the Colonel said you've got a ticket home tomorrow, and your legs, I'm fairly sure he would have just gone home.

I realize that this movie was a very thinly veiled political statement, but that does not excuse the absurd level of shit that happens in the movie, that we are just supposed to accept.

I can not stand when movies give a complete lack credit to the military, or military organizations. If that end battle were to really of gone down, the humans would have lost a few soldiers, but otherwise, it would have been a wholesale slaughter of the natives.

Sorry for the rant, but I just can't stand when movies require a complete disbelief of everything you know.

Sadly, I didn't even really disagree with what the evil giant corporation was doing. They apparently offered everything they could, and the Na'vi were having none of it. I have no empathy for the natives.

The ending was just insane. Does anyone actually think they wouldn't go back? 20,000,000 dollars a KILO. Whatever that shit does, it's obviously worth all the investment. There is no way they would just abandon it.

I, for one am looking forward to "Avatar II: Return of the Sky-People".

Look for it in theaters next to, "Return to Ewok: The wholesale slaughter of teddy bears by disgruntled stormtroopers"

12-19-2009, 06:57 PM	#39 (permalink)
Stare At The Sun Eh? Location: Somewhere over the rainbow	Saw it last night, my thoughts are as follows: Sadly, it's a largely negative review And I apologize for the giant post. Spoiler: First of all, I'll say that I wanted to like this movie. It had a lot going for it, but I can not just turn my brain off for 2 and a half hours. The main problem that I had were the giant drive a train through, park it, and build a train station around it holes. The main points are as follows: Pandora is supposed to have low gravity, and its supposed to weaken the strength of people. As noted by the constantly working out Colonel, and the withering frame of Jake. Yet the Na'vi were atleast 10 foot tall and clearly stronger than humans. Seems odd that they had "carbon fiber" bones as well. As that is, as far as I know, not naturally occuring. Really, I can actually suspend my disbelief of other things, like the islands that floated yet had water constantly flowing off of them. If this was caused by the metal they were mining, which is what I imagine most people would say, why were these not mined? As they obviously had a very high concentration. The absolute biggest problem I had with the movie, is the idea that the natives, who's most advance weapons were bows and arrows could have stood a change against an absurdly more advanced society that can clearly travel faster than the speed of light. Lets just be realistic here, helicopters do not move slower than birds. Where were the jets? Simple question. And don't say they couldn't fly without radar. That's bullshit. They did it at the end of WW2 and Korea. Where were the tanks? I absolutely loathe this. It's just like in the third matrix, WHY WHY WHY would you design a military vehicle that exposes the pilot, or only protects him by glass, which the magical super powerful bows of death can penetrate? Perhaps you'd put some..I don't know...metal? Over it, and then toss a few webcams on the hull? It's just insanity. Second, the "bombing mission" to destroy the holy site of the Na'vi was not accomplished by bombers, like it would of been done in world war 2, vietnam, korea, iraq, etc. NO NO! We're instead going to get pallets of TNT, attach detonaters to them, and wheel them out of a freaking cargo hulk that moves at roughly 13 MPH. And the defensive abilities of this giant cargo hulk? A bunch of dudes, in totally exposed machine gun pillboxes. You think they'd have turrets with steel mesh covering..or just armor with video feeds? And why would they have the 'bomb bay' door open before they were even remotely close to the drop zone? Simple answer, they wouldn't. Lack of cruise missiles, nukes, or any tech more advanced than we have today. Again, in reality, if they wanted to destroy this holy site, they would have launched 15 cruise missiles at it, and called it a day. No need to even leave the base. Other questions, what the hell was that metal even used for? 20,000,000 dollars a kilo? What the hell does it do? If the answer is "float" that's pretty lame. The movie should have ended half-way through, and it would have in any realistic sense, when the Colonel said you've got a ticket home tomorrow, and your legs, I'm fairly sure he would have just gone home. I realize that this movie was a very thinly veiled political statement, but that does not excuse the absurd level of shit that happens in the movie, that we are just supposed to accept. I can not stand when movies give a complete lack credit to the military, or military organizations. If that end battle were to really of gone down, the humans would have lost a few soldiers, but otherwise, it would have been a wholesale slaughter of the natives. Sorry for the rant, but I just can't stand when movies require a complete disbelief of everything you know. Sadly, I didn't even really disagree with what the evil giant corporation was doing. They apparently offered everything they could, and the Na'vi were having none of it. I have no empathy for the natives. The ending was just insane. Does anyone actually think they wouldn't go back? 20,000,000 dollars a KILO. Whatever that shit does, it's obviously worth all the investment. There is no way they would just abandon it. I, for one am looking forward to "Avatar II: Return of the Sky-People". Look for it in theaters next to, "Return to Ewok: The wholesale slaughter of teddy bears by disgruntled stormtroopers"