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Old 01-17-2010, 07:03 AM   #93 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte View Post
There's a difference between a familiar, engaging plot and a familiar, boring plot. I didn't need Avatar's plot to be revolutionary. I agree that with $500M riding on this movie between production costs, doing something crazy and avant garde would be an unnecessary risk. Remaking Pocahontas+Dances with Wolves+Ferngully was, in my opinion, trite, lazy and boring.
Don't forget to add a dash of Dune in there for the Unobtainium, aka The Spice.

Spoiler: Oh and as far as Weaver's character dying goes, you really didn't see that coming? They kinda told you over and over again how it probably wouldn't work.
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