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The Hurt Locker winning was so obviously a way to avoid a 'popular blockbuster' from winning and to 'make history' by giving the award to a female director, it hurts. Pretty much everyone today remembers Avatar as a cinematic masterpiece, and The Hurt Locker has already been swept into the dustbin of history.
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No, it was a pretty bad movie
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Apr 25, 2015 22:20
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Rareandvaluable-tanium.
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Apr 25, 2015 22:23
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Wanamingo posted:No, it was a pretty bad movie that has nothing to do with who wins the oscars
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Apr 25, 2015 22:27
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Star trek should have won, to be honest. Looking back on it that was really the one from that year that held up best. Though to be fair I've never seen Up
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Apr 25, 2015 22:28
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Avatar was very bad. The story was bad, and the special effects were bad. The acting was bad, and it was badly directed, and the music was bad (can anyone remember the avatar theme?). The font was bad. It was even bad societally, since it began the real push to make all modern action films 3D.
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Apr 25, 2015 22:32
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it made all the money, none of that matters
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Apr 25, 2015 22:33
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Polo-Rican posted:Avatar was very bad. The story was bad, and the special effects were bad. The acting was bad, and it was badly directed, and the music was bad (can anyone remember the avatar theme?). The font was bad. It was even bad societally, since it began the real push to make all modern action films 3D. fonts are very important
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Apr 25, 2015 22:33
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The last winning movie that deserved the award was Silence of the Lambs
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Apr 25, 2015 22:35
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They should just pick whatever the movie is with the biggest US gross.
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Apr 25, 2015 22:36
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Polo-Rican posted:Avatar was very bad. The story was bad, and the special effects were bad. The acting was bad, and it was badly directed, and the music was bad (can anyone remember the avatar theme?). The font was bad. It was even bad societally, since it began the real push to make all modern action films 3D. thank god you weren't the marketing director
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Polo-Rican posted:Avatar was very bad. The story was bad, and the special effects were bad. The acting was bad, and it was badly directed, and the music was bad (can anyone remember the avatar theme?). The font was bad. It was even bad societally, since it began the real push to make all modern action films 3D. The special effects weren't bad (in 3D, they looked like poo poo in 2D), and the direction wasn't bad. The music was as you say lackluster (I mostly remember it as "general chanty like music) and the story suuuuuuuucked. Hearing James Cameron is going to pretty much blow the rest of his career dicking with Avatar sequels was depressing as all hell. That said at least it went out of it's way to use 3D right. The reason 3D movies sucked for so long after is they were outsourcing conversions for 25 cents an hour and making movies 3D against the director's will and stuff. I can't fault Avatar for using 3D in the best way it could. Amusing note, in the original script they spent more time on Earth with the main character's brother at the beginning, and it really pushed the idea if the Earth didn't get the unobtanium (Seriously?), literally the entire human race was completely doomed. They obviously cut it because not only does that suddenly make the whole thing more gray, it makes Colonel hardass into a real hero. If you ever watch the movie again keep that in mind. Even slimy corporate guy suddenly is trying to save the human race, not just make all the money. Totally changes the movie and makes the hero into a real dick. "You can't blow up their tree, even though it has enough material to save the Earth! They really like their loving tree, man!" ED: Huh I googled it and apparently they even restored these scenes for the director's cut. Did not know that. Haven't watched it a second time ever. Blazing Ownager fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Apr 25, 2015 |
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Apr 25, 2015 22:36
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Avatar wasn't too terrible, but it wasn't that good, either. Just expensive. "Unobtanium" 
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Apr 25, 2015 22:37
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sexy cat nymphs
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Apr 25, 2015 22:50
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toggle posted:sexy cat nymphs That was pretty much the one good thing about the movie
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Apr 25, 2015 22:51
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James Cameron's Avatar The Last Airbender sure was an anime. Indeed.
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I have to say, the shooting in 3D certainly added a lot of... depth to the film 
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Apr 25, 2015 23:05
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i forget - what was the big claim about this movie? like something having to do with a revolutionary way to do special effects, but i can't remember what.
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Apr 25, 2015 23:06
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Avatar was a very safe by the numbers movie. It had some amazing technical achievements, but its storytelling was flat and boring. The only thing I remember about Avatar was the handful of goons who called it the best movie of all time.
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Apr 25, 2015 23:07
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DoctorStrangelove posted:James Cameron's Avatar The Last Airbender sure was an anime. Indeed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwh--gbw1hY movie of the year
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Apr 25, 2015 23:08
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IzzyFnStradlin posted:i forget - what was the big claim about this movie? like something having to do with a revolutionary way to do special effects, but i can't remember what. The use of 3D and the use of new evolutionary technology for motion capture. The studio that made the movie, came up with a new easier way to capture actors movement for CGI characters that made the whole process way easier. It allowed them to act without the use of green screens and other methods that made filming challenging and long.
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Apr 25, 2015 23:09
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I said come in! posted:Avatar was a very safe by the numbers movie. It had some amazing technical achievements, but its storytelling was flat and boring. The only thing I remember about Avatar was the handful of goons who called it the best movie of all time. it had some big lizard birds too
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Apr 25, 2015 23:14
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Can we all agree that OP is biggest human being of the century.
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nonazis posted:Can we all agree that OP is biggest human being of the century. I don't know. Hitler was this century.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:I don't know. Hitler was this century. Hitler was the 20th century.
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Apr 25, 2015 23:22
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:I don't know. Hitler was this century.
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Apr 25, 2015 23:23
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No.
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Apr 25, 2015 23:23
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No, OP. Hurt Locker deserved it because good movies never win awards. I'm saying Hurt Locker (and Avatar) were bad. Hurt Locker was just significantly worse.
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Apr 25, 2015 23:24
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I liked the hurt locker
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Apr 25, 2015 23:25
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I said come in! posted:Hitler was the 20th century. I said come in! posted:Hitler was the 20th century. it was less then a hundred years ago?
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Apr 25, 2015 23:25
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:it was less then a hundred years ago? 
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Apr 25, 2015 23:25
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We can agree on this, yes.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:it was less then a hundred years ago? Correct, it was within the last 100 years, but centuries don't work like that. A century is a very specific 100 year period. The 20th century is 1900 to 1999. 21st century is 2000 to 2099. When someone says, within the last century, they are saying 2000 to the present (2015). A more accurate way to word what you said, would be, Hitler existed within the last 100 years. The way you originally wrote it is incorrect. I said come in! fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Apr 25, 2015 |
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Apr 25, 2015 23:26
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Hurt Locker was loving lame as poo poo.
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Apr 25, 2015 23:27
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I said come in! posted:Correct, it was within the last 100 years, but centuries don't work like that. they don't? let me call Websters
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:they don't? let me call Websters I could be wrong, we will let Webster decide. That is always a safe bet.
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I said come in! posted:Correct, it was within the last 100 years, but centuries don't work like that. my god you are a stupid human being
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Apr 25, 2015 23:31
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:my god you are a stupid human being At least I didn't think hitler was alive in the 21st century. what an odd alternative reality that would be.
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I said come in! posted:At least I didn't think hitler was alive in the 21st century. what an odd alternative reality that would be. you have the worst reading comprehension of anyone ever.
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the hurt locker was a smart choice, b/c if you hate on it you look both unpatriotic (war on terror) AND misogynistic (female director)
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