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Avatar Blues
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Humor (23), Movies (14) | March 24th, 2010
Everyone said it was the best movie they had ever seen. Everyone said, they were surely going to watch it a second, third time. Everyone said if you haven’t seen Avatar yet, you haven’t lived.
I finally decided to see what the fuss was all about. Or rather, I finally got a chance to see what the fuss was all about when my friend got hold of three tickets at the famed IMAX 3D Screen at Prasad’s.
The movie in a nutshell – Bad guys target good guys. One bad guy turns into good guy. Finds true love. Defeats bad guys. End of movie. Throw in tons and tons of special effects, cheesy lines, lots of bluish, creepy looking things, and you’ve got Avatar. I’m sorry guys, I know you loved the movie, but I just don’t see what made the movie so lovable.
Frankly, I developed a migraine about 30 minutes into the movie; whether it was due to the movie itself, the sweltering Hyderabad heat, or the uncomfortable oversized 3D glasses, we’ll never know. But yeah, I’m inclined to blame the movie 
We waited in vain for some awesome scene that would make us go WOW!!!, but that never happened.
Pandora was full of neon lighting, huge tails, as-ugly-as-you-can-make-em monsters and birds, and what not. I mean, how creepy were those earthworm-like wiggly things in the Na’vi braids?! And how many of you felt the Na’vis – with their bows and arrows slung on their backs – resembled the Hindu Gods?
What I do acknowledge, is the hardwork put in by hundreds of behind-the-scenes crew; Apparently, each frame (1/24 of a second) of the CGI scenes took an average of 47 man-hours to complete (Source: IMDB).
That certainly is impressive, and while I’m in awe of it, I did not really enjoy it.
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Hrish | March 27th, 2010 @ 11:44 am |
Yes – I watched the trailer long back, and the whole storyline seemed crystal clear from that – dollops of every Hollywood cliché you can think of. The graphics/special effects do not – I repeat – do not – redeem a movie. Now I wonder – why did he not invest in a better story when he invested so much in everything else?
Asha Tampa | March 30th, 2010 @ 9:47 am |
I guess this one is for Andy!
ND | March 25th, 2010 @ 2:26 pm |
well i wont refute about the story being lame….but full marks to the imagination, creativity and technology.i am sure the director was just flexing his muscles……. whatever that meant…..but i liked the movie…..
Asha Tampa | March 25th, 2010 @ 2:51 pm |
Glad you liked it, Andy… Each to his own, I guess
Sravan | March 24th, 2010 @ 8:13 pm |
agreed with what you felt abt it.. but the whole lot of movie was presenting an all new imaginary world.. leave about how creepy it is or bla bla… the art work was so fine that there was hardly any chance to identify the making as something artificial..
Undeniably, i agree that the story was not good .. rather it was a lil boring or stretched and also there was no WOW scene but wasnt that hanging hills and the navi’s a good take? well, if its not then it is not but only god knows how the movie has set the era like ‘preAvatar’ and ‘postAvatar’… Cameron’s imagination and the team work is what is really to be appreciated for framing a flawless (so called) movie.
Asha Tampa | March 25th, 2010 @ 10:29 am |
@Sravan – I do agree, and I believe I mentioned that I’m in awe of the hard work put in by the team – only, I dint enjoy it.
aswin Dorairaj | March 24th, 2010 @ 7:54 pm |
Im still a social outcast. Haven’t yet seen it!
Asha Tampa | March 25th, 2010 @ 10:27 am |
@Aswin – Lucky for you!