Avatar

...i'm gonna go see AVATAR tonight. I'm all excited. I'm gonna bring some lube...

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bah-humbug.

not a very merry christmas this year. i have a lot of complaints and a few happy things to hang on to and try to focus on. i saw avatar. it was impressive. i want to see it in 3d. its a good movie but the plot feels as if you've seen this movie before in a different, less awesome way. i think that is what will start killing movies off now-a-days cuz its hard to have an original, non predictable story and still maintain a certain fluidity and depth and not make it an overly random, weird european flick. that is why comic movies are now coming out cuz they've been around and are different in many ways. There's literally 75 years of writers constantly trying to be original and make their characters unique so hollywood has been tapping into that for the past 10 years. books are now gonna be the next resource to tap (harry potter, percy jones and the olympians, eragon, etc).

All said, I really enjoyed Avatar. the level of creativity is amazing and of course the graphics are mind blowing. I was actually more impressed with District 9's lighting effects and technology than with Avatar's. Dad would be all hyped cuz they have bows. I was all analyzing their techniques n stuff. I have better ideas on how indigenous peoples of an alien planet would hunt (using projectile weapons). Bows and Arrows are over used and no proper thought is given to origins and all that. So I am left with this feeling of, "I CAN DO BETTER!!" on many levels with plot, imagery, character design, and use of technology.

Just need a billionaire benefactor and I'll be all set.

Hope you have a great christmas.


Love you.