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Jan. 30th, 2010 04:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twincityhackerI wasn't going to see Avatar. And then I had the oppertunity to see it for free in the movie theater because of a strange customer appreciation gift, so I went. My expectations were so low, the plot of the film managed to overtake them!
I described my understanding of the film to my father before the showing as "Dances with Wolves in SPACE. Only with less sophistication." And it was true.
It was also a little bit of a mash-up with Pocahauntus. But it didn't have the super depressing but true post-script that "Dances With Wolves" had. Or even what "Pocahauntus" had. And Rodgruegiz dies, of course.
On the other hand, the film has some of the best world building I have ever seen. The director farmed out the language to an acutal linguist. The set designers and Sigourny Weaver went to talk to a bontonist to make sure they weren't fucking up the terminology. And the film was fucking gorgeous in 3D.
I described my understanding of the film to my father before the showing as "Dances with Wolves in SPACE. Only with less sophistication." And it was true.
It was also a little bit of a mash-up with Pocahauntus. But it didn't have the super depressing but true post-script that "Dances With Wolves" had. Or even what "Pocahauntus" had. And Rodgruegiz dies, of course.
On the other hand, the film has some of the best world building I have ever seen. The director farmed out the language to an acutal linguist. The set designers and Sigourny Weaver went to talk to a bontonist to make sure they weren't fucking up the terminology. And the film was fucking gorgeous in 3D.
