Comments on: Movie Review: Avatar http://www.mattmcgee.com/movie-review-avatar/ I got your tagline right here... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Juice from HGP http://www.mattmcgee.com/movie-review-avatar/#comment-1805 Juice from HGP Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:36:55 +0000 http://www.mattmcgee.com/?p=797#comment-1805 No truer words were ever spoken. Great looking movie, but after 2 minutes into it, I knew I was in for trouble. I slept for at least 30 mins. and spent 2 hours grinding my teeth. No truer words were ever spoken. Great looking movie, but after 2 minutes into it, I knew I was in for trouble. I slept for at least 30 mins. and spent 2 hours grinding my teeth.

]]> By: David Mihm http://www.mattmcgee.com/movie-review-avatar/#comment-1803 David Mihm Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:15:19 +0000 http://www.mattmcgee.com/?p=797#comment-1803 Matt, you and I are on *exactly* the same page on this one, both in "pay no attention to the storyline. It’s really dumb and predictable and basically a rip-off" and "Not sure what it says about the public’s taste that this is the second highest-grossing movie of all-time." It really saddens me that crap like this makes money. And the fact that it was IMPOSSIBLE to get away from their advertising for the last two months. Anyone can make special effects, given enough time. A storyline, and acting, that advance the craft of movie-making hold far more water with me. I would hold up LOTR as a far better example of special effects being used to augment a great story rather than this move which seems incredibly hollow and trite. I will not be going to see it. Matt, you and I are on *exactly* the same page on this one, both in

“pay no attention to the storyline. It’s really dumb and predictable and basically a rip-off”

and

“Not sure what it says about the public’s taste that this is the second highest-grossing movie of all-time.”

It really saddens me that crap like this makes money. And the fact that it was IMPOSSIBLE to get away from their advertising for the last two months.

Anyone can make special effects, given enough time. A storyline, and acting, that advance the craft of movie-making hold far more water with me. I would hold up LOTR as a far better example of special effects being used to augment a great story rather than this move which seems incredibly hollow and trite.

I will not be going to see it.

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