Comments on: AVATAR REVIEWS ARE IN. PEOPLE LIKED IT. http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it FilmDrunk.com is the movie blog that plays rough, just the way your mother likes it. We cover all things movie-related, but just because we watch a lot of movies don’t expect us to act all serious about them. Think of FilmDrunk as the film industry’s older brother who punches it in the shoulder when it acts queer. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:38:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: trevbot http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234234 trevbot Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:46:36 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234234 *hits nail on head *hits nail on head

]]> By: trevbot http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234232 trevbot Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:40:07 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234232 I found the Chaplin-esque first act to be a visually arresting introduction to the protagonist, but felt that the film lost its voice during the rising action leading into the second act. The environmental message was forced -- a heavy-handed theme slapped onto a thin, derivative narrative frame. Are we to enjoy a preachy Wal-Mart allegory masquerading as "entertainment"? -- CollegeHumor.com I found the Chaplin-esque first act to be a visually arresting introduction to the protagonist, but felt that the film lost its voice during the rising action leading into the second act. The environmental message was forced — a heavy-handed theme slapped onto a thin, derivative narrative frame. Are we to enjoy a preachy Wal-Mart allegory masquerading as “entertainment”? — CollegeHumor.com

]]> By: Vince Mancini http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234213 Vince Mancini Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:20:09 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234213 Anyone who doesn't like Wall E can go fuck themselves. Anyone who doesn’t like Wall E can go fuck themselves.

]]> By: jonbroyles http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234212 jonbroyles Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:18:49 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234212 Thematically, the film also plays too simplistically into stereotypical evil-white-empire/virtuous-native cliches, especially since the invaders are presumably on an environmental rescue mission on behalf of the entire world, not just the U.S. Script is rooted very much in a contemporary eco-green mindset, which makes its positions and the sympathies it encourages entirely predictable and unchallenging. -Variety -- Awesome, another WALL•E. Critically acclaimed hippie bullshit. Thematically, the film also plays too simplistically into stereotypical evil-white-empire/virtuous-native cliches, especially since the invaders are presumably on an environmental rescue mission on behalf of the entire world, not just the U.S. Script is rooted very much in a contemporary eco-green mindset, which makes its positions and the sympathies it encourages entirely predictable and unchallenging. -Variety

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Awesome, another WALL•E. Critically acclaimed hippie bullshit.

]]> By: sepercrod http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234193 sepercrod Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:51:39 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234193 Will this be like Watchmen where we get to see some blue Dong? If not, I guess we can just settle on the massive amount of side boob and side ass shots. Wait, there's a plot in this movie? Will this be like Watchmen where we get to see some blue Dong? If not, I guess we can just settle on the massive amount of side boob and side ass shots. Wait, there’s a plot in this movie?

]]> By: Charlie Br0nze http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234097 Charlie Br0nze Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:09:19 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234097 I read The Times* review this morning and again it was very positive. The first comment, at the time, was kinda familiar, "Davina Suderlund wrote: In the future everything is possible - cloning body parts etc - except a cure for spinal injuries? This is like when my husband came back from a Star Trek movie with the depressing (for him) revelation; in the year 3000 (or whateva), people can teleport, clone stuff, terraform planets... but still no cure for baldness." *just The Times, not the fucking "London Times" I read The Times* review this morning and again it was very positive. The first comment, at the time, was kinda familiar,

“Davina Suderlund wrote:
In the future everything is possible – cloning body parts etc – except a cure for spinal injuries? This is like when my husband came back from a Star Trek movie with the depressing (for him) revelation; in the year 3000 (or whateva), people can teleport, clone stuff, terraform planets… but still no cure for baldness.”

*just The Times, not the fucking “London Times”

]]> By: Donkey Hodey http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234096 Donkey Hodey Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:05:38 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234096 <i>If you can let go of your version and embrace Cameron’s</i> I thought that's what 3-D forced you to do anyway? If you can let go of your version and embrace Cameron’s

I thought that’s what 3-D forced you to do anyway?

]]> By: Ted Snopes http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234095 Ted Snopes Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:04:22 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234095 <i>I will suck a wiener on Christopher Street before I trust the review of someone who uses the word “splenetic.”</i> CONFIRMED. I will suck a wiener on Christopher Street before I trust the review of someone who uses the word “splenetic.”

CONFIRMED.

]]> By: Donkey Hodey http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234094 Donkey Hodey Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:51:51 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234094 BTK, my indian name is White Man's Guilt. BTK, my indian name is White Man’s Guilt.

]]> By: Burnsy http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/12/avatar-reviews-are-in-people-liked-it#comment-234093 Burnsy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:51:07 +0000 http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=21993#comment-234093 What did Pajiba think? Because I disagree. Pussies. What did Pajiba think? Because I disagree. Pussies.

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