the message I got out of this movie is "we need to save the dalai lama" or some shit, I had to wash my ears afterwards with soap to get the brain wash out and remind myself that the lama was a fucking dictator and his people were slaves living in worse conditions than the north koreans and if kim jong il had big eyes and cock sucking lips hollywood would protest the whitehouse to keep the nice nation safe and let them have more nukes.
The sad thing is, that Cameron is apparently going to be putting all of his energy into more Avatar movies. Thus keeping him from doing anything cool.
Awesome job as always. I also had a problem with the characterization of the military. For all the ostentatious "support the troops" crap Hollywood does, this is really how some of them view us. I'm surprised there was no reference to the similarities of Paul Reiser's Carter Burke character and Avatar's Parker Selfridge.
I'm sure that if I'd seen this movie in 3-D, I'd have appreciated the "Experience of 3-D" more, but as it stands, this movie was just a rehash of the plots of Dances With Wolves & Lawrence of Arabia, with the Titanic love story mixed in, and maybe a little hint of Aliens thrown in for good measure. This movie was in no way original (except how it was presented if you want to get technical), and it had surprisingly hollow characters and poor performances by two of the leading performers, Zoe Sal
At first i dislike this review cause i really like the movie but you have my convinced, i still like it and would watch it again cause its really enjoyable but i'll not be over-praising it.
@hairyassburger Technically yes, but it's clearly a subtextual reference to what the filmmaker sees as the real world issue of privatization effecting foreign policy. It's a metaphor for real world militaries, and, agree with it or not, it's a clumsy and single-minded metaphor.
Oh well, MW3 made more money than this movie, which shows captain Price unstoppable human badassery can more than all the crappy alien marie sues of the universe.
2001 A Space Odyssey: The evolution of man is a complex thing. Our technology is advancing fast, but we may end up being destroyed by our own need for efficiency. However, for all we know we could learn from our mistakes and evolve to become higher beings because of it.
I was happy that Cameron was going to do another sci-fi flick...but this was shit. He made absolutely no fucking effort on the story whatsoever.
Basically, without any explanation behind the whole Unobatium(or whatever) mining thing, you have empty villians. Its like watching DUNE with only one mention of Spice in the entire film...
Drove me nuts, how the blue guys actually beat the pants off of an "Advanced, heavily armored, highly mobile, intensely trained and over all crazy lethal military force..." I let everything else in this movie go, no matter how it would normally give me really bad gas. The ending did drive me to the point of complete disinterest. I should really stop watching movies. At all.
avatar was a popcorn flick enjoyable. to me he gave almost all the reasons why i like avatar even if the plot is simplistic. it was saved by visuals and good performances
"The military" here in this movie is actually a bunch of mercs. Historically, mercenaries have been pretty willing to do just about anything for their employer. I also like RedLetter's Star Wars reviews a lot better, because he doesn't just wave his hands and say "Meh, it's a good movie and does all of these things well and hits every beat, but I'm too cynical to enjoy it..." like he does here with AVATAR.
You pretty much hit the nail on the head with the whole theme park thing. Disney bought the rights an is now planning a whole land in their animal kingdom park
I agree with most of your points, especially that the moral message of Avatar seemed to be a "white guilt" thing. However, I am not opposed like you seem to be to a movie having a message. If a movie is going to have a message, it should be one that informs me on how to be better somehow. As terrible as the Indians were treated in the past, it doesn't tell me how I can be a better person. Maybe "don't enslave a race of people" which I wasn't planning on anyway?
@elzoog A movie with a message is not a bad thing. A movie that beats us over the head with a message that we already knew, but acts like it's the first movie to come up with that message is annoying. Hell, "Ponpoko" was more subtle about the results of destroying natural environments, and it featured cartoon Japanese raccoon dogs with shapechanging testicles, for Christ's sake.
I agree that a movie with a message isn't a bad thing. The problem is, what can I do about the message. At least with an environmental message, I can decide to not make so much shit. If the message is, that Americans wiped out the Native Americans hundreds of years ago, what am I supposed to do about that? Killing a Native American wasn't something I was planning on doing any time soon, but thanks for telling me not to do it.
@elzoog Especially coming from a man who burns tons of jetfuel hopping from rainforest to rainforest so he can get hugged by natives for photo ops, and who lives in a huge, energy wasting mansion in a city that was only made posssible by diverting water sources from Paiute lands. Hypocrisy much, Jimbo?
But your accent or manner of speaking made it really hard to understand for somebody how has not english as native-language (like me).
PS:
Colonel Miles "Balls of Steel" Quaritch --> HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!
And definitely the true hero of the movie.
Damn Xenos Lover try to escape from his base? He just takes one look, kicks open the airlock door, and shoots until his rifle is empty, then pulls out his pistol and shoots until that is empty. BADASS^10
Stop following the George Lucas path, and continuing your disregard and contempt for your audience.
I speak for most, when I say: Get back to Plinkett reviews, and shut down this bullshit, annoying "Half In the Bag" shit.
We understand that you wish to give your 'friends' some screen time. Well, you're giving them way too much screen time. They are not funny or entertaining. They are fucking dead weight and unnecessary distractions.
I thought this was supposed to be comedy, and it WAS funny, but you description of Cameron's agenda is spot on. Thanks for this great video. Subscribed.
ThePitofSidLord, if you want facts, you just have to ask the right questions. BUT, YOU and so many other morons out there (Plinkett for instance) are not in the right frame of mind to ask the right questions.
CGI people are too delicate. Avatar could not be good or work on any level if the Na'vi did not feel like real people to audiences. There's a kind of hollow feeling in the eyes of certain CGI characters - like those characters in Avatar - in the past. Like Beowulf or The Polar Express, etc. This is or WAS the breakthrough for what is called, the uncanny valley. It's the difference between lifelike and dead. Avatar gave us the first fully CGI created characters that were lifelike.
So, my question to you is... why is it hard for you to appreciate something as new as Avatar? A film that needs those groundbreaking special effects to create life and substance within a completely computer generated world?? Also, before you say it, you do realize that substance in a film doesn't always have to come in the form of dialogue, don't you?? Ever see 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Btw, I've seen the Collector's Edition special features and the actors carry the film amazingly...
And... without the help of the CGI makeup that was applied in post. There are clips online of the behind the scenes footage I'm talking about. Do yourself a favor and check that out. What it proves is that Avatar was always going to be a great film, because it had such a great story. The CGI makeup just helped EVERYONE appreciate what was there the whole time. Like any TRULY GREAT FILM.
So, long story short, the answer to your question is YES. Even with practical makeup effects and dodgy CGI compositing, Avatar would have still been AWESOME. The breakthrough in CGI is just the cherry on top. If you don't like the cherry on top of this amazing treat... GO BUY A WEEK OLD DONUT.
@LukeLovesRose Note that I never indicated that I didn't like avatar (in fact, I've never actually seen it). Now, my second question is, since your argument basically establishes that Avatar's success was not based on the visual effects but rather on the story and characters, well, there's a lot of other good movies about people falling in love with each other through a crisis (Titanic, Casablanca, Dances with Wolves, etc.) What do you think makes the story of Avatar different?
Ok, if you didn't see Avatar, why are you asking me all of this? Do you want me to sell the movie for you? Give you a reason to see it??
Avatar is not strictly about two people, falling in love. And you're right. Those are great examples of love stories and what those characters do in the name of love. I'd add Gone With The Wind and Braveheart to that list myself.
But, Avatar is about a man who has lost all direction and motivation. It is a great mirror for society today,
It's about regaining a connection with natural wants and desires, when life is so mitigated to living in a tiny shack of an apartment (as seen in the Collector's Edition).
Avatar is not a simple story. There's A LOT more to the movie than people give it credit for.
And, I didn't say the story and characters made the movie successful. I said, everything, including the awesome, ground-breaking effects contributed to the 2.8 billion dollar final gross.
@LukeLovesRose So it's about a man who has nothing and falls in love with a girl to fill that void. Are you saying there's no other movies like that?
I'm not trying to get you to "sell" the movie, by the way. Frankly, I'm trying to get you to shut up to the people you're senselessly hating on in this comments section. Also, If you want to answer this question, could you please make it simple and not do four comments filled with mostly unrelated material?
Actually, since you've never seen Avatar, you should STFU! Because everything I wrote in those comments ALL relate to Avatar, in every possible way. Would you know anything about what I'm talking about? NO! You wouldn't, because you haven't seen the film. So, as I said, SHUT THE FUCK UP.
And the love story between Jake and the alien girl, the Na'vi, Neytiri is only part of the connection Jake is seeking throughout the film.
@LukeLovesRose So you're saying it's different because there's stuff going on besides the love story? How does that make it different than any other movie like this?
And as for your argument about why I should "STFU," I'll have you know that just because I haven't seen a movie doesn't mean I can't have an idea about what it's about. Furthermore, I clearly established in my last post that this discussion wasn't about the film's plot.
LOL. I know what you're trying to do. But, I'm not going anywhere. I can defend Avatar and James Cameron all I want, and you assholes can bash me all you want. I don't care. Too bad.
@LukeLovesRose I have no problem with you defending your opinion. However, when you deliberately charge into a group of people (Plinkett's fans) and start badmouthing them based on their tastes, all you're accomplishing is pissing everyone off, not changing a thing. Also, for a fan of a movie that supposedly mirrors the injustice in society, you seem to enjoy judging people based on their opinion and NOT who they are inside. Isn't that kinda what Avatar was speaking out against?
LOL. I don't understand where you feel like I'm attacking or judging anyone?? Besides, you can't actually tell me what Avatar is about or judge me in any way, because you haven't seen it. Because of that, you're actually more ignorant than I could ever be.
I've never once deliberately pissed someone off. If they were pissed off, too bad. I defended Avatar the best way I knew how. Too fucking bad if you don't like the way I express myself. GROW UP.
@LukeLovesRose (1) several of your earlier comments have referred to people as "naive" or "incompetent" SOLELY because they didn't like Avatar. Whatever universe you live in, that's an insult. (2) I can't tell you exactly what it's about, but you SPECIFICALLY said the situation was a mirror for society's problems. Are you denying that that's what the message is after you came out and said it? (3) You claim I'm ignorant and childish RIGHT after you say you're not attacking anyone. Get it?
Explain to me how you can actually say ANYTHING about Avatar, given the limited info in Plinkett's reviews. Please. Does Plinkett go into the meaning visuals like he did in the Star Wars reviews? NO! You actually have to see Avatar to understand what its trying to say visually, before you open your mouth to comment on some unfounded hyperbole BS from some douche that enjoys making torture videos.
I apologize for calling you names, but prove me wrong.
@LukeLovesRose I'm going to repeat myself: You SPECIFICALLY said that Avatar was a mirror for society's problems today. I was therefore making the connection that for someone who claims to be so touched by this film, you still judge people based on something that has nothing to do with the quality of their character.
Unless I'm missing something, and Avatar had a completely different message than what you said it was? I'd like to know what I said wrong, so enlighten me on what the message is.
All I will say is that you missed my point entirely. Not a surprise from someone who hasn't actually seen the film.
You don't seem to understand what's going on with society today. I don't know if "wrong" was the best way to put it. But, everyone is blind to how they treat others. They're all wrapped up in their own worlds so much that most of these people can't even have relationships. The only place they feel most comfortable is at home.
Avatar has nothing to do with judging people, so much as... stopping to think about actions before taking them. I stopped to think before I threw out those insults. I'm an asshole. I can fucking admit. Can you ever admit to acting like an asshole? Probably not. Because like everyone else out there, you're in denial of what you may be doing to others. You can't open your freakin eyes. That's what Avatar is trying to reflect.
@LukeLovesRose Wrong. Not only can I admit to my wrongdoings, I can prove it to you. The featured video on my channel has a part where I give an apology for an unfair comment I made in one of my earlier videos.
And speaking of stopping and thinking before you act, have you noticed that a lot of these stabs you're throwing at me are filled with unrealistic assumptions? Like the comment you just made about me being in denial of what I'm doing, when you had absolutely no way to back that up.
@LukeLovesRose (Note: Said video is no longer the featured vid on my channel due to an issue that came up, but it's the third from the top in the sidebar).
Talking about how the navi are supposed to be the good guys kind of depresses me seeing as I want the humans to kill every last fucking navi. I might watch avatar 2 when it comes out just to see these blue creeps die
Never saw Avatar, and hoping to be the last person to do so because I never will, but for all the morons wanting to kill themselves because of this movie's message of another possible world of beautiful nature, and certain audiences wanting to be a part of it, here's an idea. If you hate technology SOOO much, get off your damn Iphone and Ipods and help make THIS world clean and beautiful again and get off your fucking apathetic lazy attitudes towards the life you have now.
That shows what you know. The sad truth is that Cameron's films are more artistic than the films of anyone else in the business today. People like you are just naive or incompetent. It depends. If you refuse to see art in a film like Avatar, then, you are incompetent. You have the brain of a child. So... your views on certain issues should be questioned. You neither have the facts, nor do you care to learn a new truth.
@LukeLovesRose Wait, so you're slamming me and my opinion for being my opinion and not having facts to back up my claims and am an idiot child for that who's completely incapable of considering anything to the contrary... and then you actively assert you opinion being the opposite opinion without facts to back them up or even asking my to prove my point? Hypocrisy, thy name is LukeLovesRose.
Riveting tale, chap! By now I must swollybog off to the league of fancy-chaps for tea and crumpets!
irvingcsaltzburg, excuse me, TRANSFORMERS. My bad. lol.
How do you figure Lucas didn't actually copy images from Flash Gordon or better swashbucklers, like The Adventures of Robin Hood? If what he did with those exact same shots, etc was an homage to those classic films and stories, why the hell can't you accept Avatar for all the same reasons?? You could argue that Cameron is paying tribute to the classic stories that Avatar represents. But, then again, he didn't steal entire shots from them
irvingcsaltzburg, well, 3PO is clearly The Tin Man, Chewy is the Cowardly Lion, only he's not a lion or cowardly. He's just a fun, furry sidekick. I'm bashing Lucas for coming up with nothing but gimmicks, inspired by other, better films to MAKE MONEY and nothing more. The man is like Hasbro and Transformation. It's not but commercialism to him. He took from this popular source or that, pissing on the integrity of that material as he went along.
Finally. I'm tired of being the one person that doesn't think Avatar was handed down from God himself. I'm glad you brought up the 1 dimensional nature of the characters. It was like the whole movie was designed to be one giant, multimillion dollar guilt trip about how awful we are as a civilization. It really got on my nerves how the military were portrayed as bloodthirsty redneck killers. While we're in the middle of several overseas conflicts. Thanks Cameron, that's just what the troops need.
@EinsteinEMP826 I like the theme park ride analogy. I thought it was a terrific "ride" sort of movie - it really pulled you in and you had a good time watching it. It was amazing in the same way that a really good roller coaster might be. But you wouldn't compare that roller coaster to an amazing book, and you shouldn't compare this film to one that makes a legitimate social commentary.
@EinsteinEMP826 Also, I've heard a lot of people criticise the simplistic characters in this film. Why? Movies need one-dimensional characters. Think of sauron, yoda, the joker, voldemort, or aslan. Really only the primary characters need dimensions. I'd say that the two main blue people have undeniable personalities and internal conflicts in Avatar. The other characters frame the course of the story like girders support cars on a highway ("supporting" characters)
Concerning the movie, I think there is something wrong in the interpretation of militaries. The movie doesn't criticize armies in general. It criticize the armies working for companies & mercenaries.
An army governed by companies is the worst thing that can happen. Companies & mercenaries fight for money, not for laws, populations & valors.
Don't forget the hero was a soldier. He's still one, not a mercenary. He doesn't fight for money but, I think, for valors and populations.
@Nightwyl yes, they were technically mercs, but it was implied that most of them were ex-US military, and ended up being painted as cold-hearted killers with no problem wiping out a civilization to get to a precious stone. Also, Sigourney Weaver's character couldn't seem to stop making cracks about how she didn't need any more "trigger happy neanderthals" on her team, and how she was surprised Jake, a former Marine, had any brains at all. They end up portraying Jake as a guy who "isn't as bad."
irvingcsaltzburg, just to finish what I was saying, Cameron is the new Stanley Kubrick and or Alfred Hitchcock. I don't care how much Star Wars influenced special effects and effect photography for the past 35 years. I really don't think that matters as much as the overall package.
Do you really think Han Solo and Luke Skywalker or Princess Leia inspired dramatic storytelling like 2001, Psycho, Vertigo, A Clockwork Orange, etc?? NO. Those formulaic, unreal characters were toys with a pulse.
@LukeLovesRose Uh oh, looks like someone's "old computer" is on the fritz again, 5 comments in a row this time too. I can see why you were so nervous about me actually seeing them though, you're just ranting and raving about how much you'd like to suck Cameron's dick apparently. Remind me again who the real fanboy is here? I gave you reasons why Lucas's original Star Wars is so important in cinematic history and you still have yet to tell me how this turd will be remembered in another few years.
irvingcsaltzburg, like I said, the predictability part is intentional or at least, it's a byproduct of Cameron's art.
The way in which this classic story is told in Avatar makes this the most important version of this tell ever put on film, period. The techniques that Cameron uses to tell the story, what makes Avatar seem so "predictable" is the most amazing, revolutionary part. It will inspire many people to see and understand the work of JC a lot better. He's so far ahead of everyone else.
@LukeLovesRose Let me translate your posts: "when James Cameron's stories are predictable its intentional GAWD!! When Lucas's films are predictable its just STOOPID!"
Nice. And Star Wars predictable? Yea we knew Luke was gonna blow up the Death Star in ANH and the empire would fall in Jedi, but beyond that? I dont think so. Wheres the 'Luke I am your father' twist in Avatar? Its a long 1-dimensional eye candy fest, get over it
@LukeLovesRose So if I'm reading you right you're saying the predictability of Avatar is what makes it brilliant.....sure? And you're accusing Lucas of stealing ideas from other movies...let me run something by you, there's a big fucking difference between plagiarizing and being inspired by something. If you're insinuating that Star Wars is a rip-off of The Wizard of Oz and Flash Gordon then you need to administer electro-shock to your brain because obviously it's not functioning properly.
I personally don't care how much the use of effects influenced James Cameron or anyone in Hollywood. Since the damn visual effects, that shit doesn't matter as much as new techniques in storytelling.
You see a predictable film in Avatar, right? Let me guess. You're one of these geniuses that think everything in Avatar is plagarized, right? Well, in some small way, you're right. It is predictable, and as Titanic proved, that is intention. It's not a flaw.
irvingcsaltzburg, let's not forget all of the concepts and images that Lucas borrowed or stole from Flash Gordon or The Wizard of Oz. I can go on. And, I could even say that the original Star Wars was very predictable and formulaic.
AND, Lucas clearly did not understand a goddamn thing about human psychology or behavior. As even more evident in the prequels. But, Cameron goes so far as to look up the psychology of the character he's writing.
irvingcsaltzburg, you are too funny. You're acting like a child. What the hell is soo fucking great about Star Wars that you can't take your mouth off of George Lucas's dick?? You can't pry your pretty little mouth away long enough to realize how much Star Wars copied so much from many movies and stories before it. The buddy movie relationship of Han Solo and Luke Skywalker was clearly inspired by Butch and Sundance. Also, that same year, Lucas admits to have been greatly inspired by 2001.
Technologically, both Starwars and Avatar seemed pretty darn lame... Heck, I could make a better weapon.
A small sphere distorts all mass in a 100 mile radius which it doesn't consider ally. It's activity is determined by it's user's recognition of relative mass. The small sphere runs on an energy generated by smart fusion, a future technology which the energy lost in a reaction is 0.
That's all you need. Why doesn't anybody want an over powered weapon like that? screw the planes and walkers.
@gerardz101 ahhh i didn`t see that i watched it on my iphone and i have to click on the link to see what he put there. I agree with your point all i was saying was that this review was mainly about a list of movies and compareing them to avater. As for the other guy im not even gonna take the time to reply to his ignorance. (we cant all be mindless fan`s)
This review really sucked. You spent more time reviewing other movies then you did reviewing avatar. You should have just named this ((let me bitch about alot of movie`s review)). Because you spent 5 mins talking about avatar out of 20. With that said i did love your star wars and star trek reviews.
@mattzero1986 cuz if he spent the whole time just bitching about avatar and not the master mind who shitted out another box office hit to grab yo money he would have even more bitch comments from offended avatar fans who would even less understand cameron's genius such as your comment. OR cuz it's a 18min review that he apparently didnt give enough of a fuck about for you. (sorry just recently discovered this awesome movie critic)
@mattzero1986 Ignoring what the other guy said. I agree, though he did said the movie was alright, so criticizing so much doesn't really cut it, he doesn't want to try too hard to bash Avatar. And if you read the Part One description, it says right there ; "Appetizer".
KajexFiredrake, you're talking about two different films and two different filmmakers. As good as Dances With Wolves was, Kevin Costner is NO James Cameron. He doesn't have the same visual acquity as James Cameron nor the skills as an editor. However, Kevin Costner came as close as he'll ever come to perfection with DWW.
Now, if you think the story of Jake Sully and his transformation is not as complex as it was in DWW, you don't know James Cameron. He wants that response. But, its there.
wow I'm amazed... after he absolutely ripped the star wars prequels apart (yet one of the best film review I ever saw) he is very factual on this one...great review!
"Hey, do you think James Cameron is gonna donate the huge profits made from the technological advancements of this film to some beautiful indigenous African tribe?" Guess what Cameron is currently funding South American tribes so they can stay in their land.
@Nineteen1900Hundred Yes, those were the ideas. That's what he's explaining. Don't misunderstand this review for hatered of the movie. He says right at the beginning that it's effective and is explaining why. The complaint is that it was an easy approach that doesn't challenge anybody. People complain that Avatar is unoriginal, but it was meant to be familiar. Yes, on purpose.
I thought it was pretty obvious that Plinkett was saying he doesn't like it because it's simple. Plus it's a space adventure...why would you need to 'challenge' anyone? This aint No Country For Old Men.
I figured he said it because it attempts to play on the viewer's emotions- generally, when that's the aim, there's often an attempt by making that point in a complex way. Dances With Wolves (just to use the overused comparison) detailed the protagonist's inner conflict between original mission and his consistent interactions with a people he learns to understand.
Avatar bypasses those issues with 3D and playing on simple, hard, 1-dimensional stereotypes. Effective, but...
Um, like everyone else, bitching about Avatar, I don't think you actually paid attention to the film at all.
In Dances With Wolves, John Dunbar, the PROTAGONIST is visited by Sioux Indians 3 times, before he decides to go and greet his neighbors himself. He ends up alienating himself again from the Sioux, by bringing one of their own, an injured woman to the camp. Then, the medicine or holy man, Kicking Bird takes it upon himself to teach John Sioux ways and vice versa.
As J-Zone said one time: "Take your Prozac and grab your ballsack"
Danbotology 4 hours ago
I'm just gonna say that the Garbage Pail Kids(?) have officially killed my buzz. That is all.
VforVideo 14 hours ago
Yeah, Avatar was a manipulative, simplistic movie that was all about style over substance.
I still loved it.
blackcat19 19 hours ago
who lets people into a theatre with a fuckin pizza?
MrBubonicChronic 19 hours ago
I thought NA'VI was a jumbled word for "NATIVE" instead of "NAIVE" but then, both work.
Excellent review Mr Plinkett. Keep up the good work!
eimb1999 22 hours ago
the message I got out of this movie is "we need to save the dalai lama" or some shit, I had to wash my ears afterwards with soap to get the brain wash out and remind myself that the lama was a fucking dictator and his people were slaves living in worse conditions than the north koreans and if kim jong il had big eyes and cock sucking lips hollywood would protest the whitehouse to keep the nice nation safe and let them have more nukes.
MyHirogen 1 day ago
Ohh.
Gamberbro237 1 day ago in playlist More videos from RedLetterMedia
3:08 Peter Jackson, not George Lucas...
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I like how Plinkett is supposed to be like... 508 years old, but his hands are pretty young.
futurestoryteller 6 days ago
Its a class film so fu*k off
MrXxredhead9xx 1 week ago
@MrXxredhead9xx
Easy there fanboy, go jack off to more giant blue cat people.
HarrisonRocks 1 week ago
@MrXxredhead9xx What the hell is a "class" film? Like those films they show you in class about the dangers of sodium and water?
WittyDroog 5 days ago
@MrXxredhead9xx
7:31
RickLowerboy84 4 days ago
@MrXxredhead9xx
It's his opinion
SolidMike84 3 days ago
This is SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!
MrXxredhead9xx 1 week ago
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E1025 1 week ago 2
This is awesome.
NotOrdinaryInGames 1 week ago
6:15 "I don't think I've rolled my eyes that much since I had that demonic possesion-EEEERGH!!
Galentw 2 weeks ago
I haven't seen the garbage show.
Cheburashka207 2 weeks ago
The sad thing is, that Cameron is apparently going to be putting all of his energy into more Avatar movies. Thus keeping him from doing anything cool.
lonstar70 2 weeks ago
william shatner lmao
ThisIsAeroPlane 2 weeks ago
a man named william shatner once said...
deceptasean1 2 weeks ago 2
First time I heard the people was gonna be called the Na'Vi, I thought "HEY, LISTEN!"
saxon161 2 weeks ago 3
Where can I find the ending song?
mjgamerboy 2 weeks ago
@mjgamerboy It's called 'I squeeze gats' by Charlie Brown Beatz I think ;)
LukeMM95 1 week ago
Awesome job as always. I also had a problem with the characterization of the military. For all the ostentatious "support the troops" crap Hollywood does, this is really how some of them view us. I'm surprised there was no reference to the similarities of Paul Reiser's Carter Burke character and Avatar's Parker Selfridge.
fuguf1sh 3 weeks ago
is dat sum up-skirt @1:08 ?
piecharthosen 3 weeks ago
What you need to think about is that if this movie was in 2d, would you have cared as much?
xaxie1 3 weeks ago
Nahhh... Cameran got high while watching Star Wars when his kid put the VHS of Pochontas and he saw it. "Hay man there's an idea"
Hadam10Rose 3 weeks ago
i'd tap that bule business.
Annihitate 3 weeks ago
I'm sure that if I'd seen this movie in 3-D, I'd have appreciated the "Experience of 3-D" more, but as it stands, this movie was just a rehash of the plots of Dances With Wolves & Lawrence of Arabia, with the Titanic love story mixed in, and maybe a little hint of Aliens thrown in for good measure. This movie was in no way original (except how it was presented if you want to get technical), and it had surprisingly hollow characters and poor performances by two of the leading performers, Zoe Sal
JediMasterXunill15 3 weeks ago
I sent you a letter, now where's my pizza roll?
Shadowwolf343de4 3 weeks ago
At first i dislike this review cause i really like the movie but you have my convinced, i still like it and would watch it again cause its really enjoyable but i'll not be over-praising it.
elliot534 3 weeks ago
If I ruled the world!
TheDR196 3 weeks ago
I wonder how many pizza rolls were consumed during the making of this review?
wardog3d 3 weeks ago
just saying, it wasn't a military, they were a private militia hired by whatever corporation because they were ruthless.
hairyassburger 1 month ago
@hairyassburger Technically yes, but it's clearly a subtextual reference to what the filmmaker sees as the real world issue of privatization effecting foreign policy. It's a metaphor for real world militaries, and, agree with it or not, it's a clumsy and single-minded metaphor.
KiddoBeastPro 4 weeks ago
Love this review. Got a lot of points
Securitron343 1 month ago
*VOMITS* Garbage Pail Kids Movi--*barfs more*
gaaralee1234 1 month ago
"Oh! Oh. ohh...-" The terrible realisation! :D
Brynjarbjorn 1 month ago
Oh well, MW3 made more money than this movie, which shows captain Price unstoppable human badassery can more than all the crappy alien marie sues of the universe.
kanenash 1 month ago
@kanenash
It did? It made more than 2.78 billion? I dislike both so either way, it's bad news.
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@kanenash
You're kidding right? MW3 Is literaly designed for 12 year olds
Unevaluated 1 month ago
what is the song played at the end?
FilzFilmMaker 1 month ago
@FilzFilmMaker "I Squeeze Gats"
DMerk2012 1 month ago
By reminding me that there was a Garbage Pail Kids film, that sours the memory of the trading cards.
PaulJBrown 1 month ago
"i'd tap that blue business..."
she's 9 ft tall, unless you have a eggplant for a cock, good luck with that
PlanetoftheeAtheists 1 month ago
Messages in sci-fi movies:
2001 A Space Odyssey: The evolution of man is a complex thing. Our technology is advancing fast, but we may end up being destroyed by our own need for efficiency. However, for all we know we could learn from our mistakes and evolve to become higher beings because of it.
Avatar: Aliens, GOOD! People, BAD!
ShadowACS 1 month ago 8
Wow, they actually DID do a Garbage Pail Kids movie. I heard rumours
Jarednow 1 month ago
Haha, this guy is great
iverruler 1 month ago
I was happy that Cameron was going to do another sci-fi flick...but this was shit. He made absolutely no fucking effort on the story whatsoever.
Basically, without any explanation behind the whole Unobatium(or whatever) mining thing, you have empty villians. Its like watching DUNE with only one mention of Spice in the entire film...
"Oh, um...COUGH...spice...COUGH...its magic dust man."
Knock the Star wars prequels, but at least there is some attempt at a story!
SamusDrake 1 month ago 5
WHAT THA FUCK!? those little midgets are FUCKING scary!!!
drmedborn 1 month ago
Is anyone else confused by the dislikes on this video?
If someone disliked the first video why the fuck would they open part 2 to hit dislike again.
poorandimmature 1 month ago
@poorandimmature
amazing point.
Heliosphan15 1 month ago
Drove me nuts, how the blue guys actually beat the pants off of an "Advanced, heavily armored, highly mobile, intensely trained and over all crazy lethal military force..." I let everything else in this movie go, no matter how it would normally give me really bad gas. The ending did drive me to the point of complete disinterest. I should really stop watching movies. At all.
object2502 1 month ago
@object2502 well i guess its always supposed to be 'the impossible made possible'. most movies are like this
Scarletbanned 1 month ago
"I'd tap that blue business..." I laughed and laughed.
object2502 1 month ago
Original ending: Okay, we'll go back in our spaceships and leave. :(
Realistic ending: Okay, we'll go... *Bomb from space*
Swordofswordom 1 month ago
where are my pizza rolls??
M1ssRoflcopter 1 month ago
avatar was a popcorn flick enjoyable. to me he gave almost all the reasons why i like avatar even if the plot is simplistic. it was saved by visuals and good performances
darthbriboy 1 month ago
@RedLetterMedia
Y U NO SAY POCAHONTAS?
PickyMcCritical 2 months ago
"The military" here in this movie is actually a bunch of mercs. Historically, mercenaries have been pretty willing to do just about anything for their employer. I also like RedLetter's Star Wars reviews a lot better, because he doesn't just wave his hands and say "Meh, it's a good movie and does all of these things well and hits every beat, but I'm too cynical to enjoy it..." like he does here with AVATAR.
eXcommunicate1979 2 months ago
You pretty much hit the nail on the head with the whole theme park thing. Disney bought the rights an is now planning a whole land in their animal kingdom park
TheCobalt88 2 months ago
@TheCobalt88 How ironic, I wonder how many tons of garbage and sewage runoff the new park will generate per year...
bancoran 1 month ago
GET OUT OF MY POPCORN TUB!!!!!!!
HardikG121 2 months ago 73
"I mean you can compare Avatar to Dances with Wolves until you're blue in the face..."
Haha, get it?
TheAle89515 2 months ago 61
great review! okay movie nothing more
raoulhery 2 months ago
thumbs up if you would rent the game just to kill the navi
Rangersleadtheway233 2 months ago
I agree with most of your points, especially that the moral message of Avatar seemed to be a "white guilt" thing. However, I am not opposed like you seem to be to a movie having a message. If a movie is going to have a message, it should be one that informs me on how to be better somehow. As terrible as the Indians were treated in the past, it doesn't tell me how I can be a better person. Maybe "don't enslave a race of people" which I wasn't planning on anyway?
elzoog 2 months ago
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@elzoog it doesn't have tell you what to do to have a message, some movies just make you aware of a problem without telling you what to do about it
255ad 2 months ago
@elzoog A movie with a message is not a bad thing. A movie that beats us over the head with a message that we already knew, but acts like it's the first movie to come up with that message is annoying. Hell, "Ponpoko" was more subtle about the results of destroying natural environments, and it featured cartoon Japanese raccoon dogs with shapechanging testicles, for Christ's sake.
bancoran 1 month ago
@bancoran
I agree that a movie with a message isn't a bad thing. The problem is, what can I do about the message. At least with an environmental message, I can decide to not make so much shit. If the message is, that Americans wiped out the Native Americans hundreds of years ago, what am I supposed to do about that? Killing a Native American wasn't something I was planning on doing any time soon, but thanks for telling me not to do it.
elzoog 1 month ago
@elzoog Especially coming from a man who burns tons of jetfuel hopping from rainforest to rainforest so he can get hugged by natives for photo ops, and who lives in a huge, energy wasting mansion in a city that was only made posssible by diverting water sources from Paiute lands. Hypocrisy much, Jimbo?
bancoran 1 month ago
Whats the track being played at 1:04 called again?
MsDeadCorpse 2 months ago
@MsDeadCorpse Dre Day by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
ShangTsung917 2 months ago
I really liked what you've said in your review.
But your accent or manner of speaking made it really hard to understand for somebody how has not english as native-language (like me).
PS:
Colonel Miles "Balls of Steel" Quaritch --> HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!
And definitely the true hero of the movie.
Damn Xenos Lover try to escape from his base? He just takes one look, kicks open the airlock door, and shoots until his rifle is empty, then pulls out his pistol and shoots until that is empty. BADASS^10
TheSETIFAN 2 months ago
@TheSETIFAN Quaritch should have been the focus of the movie. Barring that, give him his own series.
bancoran 1 month ago
Avatar was boring.
LoneRookRS1 2 months ago
@LoneRookRS1 Agreed. I had trouble sitting through the damn thing and I had a broken leg!
Xsuprio 2 months ago
@Xsuprio lol!
LoneRookRS1 2 months ago
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@RedLetterMedia
Stop following the George Lucas path, and continuing your disregard and contempt for your audience.
I speak for most, when I say: Get back to Plinkett reviews, and shut down this bullshit, annoying "Half In the Bag" shit.
We understand that you wish to give your 'friends' some screen time. Well, you're giving them way too much screen time. They are not funny or entertaining. They are fucking dead weight and unnecessary distractions.
BRING THE REAL PLINKETT BACK!
Horoquin 2 months ago
I thought this was supposed to be comedy, and it WAS funny, but you description of Cameron's agenda is spot on. Thanks for this great video. Subscribed.
Wyowanderer777 2 months ago
You can't fault the guy's logic - if you're logical
halfmetal74 2 months ago
ThePitofSidLord, if you want facts, you just have to ask the right questions. BUT, YOU and so many other morons out there (Plinkett for instance) are not in the right frame of mind to ask the right questions.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose Let me ask you something. If Avatar had really shitty visual effects and no 3D technology, would it still be a work of art?
ShadowACS 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
CGI people are too delicate. Avatar could not be good or work on any level if the Na'vi did not feel like real people to audiences. There's a kind of hollow feeling in the eyes of certain CGI characters - like those characters in Avatar - in the past. Like Beowulf or The Polar Express, etc. This is or WAS the breakthrough for what is called, the uncanny valley. It's the difference between lifelike and dead. Avatar gave us the first fully CGI created characters that were lifelike.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
So, my question to you is... why is it hard for you to appreciate something as new as Avatar? A film that needs those groundbreaking special effects to create life and substance within a completely computer generated world?? Also, before you say it, you do realize that substance in a film doesn't always have to come in the form of dialogue, don't you?? Ever see 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Btw, I've seen the Collector's Edition special features and the actors carry the film amazingly...
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
And... without the help of the CGI makeup that was applied in post. There are clips online of the behind the scenes footage I'm talking about. Do yourself a favor and check that out. What it proves is that Avatar was always going to be a great film, because it had such a great story. The CGI makeup just helped EVERYONE appreciate what was there the whole time. Like any TRULY GREAT FILM.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
So, long story short, the answer to your question is YES. Even with practical makeup effects and dodgy CGI compositing, Avatar would have still been AWESOME. The breakthrough in CGI is just the cherry on top. If you don't like the cherry on top of this amazing treat... GO BUY A WEEK OLD DONUT.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose Note that I never indicated that I didn't like avatar (in fact, I've never actually seen it). Now, my second question is, since your argument basically establishes that Avatar's success was not based on the visual effects but rather on the story and characters, well, there's a lot of other good movies about people falling in love with each other through a crisis (Titanic, Casablanca, Dances with Wolves, etc.) What do you think makes the story of Avatar different?
ShadowACS 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
Ok, if you didn't see Avatar, why are you asking me all of this? Do you want me to sell the movie for you? Give you a reason to see it??
Avatar is not strictly about two people, falling in love. And you're right. Those are great examples of love stories and what those characters do in the name of love. I'd add Gone With The Wind and Braveheart to that list myself.
But, Avatar is about a man who has lost all direction and motivation. It is a great mirror for society today,
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
It's about a man who has lost half himself (his twin brother) and needs to find an equally powerful connection to fill that void.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
It's about regaining a connection with natural wants and desires, when life is so mitigated to living in a tiny shack of an apartment (as seen in the Collector's Edition).
Avatar is not a simple story. There's A LOT more to the movie than people give it credit for.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
And, I didn't say the story and characters made the movie successful. I said, everything, including the awesome, ground-breaking effects contributed to the 2.8 billion dollar final gross.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose So it's about a man who has nothing and falls in love with a girl to fill that void. Are you saying there's no other movies like that?
I'm not trying to get you to "sell" the movie, by the way. Frankly, I'm trying to get you to shut up to the people you're senselessly hating on in this comments section. Also, If you want to answer this question, could you please make it simple and not do four comments filled with mostly unrelated material?
ShadowACS 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
Actually, since you've never seen Avatar, you should STFU! Because everything I wrote in those comments ALL relate to Avatar, in every possible way. Would you know anything about what I'm talking about? NO! You wouldn't, because you haven't seen the film. So, as I said, SHUT THE FUCK UP.
And the love story between Jake and the alien girl, the Na'vi, Neytiri is only part of the connection Jake is seeking throughout the film.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose So you're saying it's different because there's stuff going on besides the love story? How does that make it different than any other movie like this?
And as for your argument about why I should "STFU," I'll have you know that just because I haven't seen a movie doesn't mean I can't have an idea about what it's about. Furthermore, I clearly established in my last post that this discussion wasn't about the film's plot.
ShadowACS 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
LOL. I know what you're trying to do. But, I'm not going anywhere. I can defend Avatar and James Cameron all I want, and you assholes can bash me all you want. I don't care. Too bad.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose I have no problem with you defending your opinion. However, when you deliberately charge into a group of people (Plinkett's fans) and start badmouthing them based on their tastes, all you're accomplishing is pissing everyone off, not changing a thing. Also, for a fan of a movie that supposedly mirrors the injustice in society, you seem to enjoy judging people based on their opinion and NOT who they are inside. Isn't that kinda what Avatar was speaking out against?
ShadowACS 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
LOL. I don't understand where you feel like I'm attacking or judging anyone?? Besides, you can't actually tell me what Avatar is about or judge me in any way, because you haven't seen it. Because of that, you're actually more ignorant than I could ever be.
I've never once deliberately pissed someone off. If they were pissed off, too bad. I defended Avatar the best way I knew how. Too fucking bad if you don't like the way I express myself. GROW UP.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose (1) several of your earlier comments have referred to people as "naive" or "incompetent" SOLELY because they didn't like Avatar. Whatever universe you live in, that's an insult. (2) I can't tell you exactly what it's about, but you SPECIFICALLY said the situation was a mirror for society's problems. Are you denying that that's what the message is after you came out and said it? (3) You claim I'm ignorant and childish RIGHT after you say you're not attacking anyone. Get it?
ShadowACS 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
Explain to me how you can actually say ANYTHING about Avatar, given the limited info in Plinkett's reviews. Please. Does Plinkett go into the meaning visuals like he did in the Star Wars reviews? NO! You actually have to see Avatar to understand what its trying to say visually, before you open your mouth to comment on some unfounded hyperbole BS from some douche that enjoys making torture videos.
I apologize for calling you names, but prove me wrong.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose I'm going to repeat myself: You SPECIFICALLY said that Avatar was a mirror for society's problems today. I was therefore making the connection that for someone who claims to be so touched by this film, you still judge people based on something that has nothing to do with the quality of their character.
Unless I'm missing something, and Avatar had a completely different message than what you said it was? I'd like to know what I said wrong, so enlighten me on what the message is.
ShadowACS 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
I don't have to explain myself to you.
All I will say is that you missed my point entirely. Not a surprise from someone who hasn't actually seen the film.
You don't seem to understand what's going on with society today. I don't know if "wrong" was the best way to put it. But, everyone is blind to how they treat others. They're all wrapped up in their own worlds so much that most of these people can't even have relationships. The only place they feel most comfortable is at home.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
Avatar has nothing to do with judging people, so much as... stopping to think about actions before taking them. I stopped to think before I threw out those insults. I'm an asshole. I can fucking admit. Can you ever admit to acting like an asshole? Probably not. Because like everyone else out there, you're in denial of what you may be doing to others. You can't open your freakin eyes. That's what Avatar is trying to reflect.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose Wrong. Not only can I admit to my wrongdoings, I can prove it to you. The featured video on my channel has a part where I give an apology for an unfair comment I made in one of my earlier videos.
And speaking of stopping and thinking before you act, have you noticed that a lot of these stabs you're throwing at me are filled with unrealistic assumptions? Like the comment you just made about me being in denial of what I'm doing, when you had absolutely no way to back that up.
ShadowACS 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose (Note: Said video is no longer the featured vid on my channel due to an issue that came up, but it's the third from the top in the sidebar).
ShadowACS 2 months ago
@ShadowACS
Btw, if these elements were in other films, which they probably are... they've never been nearly as effective in execution.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
Wait a minute...that mineral was called....UNOBTAINIUM!????!?!? UUNNOOBBTAAAIINNIIIUUUMMM!?!?!!!?? Wow. Avatar: 1/100. District 9: 100/100
PhillipLober 2 months ago
District 9...best SciFi movie in A LONG time...Hurt Locker was not better than Stop Loss. Not even close.
lusulpher 2 months ago
your an ass
gametest16 2 months ago
Avatar: Pretty images + lame story = pretty lame. (yes I stole that from the NC)
Rangersleadtheway233 2 months ago
I thought Wall-E had a better message than this movie
smiley17777777 2 months ago
I would have described it as a live-action video game, but amusement park ride works, too.
marlboroman1985 2 months ago
excellent job. Anyone know the song that plays at the end?
amazingonion 3 months ago
for me this movie was entertaining but too much fucking CG crap.
41gagavision 3 months ago
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Talking about how the navi are supposed to be the good guys kind of depresses me seeing as I want the humans to kill every last fucking navi. I might watch avatar 2 when it comes out just to see these blue creeps die
Pocco20 3 months ago 7
Never saw Avatar, and hoping to be the last person to do so because I never will, but for all the morons wanting to kill themselves because of this movie's message of another possible world of beautiful nature, and certain audiences wanting to be a part of it, here's an idea. If you hate technology SOOO much, get off your damn Iphone and Ipods and help make THIS world clean and beautiful again and get off your fucking apathetic lazy attitudes towards the life you have now.
Kasigi03 3 months ago
James Cameron, with the release of Avatar, perfectly encapsulates how artistic integrity is all but entirely squashed out of making films.
ThePitofSidLord 3 months ago
@ThePitofSidLord
That shows what you know. The sad truth is that Cameron's films are more artistic than the films of anyone else in the business today. People like you are just naive or incompetent. It depends. If you refuse to see art in a film like Avatar, then, you are incompetent. You have the brain of a child. So... your views on certain issues should be questioned. You neither have the facts, nor do you care to learn a new truth.
LukeLovesRose 2 months ago
@LukeLovesRose Wait, so you're slamming me and my opinion for being my opinion and not having facts to back up my claims and am an idiot child for that who's completely incapable of considering anything to the contrary... and then you actively assert you opinion being the opposite opinion without facts to back them up or even asking my to prove my point? Hypocrisy, thy name is LukeLovesRose.
Riveting tale, chap! By now I must swollybog off to the league of fancy-chaps for tea and crumpets!
ThePitofSidLord 2 months ago
shit, cameron a hippie with some dough, has some time on his hands, why not make a flick like Avatar
KenFan4life 3 months ago
irvingcsaltzburg, btw, Cameron didn't say that he stole anything and neither did Lucas.
But, like Lucas, Cameron came out and admitted to being INSPIRED by Dances With Wolves.
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago
irvingcsaltzburg, excuse me, TRANSFORMERS. My bad. lol.
How do you figure Lucas didn't actually copy images from Flash Gordon or better swashbucklers, like The Adventures of Robin Hood? If what he did with those exact same shots, etc was an homage to those classic films and stories, why the hell can't you accept Avatar for all the same reasons?? You could argue that Cameron is paying tribute to the classic stories that Avatar represents. But, then again, he didn't steal entire shots from them
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago
irvingcsaltzburg, well, 3PO is clearly The Tin Man, Chewy is the Cowardly Lion, only he's not a lion or cowardly. He's just a fun, furry sidekick. I'm bashing Lucas for coming up with nothing but gimmicks, inspired by other, better films to MAKE MONEY and nothing more. The man is like Hasbro and Transformation. It's not but commercialism to him. He took from this popular source or that, pissing on the integrity of that material as he went along.
But its a debatable fight, Avatar vs DWW.
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago
What's the movie with the girl in the blue dress?
MaxZorin2099 3 months ago
@MaxZorin2099
I wanna know too.. girl is hot. lol
jedichris8 3 months ago
@MaxZorin2099 Garbage Pail Kids: the movie. And it's one of the worst movies ever made.
ShadowACS 3 months ago
garbage pail kids
worst thing ever
EVER
aldoreshgaramok 3 months ago
Finally. I'm tired of being the one person that doesn't think Avatar was handed down from God himself. I'm glad you brought up the 1 dimensional nature of the characters. It was like the whole movie was designed to be one giant, multimillion dollar guilt trip about how awful we are as a civilization. It really got on my nerves how the military were portrayed as bloodthirsty redneck killers. While we're in the middle of several overseas conflicts. Thanks Cameron, that's just what the troops need.
EinsteinEMP826 3 months ago 34
@EinsteinEMP826 I like the theme park ride analogy. I thought it was a terrific "ride" sort of movie - it really pulled you in and you had a good time watching it. It was amazing in the same way that a really good roller coaster might be. But you wouldn't compare that roller coaster to an amazing book, and you shouldn't compare this film to one that makes a legitimate social commentary.
benerban 3 months ago
@EinsteinEMP826 Also, I've heard a lot of people criticise the simplistic characters in this film. Why? Movies need one-dimensional characters. Think of sauron, yoda, the joker, voldemort, or aslan. Really only the primary characters need dimensions. I'd say that the two main blue people have undeniable personalities and internal conflicts in Avatar. The other characters frame the course of the story like girders support cars on a highway ("supporting" characters)
benerban 3 months ago
@EinsteinEMP826 ditto! love your review mr redlettermedia
41gagavision 3 months ago
@EinsteinEMP826
Concerning the movie, I think there is something wrong in the interpretation of militaries. The movie doesn't criticize armies in general. It criticize the armies working for companies & mercenaries.
An army governed by companies is the worst thing that can happen. Companies & mercenaries fight for money, not for laws, populations & valors.
Don't forget the hero was a soldier. He's still one, not a mercenary. He doesn't fight for money but, I think, for valors and populations.
Nightwyl 2 months ago
@Nightwyl yes, they were technically mercs, but it was implied that most of them were ex-US military, and ended up being painted as cold-hearted killers with no problem wiping out a civilization to get to a precious stone. Also, Sigourney Weaver's character couldn't seem to stop making cracks about how she didn't need any more "trigger happy neanderthals" on her team, and how she was surprised Jake, a former Marine, had any brains at all. They end up portraying Jake as a guy who "isn't as bad."
EinsteinEMP826 2 months ago
Putting that Garbage Pail Kids song in any video should be punishable by death.
BeyondGoodandAsian 3 months ago
irvingcsaltzburg, just to finish what I was saying, Cameron is the new Stanley Kubrick and or Alfred Hitchcock. I don't care how much Star Wars influenced special effects and effect photography for the past 35 years. I really don't think that matters as much as the overall package.
Do you really think Han Solo and Luke Skywalker or Princess Leia inspired dramatic storytelling like 2001, Psycho, Vertigo, A Clockwork Orange, etc?? NO. Those formulaic, unreal characters were toys with a pulse.
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago
@LukeLovesRose Uh oh, looks like someone's "old computer" is on the fritz again, 5 comments in a row this time too. I can see why you were so nervous about me actually seeing them though, you're just ranting and raving about how much you'd like to suck Cameron's dick apparently. Remind me again who the real fanboy is here? I gave you reasons why Lucas's original Star Wars is so important in cinematic history and you still have yet to tell me how this turd will be remembered in another few years.
irvingcsaltzburg 3 months ago
@LukeLovesRose TIP FOR OTHER COMMENTERS ON THIS ASSHOLE:
The best option for interntet trolls is the "ignore" option.
ShadowACS 3 months ago
irvingcsaltzburg, like I said, the predictability part is intentional or at least, it's a byproduct of Cameron's art.
The way in which this classic story is told in Avatar makes this the most important version of this tell ever put on film, period. The techniques that Cameron uses to tell the story, what makes Avatar seem so "predictable" is the most amazing, revolutionary part. It will inspire many people to see and understand the work of JC a lot better. He's so far ahead of everyone else.
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago
@LukeLovesRose Let me translate your posts: "when James Cameron's stories are predictable its intentional GAWD!! When Lucas's films are predictable its just STOOPID!"
Nice. And Star Wars predictable? Yea we knew Luke was gonna blow up the Death Star in ANH and the empire would fall in Jedi, but beyond that? I dont think so. Wheres the 'Luke I am your father' twist in Avatar? Its a long 1-dimensional eye candy fest, get over it
zzyzx0788 3 months ago
@LukeLovesRose So if I'm reading you right you're saying the predictability of Avatar is what makes it brilliant.....sure? And you're accusing Lucas of stealing ideas from other movies...let me run something by you, there's a big fucking difference between plagiarizing and being inspired by something. If you're insinuating that Star Wars is a rip-off of The Wizard of Oz and Flash Gordon then you need to administer electro-shock to your brain because obviously it's not functioning properly.
irvingcsaltzburg 3 months ago
irvingcsaltzburg, let's go on.
I personally don't care how much the use of effects influenced James Cameron or anyone in Hollywood. Since the damn visual effects, that shit doesn't matter as much as new techniques in storytelling.
You see a predictable film in Avatar, right? Let me guess. You're one of these geniuses that think everything in Avatar is plagarized, right? Well, in some small way, you're right. It is predictable, and as Titanic proved, that is intention. It's not a flaw.
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago
irvingcsaltzburg, let's not forget all of the concepts and images that Lucas borrowed or stole from Flash Gordon or The Wizard of Oz. I can go on. And, I could even say that the original Star Wars was very predictable and formulaic.
AND, Lucas clearly did not understand a goddamn thing about human psychology or behavior. As even more evident in the prequels. But, Cameron goes so far as to look up the psychology of the character he's writing.
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago
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irvingcsaltzburg 3 months ago
irvingcsaltzburg, you are too funny. You're acting like a child. What the hell is soo fucking great about Star Wars that you can't take your mouth off of George Lucas's dick?? You can't pry your pretty little mouth away long enough to realize how much Star Wars copied so much from many movies and stories before it. The buddy movie relationship of Han Solo and Luke Skywalker was clearly inspired by Butch and Sundance. Also, that same year, Lucas admits to have been greatly inspired by 2001.
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago
Technologically, both Starwars and Avatar seemed pretty darn lame... Heck, I could make a better weapon.
A small sphere distorts all mass in a 100 mile radius which it doesn't consider ally. It's activity is determined by it's user's recognition of relative mass. The small sphere runs on an energy generated by smart fusion, a future technology which the energy lost in a reaction is 0.
That's all you need. Why doesn't anybody want an over powered weapon like that? screw the planes and walkers.
Th3Sh1n1gam1 3 months ago
..so i can get back to bassse, and eat raw MEAT!
MrHEC381991 3 months ago
@gerardz101 ahhh i didn`t see that i watched it on my iphone and i have to click on the link to see what he put there. I agree with your point all i was saying was that this review was mainly about a list of movies and compareing them to avater. As for the other guy im not even gonna take the time to reply to his ignorance. (we cant all be mindless fan`s)
mattzero1986 3 months ago
This review really sucked. You spent more time reviewing other movies then you did reviewing avatar. You should have just named this ((let me bitch about alot of movie`s review)). Because you spent 5 mins talking about avatar out of 20. With that said i did love your star wars and star trek reviews.
mattzero1986 3 months ago
@mattzero1986 cuz if he spent the whole time just bitching about avatar and not the master mind who shitted out another box office hit to grab yo money he would have even more bitch comments from offended avatar fans who would even less understand cameron's genius such as your comment. OR cuz it's a 18min review that he apparently didnt give enough of a fuck about for you. (sorry just recently discovered this awesome movie critic)
dilliedawg 3 months ago
@mattzero1986 Ignoring what the other guy said. I agree, though he did said the movie was alright, so criticizing so much doesn't really cut it, he doesn't want to try too hard to bash Avatar. And if you read the Part One description, it says right there ; "Appetizer".
gerardz101 3 months ago
youre a dr dre fan
youngboysnation 3 months ago
...Weren't the military in this movie just mercenaries?
CrossedCelt 3 months ago
@CrossedCelt no
dilliedawg 3 months ago
@dilliedawg No, I mean the military we saw. They were hired by the mining company.
CrossedCelt 3 months ago
The entire time I was watching this movie i was asking myself, "how the fuck does her bikini top stay on?"
yojez 3 months ago
"Take your PROZAC and get back in the toll-booths."
That is the best quote I've heard all year!
aeopmusic 3 months ago
cant believe you didnt mention the obvious plagiarism of Pochahantas
uwmbigb 3 months ago in playlist More videos from RedLetterMedia
KajexFiredrake, you're talking about two different films and two different filmmakers. As good as Dances With Wolves was, Kevin Costner is NO James Cameron. He doesn't have the same visual acquity as James Cameron nor the skills as an editor. However, Kevin Costner came as close as he'll ever come to perfection with DWW.
Now, if you think the story of Jake Sully and his transformation is not as complex as it was in DWW, you don't know James Cameron. He wants that response. But, its there.
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago
wow I'm amazed... after he absolutely ripped the star wars prequels apart (yet one of the best film review I ever saw) he is very factual on this one...great review!
MetalAriel 4 months ago
I mentioned this before but come on! Tobias Funke from Arrested Development really deserved a cameo in this movie in blue man group garb.
Cazz814 4 months ago
"Hey, do you think James Cameron is gonna donate the huge profits made from the technological advancements of this film to some beautiful indigenous African tribe?" Guess what Cameron is currently funding South American tribes so they can stay in their land.
Nineteen1900Hundred 4 months ago
"The Navi were a little too perfect and harmonious for a primitive culture."
-That's the idea.
"And the military was a little too simplistic and destructive for an advanced culture"
-That's the idea.
"There wasn't, like, a middle ground."
Yes there was. The main characters are the middle ground.
Why do I see so much more in this movie than everyone else does? Why do I enjoy it way more? Am I crazy or something?
Nineteen1900Hundred 4 months ago
@Nineteen1900Hundred no you're just the sucker who bought the snake oil expecting it to cure all your ailments
ZombieMika 4 months ago
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Nineteen1900Hundred 4 months ago
@ZombieMika
What? I wasn't and am not expecting anything.
Nineteen1900Hundred 4 months ago
@Nineteen1900Hundred Yes, those were the ideas. That's what he's explaining. Don't misunderstand this review for hatered of the movie. He says right at the beginning that it's effective and is explaining why. The complaint is that it was an easy approach that doesn't challenge anybody. People complain that Avatar is unoriginal, but it was meant to be familiar. Yes, on purpose.
WalterLiddy 4 months ago
@WalterLiddy
I thought it was pretty obvious that Plinkett was saying he doesn't like it because it's simple. Plus it's a space adventure...why would you need to 'challenge' anyone? This aint No Country For Old Men.
Nineteen1900Hundred 4 months ago
@Nineteen1900Hundred
I figured he said it because it attempts to play on the viewer's emotions- generally, when that's the aim, there's often an attempt by making that point in a complex way. Dances With Wolves (just to use the overused comparison) detailed the protagonist's inner conflict between original mission and his consistent interactions with a people he learns to understand.
Avatar bypasses those issues with 3D and playing on simple, hard, 1-dimensional stereotypes. Effective, but...
KajexFiredrake 4 months ago
@KajexFiredrake
It seems what your having a problem with....Is NOT a problem for me. Maybe that's why I like it so much.
Nineteen1900Hundred 4 months ago
@KajexFiredrake
Um, like everyone else, bitching about Avatar, I don't think you actually paid attention to the film at all.
In Dances With Wolves, John Dunbar, the PROTAGONIST is visited by Sioux Indians 3 times, before he decides to go and greet his neighbors himself. He ends up alienating himself again from the Sioux, by bringing one of their own, an injured woman to the camp. Then, the medicine or holy man, Kicking Bird takes it upon himself to teach John Sioux ways and vice versa.
LukeLovesRose 3 months ago