henke on 20/12/2009 at 18:21
Vivian, from your posts in this thread* it sounds like you're looking for justification not to see it. It's ok, you don't need to see this film. Feel free to skip it, you have my permission.
If you're wondering what I'm refeering to I mean stuff like this:
someone: there's a leona lewis song played over the end credi-
Vivian: LEONA LEWIS DOES THE SOUNDTRACK OH MY GOD THIS WILL SUCK ASS
Vivian on 20/12/2009 at 18:23
I guess. But you have to admit that is pretty fucking far from being awesome.
Subj - it's a bit more like eating a delicious meal at a restaurant and then when you're finished someone yells 'suprise!' and you look down and what you thought was the plate you had been eating your delicious meal off actually turns out to be (
http://www.colletteparker.co.uk/gallery/sport/dane-bowers.jpg) Dane Bowers' face.
henke on 20/12/2009 at 18:46
Quote Posted by Vivian
But you have to admit that is pretty fucking far from being awesome.
The Leona Lewis? Uh... I didn't even notice it. The end credits started rolling and some song started playing but was drowned out by the sound of people getting up, discussing what they thought about the film with their friends and walking out of the threatre. :erg:
Sulphur on 20/12/2009 at 18:48
Quote Posted by Vivian
I guess. But you have to admit that is pretty fucking far from being awesome.
Subj - it's a bit more like eating a delicious meal at a restaurant and then when you're finished someone yells 'suprise!' and you look down and what you thought was the plate you had been eating your delicious meal off actually turns out to be (
http://www.colletteparker.co.uk/gallery/sport/dane-bowers.jpg) Dane Bowers' face.
That's pretty close to an idea I've been mooting for a menu item at McDonald's - the (insert random name here) McSurprise, which involves Ronald McDonald jumping out near the end of your meal and yelling into your ear what you've actually been eating all along.
For instance, the Meatball Marinara McSurprise (surprise! it's not beef!), or The Dane Bowers' McSurprise(look! Dane Bowers under your table!).
You could even do combos. The possibilities are endless.
Vivian on 20/12/2009 at 18:57
It's teh principle of the thing, Henke: Leona is a personality black-hole from the cultural wasteland of Islington, london, whos most notable achievement is somehow making a snow patrol song even more boring (seriously, her version could make boners wilt from orbit). Why is she even involved in something that is supposed to be about frantic, booming action? Having not seen it, I can only suspect that it's because it's not actually about frantic booming action, it's about some bullshit that leona lewis would like to sing about, like... I dunno, sad-faced blue people falling in love next to a waterfall. You see what I mean? It's a bad sign. If you can't score an action scene with mechs in to megadeth, its not very good IMO.
Starrfall on 20/12/2009 at 19:03
Plot sounds pretty canned (dances with wolves smushed together with aliens is my favorite description so far) but I'll totally go for the 3d prettiness even if I might hear a girl singing at some point!
henke on 20/12/2009 at 20:17
Quote Posted by Vivian
Why is she even involved in something that is supposed to be about frantic, booming action?
Coz teenage girls don't like frantic booming action? They like Leona Lewis songs. So the producers get Leona to make a song for the soundtrack, then they make (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i38C12T4xWQ&feature=related) a music video featuring scenes from the movie, then get the MTV people to spin it 5 times per hour over the next few weeks, and - hey presto! - teenage girls want to see Avatar! :D
Vivian on 20/12/2009 at 20:19
and that makes it a good film?
Ostriig on 20/12/2009 at 20:53
Just go see it then come back and bitch about whether torso nostrils are an actually viable development or if it's more of the "through the power of magic" shit that seems to dominate most of the other technical details in this film (hurf waterfalls off levitating cliffs lol, etc.).
On a serious note, it's worth seeing it even if all you get is basically a theme park ride. You won't be breaking the piggy bank, and it's quite a visual feast. Yes, it's a turd, but it's polished to a mirror shine, and face it, doing your hair staring into the shiny surface of poop is not something you do every day.
SubJeff on 20/12/2009 at 21:08
Quote Posted by Vivian
It's teh principle of the thing, Henke: Leona is a personality black-hole from the cultural wasteland of Islington, london, whos most notable achievement is somehow making a snow patrol song even more boring (seriously, her version could make boners wilt from orbit). Why is she even involved in something that is supposed to be about frantic, booming action? Having not seen it, I can only suspect that it's because it's not actually about frantic booming action, it's about some bullshit that leona lewis would like to sing about, like... I dunno, sad-faced blue people falling in love next to a waterfall.
Wow. I never realised you were from the Koki/mothra school or retardation. This post is so full of crap I think it might just be real honest to God 100% mouth-poo. Yeah, all artists that do tracks for films because the film is about something they would like to sing about. :rolleyes: How the hell does henke's (correct) breakdown suggest that the film is therefore good? How can you possibly extrapolate that? I'll tell you how, and I'm being serious here - if you're mentally ill. That is some serious knights-move thinking there chum. Take more meds.
Ostriig - come on man, the floating cliffs were lovely. Embrace your inner prog-rock album cover hippy furry lover.
