Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Avatar: C


Avatar Creature (not from the movie), originally uploaded by Adriano Muraca.

Scott complains that I rate nearly every movie a "C" -- except Star Trek. That may be true, but five days later, I can't say Avatar left much of an impression on me. It wasn't awful, but wasn't outstanding either.

The uninteresting soldier-infiltrates-the-primitive-natives story reminded me of Dances With Wolves. The heartless corporate militia bad guys seemed too inhumane and one dimensional. District 9 had many similar themes and storyline, but was more convincing and interesting.

The 3D and CGI were interesting gimmicks. But like the last three Star Wars movies, too much CGI just isn't convincing when it is overused. The avatar characters didn't seem real to me and many of the planet scenes seemed like trippy black light posters. Overall, the movie seemed more like a video game.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

2012: D


2012 movie poster, originally uploaded by heavenivk.

Wow, it's been nearly three months since I've seen a movie (in a theater). And yet there still wasn't anything I really wanted to see. Scott, ma, and I decided to see 2012 this afternoon. It lived up to our expectations as a big, CGI, disaster movie with a silly story and numerous plot holes. Worse, it was very long and boring at times. A couple seated behind us even louded complained about how long it was.