Comments on: A Hard Left Hook – Living In A “Post-Avatar” World http://www.theredcircle.com/blog/2010/01/21/hlhpostavatarworld/ Film, Comics, Music, and Books Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:58:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Allan http://www.theredcircle.com/blog/2010/01/21/hlhpostavatarworld/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Allan Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:30:04 +0000 http://www.theredcircle.com/blog/?p=2575#comment-492 Wow. Jaded much? While I'll agree that there are many deserving movies that don't get the critical acclaim or box office grosses that they deserve your critique shows that you did not see the movie. Being disgruntled with the mainstream I understand - spewing intellectual softballs about a movie you didn't see because you wouldn't lower yourself to something so pedestrian? Kind of self revealing in an unflattering way. Reminds me of something...hmmm. What was that? Oh, right. It reminds me of the idea that the "simple" Na'vi are somehow less valuable than the "smart, intellectual, technologically advanced" humans. You are right that that concept is a recycled one in literature and film. However, it seems that the story is still needed since some of us haven't gotten the moral yet. Wow. Jaded much? While I’ll agree that there are many deserving movies that don’t get the critical acclaim or box office grosses that they deserve your critique shows that you did not see the movie. Being disgruntled with the mainstream I understand – spewing intellectual softballs about a movie you didn’t see because you wouldn’t lower yourself to something so pedestrian? Kind of self revealing in an unflattering way.

Reminds me of something…hmmm. What was that?

Oh, right. It reminds me of the idea that the “simple” Na’vi are somehow less valuable than the “smart, intellectual, technologically advanced” humans. You are right that that concept is a recycled one in literature and film. However, it seems that the story is still needed since some of us haven’t gotten the moral yet.

]]> By: Nick http://www.theredcircle.com/blog/2010/01/21/hlhpostavatarworld/comment-page-1/#comment-483 Nick Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:09:10 +0000 http://www.theredcircle.com/blog/?p=2575#comment-483 Shenanigans on Inglorious Basterds being a flop. Over $100mil domestic, over it's budget, and over Tarantino's previous highest grosser (Pulp Fiction). No flop, not even a little. That bitch was a bonafide hit. As for Avatar, I too have been think it a little sad that Jimmy C has the two highest grossing films of all time. Of ALL TIME! And yet neither is anything more than moderately watchable. Like you say in the article, it seems to say that we just plain, unimaginative movies. Shenanigans on Inglorious Basterds being a flop. Over $100mil domestic, over it’s budget, and over Tarantino’s previous highest grosser (Pulp Fiction). No flop, not even a little. That bitch was a bonafide hit.

As for Avatar, I too have been think it a little sad that Jimmy C has the two highest grossing films of all time. Of ALL TIME! And yet neither is anything more than moderately watchable. Like you say in the article, it seems to say that we just plain, unimaginative movies.

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