tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19498800.post2418345076549189326..comments2023-12-30T08:31:55.182+00:00Comments on My Favourite Books: Avatar - My Thoughts (by Liz)Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505919558970094338noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19498800.post-80731088923747918172010-03-22T13:16:14.497+00:002010-03-22T13:16:14.497+00:00Hi Sandy - I actually wiped the bad-ass general fr...Hi Sandy - I actually wiped the bad-ass general from my mind, he was that crappy. Again, bear in mind, he was a tool to progress the story - a visual person to hate / dislike, i.e. blame it all on. Very one-dimensional. All the bad guys were, but then so were the good guys. I can nitpick endlessly as there are a lot of little things that I didn't like about it, but what I saw, I liked the majority of. <br /><br />I think, to be honest, more than anything, I loved the world creation and I want to know more about IT. Is that odd? Liking a world more than the characters?Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505919558970094338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19498800.post-55747406736459027272010-03-22T12:55:08.090+00:002010-03-22T12:55:08.090+00:00Ya know, I think what bothered me about the movie ...Ya know, I think what bothered me about the movie was that the two sides were so blantantly good and so blantantly evil. I couldn't buy that. When I wasn't distracted by the 'oooh! pretty!' I was thinking about how this would never ever happen. Can you imagine the uproar if the US or the UK or whoever went and destroyed a beautiful place where there were intelligent, indigenous people? It would absolutely not happen UNLESS there was this huge coverup by the evil corporation. But if there was a successful coverup by an evil corporation, the people running that evil corporation would have to be intelligent, and the people in Avatar were... not. Honestly, I think Evil General Dude was what ruined* the movie for me. Every time he came on screen, I rolled my eyes. I could predict just about every thing he said.<br /><br />So, I think the movie just fell flat (for me) because the bad guy wasn't developed enough. If there had been more of a gray line between good and bad - like if Earth was on the verge of destruction and had to get this mineral from this source in order to survive - I would have been more emotionally involved.<br /><br />* I really shouldn't use the term 'ruined'. I enjoyed the movie, but it is definitely NOT something I'd want to watch again. I'm not a very visual person, so I need a good, engaging, unpredictable plot to keep my interest.Sandy Williamshttp://brimfire.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com