{"id":949,"date":"2010-01-04T08:45:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T16:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/?p=949"},"modified":"2009-12-31T00:01:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T08:01:24","slug":"a-bit-too-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/2010\/01\/a-bit-too-long\/","title":{"rendered":"A bit too long…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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James Cameron<\/i><\/p>\n


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We all went to the bathroom before the movie started and stayed away from any liquid during the entire show. That was a good plan.<\/p>\n

We came out of the theater with different opinions. She shrugged, “It’s OK.” I thought it was just slightly shy of Star Trek<\/i>, the best movie of 2009. <\/p>\n

\nJames Cameron pushed computer animation to a new level. The visual effects would be worth a ticket or two already. The facial expressions, sceneries, animals, plants, integration of real and animinated characters were all perfectly done. In fact, I felt Jack Sully was dull as a real character than his avatar.<\/p>\n

\nThe plot was quite simple and not something to linger over. The conflict was simplistic. The villain was thinly developed and stereotyped. So was the “suit” character; of course he has to be shallow, but not flat.<\/p>\n

\nPandora was magical. It is really the the main character: the mysteryy gradually unveiled, relationships developed, and the main characters impossibly trapped, torn, and changed. The flying scene was a cool moment. It reminded me a famous Kung Fu fiction in which the main characters rode a pair of large birds together. The bonding was so nicely magical.<\/p>\n

\nA computer graphicist commented that in a couple of years, the effects will wear off and people will realize it is just a so-so movie. Guess there is no point arguing a prediction, since time will have the final say. I think you will enjoy it no matter what. Just go to the bathroom before it starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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