Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Mechslasher on December 19, 2009, 12:17:54 am
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just got home from seeing the movie avatar and i'll have to say that i recommend it to all. can't go wrong with a 10' tall woman wielding a knife and shooting a bow. not to mention wearing a thong. had sort of a dances with wolves meets rambo flavor.
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Just got the Wife talked into going to see this one....I thought it was going to be a great Movie!!
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my wife is about as critical as they come about movies, but she loved this one.
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Now I have to see it.. knives, bows, 10 foot tall woman.. reminds me of hunting with my wife..LOL
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I heard that the movie was making people puke. Too big and busy in 3D they say.
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May have to go see this one, won't get up here till next year though :(
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i didn't see much of a benefit to 3d with this movie. wished i would have saved the $2 bucks. i also didn't feel any motion sickness either. the movie is busy, there was only a few minutes out of the 2.5 hours that i wasn't "sitting on the edge of my seat." the special effects were so stunning, i actully looked for peter jackson's name in the credits. didn't see it so it looks like james cameron gets full credit for this movie.
hawk, the movie had a very strong dances with wolves flavor. even my wife noticed it. you can't miss this one.
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Wow, just incredible. I was really scared that they were going to get so caught up in making all of the neat computer generated stuff and forget about a storyline which seems to happen so much now, but I wasn't bored for a minute. I think this was probably the most seamless display of computer models and real life action, I forgot that it was about 5 minutes after he made it onto the planet. I can't say enough about the artwork in here, just try and forget about the way the bows are treated though :) The only real problem that I had with it was that it ended way to happy, I guess I would have like to have had the impact of what happened in the movie to stick with people and make them think about things, but that doesn't make for a money maker.
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Sooo...why is this devochka 10 feet tall?
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Dragons...archery...mecha...it was predetermined that I have to see it. I'll see it later, though...
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Sooo...why is this devochka 10 feet tall?
Shes a blue alien :o
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i'm guessing the na vi' are 10' tall because of the lower gravity on their planet. no one escapes from the law of gravity. had a physics professor come into class one morning. he asked the question, "if you woke up tomorrow morning and everything was 100 times bigger, would you know it?" he then left and class was over.
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Just saw it in 3D. Cool movie for sure. A little anti human which seems to be popular these days but oh well it was still an impressive movie. The animation was very believable and time just flew by. 3 hours felt like 1 1/2. Cool to see them using bows a lot too.
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For me probably one of the most epic movies i've seen so far, its up on the top of my list. Ty
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he asked the question, "if you woke up tomorrow morning and everything was 100 times bigger, would you know it?" he then left and class was over.
I guess that's a good way to get out of teaching anyone anything for a day...
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Hold the phone...she's BLUE?! Sooooo....we've got a 10 foot tall Smurf.
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Hold the phone...she's BLUE?! Sooooo....we've got a 10 foot tall Smurf.
Naw. Smurfs wear those little white pants. Don't think these aliens wear pants ???
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No pants? Even better!
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best movie I have seen this year...saw it in IMAX 3D. well worth it.
Only thing that I didn't understand was that the bows were very whip tillered with the tips parallel at full draw. I would love to try some of that Pandoran wood for bows...sexy wood
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best movie I have seen this year...saw it in IMAX 3D. well worth it.
Only thing that I didn't understand was that the bows were very whip tillered with the tips parallel at full draw. I would love to try some of that Pandoran wood for bows...sexy wood
When the bow is 250# at 50", you're allowed to go with less efficient designs ;D
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We saw the movie last night... very cool.. loved the warrior girl with the war paint on her helicopter. LOL
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Probably be another month or so before it gets here but looking forward to seeing it but I bet it isn't better than the best movie ever made
Grumpy Old Men ;D Man I love that movie :)
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Just read about it. Sounds like my kind of movie. I think I'll forego the 3D and wait for the DVD.
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Just read about it. Sounds like my kind of movie. I think I'll forego the 3D and wait for the DVD.
You have to at least go the the 2d version in the theater, that is part of the whole craziness that makes up this movie. I haven't ever gone to see a movie at the theater twice and I plan on going to see this at least one more time before it leaves if not twice more. The visuals are just stunning.
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Can't wait to see it - watched the trailer closely - what would you all call the shooting style - Japanese, maybe?
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shooting style looks Navi to me
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Hi all....i see the movie a fiew days ago......it wass realy great.....all the special efects are realy fantastic.....and the storry is just beautifuul....i totaly recomand themovie.....the forest is realy beautifuul, all those animals, and i loved the message of the movie....the bond between the nature and the Navi people.....i wass realy touched by this movie, and on 26 i will go see it again...... the 3D experience is realy great...
PS...i all most forgot...the bow's of the Navi people are realy sweet....whenn i got home i start looking in the internet for some pictures with those bow's....im thinking to try make the bow wich the father give's to his daughter, whenn he dies.... ;D
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I can't even find clear pictures of the bows...
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Saw it last night with the family, my Son is in a wheelchair, the male lead being in a chair was a nice surprise (very well acted too, we thought we was really disabled).
I loved the strong character of the female lead...she had a feisty snarl.
All in all I'd say a great movie, if a teensy predictable in parts, but I was still on the edge of my seat.
Only two flights on those arrows.... I'd say it's a gottasee.
Del
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this is the best i could find......
(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x212/Akila_07/avatar071.jpg)
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hard to see much detail in that...I guess I'll just have to pay close attention Friday morning lol.
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Saw the movie today. I absolutely loved it. The message was completely anti-humanity, but it was still a good movie. I don't care what they called them in the movie...dragons are dragons....and they were so totally badass. The mecha was a little lame but I loved the VTOL's and such...and yeah the archery was cool as hell. Especially when they started driving the arrows through canopies and shit.
It was a good mix of the matrix, gorillas in the mist, dancing with wolves, and just kickass in general.
Saw a preview for How To Train Your Dragon...cannot wait for that. Looks great!
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Still waiting for it to get here but I'm willing to bet its not better than Grumpy Old Men :)
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Still waiting for it to get here but I'm willing to bet its not better than Grumpy Old Men :)
Man I hope it is. >:(
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I'm not much of a movie goer but I did enjoy it. For a long movie I really didn't have trouble sitting through it. My wife wants to see it again but once was fine for me!! ;)
She was a lefty wasn't she??? Did she shoot 2 or 3 under or split fingers?? I know she had 3 fingers and a thumb....right??Jeeeese maybe I do need to see it again!! ??? ::)
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They all shot from both sides...but the "practices" and the first scene she was shooting in were left. They had all three fingers on the string.
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awesome. took the kids last week and now i know what i want to be when i grow up.
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Dang, now I guess I will have to go see it. A ten foot woman in a thong, you betcha! :o Man just imagine, to look up and see that! ::)
Well even if it is an anti human, alien bunny hugger movie, I will have to see it now, after all these testimonials! ;D Well there goes ten bucks. Hmmm, maybe not, Senior Citizen, and all maybe I can get by with that. They may want proof. :( I hope not. Anyway, whatever, I am going to have to see that. It will be by myself, since my Girlfriend doesn't care for Sci Fi. I don't care for Mush Movies, so the only thing we see together, are comedy's, mostly. Some drama type too.
Wayne
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Dang, now I guess I will have to go see it. A ten foot woman in a thong, you betcha! :o Man just imagine, to look up and see that! ::)
Well even if it is an anti human, alien bunny hugger movie, I will have to see it now, after all these testimonials! ;D Well there goes ten bucks. Hmmm, maybe not, Senior Citizen, and all maybe I can get by with that. They may want proof. :( I hope not. Anyway, whatever, I am going to have to see that. It will be by myself, since my Girlfriend doesn't care for Sci Fi. I don't care for Mush Movies, so the only thing we see together, are comedy's, mostly. Some drama type too.
Go see the first showing in the morning...I don't know if it counts where you are but Cinemark does matinee showings early in the day. $5 this morning to see it (2D).
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the movie is not anti human...just anti destroying nature.
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the movie is not anti human...just anti destroying nature.
Your right in a way I guess but it came off to me that way. Like they were trying to educate the audience as to how bad we are. no big deal though. I thought it was a bit comical how they threw in the blatant stereotypical shots saying it was some type of shock and awe campaign and if you have something they want they make you the enemy and kill you to get it. Either it was liberals making a spoof about themselves or they just thought the audience would be to dumb to decipher something more subtle. Made me laugh a few times with comments like that :D Like said earlier though it was a really fun movie to watch. Thumbs up :)
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Your right in a way I guess but it came off to me that way. Like they were trying to educate the audience as to how bad we are. if you have something they want they make you the enemy and kill you to get it.
You mean like the way the Human Race really is... ;D...just like it says at the Bottom of all of my Posts....if the Truth Fits....Live With It
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"Your right in a way I guess but it came off to me that way. Like they were trying to educate the audience as to how bad we are. "
Jesse....no ofens man....but wi realy are verry bad....sometimes i feel shame that im human....humans are the most destroing living creatures of the earth....not to mention the warr atrocities, all the killing, the persecution, the bomb experience, and the list can go on verry easely....and the most disturbing thing is that wi do all that with such a pleasure... :-[.....so yess....wi are realy bad....
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Jesse....no ofens man....but wi realy are verry bad....sometimes i feel shame that im human....humans are the most destroing living creatures of the earth....not to mention the warr atrocities, all the killing, the persecution, the bomb experience, and the list can go on verry easely....and the most disturbing thing is that wi do all that with such a pleasure... :-[.....so yess....wi are realy bad....
We're natural. There's nothing against our fellow man or nature that doesn't occur in nature. Beavers have destroyed entire micro-ecosystems. Birds and rabbits frequently breed themselves into such overpopulation that they've starved themselves to death. If you think HUMANS do nasty things to one another...don't look at what the rest of the world's predators do to one another, or other species. We're the most compassionate thing on this planet.
The movie is just like every other movie with sigourney weaver in it...people are bad save three or four of us.
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Thanks Makenzie. Humans rule ;D The world is ours :D. We should take good care of it but it is ours to do as we please. We are the only ones that even have the capacity to care about the planet. Everything is here for our enjoyment. Be happy you are human. Enjoy it. Would the world be better off without us? Who cares. Without humans who cares what happens. We are the only ones here given the ability to care or even think about that. But yeah about the movie. Very entertaining :)
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Welllll.......some say the world is ours. Not really. We're part of the world. Since we can't exist without the world, it isn't really ours, we're part of it. Kinda like if the heart decided it could exist without the rest of the body. It isn't really ours to do as we please with. Case in point: Love Canal. Not everything here is for our enjoyment. Case in point: Ticks, chiggers, mosquitos, biting flies, lice. ;D They serve some purpose, though it's certainly hard to understand what that is when chiggers dig in real good in certain sensitive spots. :o
I'm not a "hands off" advocate by any means, but we're all downwinders in the end. ;D
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Kinda off topic, but I wonder why anyone hasn't made a movie fictionalizing the life of Otzi the Iceman? Done right, that would be a movie to see! Some lucky primitive archer or bowyer would have a stint as technical adviser if the movie was done right.
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Welllll.......some say the world is ours. Not really. We're part of the world. Since we can't exist without the world, it isn't really ours, we're part of it. Kinda like if the heart decided it could exist without the rest of the body. It isn't really ours to do as we please with. Case in point: Love Canal. Not everything here is for our enjoyment. Case in point: Ticks, chiggers, mosquitos, biting flies, lice. ;D They serve some purpose, though it's certainly hard to understand what that is when chiggers dig in real good in certain sensitive spots. :o
I'm not a "hands off" advocate by any means, but we're all downwinders in the end. ;D
Yeah I realize we are subject to the same laws as the rest and cant exist alone. I didnt mean that. I meant its ours to do as we please simply because we are the only creature that can. We do have the power to do what we want. And yes I realize everything plays a role in the system. Our role is "boss" ;D We do need to be a good boss though. I said they are here for our enjoyment. I was referring to the fact that we are the only creature here that can truly appreciate anything. The rest just exist and dont think about it. I understand what your saying though. to each his own. :)
As far as chiggers go I have not figured out a way to enjoy them yet but Im sure there is a way :)
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The only way to enjoy chiggers is if there was a hunt attached to it. ;D
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weird thing is that I NEVER get chiggers...even after doing landscaping for 6 years...never once had chiggers. My dad gets them pretty much EVERY DAY.
I still don't know the reason I never get them chiggers
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So after reading all of this ....I still have a Question.......What is the Consensus...Should I go and see it in 3-D or not...We don't have IMAX here ...so that one is out...but I want to see it the Best Way possible.......
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Kinda off topic, but I wonder why anyone hasn't made a movie fictionalizing the life of Otzi the Iceman?...
There was a German movie made in 1999 and it was pretty good as I recall; doku/fiction sort of thing...
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Hallo Frank, what was the title if you remember? I've got a few days left before I head back home, maybe I can get a copy.
Swamp
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So after reading all of this ....I still have a Question.......What is the Consensus...Should I go and see it in 3-D or not...We don't have IMAX here ...so that one is out...but I want to see it the Best Way possible.......
If you havn't seen a 3D movie before then see it in 3D. If you have seed a 3D movie before don't bother. It doesn't really add to the story, but it has a good novely value and adds to the spectacle.
A bit like decorating a bow...not necessary, but a nice touch if that's what you feel like at the time.
Del
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Hallo Frank, what was the title if you remember? I've got a few days left before I head back home, maybe I can get a copy.
Swamp
PM sent...
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Everyone I've talked to who spent the extra few bucks on the 3D version said it wasn't really worth it.
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this movie in 3D is a MUST
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I think you have to see this is 3D! this isn't the old red/blue lens, cardboard 3D stuff. This was a totally different experience, do the 3D!
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Def. pay the extra 2 bucks for the 3D. Like said earlier, this is not the red/blue lens stuff. It is well crafted imagery. No cheap tricks.
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Thanks Guys....thats what I was hoping that everyone would say...I would love to see it in IMAX...but thats out of the Question in this Hicksville...lucky that Amarillo has a 3-D capable Theater.... ::)
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Thanks Guys....thats what I was hoping that everyone would say...I would love to see it in IMAX...but thats out of the Question in this Hicksville...lucky that Amarillo has a 3-D capable Theater.... ::)
...uhhh...off topic, but...Amarillo?
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Im guessing the city/town he lives in
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Yeah.....Amarillo...the nearest Big Town to where I live....still a Hicktown.most Modern thing there is the Quarterhorse Museum.... :D
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Where abouts are you? I'm in Lubbock...usually all over the Panhandle though.
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Stinnett.....Heart Of The Panhandle............. :P
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Awwww I'm always suprised by how much Stinnett doesn't have. It only has a Dairy Queen becuase they insist on putting one in EVERY city in Texas. It's the only city I've ever seen where gas stations out number all other businesses combined.
For reference...I don't know that they're 3D capable...but Guymon has a MUCH MUCH better theatre than the two I know of in Amarillo. It's cheaper, cleaner, and less crowded...I think Matinee is like $4.50 and regular ticket price $6.
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Rode my motorcycle through Amarillo. It was raining buckets with 50 mph winds. I had to lean into the wind hard just to go straight. Is the weather just always bad there ???
And yes try the 3 D.
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Rode my motorcycle through Amarillo. It was raining buckets with 50 mph winds. I had to lean into the wind hard just to go straight. Is the weather just always bad there ???
Bad weather? You mean the 60mph crosswinds? That's just how it is, here. Not only does it blow all day, but it blows one way in the morning, then the other in the evening...so you have to lean to the same side to just cruise. You can always tell a Texas Panhandle rider by his chicken strip.
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Anyone realized the Pandora way of draw?? actually I believe to remember seeing a guy who pulled just like that and did well; it's beeing discussed on a German archery forum and some say it works!
Check this link:
http://www.rumpy.it/avatar.png
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avatar just grossed over $1 billion. wonder when part two is coming out? i've heard it will take place on one of the nearby moons or planets of pandora.
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What the hell would a sequal be about?
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actually, camerron has a triology planned for avatar. unfortunately, the next movie may be four years away.
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I read that...but he says it shouldn't be four years. Cameron says what took so long was building the world and environment. That's already built, so the next won't be so complicated...says 9~10 months. Still doesn't say what it's supposed to be about.
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This Movie was Awesome...I sat through every scene of it...never got up for anything...didn't feel like it was 3 hours long......and Man I am glad I spent the extra money for the 3-D experience....because it was the Best Movie I have ever sat through....it is a Must See in my Book....and I will be buying this Movie when it come out on DVD...thats for sure..... ;)
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El D! - I watched it, too, in 3D last night; I'm for sure going to see it again some time soon!
It actually was my first 3D expierience at it was really great; I enyoed every minute of it same as you describe, and everybody did not believe it was such a long movie!
Btw. it was the quietest movie theater I have been to in a long time, too, seems like others where impressed just the same...
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Ps: did you see that there where as much as 4 different styles of bows? Some had recureves with string bridges if I had seen that right!
Does anyone know who made the bows???
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Still waiting, hasn't made it here yet ???
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i'm sure the bows were made of rubber, just like the ones on LOTR.
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It finally got here to our little movie theater, we went and saw it last weekend. I agree, it was a good movie. The plot was very predictable, but the visual effects were probably the best I've ever seen in a movie. Plus, the whole package of the planet and its life was very imaginative and interesting. I didn't really see it as anti-human, just realistic anti-corporate greed. The same kind of things that were happening to the big blue dudes in the movie are happening right now on Earth to hillbillies in West Virginia, Lakota in South Dakota, Indians in the Amazon, native people in Africa, and other people all over the world, and likely will be as long as there is a buck to be made by the rich guy at the expense of the poor guy. I bet it would be a trip in 3D.
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Steve....it was a TRIP in 3-D...We had it in IMAX 3-D....and when they were Jumping fromTree to Tree....over Cliffs...and Flying....it made you get the Gut Rush like a Roller Coaster does...I am definitely going to see it again...and I have never gone back to see a Movie before......You are correct...it was not ...ANTI-HUMAN....It just showed how damned Greedy the Human Race can be...and how little Corporations respect Nature or Indigenous Life when in Pursuit of the Ever-Lovin Greenback
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i'm sure the bows were made of rubber, just like the ones on LOTR.
The way Nyetiri's longbow bent in several shots I wouldn't be surprised...
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...I am definitely going to see it again...and I have never gone back to see a Movie before......
Have never gone back to see a movie twice in theater either, but already madearrangements to go to see it again TWICE... ;D ;D ;D
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I don't beleive that any of these Bows were Props...I beleive that they are a Computer Animated Graphics.........no real Bows at all
And Marius...I mean Frank..... :P.....Go see it in IMAX 3-D...if you can....it's Unbeleiveable.....really worth the Money
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Can't believe it made to Hillbillyburg before it made here to Yoopersville :(
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Dana ...you have to take your Wife to this one....My Wife wasn't ever much for Sci-Fi's....but when this Movie ended...She was still in Awe....and the first words She uttered were....Man was that worth the Money....when can We see it again....then She said....I can't wait till it's out on Blue Ray.... :P..It is really awesome...it's going to be many...many years before a Movie tops this one for Special Effects....if ever....
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pretty cool movie. i enjoyed it :)
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Checked out couple 'making of' clips on youtube and elsewhere:
Seems they had simple sticks with strings on 'em as props, that later got replace by what we get to see in the movie, just the same way the horses and almost everything else got replaced.
Actually the actors had archery lessons and practiced shooting with that certain anchor, though.
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yeah, I saw it in 3-D and it was awesome.
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Told Ya ...You would not be let down...this Movie was awesome from the start to the final credits....me and the Wife never drank anything...ate anything...or got up to go to the Bathroom...if fact I don't think that We even Spoke for the three hours....and that didn't seem right either...time just sped by....I think it is going to be decades before the Effects in this Movie are Bested.....JMO
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Yep went to see it in three D tonight, with my Girlfriend who doesn't like Sci Fi's, but she said she enjoyed this one. She thought there would be more stuff coming out of the screen in three D, the way they had built up the special effects in the advertising. Like the Michael Jackson movie at Disney World. But I did notice they used a two fletch...... ;) Thems was sum kinda big arras! Looked like the S.A. Indian arrows. yeah, it was pretty quiet in there, except when the Girl who saved him, smacked him with her bow, and snarled at him, I leaned over to my Girlfirend and said " I think I dated her once " ;D Other than that we didn't talk either. We got there late, just as the part where he is trying out the alien body. But yeah great movie.
Wayne
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Can't believe it made to Hillbillyburg before it made here to Yoopersville :(
lol.
wow im glad i saw this post i thought it was gunna be a waste of time. gotta go see it now. still dont think it can top inglorious bastards or zombieland. ;D
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I downloaded this from German archery side Fletcher's Corner; there was a prop, so there must have been a bowyer who made the bows (at least the chief's bow), it was not just virtual.
Does anyone have an idea who that was???
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Ps: some FC guys are working on replicas of this bow and it seems to be functional!
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Still waiting for it get here >:(
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Me and Abby went to see it last night.. Freaking Awesome!!! we were gonna go see it at the IMAX in Nashville but with the snow and all we decided to just see it 3d here in town and i am glad i did not go see it in IMAX because now i got a excuse to go watch it again today at the IMAX :P
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I told you it was Awesone Jesse...it's the Only Movie....that My WIfe ever said that She wanted to stay and watch it again..... ;D
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I've watched it 5 x's so far; 3 times on the net and twice at the movies.
Spoke to my buddy in Australia this morning (evening his time), he is not much of a movie goer and he just came back from watching it the second time.
I might give it another go with some friends sometime soon...
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Can anyone address the story itself? I ask this as I started looking around, and heard the film fails on numerous levels. Everyone who reviewed it says it is technologically stunning, but the acting was dismal, the characters were cardboard, the storyline has massive plot holes, it's jingoistic and racist, and the technology Cameron uses is just eye candy to hide the lack of substance. The stuff the evil humans are trying to steal is called unobtanium. Yikes.
Cameron also seems to be cultivating some myths about himself. One is that Titanic was the biggest grossing movie of all time. That was either Gone With the Wind or Birth of a Nation. Birth of a Nation played in theaters in the south for decades, so I tend to think that is probably true.
I will rent this when it comes out later on DVD, so maybe it is as great as some say it is. But a film with sucky dialogue flops as a story to me. Titanic was aweful in a lot of ways, but it did look pretty, even if the script was wretched. For pure dialogue, Inglorious Basterds was brilliant, and the cast was amazing. And any movie Hitler is killed in has to be good :)
Dane
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The plot was predictable, I knew pretty much what was going to happen before halfway through the movie. The characters were pretty stereotypical. Borrowed a lot from Dances With Wolves and Dinotopia. But the setting and visuals were more than impressive enough to carry a predictable movie and keep it interesting. 1000x better than Titanic. Haven't seen Inglorius Basterds yet, but I like most of Terrantino's movies.
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Dane, I just read in USA Today that It is really 23ird on the list compared to value of money at the time and the amount of people viewing it. Gone With the Wind is number one.
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Careful, Dane, Eddie, is a plant. He is working for the big mining interest, and only pretends to be interested in paleo technology, and such, he is just playing along, so the inhabitants, will show him where the ohmygodthatstuffisexpensiveite mineral is...... :o......or was that in the movie...... ::)
Wayne
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I can say yes to each and every statement you quoted, Dane, it is stereotype in so many ways (wouldn't call it racist, but I fully understand what makes critics say so!), but still, even the fifth time watching caught me from minute one, and when it was over I again thought, boy, that went quick, even so my tail bone was aching ;D ;D ;D
Hard to describe; many I know say the same...
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I'd say Inglorious is his best work by far, including Death Proof and Reservoir Dogs.
Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll save my money then. Probably this film is one you almost have to see in 3D, or at least on a theater-sized screen. Probably, it was designed that way to make as much money as possible before it becomes available on disk. Cameron is if nothing else knows how to make block busters, like Lucas. Too bad they can't write anything original anymore. And when the technology replaces acting and writing, it can't be good for an industry it is supposed to help.
Dane
The plot was predictable, I knew pretty much what was going to happen before halfway through the movie. The characters were pretty stereotypical. Borrowed a lot from Dances With Wolves and Dinotopia. But the setting and visuals were more than impressive enough to carry a predictable movie and keep it interesting. 1000x better than Titanic. Haven't seen Inglorius Basterds yet, but I like most of Terrantino's movies.
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But really, has anyone seen a non-predictable movie lately?? Truely good movies with unpredictable storylines are few and far between. Many that try end up beyond bizarre or out of the realm of possibility (unlike tall blue aliens lol ;)) that leave you thinking, 'well, that was stupid...'
Myself, I went because of the archery and also wanted to see if 3D was all it was cracked up to be. The 3D was awesome, there was lots of archery which exceded expectations, and for myself, I thought it was one of the better movies I've seen in a long time so, I was happy!! :)
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It is said that there are only 7 plots. Man vs nature, man vs. man, man vs. environment, man vs. machines / technology, man vs. self, and man vs. god or religion.
Another way of looking at plot is quest, voyage and return, comedy, tragedy, rebirth, rags to riches or poor to rich, and defeating a monster / monsters.
All these plots and themes can be included in a story. Lord of the Rings, for instance, is a quest above all else, as well as a voyage and return, with comedy, lots of tragedy, rebirth for Gandolf, Golum (sp?) Frodo and other characters, and it follows the man vs. man, man vs. machines (since Tolkien considered technology and magic I think one and the same in the case of the bad guys), man vs. self, and even man vs. god if you consider Sauron a god who demands to be worshiped by his slaves and followers. In Rocky, it is primarily man vs. man, and man vs. himself. In Little Red Riding Hood, it is man vs. nature, as was that movie about the soccer team who had to engage in cannibalism to survive a plane crash in the Andes. Bla bla bla.
I guess in the end, if it entertains you, a movie is a success. Sounds like a bunch of you really liked this thing.
Dane
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I told you movies were tricksey. I told you they were false, my preciousssssss....
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Went and seen it agian tonight...and it still kept Me in My Seat for three Hours....and seemed like 30 minutes.....3-D is awesome...and as for the Plot...what Movie isn't Predictable any more...they have hit every Angle...but this one Spins a new Twist on an old Idea....Money vs. Environment....only with the Alien Twist...I myself enjoyed every moment of it as much as the first time...but then...I watched Slingblade 6 times too....... ;D
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I Love Slingblade Mmm Hmmm, I'll Have some of them there french fried potatas Mmmm Hmmm.....
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I Love Slingblade Mmm Hmmm, I'll Have some of them there french fried potatas Mmmm Hmmm.....
Famous Quote from Karl....
There were these two fellars standin' on a bridge, a-goin' to the bathroom. One fellar said, "The water's cold" and the other fellar said, "The water's deep". I believe one fella come from Arkansas. Get it?
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LOL yep and you're a sick man Mike ;)
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LOL yep and you're a sick man Mike ;)
Some folks call it a sling blade..... I call it a Kaiser blade.....Mmmmmm Hmmmmmm
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Slingblade is up there on the list of my favorite movies, too, along with Josie Wales, The Thirteenth Warrior, Jeremiah Johnson, Quest for Fire, Last of the Mohicans, etc.