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However, I do not know a single movie that has survived the test of time just by being technologically impressive at the time it was made
If George Lucas had shot Star Wars in his garage and had not employed any of the effects from Industrial Light and Magic would it have gained any success whatsoever? Would people go and watch it and say they honestly liked it for the story, though the visuals were monumentally droll?
I can provide more examples if you'd like
Is there anything noteworthy in Avatar, other than the stunning 3D visuals?
An interesting story perhaps, it's well directed, it has a good cast, a decent soundtrack, but then of course there's the LOL IT RIPS OFF DANCES WIV WOLVES!!1! AND POCAH0NTAS!! crew, as if to suggest that no other films made these days have any elements in common with any other plotline from any other film or other medium unless explicitly stated, and that it somehow lessens Avatar as a fine example of modern cinema.
Did you know that Star Wars borrows heavily from Akira Kurosawa's filmography, and was oft compared to Lord of the Rings for similar themes? Not that anyone here is familiar with Akira Kurosawa. I don't hear people denouncing Star Wars because it mildly ripped off something else.
Avatar will live on in box office grossings
Of course it will. DVD sales will be through the roof, and generally people will rent it out from their video shop. It will of course be rerun on television every year, because such a high box office number suggests people actually liked it.
...in wikipedia articles
Suggesting that no other movies have wikipedia articles
not as a great movie people will watch.
Wait a second... So you're telling me that when everyone went and 'saw' Avatar at their local cinemas, they had blindfolds on, or did they buy their tickets and sit outside? Or did they walk in then immediately walk out? I certainly didn't, and nobody else at my cinema did. but I suppose I cannot account for anyone else.
I ate the popcorn, it was delicious because it was free.
If George Lucas had shot Star Wars in his garage and had not employed any of the effects from Industrial Light and Magic would it have gained any success whatsoever? Would people go and watch it and say they honestly liked it for the story, though the visuals were monumentally droll?
I can provide more examples if you'd like
Is there anything noteworthy in Avatar, other than the stunning 3D visuals?
An interesting story perhaps, it's well directed, it has a good cast, a decent soundtrack, but then of course there's the LOL IT RIPS OFF DANCES WIV WOLVES!!1! AND POCAH0NTAS!! crew, as if to suggest that no other films made these days have any elements in common with any other plotline from any other film or other medium unless explicitly stated, and that it somehow lessens Avatar as a fine example of modern cinema.
Did you know that Star Wars borrows heavily from Akira Kurosawa's filmography, and was oft compared to Lord of the Rings for similar themes? Not that anyone here is familiar with Akira Kurosawa. I don't hear people denouncing Star Wars because it mildly ripped off something else.
Avatar will live on in box office grossings
Of course it will. DVD sales will be through the roof, and generally people will rent it out from their video shop. It will of course be rerun on television every year, because such a high box office number suggests people actually liked it.
...in wikipedia articles
Suggesting that no other movies have wikipedia articles
not as a great movie people will watch.
Wait a second... So you're telling me that when everyone went and 'saw' Avatar at their local cinemas, they had blindfolds on, or did they buy their tickets and sit outside? Or did they walk in then immediately walk out? I certainly didn't, and nobody else at my cinema did. but I suppose I cannot account for anyone else.
I ate the popcorn, it was delicious because it was free.
