Comments on: avatar http://www.jon22.net/avatar/ The Website of Jonathan Dobres Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GDeeeeZL http://www.jon22.net/avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-5826 GDeeeeZL Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:35:36 +0000 http://www.jon22.net/?p=1040#comment-5826 What is it about the scenes where we find Scully's (Sam Worthington) weak, impotent body being cradled by the relatively enormous Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) that is so incredibly hot? I enjoy the obvious reversal of gender stereotypes (physically dominant female, weak male) in this limited circumstance, but this juxtaposition of corporeality (that one's for you, JD) transcends to a level of hotness akin to the pairing of tiny Tom Cruise and the long and gorgeous Nicole Kidman. You know, way back before Tommy jumped on Oprah's sofa. Maybe the cheese stands alone on this one. Likely, the Tall One would disagree given that he's 6'5" and probably would not date a 10' tall woman. What is it about the scenes where we find Scully’s (Sam Worthington) weak, impotent body being cradled by the relatively enormous Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) that is so incredibly hot? I enjoy the obvious reversal of gender stereotypes (physically dominant female, weak male) in this limited circumstance, but this juxtaposition of corporeality (that one’s for you, JD) transcends to a level of hotness akin to the pairing of tiny Tom Cruise and the long and gorgeous Nicole Kidman. You know, way back before Tommy jumped on Oprah’s sofa.

Maybe the cheese stands alone on this one. Likely, the Tall One would disagree given that he’s 6’5″ and probably would not date a 10′ tall woman.

]]> By: Tall One http://www.jon22.net/avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-5825 Tall One Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:59:08 +0000 http://www.jon22.net/?p=1040#comment-5825 White Guilt! White Guilt! White Guilt! It's Dances With Wolves in space! And pretty-like! And with blue people! James Cameron made what would definitely be a solid 6 out of 10 movie, and then made it the most awesome looking thing in the universe. That hasn't moved it out of the 6 out of 10 realm, but it did make it a much more enjoyable spectacle to WATCH. It reminded me of seeing the Matrix the FIRST time in the movie theaters, when bullet-time was new. We hadn't seen anything like it before. Now, it's a little played out. I think that after five years, we probably won't be talking about the amazing power of Avatar's narrative; just that it made ungodly amounts of money, and that it created a new type of cool special effects. Here's to hoping the NEXT movie that uses this technology is as ground-breaking in its story as it is in its visuals. White Guilt! White Guilt! White Guilt!

It’s Dances With Wolves in space! And pretty-like! And with blue people!

James Cameron made what would definitely be a solid 6 out of 10 movie, and then made it the most awesome looking thing in the universe. That hasn’t moved it out of the 6 out of 10 realm, but it did make it a much more enjoyable spectacle to WATCH. It reminded me of seeing the Matrix the FIRST time in the movie theaters, when bullet-time was new. We hadn’t seen anything like it before. Now, it’s a little played out.

I think that after five years, we probably won’t be talking about the amazing power of Avatar’s narrative; just that it made ungodly amounts of money, and that it created a new type of cool special effects. Here’s to hoping the NEXT movie that uses this technology is as ground-breaking in its story as it is in its visuals.

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