Comments on: Avatar: Kwon & Juan Review http://popten.net/2010/02/avatar-kwon-juan-review/ top ten lists and pop culture rants Tue, 01 May 2012 20:28:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt http://popten.net/2010/02/avatar-kwon-juan-review/comment-page-1/#comment-248404 Matt Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:41:55 +0000 http://www.popten.net/?p=6844#comment-248404 I think differences in one's ability to empathize with the characters in Avatar versus Mr. Fox has less to do with their visual presentation than it does the characters themselves. The facial mapping in Avatar provided an unparalleled sense of humanity (or Smurf-cat-personity) for its characters, but what they were doing and saying was sadly unoriginal and often implausible. Taken as an "experience", I think Avatar was a lot of fun. It didn't redefine the sci-fi epic, it didn't raise the bar for writing in Hollywood blockbusters, and its characters certainly weren't all that memorable. It did, however, have a lot of bright, engaging visuals (in outdoor shots, anyway) and exciting fight scenes filled with fantastic creatures and big, stompy robots. As long as one didn't go in actually expecting the cinematic Epiphany promised by the studio's marketing, I think Avatar held up just fine. I think differences in one’s ability to empathize with the characters in Avatar versus Mr. Fox has less to do with their visual presentation than it does the characters themselves. The facial mapping in Avatar provided an unparalleled sense of humanity (or Smurf-cat-personity) for its characters, but what they were doing and saying was sadly unoriginal and often implausible.

Taken as an “experience”, I think Avatar was a lot of fun. It didn’t redefine the sci-fi epic, it didn’t raise the bar for writing in Hollywood blockbusters, and its characters certainly weren’t all that memorable.
It did, however, have a lot of bright, engaging visuals (in outdoor shots, anyway) and exciting fight scenes filled with fantastic creatures and big, stompy robots. As long as one didn’t go in actually expecting the cinematic Epiphany promised by the studio’s marketing, I think Avatar held up just fine.

]]> By: Matt http://popten.net/2010/02/avatar-kwon-juan-review/comment-page-1/#comment-293000 Matt Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:41:00 +0000 http://www.popten.net/?p=6844#comment-293000 I think differences in one's ability to empathize with the characters in Avatar versus Mr. Fox has less to do with their visual presentation than it does the characters themselves. The facial mapping in Avatar provided an unparalleled sense of humanity (or Smurf-cat-personity) for its characters, but what they were doing and saying was sadly unoriginal and often implausible. Taken as an "experience", I think Avatar was a lot of fun. It didn't redefine the sci-fi epic, it didn't raise the bar for writing in Hollywood blockbusters, and its characters certainly weren't all that memorable. It did, however, have a lot of bright, engaging visuals (in outdoor shots, anyway) and exciting fight scenes filled with fantastic creatures and big, stompy robots. As long as one didn't go in actually expecting the cinematic Epiphany promised by the studio's marketing, I think Avatar held up just fine. I think differences in one’s ability to empathize with the characters in Avatar versus Mr. Fox has less to do with their visual presentation than it does the characters themselves. The facial mapping in Avatar provided an unparalleled sense of humanity (or Smurf-cat-personity) for its characters, but what they were doing and saying was sadly unoriginal and often implausible.

Taken as an “experience”, I think Avatar was a lot of fun. It didn’t redefine the sci-fi epic, it didn’t raise the bar for writing in Hollywood blockbusters, and its characters certainly weren’t all that memorable.
It did, however, have a lot of bright, engaging visuals (in outdoor shots, anyway) and exciting fight scenes filled with fantastic creatures and big, stompy robots. As long as one didn’t go in actually expecting the cinematic Epiphany promised by the studio’s marketing, I think Avatar held up just fine.

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