Yeah, with all the talk about games catching up to movie VFX and using game engines to render cinematic stuff, it was about time for a reality check ;) Although I personally still refuse to believe that it's CG, there must be some blue people living in NZ that they've filmed...
Yahoo Movies has a 22 minute long behind-the-scenes look at how James Cameron and co. created the world of Pandora. The feature also contains some footage of the late great Stan Winston talking about the film and what his team contributed. Here's the link: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809804784/video/17711648 Enjoy!
Me and a bunch of friends were talking about this and Im guessing it would probably go the same route as the first star wars trilogy... whereas avatar 2 is a lot like empire and ends off on a sour note leaving the story to be concluded in the 3rd. If Cameron and the writers were playing it safe as Perna suggested then that…
Most of the small figures are a bit junky, especially for the price. $8-9 for a slightly underdetailed 4-5 inch figure with little articulation. There is good exposition and bad exposition, without being 5hrs long. Avatar skipped the good exposition for more "WOOO! I'm running and jumping!" scenes. Glossed over how the…
I know that even if I like things to make sense, the fact that the pre-production and research for Avatar took 15 years in the making does not instantly warrants a great movie. Kindof like the Matrix sequels, they are grounded in existing religious/historical/legendary writings, but this alone does not make them instant…
Hehe Gavku as a matter of fact I don't think I analyzed it that much - it's just that I felt like it was missing on a few things that usually are the things making me love certain movies. If I were to really think about things ... well the first crit I would have is about Pandora and its jungle itself. I like the…