Khuutra said:
Reasonable said:
I agree with your points - and I did love the scene with the door. Credit to Lang, his character was one dimensional, but he made that scene work because he made me believe he really would kick a door down in those circumstances if someone dared to cross him.
It's just a pity that Cameron so often stoops to sterotypes and crowd pleasing ones at that. He knows people will dislike the corporate weasel and refuses to make him more than a cliche, same with Lang's commander. It's like how in Titanic he knows average joe's want to see the working class folk portrayed as intrinsicly 'better' than the rich, and plays shamlessly to audience bias.
Still, he knows how to construct basic story and he is a damn good director. I just wish he'd raise his sights beyond the basic when it comes to the details of his narratives and his characters.
But compared to real cinematic tripe, Avatar at least had a clear narrative, and a 'mostly' consistent theme, so I agree with as far from bad, but not nearly as good as it could have been either.
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I suppose I'm part of the problem, since I am one of the people who allow themselves to be pandered too.
When the Colonel made that jump out of the exploding dropship, which promptly crashed right behind him? Me and the wife were like "Yessssssss this is awesome"
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Hey, I'm glad you liked it and took the suggestion to see it in Imax.
You know, on the one hand I can't help but analyze it and see flaws - because they are there in the end - but on the other hand, those moments are undeniably ones that you can't help but react to. Funnily enough for me the Colonel was one of the more memorable characters, not due his basic character or dialogue, but because of Lang selling him so well. He also nabbed most of the undeniably cool moments in the film.
