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Old 09-01-2010, 08:57 PM #3
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Originally Posted by setanta View Post
When have you seen a film like District 9 before? Nothing is ever entirely original but District 9 dealt with a theme in a totally new and refreshing way, that was completely unpredictable, whereas I knew what was going to happen in Avatar from the get go. It never tried anything different or interesting.

Avatar was Pocahontas and the Mission combined. It had literally nothing to say... actually, I don't really remember anything they said that was worth remembering. Don't let the visuals blind you to a bankruptcy of thought or intellect in the scriptwriting process. It's still worth watching and a masterpiece on the technical side of things, but the story was pants.
Have you ever seen any body horror films of the 1980's? District 9 was practically the same formula in a completely different setting. Isn't that your argument against Avatar? Pocahontas in space?
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