My three regulars (god bless you) will know that I've been wondering about the hu ha around the movie, Avatar. Yeah it looks great, but the story, characters etc are all a wee bit third rate. Yeah, and I'm the guy with no movies and no awards under my belt, so what do I know?
I was delighted to see that the peeps at BAFTA were clever enough to pass on the hype and go for an actual, like excellent movie. Wonder if the box-office will sway the Oscar judges?
Anywho, I came across this mash up of the Avatar trailer and Fern Gully. See if you can spot the join...
i did not know this - i must have missed Fern Gully when it came out, although i'd heard of it. It does seem like there's some intellectual theft going on, but, like in Avatar where all things on Pandora are connected, even thoughts and ideas, I suppose it cannot be categorized as theft?
ReplyDeleteI don't think the person who came up with this short video was trying to suggest intellectual theft. The film geeks out there have been suggesting since Avatar first came out that the story was unoriginal. Comparisons were drawn with Dances with Wolves, Pocahontas among others. Fern Gully was another one.
ReplyDeletePretty close one, too, Michael. I think I've blustered on before about the garbage that is Avatar. I suppose it's a forlorn hope that it'll get the same treatment by Oscar as it got at the Baftas. For me, Fern Gully looks much more worth seeing.
ReplyDelete(By the way, you have three regulars now? When did the other two join?)
oh, SNAP! bill! lol
ReplyDeleteDon't forget me. And don't hate me because I loved every cliched second of Avatar, mostly for the color, imagery, and music. But I totally get what you're saying. There was a scifi by Paol Anderson, too, they said it came from.
ReplyDeleteSurely it can't get best picture at the Oscars...
Oh, right, I'm the third, &;-)
ReplyDeleteHi Thea been missing you.
miss you too, marley girl!!
ReplyDeletePoor old Avatar does get a hard time around here. Are there ANY original Hollywood movies?
ReplyDeleteGood point, Ricky. I did enjoy the film, up to a point. And I guess when something is so outrageously successful it does make it an easier target.
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