James Cameron may be one hell of a filmmaker, but there’s something about his real world adventures that are starting to get on my nerves. In the years between the release of Titanic and Avatar, Cameron took on all kinds of macho excursions available only to a famous director with all the time and money in the world. He turned some of his undersea dives into documentary films, but let’s face it: it was all just an excuse to live out his own dreams of becoming an explorer. Now that Avatar is finished, he is at it again, and he has suddenly thrust himself into the middle of a battle between the government of Brazil and the indigenous people of the Amazon rain forest.http://www.filmjunk.com/2010/04/15/james-cameron-fights-real-life-avatar-battle-in-the-amazon-rain-forest/
Cameron is trying to stop the construction of a huge hydroelectric dam that would “flood hundreds of square miles of the Amazon and dry up a 60-mile stretch of the Xingu River.” This week, a judge ruled that bidding on the contract would be temporarily halted. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a problem with Cameron’s sudden interest in saving the environment, but these photos of him visiting the indigenous people wearing jeans and war paint almost seem offensive. It comes off as a privileged Hollywood big shot sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong, just because he’s some kind of delusional adrenaline junkie.
Clearly it’s a good cause, but with all the problems in the world that he could be helping to solve, is this really the most important one? As Avatar heads to DVD and Blu-ray next week, it’s hard not to see this as a bit of a publicity stunt — not that the movie really needs any extra marketing help. He even brought a copy of Avatar to screen for the natives, although unfortunately I don’t think they got to see it in 3-D. I hope he at least showed it in high-def! What do you think, is James Cameron full of crap, or is his trip to the Amazon worthy of our admiration?
Whoever wrote the article sounds like a douchebag.wtf does that have to do with this half-assed attempt at cultural assimilation?
Say what you want about his films, but the man's intentions are good. Preventing the destruction of the Amazon is unequivocally a good thing, even if his facial paint looks silly.
I bet this guy also thinks Bono is an asshole for trying to help out in Africa.
Whoever wrote the article sounds like a douchebag.Bono wouldn't go around dressed in native garb while wearing jeans and a button down thinking he is fitting in and relates to them. :smug
Say what you want about his films, but the man's intentions are good. Preventing the destruction of the Amazon is unequivocally a good thing, even if his facial paint looks silly.
I bet this guy also thinks Bono is an asshole for trying to help out in Africa.
First of all, I brought Bono up in passing; I wasn't comparing Cameron's recent efforts to what Bono has been doing for years.
Second, you're saying that even if Cameron does some good for the world, his ego negates it? Sorry, but that's ridiculous. If the guy can help prevent a significant chunk of the Amazon rainforest from being destroyed, I don't care if he has a YHWH-sized ego.
Third, there's a good chance the natives encouraged Cameron to don the face paint.
Wait, that's not a photoshop?
I doubt Bono goes to Africa and forces people who couldn't care less about music to listen to all his albums while he rants about how he's going to single handedly save their people.Shake again has the uncanny ability to sum everything up perfectly. :bow
What are you trying to say? James Cameron making a sci-fi movie with a environmental message done in 100 movies before him and showing up in Africa with some make up on before jetting back off to his Hollywood life ISN'T changing our world for the better?!?!Wait, that's not a photoshop?
I had the same reaction. James Cameron :lol
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face1.jpg) "I watch movies to get away from real life." 6/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face2.jpg) "Lack of 3D is apparent. We're a stone age tribe, Mr. Cameron, but we're not idiots." 6/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face3.jpg) "Amazing special effects and well-directed action scenes can't disguise a worn-out story and wooden acting." 5/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face4.jpg) "Best Cameron film since Aliens! Suck it, T2." 10/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face1.jpg) "I watch movies to get away from real life." 6/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face2.jpg) "Lack of 3D is apparent. We're a stone age tribe, Mr. Cameron, but we're not idiots." 6/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face3.jpg) "Amazing special effects and well-directed action scenes can't disguise a worn-out story and wooden acting." 5/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face4.jpg) "Best Cameron film since Aliens! Suck it, T2." 10/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face1.jpg) "I watch movies to get away from real life." 6/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face2.jpg) "Lack of 3D is apparent. We're a stone age tribe, Mr. Cameron, but we're not idiots." 6/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face3.jpg) "Amazing special effects and well-directed action scenes can't disguise a worn-out story and wooden acting." 5/10
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/face4.jpg) "Best Cameron film since Aliens! Suck it, T2." 10/10
I think it’s really interesting that these people see their reality reflected in the movie. And of course this is what’s caused all of these [environmental] groups to come to us and say, “Can you help us? Can we do fundraising? Can you help with awareness? Can we associate our website? Can we link to ‘Avatar'?" All of these things. Right now, my challenge is to orchestrate this in a way that “Avatar” can continue to do some good. I think the movie itself is reaching people all over the world, which it clearly did by the amount of money it made. It created a sense of an emotional response to this environmental crisis and I think it even may have made it an emotional call to action. The next step is people need to know what to do -- what do I specifically do in my life next so that I don’t feel helpless and powerless. [...] Well, I think it makes certain projects that I liked as potential films seem trivial by comparison. I think it makes the idea of making another “Avatar” film more attractive. Because not only is it good business, but it’s good for the environment.
Green Shinobi, Cheebs and Am Nintenho all have an oopinion on something? Oh dear, this may be the worst thread ever on Evilbore.
:lol
Cheebs is twice the poster you are, man.
I'd rather argue the filmography of James Cameron with someone who likes him than have a forum where everyone agrees about his films so I take that compliment. 8)Green Shinobi, Cheebs and Am Nintenho all have an oopinion on something? Oh dear, this may be the worst thread ever on Evilbore.
:lol
Cheebs is twice the poster you are, man. I don't even agree with him on a lot of things, and it's still obvious.
Next time we meet Cheebs, we'll weight each other then determine who's muscles are bigger :omgI lift weights for 45 min 4 days a week, jog 2-3 miles 6 days a week, and do 100 pushups every day the second I wake up. I bet I win :-*.
yea right :lolI am completely serious, I obsess over working out.
compare love muscles
Cheebs is twice the poster you are, man. I don't even agree with him on a lot of things, and it's still obvious.
How the hell did you become an icon anyway? With the other icons, even if I don't like some of them, I can still see how they got to be icons. You're just inexplicable. It's like if you were to walk into Canton 20 years from now and see Jake Plummer in the NFL Hall of Fame. It makes no sense. I'd suspect that you sucked demi off, but he'd probably lose wood in two seconds looking at your anorexic frame.
what the fuck started this icon shit
who cares
:'(
Nah, third rate is people like drew and Fresh Prince. At least I take time to actually make coherent posts and don't just shit up discussions with pointless, unfunny one-liners and such :punch
SMH at people who watch Glee.
Being an Icon is the life.
be sure to enjoy the cut he gave you for sucking his cock on the internet these past few months.
Hey guys, Avatar sold 1.5 million blue rays.
:bow Cameron :bow2
http://...THE QUALITY of Fox's new Blu-ray DOES help retain a little bit of that original roller coaster experience. Not all of it by any measure, but some. Judged on its own for Blu-ray high-definition quality, this AVC/1080p presentation - framed at the original 1.78:1 IMAX 3D aspect ratio - is very, very, VERY good. It is NOT perfect, however, despite the fact that the film is presented on a BD-50 with no other extras. But it is pretty damn stunning. Let me qualify that: I think this transfer is going to divide opinions, and what your own opinion is will depend on how large your HD display is. I think on a 40-inch flat panel, this disc will look spectacular, with vibrant color and abundant detail. When you get up to the size of the 110-inch front projection screen I'm using... the image does start to break down just a little bit. Let me say it plainly: I think this is the best looking presentation of Avatar you could ask for on a single BD disc. The bit rates are cranked and every bit of disc space is used to max out the presentation quality. But for anyone out there during the format war who claimed that a studio would never NEED all the added room a BD-50 disc can provide, here's the proof you were incorrect. Seen on a very large display, the image does occasionally look a little soft, with very minor visible compression artifacting. Not a lot, but just enough to occasionally distract. The problem is, the film is long... and there is just SO MUCH DETAIL! I can't imagine how hard the compression techs must have worked to squeeze every little bit of quality out here - and they have, by and large, succeeded wonderfully.
Visually, the colors are accurate to the theatrical presentation, and range from muted to stunningly bold and vibrant. Black levels are neigh-perfect, but shadows ranges from deep black to grayish. Neither of those things are defects - they're artistic choices. Cameron and his CG team used a ton of atmospheric effects (think smoke, haze, mist and fog - both on set and in their virtual shots) to create a sense of 3D space and greatly enhance the image depth and scale. That works beautifully in an actual 3D presentation, but in 2D it does keep the image from really popping off the screen, the way (for example) a more "cartoonish" CG-animated film like Cars or Toy Story would. Still, there's abundant fine image detail, with very little to no DNR or haloing. And the atmospheric effects, combined with the dynamic cinematography, do work to give the image a surprisingly good 3D-dimensional feel, for a 2D-only presentation. What I would say is this: The film looks fantastic on Blu-ray and I think most of you will be really blown away. But when the more elaborate Blu-ray special edition of Avatar comes out later this year (and when the 3D version appears on the format a couple years from now), I hope Cameron splits the film onto two BD-50 discs. That's probably going to sound like sacrilege to some of you younger readers, but I really don't mind a big epic film split over two discs, as was the case with the 4-disc LOTR: Extended Edition DVDs. A lot of classic films (think Lawrence of Arabia and Gone with the Wind) were split in two with an Intermission. Given that it's reported that Cameron may ADD scenes for next BD version to create an extended cut, and that there WILL be substantial extras included, I think splitting the film over two BD-50s will really give the compression the chance to breathe even more than it does here... so the images will REALLY pop off the screen. Just my feeling, anyway.
I think this is the best looking presentation of Avatar you could ask for on a single BD disc.
Still, there's abundant fine image detail, with very little to no DNR or haloing. And the atmospheric effects, combined with the dynamic cinematography, do work to give the image a surprisingly good 3D-dimensional feel, for a 2D-only presentation.
What I would say is this: The film looks fantastic on Blu-ray and I think most of you will be really blown away.
I'll rent the extended edition when it's out in november just to see how it looks and what changes had been made. :bow
It's a shit movie.
If I want to watch Dances with Wolves I'll watch DANCES WITH WOLVES (too bad that may never come out in BRD in the US :()
It's a shit movie.
If I want to watch Dances with Wolves I'll watch DANCES WITH WOLVES (too bad that may never come out in BRD in the US :()
No wonder IGN fired you.
Dances With Wolves and Avatar have almost nothing in common aside from the idea of a white guy joining an indigenous culture.
Goddamn, Manabyte, why did IGN ever hire someone who is completely unable to analyze films at anything beyond a surface level?
Every time Green Shinobi implies that Avatar requires more than a surface level reading, another direct-to-video "American Pie" sequel is approved by corporate.
I'll rent the extended edition when it's out in november just to see how it looks and what changes had been made. :bow
Na'vi sex scene :bow
[youtube=560,345]TW2i1zeaqx4[/youtube]I'll rent the extended edition when it's out in november just to see how it looks and what changes had been made. :bow
Na'vi sex scene :bow
I bet James Cameron watches bestiality porn :shh
Movie looks A LOT better in 2D. Background detail for one is much better.
But it does look more CG in 2D.