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Originally posted by darthmaul1
The only issue i had with it is the aliens looked too CGI, jar jar and the other CGI in star wars 1 2 3 were way better. I think it's because the aliens were so blue, had they been an earthy tone it may of been a bit better. Not such a drastic shift.

Jar Jar looked way, way better that the Na'vi? You weren't looking closely enough then perhaps. Have you see their facial animations? I don't know how and what cameron did but the expressions look too human, coupled with the skin textures followed by things like real water hitting those textures and how it fall off and dews naturally as if it were realistic skin..Jar jar was not this although he was a great creation (visually) that work is in no comparison to the Na'vi characters of pandora, visually speaking. And the blue aliens did have a green backdrop to them to distinguish 'em even more.

imo, Na'vi faces have the most realistic look out of any fictional cgi characters face i've ever seen in film since Beowulf. Imagine CGI ten years from now. It''s gonna shift into photorealism. Or at least a hybrid of the two. Photorealism is a step up from cgi. And it's the future.

imagine bringing back Bruce Lee or James Dean and have 'em look as real as they really humanly looked when they were alive while starring in your latest blockbuster.

imagine that. starring Leonardo DiCaprio and (a 20 year old) James Dean.

then video games'd follow after that, primarily during the late stages of ps4, and definetely ps5.

the future is wild and i've gone of topic. anyway, Avatar.

but... the na'vi didnt even look real. 😐

all the cgi in the movie looked cartoony imo. it looked like a really, really detailed cartoon. not real though. the dinosaurs in jurassic park looked more real then any of the monsters in this movie imo.

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Originally posted by Ms.Marvel
but... the na'vi didnt even look real. 😐

all the cgi in the movie looked cartoony imo. it looked like a really, really detailed cartoon. not real though. the dinosaurs in jurassic park looked more real then any of the monsters in this movie imo.

/facepalm

dear god. please stop with these jurassic park comparisons. and the cgi in avatar is great... it just looks cartoony because of the colors.

Originally posted by Spartan005
it just looks cartoony because of the colors.

couldn't agree more.

Originally posted by Spartan005
/facepalm

dear god. please stop with these jurassic park comparisons. and the cgi in avatar is great... it just looks cartoony because of the colors.

I have to agree that the jurassic park dinos looked better.
and i think it is the colors that made it look unrealistic. it may of been better if they were a more earthy tone and not blue. Don't get me wrong though i did enjoy the movie

I thought it was cartoonish too, befire I watched it on the big screen.

The extremely vibrant colors was an aspect of that world, just about everything stuck out, similar to life on a coral reef, this does not take away from the 'realness' (for lack of better word) of it. Might as well argue that a corals look like cartoons.

The Na'vi looked awesome, their movements especially. The huge predator creature, the horses, both flying animals. It was all insanely good.

The human tech was just as good, although sticking to colors/textures we're accustomed with.

coral looks real though. coral doesnt look like a cartoon.

that looks more real then anything i saw in avatar. shrug

Huge Predator = Thanator/Palulukan
Big Flying thing = Great Leonopterex/Toruk
Flying Thing = Banshee/Ikran
Horses = Direhorse/Pa'ii
Hammerhead Thing = Hammerhead Titanothere/Angtsik

Originally posted by KingD19
Huge Predator = Thanator/Palulukan
Big Flying thing = Great Leonopterex/Toruk
Flying Thing = Banshee/Ikran
Horses = Direhorse/Pa'ii
Hammerhead Thing = Hammerhead Titanothere/Angtsik

Well thank you, Mr. Marty ****ing Stouffer.

...wut? 😐

Originally posted by Ms.Marvel
...wut? 😐
Show me your butthole and I'll tell you what.

I just looked it up for you guys, I wuz trying to be helpful.

Because we all know what dinosaurs looked like.

Originally posted by KingD19
I just looked it up for you guys, I wuz trying to be helpful.

Was just busting your balls. Wasn't a real insult.

Originally posted by Scythe
Because we all know what dinosaurs looked like.

This is actually a good point, some have theorized that T-Rex probably had a lot of bright colors, especially around the face/head area.

For all we know, fool could have been bright purple.

I wanted to go see this opening weekend, but I make it a point to never go to the cinema on opening weekend due to douchebagery.

I want to see this, but I have been told, and read, that it is nothing more than eye candy with a very typical and predictable plot.

True or false?

Originally posted by Impediment
I wanted to go see this opening weekend, but I make it a point to never go to the cinema on opening weekend due to douchebagery.

I want to see this, but I have been told, and read, that it is nothing more than eye candy with a very typical and predictable plot.

True or false?

True, but the eye candy is nice, and it's a popcorn flick.

Originally posted by Impediment
I wanted to go see this opening weekend, but I make it a point to never go to the cinema on opening weekend due to douchebagery.

I want to see this, but I have been told, and read, that it is nothing more than eye candy with a very typical and predictable plot.

True or false?

Plot has been done before and you can easily predict what will happen next. Think Dances With Wolves, Last Samurai, Little Big Man etc.

Eye candy is fantastic though, I saw it in 3D, wish I hadn't, as I can imagine the colors/textures would have been all that much more awesome in 2D. I hate 3D, as a guideline.

Originally posted by Impediment
I wanted to go see this opening weekend, but I make it a point to never go to the cinema on opening weekend due to douchebagery.

I want to see this, but I have been told, and read, that it is nothing more than eye candy with a very typical and predictable plot.

True or false?

true.

Because we all know what dinosaurs looked like.

i dont really understand why people keep saying this. like, whats thre relevence?