I never saw the movie, thankfully. Cameron's films really don't do that much for me. They have a way of being tecnnically brilliant but not much else. Avatar looks like it might be the best example. I LOL at the tribal dancing and the Avator woman screaming in agony. Good review!
I never saw the movie, thankfully. Cameron's films really don't do that much for me. They have a way of being tecnnically brilliant but not much else. Avatar looks like it might be the best example. I LOL at the tribal dancing and the Avator woman screaming in agony. Good review!
Edit: However, due to his technical accomplishments I do believe he should be inducted.
I have to say I find his reviews more off than on nowadays He made no secret he hated the film and that's fine. Why people feel the need to downplay the success of films is beyond me. I'll admit when a film was hugely popular even if I hated it. (Guardians of the Galaxy) I don't try to find other reasons for its success or claim it wasn't the success it was. (Unless ppl refuse to do the numbers)
First off people don't talk about Avatar anymore because there was no sequel. Yeah I know Cameron is working on like ten of them now, but peoples attention spans are short, they move onto the next big thing. If he released Avatar movies like the MCU movies it would still (probably) be all the rage.
A certain segment gets triggered when corporations are presented as soulless entities that will do anything for a buck including destroying lives and lands. Guess what? Yeah, that's what they do. Guess some can't stand the truth.
As far as the claim its just a rip off of Pocahontas so what? That's what you do in cinema, take an old story and change it up into something fresh and new. Who complains about West Side Story or Forbidden Planets source material?
Doug has a very juvenile personality and I wouldn't even think to laugh at all the things he thinks are unintentionally funny. So the bad guy is over the top, what a great "cigar chewing" character. I never thought of laughing because he has a cup of coffee in his hands. That's his huge problem with the character?
Now I'm not saying this as some one who loves Avatar. I thought it was an okay movie. I saw it once and enjoyed it. The highlights were the battle sequences and Horner's music which are quite epic.
Finally Doug loves Frozen (and its songs) thus IMHO could never be forgiven.
Edit: the wailing music advert at the end was hilarious.
A hugely influential masterpiece of a film, my second favourite of 2009 (after INGLORIOUS BASTERDS). I'm aware it has its critics, but I couldn't care less.
A hugely influential masterpiece of a film, my second favourite of 2009 (after INGLORIOUS BASTERDS). I'm aware it has its critics, but I couldn't care less.
um, yeah, since you call Pompeii a masterpiece, as well as a lot of other marginal films, well, this praise does not carry much credence
um, yeah, since you call Pompeii a masterpiece, as well as a lot of other marginal films, well, this praise does not carry much credence
POMPEII is a great film, but not a masterpiece. EVENT HORIZON is the director's shining hour. Regardless, I don't care how much "credence" it carries. I think what I think.
Indeed, and perhaps a teensy, weensy bit obnoxious.
And probably a big jerk. Remember how he and a group of other reviewers were part of Channel Awesome and often made films together? Apparently Doug, Rob and whoever that guy who owns the actual NC character (Yes. Doug doesn't even own the Nostalgia Critic) really drove everyone away. The last movie they did, 'To Boldly Flee' was done by having everyone essentially do it for free and with a contract stipulating that any material they create while on filming the movie would be theirs so they could 'recoup costs'.
But even having said that, he's not as dangerously reckless as that volcano of condescension that was The Spoony One.
In regards to Avatar, hey. If you're going to do the whole 'White Man saves Tribal Natives", at least have an actor who has presence. There's a reason why Sam Worthington's career never skyrocketed after this.
A hugely influential masterpiece of a film, my second favourite of 2009 (after INGLORIOUS BASTERDS). I'm aware it has its critics, but I couldn't care less.
um, yeah, since you call Pompeii a masterpiece, as well as a lot of other marginal films, well, this praise does not carry much credence
Thor will never be able to live down his glorious review of Pompeii.
A hugely influential masterpiece of a film, my second favourite of 2009 (after INGLORIOUS BASTERDS). I'm aware it has its critics, but I couldn't care less.
um, yeah, since you call Pompeii a masterpiece, as well as a lot of other marginal films, well, this praise does not carry much credence
Thor will never be able to live down his glorious review of Pompeii.
I have to say, the most glorious incident involving Avatar is when someone from this very board uploaded a clip of Arnie praising his mate's new film. That's right folks, it's the "do-re-mi" of the 21st century:
