[QUOTE=NixNax123;19151936]District 9 was, imo, my film of the decade. It had the perfect amount of action, great CG, great actors, great story, great sense of scale, etcetera. It actually made me cry at one point.[/QUOTE]
Woah there, film of the DECADE?
Slow down there Nix.
Avatar because 15 years + $500,000,000 = holy shit.
[quote=killa101;19151970]avatar because 15 years + $500,000,000 = holy shit.[/quote]
$230,000,000
[QUOTE=NixNax123;19151936]District 9 was, imo, my film of the decade. It had the perfect amount of action, great CG, great actors, great story, great sense of scale, etcetera. It actually made me cry at one point.[/QUOTE]
It wasn't that impressive, to be completely honest, the more I watch it the more I feel it was mediocre.
It tried to be two things at once, which it failed at (sci-fi action and political commentary.)
I liked them both.
AVATAR
A MILLION TIMES OVER
A movie with a love story kicks ass any day
I'll be getting D9 for DVD, because enough though Avatar looked cool I'm not sitting through that lame story again.
District 9.
Avatar seems too.... mainstream.
[QUOTE=metalhead121;19154285]District 9.
Avatar seems too.... [B]mainstream[/B].[/QUOTE]
The word you're looking for is boring.
I guess I like Avatar so much because I want to live there, I want to be an alien an that awesome planet, that would be the shit, controlling animals and everything being connected, the environment was just SO incredible.
They created a whole culture and a language with actual vocabulary and grammar, and a whole type of music and musical culture to fit with them.
Though its still kind of a war/action movie with lots of killing it was peaceful and relaxing to watch. The 3D was the best 3d I have seen, didn't strain my eyes and they didn't focus on things popping out at you. I saw this movie with 9 other friends and they all agreed with me. only movie I will consider buying on bluray. I am extremely excited for the sequels which will take FOREVER to come out, I will be trying the game even though it got mixed reviews, I want to be on pandora.
I can't think of a movie I've enjoyed more.
[QUOTE=rathat48;19154983]I guess I like Avatar so much because I want to live there, I want to be an alien an that awesome planet, that would be the shit, controlling animals and everything being connected.[/QUOTE]
I agree here, the depiction of the planet and the wildlife was astounding, I'd prefer to have watched a spin-off film with no plot and just those beautiful landscapes filling the screen.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;19151736]District 9, simply because you didn't feel sorry for the humans because they were pure, unadulterated corporate assholes.
It was a lot harder to hate the humans in Avatar.[/QUOTE]
I found the humans in Avatar to be intolerable. They were only focused on one thing: profit. They didn't care what happened to anything as long as they got paid. They weren't open to learning anything about the Na'vi, they just wanted them out of the way. I couldn't feel sorry for the humans; as far as I'm concerned, every one of the human combatants got exactly what they deserved.
[QUOTE=Ekalektik_1;19155239]I found the humans in Avatar to be intolerable. They were only focused on one thing: profit.[/QUOTE]
I think that was the point.
They aren't competing at all District 9 is already out on dvd. And bluray :smug:
[QUOTE=ProboardslolV2;19153392]AVATAR
A MILLION TIMES OVER
A movie with a love story kicks ass any day[/QUOTE]
You clearly have not seen D9. Because its a love story just as much as Avatar is.
I think that is is pretty strange how people are saying that the natives in Avatar were designed to be human-like so we can sympathize with them easier and such.
However, I felt much more sympathy for the aliens in District 9, especially the main alien and his son. Even though they were quite different anatomically, you could still read their emotions based off of their eyes and body language.
Because of that, I think District 9 is an incredible display of director skill. Cameron has directed some great movies, but Blomkamp really kicked his ass when it comes down to ingenuity. I couldn't connect with the characters in Avatar because of how cheesy they looked.
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;19156012]I think that is is pretty strange how people are saying that the natives in Avatar were designed to be human-like so we can sympathize with them easier and such.
However, I felt much more sympathy for the aliens in District 9, especially the main alien and his son. Even though they were quite different anatomically, you could still read their emotions based off of their eyes and body language.
Because of that, I think District 9 is an incredible display of director skill. Cameron has directed some great movies, but Blomkamp really kicked his ass when it comes down to ingenuity. I couldn't connect with the characters in Avatar because of how cheesy they looked.[/QUOTE]
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Both are about the same level of entertainment to me.
Hey guys my opinions are more right than your opinions, you should just quit while you're ahead ok?
[QUOTE=Performual;19156295]Hey guys my opinions are more right than your opinions, you should just quit while you're ahead ok?[/QUOTE]
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[quote=Performual]No one is allowed have differing opinions or argue guys.[/quote]
I actually liked how humans were portrayed in District 9 a lot better. Even though the corporation were total assholes, you do see sympathizers in the form of protesters and government enforcing the company to have legal documents for the aliens to sign (or slap with their paws). With the documentary style explaining that they understand that MNU has malicious intent.
In Avatar, all you see was a bunch of asshole Marines who only care about killing stuff and the greedy corporate executive that only walk around with gunships and robots.
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;19156012]I think that is is pretty strange how people are saying that the natives in Avatar were designed to be human-like so we can sympathize with them easier and such.
However, I felt much more sympathy for the aliens in District 9, especially the main alien and his son. Even though they were quite different anatomically, you could still read their emotions based off of their eyes and body language.
Because of that, I think District 9 is an incredible display of director skill. Cameron has directed some great movies, but Blomkamp really kicked his ass when it comes down to ingenuity. I couldn't connect with the characters in Avatar because of how cheesy they looked.[/QUOTE]
This is a bigger deal in movies than people realize. You can have awesome plot, awesome CGI and a half-billion dollar budget and release a great movie. But if the movie can't kick-start the audience's empathetic and intellectual side with unique characters to connect with, that great movie becomes mediocre.
When a movie producer can somehow make aliens based off of a cricket (Prawns are based off of a cricket native to South Africa, I think) show emotions, you've got a winner.
D9 was great and Avatar was incredible, but they aren't really alike, they share some similar things like the problems between humans and aliens but other then that they are absolutely not a like.
[QUOTE=jcallan;19151869]:allears:
Eat a dick.[/QUOTE]
Wow, even less of an intelligent response than I expected.
Look, I just don't understand why people parade around how much they hated a movie.
When I don't like a movie, I don't really give it a second thought... let alone waste my time trying to convince everyone else that it sucked.
Avatar was really meh for me. I enjoyed District 9 much more and became much more engrossed in its characters and backstory.
Save for the lead role, all of the characters in Avatar were really generic and I found it hard to sympathise or relate with any of them. The script was also pretty terrible and some of the acting in the minor roles was shoddy.
That said, the special effects were incredible - the best I have ever seen.
District 9 had a cooler robotic exoskeleton in it, holy fuck I can't wait for toys of that thing to come out so that I may adorn my shelf with it!
They are both equally good movies.
[QUOTE=Aegis°;19156606]I actually liked how humans were portrayed in District 9 a lot better. Even though the corporation were total assholes, you do see sympathizers in the form of protesters and government enforcing the company to have legal documents for the aliens to sign (or slap with their paws). With the documentary style explaining that they understand that MNU has malicious intent.
In Avatar, all you see was a bunch of asshole Marines who only care about killing stuff and the greedy corporate executive that only walk around with gunships and robots.[/QUOTE]
I love movies that bring out the worst in humanity for some reason.
In my opinion, Avatar is like Star Wars- it is NOT sci-fi, it's fantasy.
District 9 is sci-fi.
So you have two entirely different kinds of movies being compared here, movies with two entirely different points of view and intentions.
That said, I'd say if I had a chance to watch either one in a theater again right now I'd choose Avatar(IMAX3d of course).
I'll probably watch D9 many more times than Avatar though overall, once you factor in watching at home over the upcoming years.
Its easy, Avatar wins.
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