Katrina Gregersen

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lesayoh i could never get tired of zombie comedies. i dont know why

girlfriday Ohh 28 Days later has that bizarre opening! So creepy!

beverlynoelle Shaun of the Dead is my number one, but Zombieland is making a little Woody Harrelson-sized space in my heart!

gkruis 28 Days Later is amazing. I'd probably put that on top of my list, but I need to see some of the classics, which I haven't done yet unfortunately.

Katrinafaye Come on people! REsident Evil anyone? It may be corny but thats whats awesome!

gkruis Totally in for the RE. I've only seen the first one, but I think it's a great Zombie flick. I love that they didn't use CGI Zombies, but the Zombies were all real people with make-up.

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gkruis Last of the Mohicans, Dances with Wolves, &c. are all examples of movies 'like' Avatar, but Avatar maximizes those genres and eschews many of the quandaries with making movies like that by creating a new world, and a truly magical race of creatures. It's not just goofy shamanism, it's completely different planet in which those things are possible. By creating the best film in that genre, any complaint about Fern Gully and LotM or DwW should be forgotten in time.

lala412 @gkruis - true, and Avatar was definitely the most beautiful of the "like" movies. And I did enjoy it. I just thought that the plot followed the plot of Fern Gully so exactly that it ended up hurting Avatar to those who had seen FG and actually remembered it. But yes, a lot of movies are "like" others. Nothing new under the sun. :-)

Katrinafaye To be honest I've neer really seen any of Quinton Tarrantinos work before now. Avatar was over hyped I think. There were definitely some way better movies that came out lat year. Without the publicity of it all Avatar wouldn't be nearly as talked about as it is.

gkruis In this instance I think it is precisely the publicity and popularity that make it such a great film. That Cameron is willing to forgo pretension in order to create such a thoroughgoing popular film. One in which a complete world is created by using the huge amounts of technology afforded him but in subtle and complex ways. To have the tact to use 3D in mostly unobtrusive ways. It's an impressive feat and one that few directors have the bravery to face with any kind of integrity.

gkruis Unlike Jerry "Tits-on-fire" Bruckheimer and his crony Michael "Cock-for-a-Camera" Bay, Cameron makes huge movies but he makes them with emotion and affords the same wide audience a movie made with intelligence. Unlike with Tarantino, you don't have to have a sharp sense of irony, which is simply a la mode. In a way, by telling such an archetypal story Avatar transcends simple comparison to other movies of its genre or type, becoming the paragon of that type.

gkruis As to FG, Shakespeare himself ripped entire plots from most of his source material. He just did it damned well, and we forget the forebears. Aside from cultural context, the central metaphor of the 'avatar' is profound. The significance runs throughout the film, from the Mech robots and Helicopters the army so adroitly employs, to the cloned bodies of the Na'avi, their horses, and flying dragons, to the camera Cameron used, and the way he took over your world and immersed you in his.

erica_lim I definitely agree! The actors play their characters so well!

gkruis Carpenter is amazing.

productjoy i totally agree! i never watched an episode of star trek before i saw this movie, and i swear after i was dying to catch an episode in hopes it would be as satisfying as the flick!

impulsebuyer Thats incredible! See I would do the same but I don't trust my judgment to buy online.

Katrinafaye Well, I've never had any problems buying online. There used to be problems in the beginning but as more and more people starting shopping online the better it's gotten. I literally buy everything online.

october It sounds like it might be a very large one!

Katrinafaye She is a Lab slash Heeler and her name is Reagen :)

huyhong holy crap 30 megapixels?!!?!

Katrinafaye Ha ha yeah for $7!!!