If projections are accurate, Avatar is now on its way to making up to $1B in ticket sales. And by all means it is a very beautiful and meticulously created movie. That's as far as the cinematics and graphics are concerned, in my opinion. Otherwise, I and some of the people around me would have to say that the storyline is barely passable, and the all-too-obvious attempts to convey social and political ideas only made things worst. But it's something that, somehow, has been glossed over and considered forgiven by so-called critics in the light of the cinematographic efforts in coming up with the film. Well, it's a real treat for a movie, anyway, one that I enjoyed with my son. I guess that's all that really matters.
Happy New Year everyone!
It's quite encouraging to find movies that both kids and adults can enjoy, with each one getting the point of the movie in somewhat different ways. I don't think my 4-year-old son understood it when one of the rodents said something about rising to the occasion and becoming great because somebody believed in you, regardless of where you started. But I do think he got the fact that even a rodent can put down a monster coffeemaker and an army of similar machines. And all that accomplished because of teamwork, perseverance, and risk-taking.
G-Force appeals because of our tendency to like something cute and cuddly doing something high-tech and risky. And of course, we like ordinary machines changing into futuristic robots and shooting lasers and wreaking havoc and stuff. Plus high-tech tools and gadgets with just the slight tinge of being real, now or sometime soon. The whole idea of G-Force is actually the use of non-human agents, be it biological or mechanical.
I like it that they kept mum on a possible love story. Maybe they can let it bloom on a future sequel. The redemption at the end of the movie is also something worth noting, keeping all those cuddly ones on the good side, which is easier for the little ones to digest. Lastly, nice pace. Not much "downtime" to keep everybody on their toes.
My only "problem" is that I didn't enjoyed using the eyeglasses that comes with watching the movie on 3D. Neither did my son. But that's a different matter altogether, and the subject of my future post.
Here's my take on another movie. Click HERE.
It's been a while since a movie related to me as close as this film did. And the trailer was that good that it did not revealed the plot at all, all the while making it interesting enough for one to want to see it. Neither will I spoil it here. Suffice it to say that it has given some spark to my otherwise mundane existence, and allowed me to view my day-to-day activities in a new light. Not that it diverts significantly from how I view my life: in a way it sort of inspired me and confirmed to me to continue along the path that I have been taking all along.
Maybe I can say this much so that this won't be a candidate for the most cryptic post you've read: Adventure is a state of mind: it is right where you are!
Aside from that, the movie is quite engaging and very fun, especially if you are watching it with a 4-year-old (my son) who confirms to you each and every facet of the movie. The graphics are very good, which made me think if I should have watched it in 3D, since I preferred to see it in 2D after that disappointment in watching Ice Age 3 in 3D. Very few portions tended to be a drag, although the overall length of the film is a bit long, speaking for myself and my son. And like I said, the moral of the story, set in the plot it was in, made it a movie worth seeing. Although I have to say the moral lesson is more for us adults. Not only is it too deep for kids to grasp even with explanation, I also tend to think there is no need to teach them: they live by that moral lesson day in and day out. I guess that's the way it is: if you live by something, you don't get it when it's taught you from the outside. It is us adults who have grown up out of the lesson, to our loss.
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