First look at James Cameron's Movie: Avatar

http://io9.com/5302057/journalists-see-camerons-avatar-lose-their-minds

by thrawn • 17 years ago

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jerryji• 17 years ago

If it takes ten years to truly learn a programming language, it might as well take ten years to make a true movie.

zimbabwe4• 17 years ago

Perhaps it takes ten years to learn the language of film. In fact, it almost certainly does. But if you're spending ten years developing every product you launch, you're doing it wrong.

chime• 17 years ago

I disagree. If it takes me 10 years to make something that is truly unique and useful, then so be it. I would rather make something that is wonderful and amazing than a thousand half-baked attempts. There is something to be said about the dedication behind a decade-long masterpiece, regardless of its public reception. The launch-early, launch-often mentality works great in some fields, not all. Dali took years to paint each of his large paintings, like The Hallucinogenic Toreador ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hallucinogenic_Toreador ).

I would definitely want Apple to release updates to iPhone often and web apps to crank out new features frequently. But I wouldn't be so demanding when it comes to other fields, especially art.

anigbrowl2• 17 years ago

James Cameron has earned the right to take as long as he wants on his projects; he has one of the highest signal to noise ratios in Hollywood.

DanielBMarkham• 17 years ago

I know movies run on hype, and I know that I'm feeding the monster.

But still -- I'm really looking forward to this movie. Cameron is an excellent director, and the new technology angle is potentially jaw-dropping.

If nothing else it should be a great flick. Maybe it will be totally incredible. There's no downside to this.

DTrejo• 17 years ago

I don't like to read about movies that are supposed to be good.

It raises my expectations, and then I enjoy the movie less when I see it.

I think there are some in the movie world who take note of this. I think the previews for The Dark Knight were made with this in mind. In the first trailers there is very little pre-view and much more building of anticipation without building expectation.

antidaily• 17 years ago

The problem with CGI is that it (almost) always looks fake. Cloverfield was a good movie until that goofy CGI monster came into frame. If Cameron figured out how to make CGI look real and I mean really real, Avatar will truly be a breakthrough.

tolmasky• 17 years ago

Jurassic Park succeeded I felt.

amalcon• 17 years ago

Jurassic Park didn't make CGI look real; it just used real-looking models that happened to move.

heed• 17 years ago

It sounds like Cameron may have beat the uncanny valley...

First look at James Cameron's Movie: Avatar

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