• Jezebel
  • celebrity
  • sex
  • fashion
  • Profile logout login

#filmschooled#gtblogging

Jezebel

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #snapjudgment,
  • #groupthink,
  • etc.

New York, 10:58 AM
Mon Dec 21
22 posts in the last 24 hours

Tip your editors:

Editor-in-Chief:
Anna Holmes
| Twitter

Deputy Editor:
Dodai Stewart
| Twitter

Senior Contributing Editor:
Tracie Egan Morrissey
| Twitter

Contributing Editors:
Anna North
| Twitter
Sadie Stein
| Twitter

Reporter:
Irin Carmon
| Twitter

Editorial Assistant:
Margaret Hartmann
| Twitter

Contributors:
Rich Juzwiak
Email | Twitter
Latoya Peterson
Email
Jenna Sauers

Lizzie Skurnick

Interns:
Katy Kelleher
Twitter


Weekends/Commenter Moderator:
Hortense
| Twitter

SUBSCRIBE TO Jezebel RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
1770 Subscribers
Jezebel
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of Sweet Panda Love Sweet Panda Love
    12/20/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    I thought it was beautiful to look at and boring to watch. I liked it better with Ewoks.
     Reply
    Sweet Panda Love was starred Sweet Panda Love was unstarred
    Image of Alexis Alexis
    12/20/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    Saw it in 3-d IMAX at 10:30 in the morning. Yes, I was THAT serious. And, it was as good (and bad) as I thought it might be. It was totally fun and a return to fun epic fight sequences. So many of them since LOTR have been boring-as-hell clones, but this one was perfectly directed and filled with lots of awesome, visual prettiness. Between this, Moon, and District 9, 2009 was a great year for genre films, something we've been lacking for a while. Although I did have issues with the "tell don't show" storyline and non sense making main character, it was, overall a fantastic film. Let's stop giving crap like Terminator Salvation and Transformers our money and shove it toward original, new franchises, plz.
     Reply
    Alexis was starred Alexis was unstarred
    Image of jessicarabbit jessicarabbit
    12/20/09

    @Alexis: But....but Terminator Salvation had Sam Worthington, too. And I actually really loved it except for the last 5 minutes which I am pretending did not happen that way. I totally agree on Transformers, though.
     Reply
    hortense promoted this comment jessicarabbit was starred jessicarabbit was unstarred
    Image of Alexis Alexis
    12/20/09

    @jessicarabbit: Even Sammy the sexy couldn't save Terminator Salvation.
     Reply
    Alexis was starred Alexis was unstarred
    Image of hughman hughman
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    i literally just got back from seeing it here in LA in 3-D imax and well, that was intense. it made me rethink what i know about movies. even the teevee looks different now. and the sound blew me away. i wish every theater it plays in was like mine. at one point i just let go of the dialogue and plot (the weakest points) and just looked at everything. it does not stop. you really have an out of body experience. "real life" is astoundingly monochromatic.
     Reply
    hughman was starred hughman was unstarred
    Image of lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    i saw it IMAX 3d. so worth it!
     Reply
    lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black was starred lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black was unstarred
    Image of NicoleItchy NicoleItchy
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    I've had a crush on Sam since Terminator. I saw it 3 times in 3 days just because I thought he should be my boyfriend.

    Off to see Avatar in 2 hrs though!
     Reply
    hortense promoted this comment NicoleItchy was starred NicoleItchy was unstarred
    Image of Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    Thanks for this, Hortense! I'm going to see it with my girlfriend in about an hour. My film snob of a best friend enjoyed it, and I listened to an interview with Jim Cameron on NPR at least twice yesterday, so I HAD to go see it.
     Reply
    Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. was starred Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. was unstarred
    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    Sci-fi fans: Dan O'Bannon, the acclaimed science fiction/horror film screenwriter who was best known for writing the blockbuster hit "Alien" and who also directed and wrote the zombie fest "The Return of the Living Dead," has died. He was 63.

    O'Bannon, whose credits include co-writing "Blue Thunder" and "Total Recall," died Thursday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after losing his 30-year battle with Crohn's disease, said his wife, Diane.

    [www.latimes.com]
     Reply
    Jack_Burton was starred Jack_Burton was unstarred
    Image of sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    I really cannot wait to see this. I will cop to loving Titanic (a movie I wanted to hate) and Aliens, so I'm kind of relieved that so many people say it's worth seeing. Another Jezzie posted a non-spoiler review for me last night and she said it's worth the money. FWIW, I usually hate blockbuster-y movies, but Cameron's work really hooks me.
     Reply
    sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) was starred sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) was unstarred
    Image of ClementinedeWinter ClementinedeWinter
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    I'm going to see it tonight in 3-D IMAX and I was a little apprehensive. I must say, Hortense, that writing "it just looked like FernGully: To The Extreme!!!" made me happy -- only because I loved that movie as a child!
     Reply
    hortense promoted this comment ClementinedeWinter was starred ClementinedeWinter was unstarred
    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    12/19/09

    @ClementinedeWinter: It's like ever concept art of a alien world brought to life.
     Reply
    salthegeek was starred salthegeek was unstarred
    Image of Algernon Algernon
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    I'm ready for a discussion of the larger themes of the movie.

    :-)

    But I love this quote,

    "It's not a perfect film, but it's an important one."
     Reply
    hortense promoted this comment Algernon was starred Algernon was unstarred
    Image of sonofabiscuit is sprinkling greatness sonofabiscuit is sprinkling greatness
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    I wear glasses so I almost always skip the 3-d versions of movies and see the regular, but I want to see Avatar so bad I think I'll suck it up.
     Reply
    hortense promoted this comment sonofabiscuit is sprinkling greatness was starred sonofabiscuit is sprinkling greatness was unstarred
    Image of Hexapus Hexapus
    12/19/09

    @sonofabiscuit is sprinkling greatness: I wear glasses too and it was a bit distracting constantly shifting the glasses to sit on top of my own, but it was definitely definitely worth it. After watching it in 3-D I can't imagine watching it on a regular screen. The 3-D action sequences are brilliant, but perhaps even cooler are the sequences where people are just standing around talking-- you feel like you're standing in the corner of the same room and the feeling is truly magical.
     Reply
    hortense approved this comment Hexapus was starred Hexapus was unstarred
    Image of cate3710 cate3710
    12/19/09

    In reply to And Now, A Totally Spoiler Free Review Of Avatar
    Did you see it standard, in 3-D, in IMAX, or 3-D IMAX (does such a thing exist?)
     Reply
    cate3710 was starred cate3710 was unstarred
    Image of hortense hortense
    12/19/09

    @cate3710: I saw it in 3-D in a regular movie theater, and I highly recommend seeing it in 3-D if it's possible. It's just amazing.
     Reply
    hortense was starred hortense was unstarred
    Image of cate3710 cate3710
    12/19/09

    @hortense: I just realized that you said you saw it in3-D right in the post. Durr.

    I have some strange dislike of 3-D for some reason, and I cannot account for it. I saw both Coraline and Up in 3-D, and while I loved the movies, the 3-D made things look off to me. Fuzzy, maybe? I don't know. Maybe I just hate the glasses.
     Reply
    cate3710 was starred cate3710 was unstarred
    Image of hortense hortense
    12/19/09

    @cate3710: I think this one was a lot better than Coraline in 3-D, though. It seems more consistent.
     Reply
    hortense was starred hortense was unstarred
    Image of Algernon Algernon
    12/19/09

    @cate3710: After the first initial wave of 3D it honestly becomes so subtle that you almost forget it's in 3D. This 3D doesn't jump out at you but rather pulls you in. It's weird.
     Reply
    hortense promoted this comment Algernon was starred Algernon was unstarred
    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    12/19/09

    @hortense: In IMAX you can see the displays to an insane level
     Reply
    salthegeek was starred salthegeek was unstarred
    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    12/19/09

    @Algernon: Yeah It's like a holo projector. There are times were I got some vertigo.
     Reply
    salthegeek was starred salthegeek was unstarred
    Image of Algernon Algernon
    12/19/09

    @salthegeek: I took my glasses off about 5 times.
     Reply
    Algernon was starred Algernon was unstarred
    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    12/19/09

    @Algernon: oh wow , I hope you were ok
     Reply
    salthegeek was starred salthegeek was unstarred
    Image of Algernon Algernon
    12/19/09

    @salthegeek: I was!
     Reply
    Algernon was starred Algernon was unstarred
    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    12/19/09

    @Algernon: Thats good. At least you enjoyed the movie
     Reply
    salthegeek was starred salthegeek was unstarred
    Image of asthenia1 asthenia1
    12/19/09

    @cate3710: It was fuzzy for me whe I saw it last night in 3D. The extra cash for the glasses/headache/squinting isn't worth it to me. I'm seeing it "normal" tonight.
     Reply
    hortense promoted this comment asthenia1 was starred asthenia1 was unstarred
    Image of Alexis Alexis
    12/20/09

    @Algernon: That's because most 3-d nowadays is about depth of field more than shit jumping at you. So, less vomit inducing.
     Reply
    Alexis was starred Alexis was unstarred
    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    12/19/09

    In reply to Most Overused Romantic Comedy Cliches Of The Decade
    Are there any romantic comedies left?
     Reply
    Island of Misfit Toys was starred Island of Misfit Toys was unstarred
    Image of ceejeemcbeegee is not here ceejeemcbeegee is not here
    12/19/09

    In reply to Most Overused Romantic Comedy Cliches Of The Decade
    Ohh! I've got one!

    Geeky/nerdy African American woman meets....

    wait, there are no geeky/nerdy African American women in movies!

    Oh, well... nevermind.
     Reply
    ceejeemcbeegee is not here was starred ceejeemcbeegee is not here was unstarred
    Image of nyc-caribbean-ragazza nyc-caribbean-ragazza
    12/19/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee is not here:

    ha! I know. Not even as the SBF (Sassy Black Friend)
     Reply
    nyc-caribbean-ragazza was starred nyc-caribbean-ragazza was unstarred
    Image of twisted_martini twisted_martini
    12/19/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee is not here: I just wrote a similar comment, but it bears repeating.

    Sanaa Latham plays an uptight lawyer in Something New. Not necessarily geeky or nerdy, but as close as I can get.
     Reply
    ceejeemcbeegee is not here promoted this comment twisted_martini was starred twisted_martini was unstarred
    Image of ceejeemcbeegee is not here ceejeemcbeegee is not here
    12/20/09

    @twisted_martini: But successful, educated sistahs are ALWAYS uptight in movies. All they need is the right man to take them down a peg or two... erm, I mean... help them loosen up a bit.
     Reply
    ceejeemcbeegee is not here was starred ceejeemcbeegee is not here was unstarred
    Image of twisted_martini twisted_martini
    12/20/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee is not here: Truth! Like a free-spirited blond white guy in this case.
     Reply
    twisted_martini was starred twisted_martini was unstarred
    Image of BytheSea BytheSea
    12/18/09

    In reply to Most Overused Romantic Comedy Cliches Of The Decade
    I'm secretly fond of Young Girl in the City Finds Career and Falls on Her Face, Loses Job but Wins at Life. Nanny Diaries, Devil Wears Prada. I think it reflects the fear we all have of growing up, and shows us a fantasy world where you don't have to "be a grownup," at least not the kind of grownups we fear, who are represented as the antagonists (the bosses).

    The girl gets out of her bad job, ie breaking free form the prescribed mold that we the audience secretly feel we're too smart, creative, and special for, and strikes out into her own fulfilling life. And doesn't have to worry about making a libing wage in Manhattan or health insurance and never moves back in with her parents. Basically it's the ultimate fantasy.
     Reply
    BytheSea was starred BytheSea was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Jezebel account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.