Comments on: Avatar Plot Fail or Observation Win?

By: becca

becca — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:21:46 +0000

that is the funniest thing, and the truest thing that has been said about avatar!!!! hahaa

By: ledtvaanbiedingen

ledtvaanbiedingen — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:34:33 +0000

LOL topic

By: camilla

camilla — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:12:32 +0000

ahahha

By: Leokin

Leokin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:04:39 +0000

Oh my good LORD.
._.
I don’t know what to say. Sure, I knew Avatar was like Pocahontas but GEEZ, I never really looked into all the little details. Seriously all that’s going through my mind now is “wtf”… look, even his initials are the same: J.S.

I feel so conflicted.

By: terry

terry — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:05:14 +0000

By: agriturismo urbino

agriturismo urbino — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:40:15 +0000

very funny post!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:13:53 +0000

The green movement DID exist in Cameron’s time and he DID rip off Pocahontas.

By: LOL man

LOL man — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:18:12 +0000

OMG

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:57:37 +0000

The main character’s name is John Smith?? HE IS NUMBER FOUR!

By: Cecil

Cecil — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:13:24 +0000

Anyone who didn’t catch on to the fact that it was pocahontas 9000 like 20 minutes into the movie should have their head checked. The only thing Cameron did elevated the “Europeans are all evil” feel a little bit and extend it to the entire race (who are primarily white on the human side btw.)

By: barrel roll

barrel roll — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:38:51 +0000

dune, dances with wolves, pocahontas, fern gully, terminator, call me joe, battle for tera its unoriginal. face it. dune is litterall the exact same the only difference being that its an old movie with s**tty cg. they even named the precious metal unobtanium.

By: timemaker

timemaker — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:30:59 +0000

no dude, the lion king is based on Kimba (Leo) The White Lion, a manga and anime from 50′s and 60′s

what?? you seriously expected Disney to be original???

By: Thatguywhosaysfirst

Thatguywhosaysfirst — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:35:20 +0000

1000th Comment

By: Shadeflower

Shadeflower — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:55:10 +0000

1000 comment y0!

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Tula Pratillo — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:26:17 +0000

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By: Matt-the-jew

Matt-the-jew — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:11:37 +0000

Well said friend.

By: Matt-the-jew

Matt-the-jew — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:10:08 +0000

All of you Tim Burton bashing nimrods are obviously:
A> Under the age of 20
B> Total tools with no sense of imagination
C> Wannabe movie critics
or
D> Soulless blackholes that are wastes of space whose opinions will never matter to anyone important.
Get over yourselves, and let the man make his movies.
;>)

By: Boys Athletic Shoes

Boys Athletic Shoes — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:15:43 +0000

Oh so looks like everybody’s telling that they’ve all watch avatar and pocahontas, sure… am i missing something?

By: Philips

Philips — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:09:26 +0000

Oke, the story is cheese, but the movie is a classic WIN!
Certainly in 3D

By: Andrew K

Andrew K — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:48:20 +0000

Fail….. But I have to say I liked the movie.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:07:37 +0000

Plot fail? Both these movies made a bagillion. The plot is the true gold/unobtanium mine!

By: THECAKEISALIE!

THECAKEISALIE! — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:26:47 +0000

I used to think that Avatar resembled Dancing With Wolves than Pocahontas.

By: SiQn34

SiQn34 — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:18:06 +0000

Avatar FAIL
The guy who replaced the words WIN

By: me, myself

me, myself — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:50:23 +0000

I noticed it too. also I see a connection betwen the na’vi and the navaho tribe which was the US army’s decrypter service in WWII

By: MikeBelly

MikeBelly — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:52:47 +0000

Well well I would say that you are right man.

By: Kell

Kell — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:43:41 +0000

I liked the music for Pocahontas though.

By: Kell

Kell — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:41:42 +0000

WHY SO MANY COMMENTS????

And replies to replies to replies to replies to replies to replies to replies to replies to replies to replies to replies to replies to replies. :\

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:39:34 +0000

Jake, you’re so cool…. only when you are inside a freezer.

By: WIN

WIN — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:40:22 +0000

FULL OF WIN!

By: trainfreak123

trainfreak123 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:01:46 +0000

EXACTLY

By: Me

Me — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:04:19 +0000

Last.

By: Adders

Adders — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:33:39 +0000

“I wrote a review too:
“Avatar – Movie, or Theme-park Ride?””

“Too long did not read”

quite possibly the funniest reply ever. think i’ve wet myself…

By: hahah wow

hahah wow — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:02:53 +0000

hahahaha! pretty bad when you have to steal s**t from “DISNEY” to make a movie

By: Cow-orker Jim

Cow-orker Jim — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:21:23 +0000

Take the beating Avatards!!!

By: Jamjar919

Jamjar919 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:17:29 +0000

Hey, you broke the never ending square of comments!

By: Movies

Movies — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:16:34 +0000

epic win

By: jake

jake — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:08:53 +0000

boy isn’t James cameron the original and creative film making genius artist everyone in hollywood says he is. FAIL, hes actually a total douche.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:57:48 +0000

Nothing wrong with that.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:56:26 +0000

Actually, I studied copyright law on the university level and the answer is… no. That’s like trying to sue someone for using the same using the same chord progression as someone else in a song you wrote. There’s such a thing as common themes and standard stories, that never warrant copyright infringement. You can’t copyright plots and basic stories, just like you can’t copyright musical ideas, although you can copyright songs or characteristic melodies. To put it simply, to be considered copyright infringement, it pretty much would had to have been the movie Pocahontas, which, let’s face it: although it’s the same plot, the same movie it is not (could not resist breaking out into rhyme).

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:51:04 +0000

That’s legit.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:48:37 +0000

That was hilarious. Right on.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:46:28 +0000

Props.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:45:04 +0000

What’s so crappy about tried and tested, “formulaic,” plot devices? Some of the most archetypical (sort of a made up word, bear with me) stories are some of best and most meaningful to people.Hence being around for a long time, despite their “unoriginality,” although I cringe to call it that. That’s a misplaced term, an abuse of language. It’s old; not unoriginal. It originated somewhere. I think that if something has deep meaning to a lot of people, that’s more important than it being totally original. Donnie Darko, Requiem for a Dream, Inglorious Basterds were all very original in a sense, but don’t have as much positive impact or timeless meaning as some of the old, archetype, “unoriginal” stories that you lambast.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:39:02 +0000

I guess if you make the movie all about the environmental message (which it’s not, although it is present) then you could say it is self-defeating like that. For me, that’s not what the movie was all about. The story and the lead characters had an emotional impact on me. It was about hope in general. Why so bitter?

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:29:45 +0000

I totally agree with you, but I think you meant to say “a movie is a whole.” Again, I agree completely.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:28:36 +0000

Hm, that’s a pretty broad statement. I seriously enjoyed it, and I’m certainly not included in the aforementioned group of people. Looks like you’re wrong.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:35:48 +0000

Problem is, as original as that is, that doesn’t make a story that’s worth very much. People want to hear stories that they like. Amazing. I’ve read/seen a lot of crazy-original stories that I enjoyed ONCE, and I will never read/watch again, because I knew I didn’t get anything out of them.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:31:06 +0000

Actually, I see what you’re saying. It’s not right for him to say that “all plots come from the story of Christ.” But it is also not right to say that the Christian story was a ripoff from earlier stories. It was unprecedented. Hence the early Christians were killed and imprisoned and all the rest, for believing that this random dude that got executed was actually being victorious in something. It actually went against everything that both the Roman and Jewish worlds of the time believed. Just a bit more FYI.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:26:38 +0000

I don’t think he was saying there were no stories before Christianity. That’s a a bit of an overreaction, don’t you think? Actually, it is historically accurate to say that the concept of a “Christ figure” in a story didn’t exist before Christianity. I don’t just mean the name. I mean the concept of a noble character (more of an underdog hero, not a haunted-hero), not deserving death, in some way sacrificing himself for one or more others. Based on the research I’ve done, that kind of character can’t be found in stories pre-dating Christ. So, I don’t know where you’re coming from on this.

By: bmonster

bmonster — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:13:05 +0000

The problem is, the OP you are slamming is talking about reinterpretation and re-presentation of a basic story–same basic plot, different details and structure. You are talking about ripping off cultural icons, that is, reusing specific elements from a particular manifestation of a story. Subtle, but very important difference.