Quote Originally Posted by Bartrim View Post
In my opinion Avatar was visually excellent but it was a very basic plot filled with a whole lot of character stereotypes.
Ah, but you see.... even if the plot was "basic" at least it was (as I wrote earlier) "coherent"...

As Gutsman Heavy wrote a few post ago, not every film's plot has to be incredibly complicated to work. In fact, with all the visuals going on, I dare say Avatar wouldn't have been as successful if its plot was any more complicated! Star Wars' plot is very basic... is that a crap movie too?

Sadly, ROTF was full of plot holes (not to mention the biggest Deus Ex Machina [literally] I've seen in years).

But, again, I don't care that you liked ROTF. More power to you!

Quote Originally Posted by Bartrim View Post
I prefer ROTF as atleast I didn't know what was going to happen.
No one did... not even Michael Bay! That's what happens when you start filming before the script is finished!!

Quote Originally Posted by Bartrim View Post
I had Avatar worked out in about 20 minutes and I don't wish to insult anyone by assuming but if anyone couldn't tell what was going to happen then I seriously question that persons intelligence.
Geez, and that's supposed to not be insulting???! So, if I was surprised by anything that happened in Avatar I must be an idiot? Cheers!

Quote Originally Posted by Bartrim View Post
Please noone use the excuse that Avatar was super successful because ROTF was too.
The difference with Avatar is that its Box Office numbers got stronger, which meant it was doing something right on the word-of-mouth scene! Obviously more people liked Avatar then disliked it!


Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
yeah, almost every thing is ripped off or inspired by something else. i believe there's a chinese proverb that says, "there has been no new thought for the last 100 years."

the 1st star wars movie was a blend of flash gordon + kurosawa jp period
Yep. Star Wars was almost a "remake" of The Hidden Fortress. And what about Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs... that was very "similar" to both City on Fire and Kansas City Confidential! Almost exactly similar!