http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/01/avatar-and-the-hyperreal.html a site about everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:39:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/01/avatar-and-the-hyperreal.html/comment-page-1#comment-705531 Andrew Simone Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:49:48 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=36256#comment-705531 "The brush in his hand" seems about right, Rick. I think I recall Cameron saying as much: it wasn't about the story, it was about the technology. It was about playing with virtual cameras. “The brush in his hand” seems about right, Rick. I think I recall Cameron saying as much: it wasn’t about the story, it was about the technology. It was about playing with virtual cameras.

]]> http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/01/avatar-and-the-hyperreal.html/comment-page-1#comment-705475 Rick Neece Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:24:45 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=36256#comment-705475 I wouldn't call Avatar's story terrible, just mundane. What is the "quote" that says something like <I>there are seven plots and they've all been done over and over?</I> Don't quote me. But in the <I>formulae</I> for plot, then it comes down to "can it be done better?" To hope deliver a performance that rises above the din. In the case of Cameron's directorial performance here, Avatar rises and stands. Maybe it ain't about the content, maybe it's about the <I>brush</I> he has in hand and what he does with it. I wouldn’t call Avatar’s story terrible, just mundane. What is the “quote” that says something like there are seven plots and they’ve all been done over and over? Don’t quote me. But in the formulae for plot, then it comes down to “can it be done better?” To hope deliver a performance that rises above the din. In the case of Cameron’s directorial performance here, Avatar rises and stands. Maybe it ain’t about the content, maybe it’s about the brush he has in hand and what he does with it.

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