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Personally, I blame Robert Zemeckis. He blew the full motion-capture CGI movie load way too early and his movies still look like cartoons. After “Polar Express” and “Beowulf” I personally have sworn off Zemeckis movies until he goes back to live action. He’s taken the fun out of his movies by giving us nothing on the screen but a circle jerk between him and his clan of computer artists.

If I’m paying money to see a movie and 15 bucks for a popcorn and a dr. pepper, I want to see actors in the flesh, real costumes, real sets or locales, and real cinematography. Or, if it’s a cgi movie, I want traditional animators directing it so it looks like a cartoon because it’s supposed to.

#27: “I am amazed that some people are already passing judgements on this movie already based on a couple of trailers.”

Heh. That’s online fandom for you, though. There’s always a large chunk of fans who discard the [reasonable] wait-and-see attitude in favor of “THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!!” or, just as likely “THIS WILL SUCK, OBVIOUSLY AND UTTERLY!!!” … we had a lot of that going on right here with Star Trek, and with any other genre film you can name, really.

And finally, I have the suspicion that some people are hoping that this movie fails. For some reason, I get the feeling some people have a grudge against James Cameron, despite his previous successes.

Cameron revved me up for adult-themed science fiction action-adventure with the first two ‘Terminator’ movies.
Cameron changed my mind about the ‘Alien’ franchise with ‘Aliens.’
Cameron inspired me with ‘Abyss.’
Cameron awed me, in spite of the fact I hated the liberties he took with real history, in ‘Titanic.’
Cameron even made adventure fun in ‘True Lies.’

However, Cameron’s track record of making movies that cost a hell of a lot of money worries me… I imagine that Paramount and 20th Century Fox were ready to wet themselves as the budget went up to $200 million for ‘Titanic,’ the most expensive movie ever up to that time (1997).

Of course, the rest is history and ‘Titanic’ still holds the box office record, even 12 years later. And I have heard ‘Avatar’s’ budget has approached or surpassed $500 million… ouch!

‘Avatar’ also has an intriguing cast… including Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi (and many others) and I really like Sam Worthington, who impressed me in ‘Terminator – Salvation.’

So, I am willing to believe ‘Avatar’ will be something special. Here’s hoping.

The couple of scenes I have seen where the “fake” aliens are doing normal things – walking, talking, etc. – have been truly remarkable.

Still, the incredible thing about the geek community is our ability to dole out judgment before the case has been tried…I wish we could just see or read something just once before condemning or praising it.