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Ready player one.
That has to be one of the cringiest movies I’ve seen, is tries so hard, too hard with it’s “WE LOVE YOU NERD, YOU’RE SO COOL FOR PLAYING GAMES AND GETTING THIS 80S REFERENCE” message and the whole “corporation bad, the people good” narrative seems written for toddlers… The fan service feels cheap and adds nothing to the story.
Finally, they trying to make the people believe that very attractive girl with a barely visible red tint spot on her face is “ugly”… Like wtf?
Yet it received decent reviews plus being one of the most successful movies of that year.
I like both Avatars, both for the same reason:
A lot of work was put into creating a tangible world that isn’t Earth. If it weren’t for the clearly “magic” elements (also counts for both Avatars) I feel like I could almost… Reach out and touch the world.
You just reminded me of this video again, that explains how unfortunately the world building that went into the music didn’t make it to the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL5sX8VmvB8
That was amazing. Thanks for sharing!
This is true. Some elements of JC Avatar were super interesting and detailed. Like the spaceship, that was *ridiculously well-thought-out for such a brief appearance, and no telling how much time was spent on the fauna.
But… they made the overarching story and characters so unremarkable.
I felt something similar watching Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Talokan (the underwater city) was breathtaking and incredible, no telling how much labor was put into it… only for that gorgeous setting to be used for a brief swim through and never seen again.