Octillus wrote:It's okay, there are movies (usually Comedies) that I'm supposed to like but they just irritate me, I just think Avatar's general universal praise is going to create backlash from people who perhaps if it were just another movie didn't care for it, but due to all of the attention are pissed (correct me if I'm wrong, you fall into this category).
As far as the Fountain goes, I absolutely agree with your statement, I feel like The Fountain is where Aronofsky found the tone he was searching for but restrained himself a little bit for the better of the film.
I liked Requiem for a Dream, but it SCREAMED independent film-maker self importance which is one of the things I can't stand about generally decent independent cinema. And don't get me started on how Pi was great for a first effort but seriously, shut the fuck up, it does not change the universe despite having plenty of cool aspects about it.
Sometimes I hate living in San Francisco.
Regardless of its praise, I don't think I would have loved Avatar. I probably wouldn't have disliked it as much as I do if no one had ever heard of it, let alone glorified it. I'm more or less in that category (I'd tend toward less, I think).
Dead on about Pi and RfaD, by the way.
You have to think of these things as fairytales, like Cinderella. You don't hear too many people questioning how the fairy godmother made the glass slippers and turned the mice into footmen or why it all had to end at midnight. 