Video: “Avatar” trailer
posted at 6:45 pm on November 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Ace, the gripping tale of an American soldier who falls in love with a native woman, joins her tribe, and then wages war against the encroaching Yankee oppressor. In other words, it’s “Dances With Wolves” with some “Aliens” thrown in (Giovanni Ribisi in the Paul Reiser role?) and a few Endor-type battle scenes. Oh, and half a billion dollars in special effects. Enjoy.
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Dances with Wolves? Sounds more like Obamaworld.
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 6:47 PM
I’m sorry, but I watched it, and I think the CGI looks awful. The landscapes are cool, but the smurfs are teh lame.
That’s before we even get to the plotline. No thanks.
S. Weasel on November 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Is that Cameron Diaz?
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Def watch in HD+ if you can.
CK MacLeod on November 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM
So
in other words
its APs dream
the only one where he can get any
blatantblue on November 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM
When do they save the Rain Forest?
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Does Al Gore star as the Shrek type creature?
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM
I’ll see it just because it’s a James Cameron movie. I think the CGI looks great.
Ampersand on November 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM
BORING
RobertInLexington on November 15, 2009 at 6:51 PM
what the hell is a CGI and do I have one?
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 6:52 PM
At first I thought it was Halo, what with the Pelican-type shuttlecraft. Too bad.
Ryan Anthony on November 15, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Bizarre. I think I’ll pass on this nonsense. I’m looking forward to teh Star Trek coming out on Bluray Tuesday. :P
SG1_Conservative on November 15, 2009 at 6:53 PM
no blood for oil! Sounds like I will pass on this one.
rob verdi on November 15, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Pls let that be sarcasm.
Ryan Anthony on November 15, 2009 at 6:53 PM
for real!! Amazon should have it at my door Tuesday. Can’t wait to watch it again.
Ampersand on November 15, 2009 at 6:54 PM
when will Obama apologize to these good people?
rob verdi on November 15, 2009 at 6:54 PM
It’ll be in 3D at any IMAX theater. Saw previews for it in 3D, still looked stupid IMO.
deidre on November 15, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Wasn’t there a plot to kill smurfs?
Trov on November 15, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Dances With Wolves meets Fern Gully.
The special effects look swell, but the heavy-handed envirowhacko save the trees schmaltz looks like its piled much higher than my stomach can tolerate.
American Elephant on November 15, 2009 at 6:58 PM
It looks stupid. Like “Titanic” stupid. Then again, I wasn’t really planning on seeing it anyway.
So you go, Smurf version of Dances with Wolves!!!
mjk on November 15, 2009 at 6:58 PM
When was the last time Hollywood or Broadway did ANYTHING even remotely original or creative????
The heroes are all the same, the villains are always the same and the plots are all out of the same formula playbook. The only thing that ever changes is the technology and that’s in somebody else’s hands. Not worth the price if it was free!
These people are permanently “Stuck on Stupid”.
Lew on November 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM
yeah. Then again, not like James Cameron is exactly the master of subtlety….. We should thank our lucky stars that some random dude didn’t start talking about the audacity of hope or change or some such sh*t.
mjk on November 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Dances With Smurfs
clearbluesky on November 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Hang the traitor.
ronsfi on November 15, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Agreed. Except I don’t think the smurfs look good. CGI people never look good when they go for realism. I still think “The Incredibles” was the best all CGI movie evah!
SG1_Conservative on November 15, 2009 at 7:01 PM
I would give someone’s left testicle (and probably the right one too) for a movie version of the Six Day War done right. Less “Munich”, more “Exodus”, if you please. But that would never happen so it remains a pipe dream….
mjk on November 15, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Jesu-Cristo Allah, we think alike.
That’s why I’m waiting until it’s a dollar at the Redbox.
JeffWeimer on November 15, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Looks like fern gully mixed with world of warcraft.
jhffmn on November 15, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Can’t America ever be the good guys anymore? I do love those graphics though.
fourdeucer on November 15, 2009 at 7:03 PM
No green blood for floating rocks!
Evil Pundit on November 15, 2009 at 7:04 PM
I love an original plot…
On the other hand, my sons tell me that MW2 has a cool story. And it actually made money when it came out.
beatcanvas on November 15, 2009 at 7:04 PM
.
Only in the real world.
ronsfi on November 15, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Should swell the hearts of self loathing Americans coast to coast and make you question why you are exterminating the Muslim world.
BL@KBIRD on November 15, 2009 at 7:06 PM
For all the hype this movie is getting, I’m just not getting it. I feel old…or something.
I’ll definitely Netflix it but I have no interest in seeing it in the theater.
jennifernaz on November 15, 2009 at 7:06 PM
“I’ve just smurfed in my pants, and there’s not anything anyone can do about it!”
p40tiger on November 15, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Can you say….
Jar Jar Binks– The Movie
Its even sadder that Cameron has spent 24/7 on this flaming turd for the last 5 years. What makes these sad people think civilization and progress are so bad, yet live in mansions and fly private planes…unbelievable.
Ignorant angry hypocrisy in the liberal way–
alecj on November 15, 2009 at 7:06 PM
A ridiculously stupid movie. I won’t waste my time nor money.
cubachi on November 15, 2009 at 7:09 PM
If I can pinpoint the exact moment when a trailer jumps the shark, I can say with 100% accuracy that I’m going to pass on the movie.
Here, it was when the Marine avatar yelled, “This is OUR land.” What’s this “our” $hit, troop? Whose side are you playing on, anyway?
I really disliked “Dances with Wolves,” but at least Kevin Costner wasn’t BLUE.
PASS.
Lurking Vet on November 15, 2009 at 7:09 PM
This! I’ve already seen the plot on South Park. I’ll pass. :-P
KSgop on November 15, 2009 at 7:10 PM
The “native woman” in Dances With Wolves was a white woman who had been kidnapped and raised by natives after said natives murdered her entire family.
OscarSchneegans on November 15, 2009 at 7:11 PM
I’m looking forward to seeing it.
FloatingRock on November 15, 2009 at 7:11 PM
So it appears that we have the Evil American Capitalists waging an unjust war against the ecologically perfect beings of another planet. Just more Hollywood tripe. Should make a bundle.
Bootleghooch on November 15, 2009 at 7:11 PM
what do you hate america
blatantblue on November 15, 2009 at 7:12 PM
+1
Lurking Vet on November 15, 2009 at 7:12 PM
And that’s an insult to Jar Jar Binks. At least he wasn’t against civilization. :D This movie has “steaming turd” written all over it. It will probably be another example of great special effects do not equal great movie.
SG1_Conservative on November 15, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Dances with smurfs
John the Libertarian on November 15, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Looks dumb.
t.ferg on November 15, 2009 at 7:13 PM
The story sounds PC as hell…and there’s so much CGI it looks like a video game.
Cameron has been going downhill since Aliens.
Now there was a kickass movie. No pansy ass stuff. Just “nuke it from orbit”.
madne0 on November 15, 2009 at 7:14 PM
No napalm, no thanks…
Yet another Hollywood movie that won’t see any of my money…
Khun Joe on November 15, 2009 at 7:14 PM
I saw Dances With Wolves again not too long ago. I honestly didn’t mind it although it is a metric crapload more boring than I remember. And Kevin Costner CAN’T act worth anything.
This movie preview makes Dances With Wolves look like freaking Shakespeare. Then again, it IS James Cameron, the man who brought us endless shoutings of “Jack!” and “Rose!” on the worst version of Titanic’s sinking ever.
The first Terminator was honestly his best movie and it brought me my first crush on a blonde guy. What’s-his-name, the good guy.
mjk on November 15, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Green aliens = hot
Blue aliens = teh ghey
lorien1973 on November 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM
I like James Cameron. I like Science Fiction. I predict this thing will flop worse than Waterworld.
ElectricPhase on November 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM
This is the only Avatar I want to see.
mizflame98 on November 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Sugar Land on November 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Maybe Hollywood needs a pay and budget czar…no A-lister should earn more than $1million a pic…ego driven directors with cliche and caricature driven scripts shouldn’t earn more than $500K…budgets set at $20million. No more expensive sets that waste oh-so precious resources only to be torn down minutes after being used.
I’m sure the free market capitalists in Hollywood, Jim Carrey aside, would hate the idea of the guvmint telling them what they could make or what sort of budget they could have, yet they’re okay with telling everyone else how to live and what they can and cannot enjoy and earn in their lives.
StevefromMKE on November 15, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Dances with Wolves’ only saving grace for me was that it showed the Indians could be just as vicious as the white men. I was planning to see Avatar until I caught the no-blood-for-exotic-mineral storyline. Now, I will probably wait for it to be on cable.
Kafir on November 15, 2009 at 7:18 PM
LOL. You just made my day. Exactly why I’m getting Star Trek on teh bluray on Tuesday, and not seeing this Dances with Smurf(ve?)s piece of over-budget liberal PC garbage.
SG1_Conservative on November 15, 2009 at 7:21 PM
The ugly huge blue huckleberry feet is what turns me off.
StevefromMKE on November 15, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Allahpundit, why is your moon blue?
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Seconded, heartily seconded!
Shogun144 on November 15, 2009 at 7:25 PM
When I first saw this preview, I looked over at my brother and said, “What… the… hell…?”
That reaction hasn’t changed much.
Lehosh on November 15, 2009 at 7:26 PM
This looks like one of those movies where we are going to all be like “Whoa” and it will be this huge event, and then in 2 years someone will mention Avatar and we’ll be all like, “Yeah, it was alright I guess.” Definitely looks like a one-time watcher.
Check out “The Wire”.
DaveS on November 15, 2009 at 7:27 PM
grammar
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 7:27 PM
honey grammar crackers
blatantblue on November 15, 2009 at 7:28 PM
So, it’s a violent FernGully. But without Tim Curry? No thanks.
- The Cat
MirCat on November 15, 2009 at 7:28 PM
No Celine Dion title track? Count me out!
SouthernGent on November 15, 2009 at 7:30 PM
The ever going to do the story of Deuce-4 in Iraq? (Michael Yon’s work that Bruce Willis showed interest in?) How about a real story about real heroes?
michaelo on November 15, 2009 at 7:30 PM
just keep calling me honey
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Sigh! I miss movies that were made for adults. Special Effects aren’t so special when that is the driving force of the movie. Gotta know, are the same morons who pony up $500 million dollars to make a movie, now Obamas economic advisors?
Tommy_G on November 15, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Saw 15 minutes of footage in IMAX 3-D. I was uncomfortably dizzy, way too much camera movement, and also felt like the CGI characters still looked far too rigid. Sigh.
rightheaded on November 15, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Why do movie people continue to think that special effects is a substitute for plot? This same story has been done a million times.
lorien1973 on November 15, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Lorien1973, you knocking Blue Twi’leks?
SG1_Conservative, speaking of SG1, they handled this very situation a lot better.
- The Cat
MirCat on November 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Whenever a studio think it’s important to remind us of a director’s resume – Aliens;Terminator 2;Titanic etc – it’s a sure sign his movie is crap. Avoid it like the plague!
RMR on November 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM
There are no Irish people in this movie.
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM
How about a story line where an aristocrat takes on his own social class and helps the peasants ( Robin Hood, Zorro, Yoda ) where the villain is big government?
This story had potential, but they turned into an anti-Marine anti-Bush story.
Conservative Voice on November 15, 2009 at 7:35 PM
CGI = Cartoon Graphic Incubation?
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Looks like the same lib story that keeps being told over and over, just now with nicer effects.
Greedy corporation/government needs to steal land from peaceful primitive tribe.
The kids will love it. I’ve seen the message repeated too many times.
JellyToast on November 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
the Troubles are returning!
blatantblue on November 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
The special effects look ten times better in 2012, and was created at 1/5th the cost. Are you sure James Cameron doesn’t work for the 0bama administration?
Wolftech on November 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
The only real Twilek is a green one.
lorien1973 on November 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
I might be wrong,and I’ve see the trailers,but isn’t this
another evil US Military narrative that Hollywood is trotting out once again!!
canopfor on November 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Looks atrocious. Glad others brought up Jar Jar — that’s exactly what I thought of when I got my first glimpse at this a few months ago. And yes, storyline is as PC leftist anti-American as you’d expect.
And 500 million for a movie that looks like an average Xbox 360 video game? 15 years in the making? Wow.
jjraines on November 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
The issue isn’t the fact the story been said over and over…the issue is they are retelling a lame story.
Classic stories get repackaged all the time…thats why we have Arch types.
Conservative Voice on November 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Me too. The last movies I enjoyed were “Taken” and “Defiance” but honestly they are few and far between.
A couple of weeks ago, I watched “Schindler’s List” – I forgot how much subtext and subtlety that was used by the principal actors in that movie.
mjk on November 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
I thought you play video games, not watch them.
reaganaut on November 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Is Sean Penn in this?
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
I wouldn’t mind seeing it on an IMAX screen
aikidoka on November 15, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Wasn’t Jar Jar Binks that African American Alien from Star Wars?
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Reminds me of something the director of The Wrath of Khan (The greatest movie ever btw) said; something about having no real budget to work with etc etc brought about creativity that worked a lot better in the end.
As for CG vs practical, juxtapose StarWars vs StarWars SE.
Using CG correctly? Jurassic Park I and II. But even in the Jurassic Parks they mixed the animatronics in with the CG.
- The Cat
P.S. And ever movie I mentioned had a better plot in it.
MirCat on November 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM
I wouldn’t mind not seeing it on an IMAX screen.
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 7:40 PM
500 mil for a movie that looks like a video game? Wow. Cameron will not get another dime of my money, I hope he loses his a** on this.
echosyst on November 15, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Well as long as the American soldiers are there to enslave and kill the locals and steal their natural resources … hey I’m there!
Pass on this crap, but I do plan on taking my 3 y/o daughter to see ”The Princess and the Frog” and maybe ”Planet 51” … if it isn’t too much like THIS piece of crap.
Tony737 on November 15, 2009 at 7:40 PM
You know I was looking forward to seeing this but when they paint our servicemen in a poor light it really just pisses me off. Damn it.
ronsfi on November 15, 2009 at 7:41 PM
the Troubles are returning!
blatantblue on November 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
blatantblue: And Tribbles too!:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHP9t2d-Meg&feature=related
canopfor on November 15, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Yes, it is. Worse, not only are the bad guys Teh Evil White Men in the Military-Industrial Complex of Evil, they’re needlessly villainous. They have the technology to travel to other worlds; you’d think they could find an easier way to get rid of the natives than a convoluted cloning scheme. If they were really that eeeee-vil as Hollywood wants us to think, they’d just drop a couple WMDs on the natives and call it a day. Boom, problem solved.
TheQuestion on November 15, 2009 at 7:41 PM
I might see it, regardless of the plot (or lack thereof).
changer1701 on November 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Forgot about the blue Twileks, they were pretty hot, but I still prefer teh green ones. Also, glad to see someone else here who watches Stargate, great show. Haven’t watched Stargate Universe though as I was turned off by how they handled the end of Atlantis.
SG1_Conservative on November 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Hard to belive that the guy who did ”True Lies”, one of the greatest movies EVER, did this garbage!
Tony737 on November 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
I hated Star Trek, until I saw “The Wrath of Kahn”. Ricardo Montalban had some amazing pecs. After watching that movie, I finally understood what fine Corythian Leather really was.
bloggless on November 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
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