Comment by Shine on January 17, 2010 at 10:05pm

Vatican Slams 'Avatar' at The Huffington Post

Comment by Maikeru on January 17, 2010 at 11:21pm

Avatar? Really? These folks pick the silliest shit to obsess over. Harry Potter, Teletubbies... *facepalm*

Comment by Matt on January 17, 2010 at 11:31pm

Did the people that watched this movie not understand the whole thing about the roots of the trees acting as brain synapses? In the movie it wasn't just some fairy tale, there was actual biological reasons to view the plant life as more than just plants.

Comment by Frank on January 18, 2010 at 12:35am

Tsaheylu!

Comment by Craig Nomazlab on January 18, 2010 at 6:49pm

I laughed after the first sentence.

Comment by Shine on January 18, 2010 at 7:06pm

If only pantheists would assemble en masse to protest The Book of Eli!

Comment by Laura on January 19, 2010 at 1:58am

this movie has only given me a desire to worship james cameron

Comment by Paul Tourville on February 5, 2010 at 9:28am

Well... OK, Ken... but really, by most accounts there are only 7 basic plot types: "The Quest", "Voyage and Return", "Rebirth", "Comedy", "Tragedy", "Overcoming the Monster", and "Rags to Riches". A fair discussion can be found here.

Lifting a little something from here and a little something from there is how the vast bulk of art, of all types, is created. There is very little raw invention anywhere, and usually, when it does come around, most people reject it as too weird and unfamiliar. Think of the Segway.

What disappoints me is when the same studio remakes its own dated, shoddy, tripe 30 years later with new haircuts and hip lingo. Disney is FAMOUS for this. (Freaky Friday, et al)

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