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Avatar in a nutshell (spoilers inside)


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Avatar in a nutshell (spoilers inside)

Posted 01-03-2010 at 09:12 AM by AlexFili
I found this description from TV Tropes. It's so accurate.

"He's told that he has 3 months to convince the Na'vi to leave peacefully before action will be taken to move them. So he promptly does nothing about it and frolics in the woods for the entire 3 months. You could argue that he's earning their trust, but the fact remains that he still does nothing right up until the deadline. And no one so much as speaks up to him about it. At the last minute, when he's told in no uncertain terms, that he's waited so long to do anything that the dozers are coming the next day, making this his last chance to do something, he still doesn't do anything. Instead, he parties, boinks the Chief's Daughter and falls asleep. Without a word of the impending Dozer-Apocalypse. Very classy, Jake. Also bonus points for neither of his scientist buddies in avatar bodies doing anything to warn the tribe either during the entire time."

Added bold bits for lols.
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Havoc's Avatar
Avatar story is full of holes, duh. Didn't ruin the experience for me, though.
Posted 01-03-2010 at 10:14 AM by Havoc

OddjobAbe's Avatar
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Avatar story is full of holes, duh. Didn't ruin the experience for me, though.
I agree, only replace "Avatar story is" with "women are".
Posted 01-03-2010 at 10:35 AM by OddjobAbe

Leto's Avatar
It's because he isn't able to 'speak' to the people before being one of them. Note when Sigourney Weaver tries to speak to their elder folk, they're all "You cannot speak here".

Doesn't take much thought.
Posted 01-03-2010 at 11:25 AM by Leto

Mac Sirloin's Avatar
He could still have told Neytiri.


However, it's possible that it was a deliberate plot point. There was about an hour of extra film that never made it to the theatrical release that most likely explained why he didn't tell them. Even when he found out about getting new legs he decided to keep going along with the program.
Posted 01-03-2010 at 11:58 AM by Mac Sirloin

Leto's Avatar
Because he was getting emotionally involved with the Na'vi! Come on, are you people even thinking?
Posted 01-03-2010 at 12:07 PM by Leto

used:)'s Avatar
^this

Yay for extraneous cynicism. He was in the process of getting a new and better life. A richer culture, the ability to walk (and fly), and love. He knew he would've lost it all if he had revealed his "real" goal. He also already felt like he was on the verge of losing it all, what with the ostracization and life-threatening trials. Such circumstances, especially for someone who already felt betrayed by his own culture, would make anyone (except maybe Quartich) forget about their original priorities and just go with the flow.
Posted 01-03-2010 at 01:06 PM by used:)

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I also don't understand how you were so forgiving of what New Moon lacked in plot but gave them credit for special effects and enjoyable characters and you can't be assed to let go of this movie's faults.
Posted 01-03-2010 at 02:03 PM by used:)

Wings of Fire's Avatar
Yeah, Tvtropes is awesome and all but it's best to apply lots of salt and use your BRAIN when reading, especially with new releases as some people just love to think themselves critics.
Posted 01-03-2010 at 02:33 PM by Wings of Fire

Leto's Avatar
new moon isn't really worth defending gabe, lol. don't you think? whereas with avatar it's a completely different kettle of fish: a good (if not simple) film, where people on the internet attack to seem contrary/smrat.
Posted 01-03-2010 at 07:13 PM by Leto

Strike Witch's Avatar
TVTropes is anti-self-discovery. The fun of half those things is enjoying them on their own merits, not by how you can categorize shit.
Posted 01-03-2010 at 07:28 PM by Strike Witch

Sekto Springs's Avatar
It's totally cool to agree with everything you read on TV Tropes and ED.
Posted 01-03-2010 at 09:49 PM by Sekto Springs

AlexFili's Avatar
Avatar is still a brilliant film. However, the whole 'telling them at the last minute' thing just worked out really badly.

I'm not a huge fan of New Moon, but I actually enjoyed it. Particularly the CGI wolves. I think the Twilight series gets too much hate.
Posted 01-04-2010 at 01:49 AM by AlexFili

Wings of Fire's Avatar
If you start off with the assumption that the director/writer knows what they are doing then you can solve most plot holes simply by thinking hard enough about it. Tvtropes even has it's own page for it.

Also I doubt anything but a small elite fan-dumb of tvt actually think that the beauty of a narrative is in its base ingredients.
Posted 01-04-2010 at 03:03 AM by Wings of Fire

MeechMunchie's Avatar
I didn't like Avatar. At all, really. *Ducks*
Posted 01-04-2010 at 05:46 AM by MeechMunchie

used:)'s Avatar
That's too bad.
Posted 01-04-2010 at 06:18 AM by used:)

Sekto Springs's Avatar
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but I actually enjoyed it. Particularly the CGI wolves.
What the hell are you talking about? The movie was slammed by critics of all shape and size for having crappy CG. Srs.

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However, the whole 'telling them at the last minute' thing just worked out really badly.
Well, gee. Maybe he should have told them 10 minutes into being accepted to their clan and we'd have a 30 minute movie on our hands. SOUNDS LIKE A REAL EPIC!
Posted 01-04-2010 at 08:16 AM by Sekto Springs

Wings of Fire's Avatar
I did like the big unrealistic timber wolf in the trailer, he looked fluffy :3.
Posted 01-04-2010 at 08:38 AM by Wings of Fire

 

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