The Boys are Back

The Boys are Back is elegant and realistic. There's no happy ending, but with a drama this decent, who needs one? Expertly done stuff.

Up in the Air

Snappy, sad, stylish and poignant, Reitman's script is very well written. But Up in the Air is all about the Clooney.

Golden Globes - The Winners

Avatar. Avatar Avatar Avatar. Jeff Bridges. That pretty much sums up a surprising night at the Golden Globes.

The Book of Eli

Carrying the mysterious Book of Power through a bleached landscape, Denzel Washington spends two boring hours walking west. Why west? Faith. Or something.

Daybreakers

A dystopian vampire flick set in the future? You had me at dystopian. Bitey, bloody, gory fun.

The Road

An intimate portrayal of a world gone to pot, The Road specialises in sorrow and sadness. It's hard to watch. Fantastically so.

Top Ten of 2009

What were the best films of the year? Ok, so you didn't ask us. But here's a list anyway.

Sherlock Holmes

This isn't the Holmes of your childhood. This isn't even a Holmes movie. This is a Robert Downey Jr movie. And it's quite a lot of fun.

Nine

Yes, this is dumbed-down Fellini, appealing to the Chicago generation. But on that level alone, it's well executed entertainment and hugely enjoyable.

Avatar

Stunning. A visual masterpiece, which will hopefully pave the way for a new era of 3-D films. Do yourself justice, and see this at the best cinema you can.

Noughties: Defining a Decade

With a new decade upon us, it's hard not to look back on the past 10 years and come up with a generic blog post about it all.

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Home News Avatar's Early Review - "Vomit Inducing"
Avatar's Early Review - "Vomit Inducing" Print E-mail
Written by Ivan Radford   
Thursday, 26 November 2009 20:00

As the world waits for James Cameron's epic labour of three-dimensional love, the vote's in, at least for one critic. Published on Gawker.com, the review from a "real live entertainment worker" of Avatar is far from positive. In fact, it describes it as "vomit inducing".


The guy, who remains anonymous, has seen a fairly large glimpse of the film and isn't impressed. Taking Cameron's titan of cinema to pieces, his review points out that "the story/acting/tone are alienating and weird", before going on to explain his main issue with the film: "The problem is with cutting in between 3D focal points and perspective - the mind cannot adjust to it without a buffer - thus, Avatar is literally vomit inducing."


Harsh words for the Fox release, which is mounting the kind of hype that rivals low-budget phenomenon Paranormal Activity. Now I'm not a hugely convinced Avatar fan, as you know. It looks moderately impressive, but I'm worried by what looks like a terrible love story and cliched dialogue. With a slew of trailers gradually being released, some fears are allayed, others made worse. But the studio are clearly out to eradicate all doubts with their latest concoction: the world's first interactive trailer.


Containing links to feeds from Twitter and Facebook, it jazzes up their theatrical teaser with profiles, cast comments and other things multimedia. It'll certainly give you all the Avatar fixes you need. Whether you're impressed by it or not is another matter. All we know for now is that for one person, it's not a pretty sight. His review concludes: "There are very beautiful moments, with great editing/sound/art direction, but overall it's a horrible piece of shit."


Avatar is released on Friday 18th December. Read on for a glimpse of the interactive trailer.

 

 

 

 

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1 Friday, 27 November 2009 16:29
RedHeadFashionista
I like how one early review draws comparisons with Fern Gully, that incredible Tim Curry vehicle. But surely not the basis for a blow-the-budget action epic.
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2 Friday, 11 December 2009 04:15
Man oh man does that review sound like sour grapes. I wouldn't buy a single word that guy has written. I've seen MANY other reviews online and they all call the film, at the least, a most entertaining experience... the reviews go from Good to Excellent, but not like this joker's POV. I think this guy has an axe to grind and wouldn't believe anything. I mean, C'mon - "vomit inducing..."? That's pure idiocy. Either that, or the person has a constitution like a marshmellow. I rate his review on a scale of 1 to 10 as: PURE BS
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