Piranha II is James Cameron’s first feature movie, and Avatar is the most recent. How has his moral message and story-telling evolved? In Piranha II, you were likely to get killed by a carnivorous flying fish if: You are female and naked. You have sex unconnected to romance. You’re a somewhat ridiculous older woman....
Apparently, according to Cinematical, people are going to IMDB and giving Milk a rating of “1″, just because it’s gay-themed and was nominated for best picture. The evidence is that the IMDB rating dropped sharply after the nominations were announced. Brokeback Mountain saw a similar decline. I suspect that Cinematical is correct in assuming...
Avatar vs. Star Wars
One podcast I listen to made an interesting comparison between Avatar and Star Wars. Each movie raised the bar for blockbusters, as well as working in a genre that can be described as Space Opera. A little too easy and facile for Science Fiction, but set in a future universe. In fact, both movies...
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