Comments on: Review: Avatar http://www.neonpunch.com/review-avatar/ Hong Kong's buying guide to gadgets, gear and cool stuff you can't live without. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Avatar Returns to Hong Kong Theatres in August : NeonPunch: Hong Kong's Gadget & Gear Buying Guide Blog http://www.neonpunch.com/review-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 Avatar Returns to Hong Kong Theatres in August : NeonPunch: Hong Kong's Gadget & Gear Buying Guide Blog Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:58:26 +0000 http://www.neonpunch.com/?p=6616#comment-2172 [...] we weren’t big fans of the movie, there’s no denying the universal popularity of the film and we may give it another chance [...] [...] we weren’t big fans of the movie, there’s no denying the universal popularity of the film and we may give it another chance [...]

]]> By: Andy http://www.neonpunch.com/review-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 Andy Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:47:51 +0000 http://www.neonpunch.com/?p=6616#comment-1076 It was a masterpiece from start to finish. I enjoyed it and will probably see it in the theatre again, I think alot of people will and hopefully that will pump up the box office and get some profit for Mr. Cameron. It was a masterpiece from start to finish. I enjoyed it and will probably see it in the theatre again, I think alot of people will and hopefully that will pump up the box office and get some profit for Mr. Cameron.

]]> By: Spike http://www.neonpunch.com/review-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Spike Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:47:16 +0000 http://www.neonpunch.com/?p=6616#comment-1069 I'm in 99% agreement with you, perhaps the only area of disagreement is that I didn't enter with low expectations, I entered with high ones. I think that at least for the close-up, talking head shots, the Na'Vi are actual real live people in make-up (with CGI'd eyes?) - look at Neytiri, the little acne scar on her cheek, the mole on her neck ... But that big bird, the Tarok whatever, there's a shot where it stands up to fly and the way the skin moves and you see the bones flex under the skin, frighteningly real! BTW, rumors are that the film cost double the estimate you put in your review - and from what I saw on screen I can easily see how this went over US$300m and maybe even to US$400m. Oh, and the film running time is 162 minutes, not over 3 hours. I’m in 99% agreement with you, perhaps the only area of disagreement is that I didn’t enter with low expectations, I entered with high ones.

I think that at least for the close-up, talking head shots, the Na’Vi are actual real live people in make-up (with CGI’d eyes?) – look at Neytiri, the little acne scar on her cheek, the mole on her neck … But that big bird, the Tarok whatever, there’s a shot where it stands up to fly and the way the skin moves and you see the bones flex under the skin, frighteningly real!

BTW, rumors are that the film cost double the estimate you put in your review – and from what I saw on screen I can easily see how this went over US$300m and maybe even to US$400m. Oh, and the film running time is 162 minutes, not over 3 hours.

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