You may have heard of James Cameron’s new film, a little movie called Avatar. Cameron and others have hyped the film to no end, claiming that it will change cinema as we know it (and for $250 million, it had better!). Avatar features all the hallmarks we’ve come to expect from James Cameron: great action set pieces, amazing effects, evil corporations and cool creatures. Despite its many shortcomings, Avatar is impressive as sheer spectacle and a genuinely exciting experience
In 2154, Earth is overpopulated and starved for resources. Mankind is beginning to explore the galaxy, and discovers the resource-rich planet Pandora. SecFor, a military-industrial conglomerate has setup shop on Pandora, eager to exploit its natural resources. There is just one problem: the Na’vi, 12-foot-tall, blue feline–humanoids and the natives of Pandora, don’t take kindly to outsiders. The Na’vi are a tribal society who seek to live in harmony with their planet, but as the humans continue to encroach on Pandora the age old conflict between nature and technology comes to a head.
The first teaser trailer for Louis Leterrier’s Clash of the Titans has hit the web, the film is a remake of Desmond Davis’ 1981 original of the same name. Leterrier who previously directed Unleashed, Transporter 2, and The Incredible Hulk, sought the involvement of legendary effects artist Ray Harryhausen for his remake. Harryhausen’s amazing stop-motion creature effects were the highlight of the original film. The remake of Titans stars Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation, Avatar) as the legendary Greek hero Perseus and Liam Neeson as the god Zeus.
This film could really go either way, the original screenplay for Clash of the Titans was written by the legendary writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, but the script has since been reworked by the writers of Æon Flux and The Tuxedo. However, Leterrier has an extremely good eye for action and that’s what you’re looking for in a sword and sandals epic like this. Let the comparisons to 300 begin. Clash of the Titans is set for release on March 26th, 2010.
The first trailer for James Cameron’s super-hyped, 12-years-in-the-making Avatar has finally arrived. With the exception of the presentation made at Comic-Con this year, this teaser is the first time the public has seen the film in action.
If you were one of the lucky people to score tickets for one of the Avatar preview events happening all over North America tomorrow, you’ll get to see much more than what is shown in this trailer, and in 3D no less. Dork Shelf will be at Avatar Day and we’ll let you know what we thought.
There is no arguing that Avatar looks impressive, it’s crazy to think that almost everything in the film is a computer generated effect. Expectations for this movie are huge, if anyone can surprise us, it’ll be James Cameron. We’ll have to wait until December to find out if the wait was worth all the hype.
Terminator Salvation wants to be a great film, but it has big shoes to fill. The first two Terminator films were excellent, while the third was mediocre at best. Terminator Salvation aims to right the wrongs of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, bringing the franchise back to the darker more serious tone of the first two. The film has a fairly solid concept: a post-apocalyptic war against robots. The movie even has some great actors who turn out solid performances and the special effects are good. How could you go wrong? Based on my description, you would think this movie has all the makings of a great summer blockbuster: unfortunately this is simply not the case.
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