by David Scarborough
Thanks to some unfortunate incident called Charlie’s Angels, the regrettably named McG has been tarred with the same brush as his peers Brett Ratner and Uwe Boll. In fact, his handle on the Terminator story turned out to be a surprisingly decent entry into the muscular Arnie franchise. McG knew he had much to prove, [...]
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by Stuart Heritage
Avatar, the new James Cameron sci-fi movie, is currently being spoken about in the hushed tones of a masterpiece.
This isn’t down to Avatar’s game-changing adoption of brand new 3D technology, though, or the fact it’s been a decade in the making because most cinemas just haven’t been equipped to screen it until now. No, Avatar is supposed to be a masterpiece because it’s a Michelle Rodriguez film that doesn’t make people want to deliberately hurt themselves.
And now we can see the very first fruits of James Cameron’s Avatar – the Avatar teaser trailer has just been premiered on the internet.
So what does this teaster trailer teach us about Avatar? Well, it’s early days but we think we’re correct in assuming that James Cameron + bleeding edge computer animated motion capture technology + a rumoured production budget of close to $300 million = a MTV2 alternative pop video from 1993. With something that sounds worryingly like a Robson and Jerome soundtrack. This film is going to rule.
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