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Post by janntosh on Nov 14, 2018 0:46:19 GMT
both these movies became the highest grossing movie ever at the time and were praised primarily for the special effects rather than story and characters
which movie is better and why?
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Nov 14, 2018 0:57:45 GMT
both these movies became the highest grossing movie ever at the time and were praised primarily for the special effects rather than story and characters which movie is better and why? Aaarrrrgh!!!! ...cant... choose... !!!! the... pain.... !!! both valid... for different... reasons!!! Too close... to call!!! Aaaarrr! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 1:09:37 GMT
Jurassic Park, because even though it was praised more for sfx than story and characters, the story and characters don't suck ass.
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Post by sostie on Nov 14, 2018 1:13:28 GMT
Jurassic Park. Better than Avatar on every level
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Nov 14, 2018 2:40:44 GMT
Jurassic Park is more iconic and influential.
I enjoyed Avatar more.
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Post by ck100 on Nov 14, 2018 2:49:38 GMT
Jurassic Park.
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Post by alpha128 on Nov 14, 2018 3:26:44 GMT
I prefer Jurassic Park. I liked Avatar better when it was called The Emerald Forest.
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Post by marth on Nov 14, 2018 3:45:14 GMT
Jurassic Park
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Post by ravi02 on Nov 14, 2018 4:22:09 GMT
Jurassic Park easily. While some would decry it as being just an FX spectacle, I disagree. You care about the characters, their bonding, the concepts of abusing science in the name of profit and it just has more resonance.
Avatar has great FX and fun action, but bland characters and a story that's been done before in countless other sci-fi, western and adventure movies.
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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 14, 2018 4:26:00 GMT
I think Jurassic Park is loads of fun, and I think Avatar is dull as dishwater. So–um, not Avatar?
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Post by James on Nov 14, 2018 13:39:42 GMT
Jurassic Park for sure. Avatar is immensely overrated.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Nov 14, 2018 15:14:07 GMT
I never saw Avatar because just seeing the trailers for it nearly put me to sleep.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Nov 14, 2018 16:35:36 GMT
Jurassic Park
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Post by politicidal on Nov 14, 2018 19:28:35 GMT
Definitely Jurassic Park. I think Avatar gets too much hate though.
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Post by DSDSquared on Nov 14, 2018 20:18:06 GMT
How is this a question? It is Jurassic Park and it is not even close.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Nov 14, 2018 20:22:02 GMT
Jurassic Park.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 20:28:31 GMT
Jurassic Park, no contest.
It's stood the test of time and not just due to the special effects (which still look damn good) but the premise, storytelling, and characters as well. I'd say Avatar does not hold up as well and has sort of slipped out of the public consciousness aside from knowing what a Navi looks like. I mean, could the average person who had seen both films describe the cast of characters in Avatar off the top of their head or remember any quotes from the film as easily as they could for Jurassic Park? Hell, even the tertiary characters are memorable-- "hold on to your butts", "clever girl", "SHOOT HER!"; almost everybody remembers the lines and the characters attached to them. I can't really say the same for Avatar.
That's not to say Avatar is bad or anything and I'm sure there are plenty of people that absolutely love it. I just think it has faded in cultural relevance whereas Jurassic Park has not.
That's also not to say Jurassic Park is without flaws. I hated those damn kids even when I was a kid and wanted them to die, there's not a huge amount of character depth (though it was not absent) and it's got more than its share of Spielbergian schmaltz. Overall, though, I think it is the better and more important film.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 14, 2018 20:45:07 GMT
Cameron did a better job with the dramatics, but Jurassic Park was more of a SPFX wow.
However, Cameron is responsible for the Jurassic Park FX. He was the one who built up the computer graphics department at Industrial Light and Magic. The two Canadian computer specialists who pioneered the CGI were supposed to be fired for lounging around in George Lucas' office during a party. Cameron's need of them for Terminator 2 spared them from the axe.
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Post by OldAussie on Nov 14, 2018 21:06:48 GMT
Jurassic Park, because it was worth watching ONCE.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 21:27:13 GMT
Jurassic Park
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