The soundtrack is also notable ( pun very intended ). It was composed by James Newton Howard that goes for a very John Williams like style. Strangely while the directing reminds Spielberg in style, the music remind Williams in style. And Williams is the composer that worked on almost all Spielberg films. They intentionally trying to sprinkle a little Spielberg in the movie.
On the other side of the country a man named James saw a string of numbers separated by dots appear on his screen. It was an IP address of somebody who's computer just tried to download a page from a server that James was operating. He copied the numbers into a program. That program gave him a normal street address. And then he sent that address to somebody in a text messaging app.
It should not be a surprise that I clicked on an hour long interview between James Cameron, J.J.Abrams and Steven Spielberg. What was a surprise though, was what they said. I bookmarked the section in my browser, here is the link.
Probably because Edwards was a visual effects artist, he understand the technology very well. He kind of reminds James Cameron in this regard. And some critics already pointed out that The Creator reminded them of James Cameron. When a director is oblivious to how effects are being actually made, they tend to give the visual effects people unnecessary work. And also usually not enough time. And expect a very good result. This leads to some atrocious effects movies. On the other hand there are directors like Cameron, Spielberg, Nolan or Edwards that actually understand the process so well that they can produce insane results.
Don't get me wrong. Robert Rodriguez is actually quite good. Given a proper screenplay and a proper budget he can make very good movies. Like for example his most expensive film - Alita Battle Angel which was written by James Cameron and given a good 200 million dollars to work with. Also there are other people who tried what he is doing and make cheap movies. But those are nowhere near as good as what Robert Rodriguez can pull off using the same method.
I have a problem perhaps only with the casting in this movie. Everybody is too damn hot! It is a bit distracting. Also the lead actor Ansel Elgort looks a bit too much like my brother. I felt so much cringe through out the movie seeing my brother kissing Lily James ( Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella ). But other than that, the movie is very good, indeed.
In the beginning of Avatar, Jake Sully is a marine joining a group of marines in a new area. Even though he is given a special role, to be in an Avatar. Instead of going to action with his actual human body. James Cameron written a flaw to the character that works as a catalyst to a change. Jake cannot walk. But in the body of the Avatar he can walk. He can run and jump all he wants. This, technically, sparks a controversial opinion in him. Which makes him choose the side of the Na'vi instead of the marines.
Sheiny: I know. But look at this, this way: We have free speech so ideas that could be revolutionary could surface up. Yes, with that a bunch of non-revolutionary, stupid ideas would surface as well. But if we close the pipe for, I don't know, stopping misinformation, or avoiding uncomfortable topics, we loose the chance to get anywhere. For example, Edward Snowmen revelations. They are essential! But they are frightening. For example the proposition of the theory of relativity to solve the little problems that were in the Newtonian model. What if the person could not talk about relativity because it would be "factually incorrect" or something, because the current view of the world involves the Newtonian physics? We should be able to challenge ideas. He just so happened to challenge our preconceptions about sex.
Life is a miserable thing which ends with an even more miserable thing - death. All your life, all you do are mistakes. There was never a person ever that was correct. Newton thought that he knew the nature of the universe until relativity proved him wrong. Until quantum physics proved it wrong. Whatever we believe in today is wrong. And we don't know if we are moving towards understanding more or towards deluding ourselves.
It's funny how something like Stable Diffusion even though called AI is better expressed with the name CGI. While something like Avatar, even though called CGI, is better expressed with some other term that perhaps doesn't exist, because people were okay with CGI. Yes, technically there is a term Motion Capture, or as the producer of the movie calls it E-Motion Capture, since it's an improved version that captures emotions, rather than just motions. But James Cameron, the director of the films calls the process Performance Capture instead. And the funny thing is, all 3 of those terms completely avoid the second half of the process. The putting together of the scene in software and then rendering it out into pictures. Something that is until now has been referred to as CGI.