Some Dude Reviews Movies

It's the biggest movie in the world. And it is a sequel to one of the previous biggest movies in the world. It's Avatar: The Way of Water  (2023). What is it? Jake Sully and his family need to leave the safety of their tribe because they are being hunted by the Skypeople. They travel to New Zealand the coast, and meet the Maori  Metkayina tribes. There they settle into a new life, learning new ways... of water. Until the Skypeople find them anew. The Good Stuff Technical Marvel This movie looks insane. The CG is as good as CG has ever been. The skin textures, and hair, and water elements, and lighting are all incredibly detailed and realistic. This movie has set a new benchmark for CG elements, much like its predecessor. James Cameron Knows How to Tell a Story Visually James Cameron knows he has a lot of world building to do. So he devises shots and sequences designed to deliver information to the attentive viewer. You can see the Na'vi culture, and the skypeople technolog...

It's been a while. There's a reason. Or a few reasons. Suffice to say: the Pandemic depressed me. More than I originally realized at the time. One of the side effects of that depression was the complete loss of interest in the things that brought me joy. Namely: writing and drawing. I started to feel pressure to keep churning out content. And then it wasn't as fun any more.  I tried to get a big fancy website. And I hated it. I tried sticking to a schedule. And I hated it. I forgot that I started doing this because it was fun. And some of my friends really enjoy reading my thoughts. I'm not sure why I deluded myself into thinking this was ever anything more than what I started it as: a way for me to talk about movies, even when I only have myself to talk to. But recently, I've started to get the itch again. And so, ya know, new year, new me, right? I though the very best way to bring this blog back to life was to write about a movie that proved to me that movies can...