because a film is not just about story, it is a combination of the talents of the director of cinematography, effects supervisor, sound designer, editor, etc..
Facepalm.
So I ask: is it all "astounding visuals" or is there something else in there for me to waste three hours and my hard-earned cash on? Do the special effects serve the story and vice versa? How about the editing? The sound? All the other elements you mentioned that come together that isn't special effects? And I'm curious what the difference between "
story" and "
entertainment" is in an "
entertainment narrative" such as
Avatar? (It's been more than three hours already,minimum)
Qualifiers are well and good and they sort of put things into perspective but even you took several posts and a moderate amount of discourse for the
assumed sweeping generalization that "
Filipino movies are bad" ("
Make Good Movies First")to be qualified as "
Filipino indie movies are possibly good but hard to catch". On a message board like this(where time is elastic as to
not be prone to being wasted) , or any situation that isn't a face to face conversation, first impressions tend to be taken at face value. And can you blame me if I conclude that all three hours of
Avatar is nothing but empty SFX after several summations along the lines of "
amazing/astounding/mindblowing visuals/effects/PQ.will watch again soon"?
(Oh and excuse me if I'm a bit suspicious about blanket condemnations of Filipino cinema from people who haven't seen much or go by the trailer or,worse,prefer
GI Joe instead.I'm not saying you, but it does happen a lot.)
(And yeah, I've read some of the more elaborate reviews and yeah,they've been very helpful. I was just using the forest-for-the-trees crowd as an example of consumer behavior when it comes not just to Hollywood films Vs.Pinoy films but to dumbed-down Hollywood films (i.e.the blockbusters that spark pages of message board thread) to not dumb films from anywhere . . .trying to keep on-topic and all)
Capitalist stinker. Yeah. You could say the same for the mall theaters who outright ban local films from screening so they can make room for Hollywood product.
At the risk of sounding like an apologist for Bong Revilla, which I'm not - - -may ilan-ilan ding mamamayan na hindi masa at gustong makapanood ng mas maraming pelikulang pilipino at may mga mamamayan din na hindi sumasamba sa simbahan ng Hollywood. Hollywood is a monopoly at the moment. That favors the whims of the Hollywood worshippers. But there's nothing fair or balanced in the programming of films these days. Particulary for that segment of society aforementioned.
But then again, who cares kung masagasaan natin ang karapatan ng mga mamamayang yan? Pinoy na mahilig sa pelikulang Pinoy? Pinoy na ayaw manood ng Hollywood na puro aksiyon at konting istorya in 3D? Freaks.