Comments on: Avatar and the Art of Storytelling http://matthewebel.com/2010/02/02/avatar-and-the-art-of-storytelling/ Piano Geek Rock Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:44:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Zacqary Adam Green http://matthewebel.com/2010/02/02/avatar-and-the-art-of-storytelling/#comment-1041 Zacqary Adam Green Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:56:04 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/?p=2152#comment-1041 Agreed. Every time I hear someone complain about Avatar's lack of originality, I tell them to go Google Joseph Campbell, and then shut up.<br><br>Still, as phenomenal as Avatar is, the Oscar buzz is starting to scare me. Best Picture? Really? I mean, it was really, <em>really</em> good, but not the best of the whole year. There are a bunch of potential Annie Halls to Avatar's Star Wars this year (although Up is "just a cartoon" by the Academy's standards, so oh well). Agreed. Every time I hear someone complain about Avatar's lack of originality, I tell them to go Google Joseph Campbell, and then shut up.

Still, as phenomenal as Avatar is, the Oscar buzz is starting to scare me. Best Picture? Really? I mean, it was really, really good, but not the best of the whole year. There are a bunch of potential Annie Halls to Avatar's Star Wars this year (although Up is “just a cartoon” by the Academy's standards, so oh well).

]]> By: Zacqary Adam Green http://matthewebel.com/2010/02/02/avatar-and-the-art-of-storytelling/#comment-1391 Zacqary Adam Green Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:56:00 +0000 http://matthewebel.com/?p=2152#comment-1391 Agreed. Every time I hear someone complain about Avatar's lack of originality, I tell them to go Google Joseph Campbell, and then shut up. Still, as phenomenal as Avatar is, the Oscar buzz is starting to scare me. Best Picture? Really? I mean, it was really, <em>really</em> good, but not the best of the whole year. There are a bunch of potential Annie Halls to Avatar's Star Wars this year (although Up is "just a cartoon" by the Academy's standards, so oh well). Agreed. Every time I hear someone complain about Avatar’s lack of originality, I tell them to go Google Joseph Campbell, and then shut up.

Still, as phenomenal as Avatar is, the Oscar buzz is starting to scare me. Best Picture? Really? I mean, it was really, really good, but not the best of the whole year. There are a bunch of potential Annie Halls to Avatar’s Star Wars this year (although Up is “just a cartoon” by the Academy’s standards, so oh well).

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