TrolerJan 10
Mothra Wormholed its way to Upsilon Andromedae B

Human life is too short to watch every single movie about monster. There is enough time to put aside for the classics, such as Mothra. Being born after the great sensation that was Gojira it steers away from what is to be expected for a monster movie, towards the line of a detective story. Mothra, more than anything, is a symbol of resistance in the world that is defiled not so much by nuclear, but by human waste.
Mothra Wormholed its way to Upsilon Andromedae B

Human life is too short to watch every single movie about monster. There is enough time to put aside for the classics, such as Mothra. Being born after the great sensation that was Gojira it steers away from what is to be expected for a monster movie, towards the line of a detective story. Mothra, more than anything, is a symbol of resistance in the world that is defiled not so much by nuclear, but by human waste.

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It feels like you are describing the disconnect between Japanese and American Monster / Disaster flicks. In the US it is all about spectacle. It is all about the scale of the destruction. About the overwhelming sense of everything being fucked up. And it is not a bad thing per se. This sort of epic film-making has its merits. But from I can tell, the Japanese Monster / Disaster flicks don't put the spectacle part as their main goal. They simply use the promise of the spectacle to get people in their seats. And then give them a lecture on something important.
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@blenderdumbass Today, college classmates discussed Avatar. The emphasis was put on the spectacle of the film. How the second Avatar film Avatar: The Way of Water didn't really progress lore wise. The fact it still relied heavily on spectacle to draw in viewers. I haven't seen any of the Avatar sequels, I cannot comment. Maybe you could say if that is true? Or I can just read your review of Avatar: The Way of Water.
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@Troler I was mostly reviewing the technical difference between the first two avatars. But I can tell you that. You can feel the message very strongly in Avatar 2. I have not yet seen the third one. Maybe tomorrow I will go.
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@blenderdumbass Also it seems the spectacle levels were reduced for 2. In the first one is that huge movie building to a huge battle. In the second, it feels cameron wanted a calmer film with a lot of pretty shots of the underwater stuff. And then a battle, that is not even as big as in the first one. Though the battle in the second one does have a sinking ship, where he uses his techniques from Titanic for good effect.
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@blenderdumbass One of my groupmates checked Avatar: Fire and Ash in the local cinema. The screening would be happening 5 days later. ALL of the preorder tickets were bought. This is in a small city with ~50k people, the size of Kiryat Motzkin.