Avatar (film)/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Tainted by the Preview]]: The anticipation, to date, went something like this: "A new movie by James Cameron? The guy who directed ''Aliens''? All very hush-hush? [[Noodle Incident|It could be anyth]]--oh the teaser trailer's out? It's [[Space Marine|Space Marines]] vs. [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Native American alien]] [[Catgirl|cat people]]? That's ''it''? Screw you, James Cameron, screw you." When some people have seen the ads on [[Cartoon Network]], they're convinced that it'll be [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|too kiddish for them]]. Then the movie came out, and the preview turned out to be a fairly complete ''[[Trailers Always Spoil|plot summary]]''.

* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Many say Cameron has averted this by making the Na'vi look human and likeable, but just shy of creeping into uncomfortable territory. Specifically their eyes. Cameron noted that CGI humanoids tended to have "dead eyes" so he took extra care in filming the actors' eyes during motion-capture filming. He may have gone too far in the other direction.