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Suicide fantasy in Avatar?
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Well, that will make the difference between an eyecandy movie that will be forgotten 5 years from now and a classic that stands the tests of time. I'd say it's pretty important.
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Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you 
Hmmm....
What about a classic eye candy?  EvF
Name one.
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Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
Jurassic Park 1 or something like that?
Plot wasn't bad certainly (and the best plot of the trilogy I believe) but I think it was the leap in the dinosaurs suddenly looking so amazing in a film (compared to previous films that all looked kind of shite (in comparison) I think?) that made it do so well. EvF
Well there you go, you already said it.
The eyecandy did not take centre stage in JP, which is certainly not the case with Avatar. Story is important in a movie.
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Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
I said it had a good plot but I thought that the increase in computer technology was a bigger part in the case in that movie. That's why I thought it might have made a decent enough example...
Anyway, of course story is important. But we're also talking about original stories. And unoriginal plots are often unoriginal because they are classic plot formulas that are plagerized I believe. You're right in that the plots that are both original and awesome are by far the best of course. But unoriginal could still be good if it's a classic AND it's eyecandy... perhaps? EvF
Perhaps, but so far there haven't been that many (if any). JP's story was a big part of the movie. Having stunning graphics is not a bad thing, but it should never divert from the story.
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Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
It's about the good versus the bad. Like so many movies. Some here have trouble enough deciphering that part already, and keep identifying the good in the movie with the bad in reality. So who has decided here that 400 million dollar has to be spent on high intellectual needs? I bet there's some law in analogy of Moore's law here, the higher the budget, the more eye candy, the less intellectual depth. Maybe the budget has something to do with the costs of making eye candy??
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What makes a good movie is entirely a subjective opinion of course
Many people like rehashed classic plots simplified with a a load of eye (and hopefully also, ear) candy thrown in EvF 
There is one thing that makes any movie great and that is:
Plenty of nose candy. 
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