MattDevivre

For the most part the visual style and editing of 'Ghosted' reminds me of some TV episode from 15 years ago or so. Also, the screenplay is surprisingly uninspired, predictable and unfunny. The majority of all dialogues are incredibly dull and lazy.

Granted, the action scenes are okay. Definitely nothing original to see here, but at least that part is alright. However, when you have so many millions at your service and this movie is the end result, I do think a very low rating is quite justified.

I'm sure some people will enjoy it for whatever reason. For me it is an unfortunate waste of talents and ressources.

When it comes to James Cameron, the bar is definitely high which makes it easy to disappoint in some way. And I'm not saying Avatar 2 is a terrible movie. However, for me it was a mediocre experience.

To sum it all up: A terribly boring villain who has nothing better to do, a story that overall kinda feels like it has been recycled a few times to often. Nothing made me interested in part three. Even the great water visuals didn't change that for me.

And yes, I enjoyed the first 'Avatar'. I wouldn't say it had a mindblowing story, but it worked well. And the new 3D at that time was amazing and probably still holds up very well.

The sequel on the other hand seemed to me as if Cameron was only interested in depicting live under water. Everything around that kind of felt like he was mixing together various story and character ideas from his previous movies...

Also, I'm not a fan of mixing 24fps and 48fps in a movie and a lot of the computer animations feel a lot like video games these days who visually improved a lot during the past 12 years. Don't get me wrong, the under water segments of the movie are visually amazing (aside from the 48fps, which is a matter of taste of course). That alone just wasn't enough for me to enjoy a movie that long. I would have preferred a shorter, more compact movie in that case

So yeah, it's difficult for me to recommend this movie. For a younger audience it might work better. Or if you are able to fully enjoy the experience and don't get hung up on the storytelling. But still, I think it's one of Cameron's weakest movies on a narrative level.

I like British shows like Doctor Who, Torchwood, Misfits, Merlin and so on but this one doesn't work for me at all! I don't understand why BBC would give this show green light. Judging from the first episode it's a horrible script and a weird mix of mythology that just doesn't add up! That they all speak British English in Atlantis makes it even worse. And though the FX are OK, the visual style looks like it's been made in the 90s. There are mostly close-ups. Also there are cheesy references to Matrix and stuff like that. If "Atlantis" wants to survive the first season, it probably needs to get more trashy, like Hercules with Kevin Sorbo. Due to the weird setup it's never going to be a good show, but it could have a certain trash-appeal that might work. However for now IMO it's a huge FAIL and terrible to watch.