Avatar (12/18/09) [Archive]

pastapadre

10-29-2009, 10:26 AM

I liked this one way more than the teaser. Looks like it is going to be epic.

http://entertainment.pastapadre.com/2009/10/29/theatrical-trailer-for-avatar

LVradio

10-29-2009, 10:34 AM

Looks really interesting. It deviates from standard movie ideas, which I like.

Fred

10-29-2009, 10:47 AM

i posted this in the actual article comments

The visuals look insane. The story seems a bit predictable from the trailer in that the guy falls in love with one of those things and has a change of heart, and ends up switching sides and fighting against the marines. Either way the movie looks damn good and it being a james cameron movie you can bet it will be.

HAZE

10-29-2009, 11:49 AM

Wow, sick movie. I hope they show it in IMAX.

pastapadre

10-29-2009, 01:10 PM

Wow, sick movie. I hope they show it in IMAX.

It will be. Plus around 3000 3D screens.

HAZE

10-29-2009, 01:18 PM

It will be. Plus around 3000 3D screens.

Oh yea, that's right. They're filming it with the IMAX 3D cameras.

NICE!

RUSSELL_SCEA

10-29-2009, 06:10 PM

Wow, sick movie. I hope they show it in IMAX.

This is the only way to see it. A couple of us at work went to see the screening "Avatar Day" a couple months back and Cameron's new 3D technique is mind blowing.

If the movie is a piece of shit it will do over 700 mill on the 3D alone its that good.

Terrorblaze

11-13-2009, 03:50 PM

Dances with smurfs > avatar

Griswald

11-13-2009, 04:36 PM

I want to see this in IMAX 3D so bad, even if the story completely sucks, it would be fun as hell.

pastapadre

12-10-2009, 03:02 PM

Getting really excited for the movie now. Reviews are embargoed but its easy to get a sense of what they are going to end up being.

http://entertainment.pastapadre.com/2009/12/10/early-avatar-review-buzz

dmull

12-10-2009, 03:36 PM

movie is going to be fucking sweeeeet.

pastapadre

12-10-2009, 04:42 PM

Apparently they're removing that embargo (assume realizing they'll be getting great reviews) so they should start trickling in soon.

Fred

12-10-2009, 05:14 PM

excellent. i plan on seeing this at the imax in 3d

Prodigy3

12-10-2009, 05:23 PM

Fred

12-10-2009, 06:13 PM

I just don't get the hype.

the people in blue just turn me off, it looks stupid.

Anyway have fun guys, I will try to catch some reviews from people who actually seen it. May change my first impression.
what are you talking about? the people reviewing have seen it already. or do you mean like people who aren't official reviewers?

dmull

12-10-2009, 07:12 PM

the man made T2 and aliens. there is no way a movie he has worked on for basically his entire career is not going to kick fucking ass.

dmull

12-10-2009, 07:27 PM

...and they are slowly coming in: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/avatar/

100% so far

and some more tweets about the movie:

petershall: "The AVATAR buzz is an understatement. That movie was unbelievable."

@dmann11: "Holy effing crap!!! Avatar was FREAKING AWESOME KICK ASS SWEET!!!!!"

@TheGate: "For the record 'Avatar' was worth the $400 million, and no it is not even remotely "vomit inducing".

@gholson: "Spectacular. A visual feast and the new benchmark in cinematic world building."

@chasewhale: "Just finished AVATAR. Special effects were top notch. The movie ran a little long for my likings but I liked it!"

@comingsoonnet" "Okay, about Avatar?.... WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW! Unbelievable... amazing."

@MikePereira21: Was blown away by Avatar! For 150 minutes, I was a kid again. Thank you James Cameron! BTW, the groundbreaking 3D was mindblowing."

@markwalters74: "Just saw AVATAR. Not allowed to talk about it yet. Not allowed to say how it's an amazing visual feast, or that Jimmy C's still got the gift."

@massawyrm: "So I just got back from a movie. It was pretty great...if by pretty great I mean OMFGHOLYF**KINGSH*TOMGOMGOMG. Because that's what it was ... Oh, and if I hear one more "Dances with Wolves" joke I'm gonna throw up in my mouth. Has no one seen DUNE? Because this was DUNE. In a good way ...You have officially been to your last Con in which blue people, spoken Navi and the word "hometree" were absent."

@firstshowing: James Cameron is a freakin' genius! I can't say much but wow, I loved it. #Avatar was phenomenal, pretty much blew me away

@DrewAtHitFix: I think the most accurate way to say it would be OMFGOMFGOMFG. Or words that effect. #avatar

@EDouglasWW: I'll take my chances with Fox legal.... Avatar was amazing, I loved it!

@rejects It's impossible to say that something is a "gamechanger" or that it will "redefine" movies. But I can say that I've seen something I've never seen before. And that I've seen something that shows the potential for the craft of filmmaking in this new century.

@sizemore So *that* was James Cameron's AVATAR. Holy f**king f**k.

@JonTT Avatar = outstanding. Really. Truly. See it. Soon.

@slashfilm I'm not allowed to say anythng about what I thought of Avatar, but saw it in a screening room with neill blomkamp, who didn't sign an NDA. He loved it... I will say this, it's hard to disagree with Neil Smiley

@LarsenOnFilm First Impression: Avatar. Stronger story than I expected, amazing visuals. Still no need for 3-D though. Full review next week.

@simonpegg Avatar ........................ tweetless. Just tweetless in the best possible way.

@simonpegg Just left the party. The movie is a game changer. Still buzzing. Tweet over.

@johndollin Such a small word to describe a huge film 'EPIC', I entered a dream and didn't want to return. 3D just made it all the more real.

Prodigy3

12-10-2009, 09:02 PM

what are you talking about? the people reviewing have seen it already. or do you mean like people who aren't official reviewers?

yea, just reveiws from regular folks, should've been more clear.

dmull

12-11-2009, 11:37 PM

ebert gave it 4 stars. soooo pumped.

dlips

12-12-2009, 02:11 AM

Imax.
3d.

Going to be unreal

C Dawg504

12-12-2009, 11:08 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRdxXPV9GNQ&feature=player_embedded

Just got my tickets for the IMAX theater here this Friday.

Bates

12-13-2009, 09:53 AM

This movie is going to be revolutionary. Based on all of the new technology being introduced, this will be a once in a decade movie-going experience.

WWOFTBBNR

12-14-2009, 06:08 PM

They said the same thing about Jaws 3-D...

RUSSELL_SCEA

12-14-2009, 07:46 PM

This movie is going to be revolutionary. Based on all of the new technology being introduced, this will be a once in a decade movie-going experience.

Most people really have no idea how visually ahead of its time this movie is

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/avatar/

No spoilers
http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/12/11/brandons-word-avatar-is-truly-indistinguishable-from-magic/

2 Billion at the box office before its said and done is my prediction

WWOFTBBNR

12-14-2009, 07:55 PM

Spec

12-15-2009, 04:40 AM

I've never seen a movie in IMAX. For those who have, how would you describe IMAX?

C Dawg504

12-15-2009, 07:50 AM

I've never seen a movie in IMAX. For those who have, how would you describe IMAX?

Big ass screen and superior sound.

SheriffBooth

12-15-2009, 08:00 AM

This movie is going to be revolutionary. Based on all of the new technology being introduced, this will be a once in a decade movie-going experience.

Bates gets overexcited for any sci-fi movie, so this thing might make his head explode.

This movie will be scrumtrulescent.

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/988/988712/25-funniest-will-ferrell-characters-20090601003750677.jpg

Spec

12-15-2009, 08:52 AM

Big ass screen and superior sound.

So do you think it's worth driving 20 miles to the nearest IMAX for this movie??

Terrorblaze

12-15-2009, 01:29 PM

so if you don't see this in imax its going to blow balls? Because from i read the plot sucks but all the bells and whistles are amazing

lol at 2 billion dollars

WWOFTBBNR

12-15-2009, 07:00 PM

so if you don't see this in imax its going to blow balls? Because from i read the plot sucks but all the bells and whistles are amazing

lol at 2 billion dollars

Yeah, that's pretty much the movie in a nutshell.

Griswald

12-15-2009, 07:48 PM

Yeah, that's pretty much the movie in a nutshell.

Damn man, sounds like you're upset that this movie was made.

I think it will be a lot of fun at the very least, and given Cameron's track record, I'd say it may be a little pre-mature to write it off just yet.

WWOFTBBNR

12-15-2009, 07:54 PM

It's a little discouraging that James Cameron can makes films as great at Terminator/Terminator 2, Alien, and The Abyss, and this is piece of shit everyone is hyping. I'm not at all upset that it was made, but, as one of my reviewer friends who's seen the movie said, "James Cameron spent 2 billion dollars to remake "Fern Gully."

Bates

12-15-2009, 07:54 PM

Bates gets overexcited for any sci-fi movie, so this thing might make his head explode.

That would suck for my booming investigative services business...

Griswald

12-15-2009, 07:56 PM

WWOFTBBNR

12-15-2009, 08:19 PM

Or Delgo

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/9909/delgotar1.jpg

http://screencrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Picture-52.jpg

dmull

12-15-2009, 08:31 PM

Yeah, that's pretty much the movie in a nutshell.

when did you see it again?

SheriffBooth

12-16-2009, 06:17 AM

That would suck for my booming investigative services business...

Indeed it would - http://image.com.com/tv/images/video/ilc_head_medvid.jpg

WWOFTBBNR

12-16-2009, 07:29 AM

when did you see it again?

Like I said before, I listened to James Cameron at E3 and he told the ENTIRE plot of the movie. Backstory, beginning, middle, and end. The whole plot...He talked for 2 hours. Combine that with a good friend seeing it last weekend and I have first hand knowledge of the plot (from the guy who made the movie) and second hand knowledge of the visuals.

dmull

12-16-2009, 08:20 AM

so to answer my question, you haven't.

nix

12-16-2009, 10:58 AM

so to answer my question, you haven't.

No he hasn't. He also has a gay friend who told him how bad pussy was and he seen prono so he knows that pussy has to suck. :bananadance::bananadance:

HAZE

12-16-2009, 12:08 PM

I'm going to attempt to see this Saturday night.

SheriffBooth

12-16-2009, 12:09 PM

No he hasn't. He also has a gay friend who told him how bad pussy was and he seen prono so he knows that pussy has to suck. :bananadance::bananadance:

Ouch. And to rub it in with the double banana dance.

Bates

12-16-2009, 12:55 PM

Ouch. And to rub it in with the double banana dance.

Not quite sure how to take the double banana dance in relation to nix's actual post...

SheriffBooth

12-16-2009, 12:59 PM

Not quite sure how to take the double banana dance in relation to nix's actual post...

It's a quality post, if for no other reason than it incites thought. CNStars should take note.

lol @ "prono"

dmull

12-16-2009, 01:44 PM

took me a minute before i realized he didn't mean to say "promo" there.

was scratching my head for a little while.

WWOFTBBNR

12-16-2009, 04:40 PM

Well, the jerk store called, and they're running out of you

blake1776

12-16-2009, 05:12 PM

I'm conflicted, I see some previews and it looks weak, but some it looks awesome...

I dont want to spring for the extra 3d price cause I wear glasses and am too stupid to get 3d glasses to work with my regular glasses, but ill problably be seeing it tomorrow at midnight.

C Dawg504

12-16-2009, 06:52 PM

Rodderzz

12-17-2009, 12:40 PM

Going to see this tomorrow in Imax 3D.

C Dawg504

12-18-2009, 12:21 AM

A movie can be the best looking thing ever, but if the story is sub par it is no more than a novelty....and since James Cameron told me the WHOLE STORY of the movie at E3, I really have no desire to see it.

Just got back from the midnight IMAX showing. One of the best movies I have ever seen. It is something that everyone should experience. I am curious to what James Cameron told you about the story. One of the strongest points of the movie was how it made you connect with the characters. I know that the Na'Vi were all CGI, but they seemed very real. Everything from their way of life to the way they moved and looked. By far the most realistic CGI characters I have ever seen.

pastapadre

12-18-2009, 12:28 AM

Just paid $58 for four tickets for Fri night. That is brutal but I think it'll be worth it!

LVradio

12-18-2009, 01:38 AM

Wow, 14 dollars to see a movie? I hope it is that good.

blake1776

12-18-2009, 02:38 AM

It was alright, I think I psyched myself out.

Also, if it had been a Starcraft movie, or based in that universe I probably would have loved it.

If it had been a Star Wars movie I would be hailing it the greatest movie ever. They could have made them ex-stormtroopers instead of marines and I would have been falling all over myself.

I dunno if there wasn't enough back story and lore for me or what, but something was missing.

It was exactly like how the previews look. Visually amazing, without a doubt and the story was good... just not as epic as the visuals.

I had trouble being immersed in the world in which it was so obvious they were trying to fully immerse people in. Maybe a little minidocumentary at the beginning or something. They focused too much on the love story and not enough on the back story.

The fight scenes were pretty epic though.

Definetly worth seeing once, and if you are used to bad dialogue from Star Wars or the like then the dialogue in this movie shouldn't bother you at all.

C Dawg504

12-18-2009, 10:16 AM

Wow, 14 dollars to see a movie? I hope it is that good.

Its was like 15 and some change to see it in IMAX here.

blake1776

12-18-2009, 12:27 PM

In retrospect, the movie was really good. The STORY was like a video game, so it was kind of weak. But the LOVE STORY was really well done. But it is definitely worth seeing.

SheriffBooth

12-18-2009, 12:50 PM

Critics reviews are in and the worst I saw was a B, mostly A- and A. If it was all tech and no substance, someone would be calling it out - but it seems to be widely adored so far.

Wratheux

12-18-2009, 01:18 PM

It was alright, I think I psyched myself out.

Also, if it had been a Starcraft movie, or based in that universe I probably would have loved it.

blizzard got it's ideas from gamesworkshop...

DavePSU

12-18-2009, 01:28 PM

One of the best movies I've ever seen (IMAX 3D).

I'll probably go check it out 2-3 more times, easily.

C Dawg504

12-18-2009, 01:40 PM

One of the best movies I've ever seen (IMAX 3D).

I'll probably go check it out 2-3 more times, easily.

I will probably see it again with my brother when I go home for break. Are you going to see it again in IMAX? I am curious to see if the quality of the 3D will hold up in a regular theater.

DavePSU

12-18-2009, 01:57 PM

I will probably see it again with my brother when I go home for break. Are you going to see it again in IMAX? I am curious to see if the quality of the 3D will hold up in a regular theater.

Yeah, IMAX 3D only, for sure.

I think it loses a ton of its appeal if it isn't in 3D. Can't imagine watching it any other way.

Ironhorse75

12-18-2009, 02:12 PM

This shouldn't even be shown in non 3d cinemas.

It's like watching Wizard of Oz on a black and white television set. What's the point?

tristate killa

12-18-2009, 02:12 PM

Sucks for me since the nearest Imax near me is in New York which is like 45 to 60 mins for me.

nix

12-18-2009, 02:43 PM

Don't have an IMax here but we have a 3d theater. It should look fine.

C Dawg504

12-18-2009, 03:43 PM

Sucks for me since the nearest Imax near me is in New York which is like 45 to 60 mins for me.

Its worth the trip.

MaSTA SoLIDUS

12-18-2009, 05:21 PM

going to see it tomorrow

CNStars17

12-18-2009, 08:14 PM

cud this bethe starswars of our gneration?

Terrorblaze

12-18-2009, 10:14 PM

sorry but that movie sucked

fern gully remake ftl

DavePSU

12-18-2009, 10:34 PM

lol

pastapadre

12-18-2009, 11:49 PM

Awesome experience. Here is my review.

http://entertainment.pastapadre.com/2009/12/18/review-avatar

dmull

12-19-2009, 12:10 AM

movie ruled.

only people i've heard complain are the same people who were complaining before they saw it (see: terror)

Terrorblaze

12-19-2009, 12:31 AM

movie ruled.

only people i've heard complain are the same people who were complaining before they saw it (see: terror)

why would i pay money if i thought it was going to suck. After seeing it I wished I hadn't wasted my money.

Me and my friends were joking after we got out that we should pull a south park and go to James Cameron's house and demand our money back.

C Dawg504

12-19-2009, 12:45 AM

why would i pay money if i thought it was going to suck. After seeing it I wished I hadn't wasted my money.

Me and my friends were joking after we got out that we should pull a south park and go to James Cameron's house and demand our money back.

Everyone has their own opinion. What about the movie made it suck to you?

DavePSU

12-19-2009, 05:27 AM

Going against the grain is so 2009 man.

MaSTA SoLIDUS

12-19-2009, 06:35 AM

cud this bethe starswars of our gneration?

Without seeing it yet I can answer that for you: no.

Star Wars is the Star Wars of our generation. That, or Mass Effect.

nix

12-19-2009, 10:20 AM

Without seeing it yet I can answer that for you: no.

Star Wars is the Star Wars of our generation. That, or Mass Effect.

Star Wars is the Star Wars of my generation since I watched it at a Drive In. I also remember going to see Return of the Jedi with lines wrapped around the mall (My first time seeing a movie in a theater).

CNStars17

12-19-2009, 11:55 AM

Without seeing it yet I can answer that for you: no.

Star Wars is the Star Wars of our generation. That, or Mass Effect.

i think what i meant was...are there going to be "avatar" conferences and shit like that for years to come as well as sequels and prequels

ZoG

12-19-2009, 12:16 PM

C Dawg504

12-19-2009, 12:26 PM

Kinda like with Transformers, the intial hype with all the fanboys praising it makes it seem like a movie you'll want to see but we'll be brought back to earth when in a couple months people will realize the crapfest this movie is.

This always happens with movies with no substance but a shit load of eye candy.

So I'm guessing you haven't seen it. There is a lot of eye candy but the story is pretty good IMO. I saw Transformers the day it came out, but I knew what to expect and accepted it for what it was. Shit blowing up and giant robots fighting . Avatar is so much more than that. I didn't even want to see it when the first trailer came out. I was like "WTF is up with these giant blue people". I bought into the hype after more trailers came out and I was very pleasantly surprised when I went to see it. The movie definitely lives up to and surpasses the hype.

Ironhorse75

12-19-2009, 02:43 PM

cud this bethe starswars of our gneration?

It already happened, and it was called Lord of the Rings.

DavePSU

12-19-2009, 02:53 PM

It already happened, and it was called Lord of the Rings.

Lol.

Ironhorse75

12-19-2009, 03:39 PM

Lol.

?

<filler>

Hombre

12-19-2009, 04:59 PM

while the experience was nice, as the movie...visually, was brilliant (and a must see for the 3D effects), the plot and story were horrible. The movie has been done countless times before.

Last Samurai
Dances With Wolves

are the two most notables...nice to look at though

Hombre

12-19-2009, 05:02 PM

So I'm guessing you haven't seen it. There is a lot of eye candy but the story is pretty good IMO. I saw Transformers the day it came out, but I knew what to expect and accepted it for what it was. Shit blowing up and giant robots fighting . Avatar is so much more than that. I didn't even want to see it when the first trailer came out. I was like "WTF is up with these giant blue people". I bought into the hype after more trailers came out and I was very pleasantly surprised when I went to see it. The movie definitely lives up to and surpasses the hype.

lol...all James Cameron did was take Dances With Wolves and insert giant blue aliens.

The real masterpiece here is what he did with his "eye candy" the visuals were amazing, but the story sucked and that's kindof hard to believe because James Cameron is a quality writer.

bengalsfan2001

12-19-2009, 06:45 PM

watching this tonight... can't wait

LVradio

12-19-2009, 07:54 PM

lol...all James Cameron did was take Dances With Wolves and insert giant blue aliens.

The real masterpiece here is what he did with his "eye candy" the visuals were amazing, but the story sucked and that's kindof hard to believe because James Cameron is a quality writer.
Dances with Smurfs?

dmull

12-19-2009, 10:17 PM

Hombre

12-19-2009, 10:28 PM

sure, the dialogue wasn't flawless and maybe the story's been done before (though it is still more original than 99.9999% of mainstream cinema), but it by no means was anywhere near a dealbreaker.

i don't know why some of you go to the movies, but i mostly go to be entertained and walk out of the theater with a big dumb grin on my face. this more than sufficed.

lol, for the price of admission...I need to see a pretty damn good movie, which is why I really don't see movies in the theater on a regular basis anymore. Avatar was the first movie I've seen in the theater since Transformers 2. Yes, I was entertained by the movie...and had the visuals had not been absolutely stunning and revolutionary, this movie would have been a major flop to me.

poutlipper

12-19-2009, 10:30 PM

So is it worth going to see in a non-IMax theater?

dmull

12-19-2009, 10:33 PM

lol, for the price of admission...I need to see a pretty damn good movie, which is why I really don't see movies in the theater on a regular basis anymore. Avatar was the first movie I've seen in the theater since Transformers 2.

does. not. compute.

Ironhorse75

12-19-2009, 11:56 PM

So is it worth going to see in a non-IMax theater?

3D yes, non 3D no.

Brownss4Eva

12-20-2009, 12:31 AM

Avatar was fucking awesome yea the story is been told before but what fucking story hasn't been told by now lol. Should we hate batman because we seen it done before come on. This movie had stunning visuals i agree that the tree huger shit was a lil bit over the top but I think that was done tro send us the message about global warming and other shit

Hombre

12-20-2009, 03:17 AM

does. not. compute.

I have kids...your point? You can defend the movie like it's sacred to you, but the fact remains that if it wasn't for the visually stunning graphics, Avatar would have been a major bust.

Dawknest20

12-20-2009, 07:24 AM

I have kids...your point? You can defend the movie like it's sacred to you, but the fact remains that if it wasn't for the visually stunning graphics, Avatar would have been a major bust.

:mozhater:

WWOFTBBNR

12-20-2009, 08:12 AM

MaSTA SoLIDUS

12-20-2009, 08:22 AM

...changed our minds and didn't go lol

will see it later, no real options for 3D around here, and frankly A couple other people I know (who have similar tastes as me) said it is a borderline snoozefest if you've seen any movies similar--especially if it's not in 3D. I'll catch it at some point, most likely by it for 3D on Blu-Ray...other than the tech, I''m not as excited about it anymore.

Ironhorse75

12-20-2009, 10:56 AM

Lol.

It's only been 7 years, have you already forgotton how much of a worldwide phenomenon those movies were and the kind of impact they had?

Equally adored by both critics and fans. 92%, 94%, 96% ratings on RT by the critics. All three in the top 30 on IMDB by the fans.

3 billion in ticket sales.

Double digit Oscar wins. A fantasy movie winning best picture was previously unheard of.

The influence of WETA's special effects can be seen in just about every war epic post LOTR.

Peter Jackson went from being a relatively unknown outside of "The Frighteners" fans to being one of the very few who could write their own ticket.

DavePSU

12-20-2009, 11:09 AM

It's only been 7 years, have you already forgotton how much of a worldwide phenomenon those movies were and the kind of impact they had?

Equally adored by both critics and fans. 92%, 94%, 96% ratings on RT by the critics. All three in the top 30 on IMDB by the fans.

3 billion in ticket sales.

Double digit Oscar wins. A fantasy movie winning best picture was previously unheard of.

The influence of WETA's special effects can be seen in just about every war epic post LOTR.

Peter Jackson went from being a relatively unknown outside of "The Frighteners" fans to being one of the very few who could write their own ticket.

And?

Ironhorse75

12-20-2009, 11:12 AM

And?

And maybe you could type out an actual fucking statement so I could actually have a discussion.

You're not moz, and you're not looking cute doing it. Enough with these "lol" posts. :wanker:

DavePSU

12-20-2009, 11:16 AM

And maybe you could type out an actual fucking statement so I could actually have a discussion.

You're not moz, and you're not looking cute doing it. Enough with these "lol" posts. :wanker:

Bates thought it was pretty cute.

DavePSU

12-20-2009, 11:55 AM

LOL @ The Protest...

http://stopavatarmovie.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-18-2009-international-day-of.html

But -- Lol @ One of the comments even more...

Anonymous said...

Avatar is a movie based on a popular Nickelodean animated series that was aired for years on the network and gained worldwide popularity. This movie is an adaptation of that show. You mean to tell me that because a movie based on a children's animated series doesn't have any kind of LGBT relationship in it, that it pisses you off? Are you out of your mind? Are you really that blind? Just because the movie has the potential to become popular doesn't mean you should protest it because it doesn't align with your cause cause that's basically what you're telling me. Does that mean other Nickelodeon or children-series adaptations that have the ability to become popular should also be protested because the story isn't altered heavily to meet your cause? That only hurts what you and others with ACTUAL COMMON sense are trying to accomplish in this world. Use your brain. I've got friends reading this, both hetero, homo & everything in between right now and not ONE of us can make sense of any of this. It's ignorant, it's nonsensical & it's uncalled for.

The fail of it all.

Ironhorse75

12-20-2009, 12:17 PM

Blu-Ray 3D specs finalized.

PS3's to be forward compatible.

Depending on the age/make of your tv, it may or may not be campatible.

Not sure how up to date this "3D ready" list is.

http://www.3dmovielist.com/3dhdtvs.html

Press Release:
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced the finalization and release of the "Blu-ray 3D" specification. The specification, which represents the work of the leading Hollywood studios and consumer electronic and computer manufacturers, will enable the home entertainment industry to bring the 3D experience into consumers' living rooms on Blu-ray Disc, the most capable high definition home entertainment platform.

"Throughout this year, movie goers have shown an overwhelming preference for 3D when presented with the option to see a theatrical release in either 3D or 2D," said Victor Matsuda, chairman, BDA Global Promotions Committee. "We believe this demand for 3D content will carry over into the home now that we have, in Blu-ray Disc, a medium that can deliver a quality Full HD 3D experience to the living room."

The "Blu-ray 3D" specification fully leverages the technical advantages of the Blu-ray Disc format to deliver unmatched picture quality as well as uniformity and compatibility across the full range of Blu-ray 3D products, both hardware and software. Notably, the specification allows every Blu-ray 3D player and movie to deliver Full HD 1080p resolution to each eye, thereby maintaining the industry leading image quality to which Blu-ray Disc viewers are accustomed. Moreover, the specification is display agnostic, meaning that Blu-ray 3D products will deliver the 3D image to any compatible 3D display, regardless of whether that display uses LCD, Plasma or other technology and regardless of what 3D technology the display uses to deliver the image to the viewer's eyes.

"From a technological perspective, it is simply the best available platform for bringing 3D into the home," said Benn Carr, chairman, BDA 3D Task Force. "The disc capacity and bit rates Blu-ray Disc provides enable us to deliver 3D in Full HD 1080p high definition resolution." The Blu-ray 3D specification is also designed to allow PS3 game consoles to play back Blu-ray 3D content in 3D. Additionally, the specification supports playback of 2D discs in forthcoming 3D players and can enable 2D playback of Blu-ray 3D discs on the large installed base of Blu-ray Disc players currently in homes around the world.

"In 2009 we saw Blu-ray firmly establish itself as the most rapidly adopted packaged media format ever introduced," said Matsuda. "We think the broad and rapid acceptance Blu-ray Disc already enjoys with consumers will be a factor in accelerating the uptake of 3D in the home. In the meantime, existing players and libraries can continue to be fully enjoyed as consumers consider extending into 3D home entertainment."

The Blu-ray 3D specification calls for encoding 3D video using the Multiview Video Coding (MVC) codec, an extension to the ITU-T H.264 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) codec currently supported by all Blu-ray Disc players. MPEG4-MVC compresses both left and right eye views with a typical 50% overhead compared to equivalent 2D content, and can provide full 1080p resolution backward compatibility with current 2D Blu-ray Disc players. The specification also incorporates enhanced graphic features for 3D. These features provide a new experience for users, enabling navigation using 3D graphic menus and displaying 3D subtitles positioned in 3D video.

The completed specification will be available shortly and provides individual manufacturers and content providers with the technical information and guidelines necessary to develop, announce and bring products to market pursuant to their own internal planning cycles and timetables.

dmull

12-20-2009, 08:26 PM

I have kids...your point?

i felt my point was quite obvious.

- you say that in order to go see a movie in theaters it better be a "damn good movie"
- you say the last movie you saw in theaters = transformers 2
- transformers 2 = not a "damn good movie"

(obviously going because of your kids changes this)

WWOFTBBNR

12-21-2009, 05:29 PM

I feel sorry for anyone - kid of not - who had to go to Transformers 2.

ShimSham

12-21-2009, 05:58 PM

I really liked Avatar, but I didn't love it.

I was worried that they would struggle to convey emotion and get the audience to really connect to the characters because almost the entire movie is CGI.

I thought I was right about that for the first hour or so. Then they proved me wrong.

MaSTA SoLIDUS

12-21-2009, 06:27 PM

Critics have called alien epic Avatar a version of Dances With Wolves because it's about a white guy going native and becoming a great leader. But Avatar is just the latest scifi rehash of an old white guilt fantasy. Spoilers... Whether Avatar is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it's undeniable that the film - like alien apartheid flick District 9, released earlier this year - is emphatically a fantasy about race. Specifically, it's a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white people (http://io9.com/tag/whitepeople/). Avatar and scifi films like it give us the opportunity to answer the question: What do white people fantasize about when they fantasize about racial identity?

Avatar imaginatively revisits the crime scene of white America's foundational act of genocide, in which entire native tribes and civilizations were wiped out by European immigrants to the American continent. In the film, a group of soldiers and scientists have set up shop on the verdant moon Pandora, whose landscapes look like a cross between Northern California's redwood cathedrals and Brazil's tropical rainforest. The moon's inhabitants, the Na'vi, are blue, catlike versions of native people: They wear feathers in their hair, worship nature gods, paint their faces for war, use bows and arrows, and live in tribes. Watching the movie, there is really no mistake that these are alien versions of stereotypical native peoples that we've seen in Hollywood movies for decades.

And Pandora is clearly supposed to be the rich, beautiful land America could still be if white people hadn't paved it over with concrete and strip malls. In Avatar, our white hero Jake Sully (sully - get it?) explains that Earth is basically a war-torn wasteland with no greenery or natural resources left. The humans started to colonize Pandora in order to mine a mineral called unobtainium that can serve as a mega-energy source. But a few of these humans don't want to crush the natives with tanks and bombs, so they wire their brains into the bodies of Na'vi avatars and try to win the natives' trust. Jake is one of the team of avatar pilots, and he discovers to his surprise that he loves his life as a Na'vi warrior far more than he ever did his life as a human marine.

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Jake is so enchanted that he gives up on carrying out his mission, which is to persuade the Na'vi to relocate from their "home tree," where the humans want to mine the unobtanium. Instead, he focuses on becoming a great warrior who rides giant birds and falls in love with the chief's daughter. When the inevitable happens and the marines arrive to burn down the Na'vi's home tree, Jake switches sides. With the help of a few human renegades, he maintains a link with his avatar body in order to lead the Na'vi against the human invaders. Not only has he been assimilated into the native people's culture, but he has become their leader.

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This is a classic scenario you've seen in non-scifi epics from Dances With Wolves to The Last Samurai, where a white guy manages to get himself accepted into a closed society of people of color and eventually becomes its most awesome member. But it's also, as I indicated earlier, very similar in some ways to District 9. In that film, our (anti)hero Wikus is trying to relocate a shantytown of aliens to a region far outside Johannesburg. When he's accidentally squirted with fluid from an alien technology, he begins turning into one of the aliens against his will. Deformed and cast out of human society, Wikus reluctantly helps one of the aliens to launch their stalled ship and seek help from their home planet.

If we think of Avatar and its ilk as white fantasies about race, what kinds of patterns do we see emerging in these fantasies?
In both Avatar and District 9, humans are the cause of alien oppression and distress. Then, a white man who was one of the oppressors switches sides at the last minute, assimilating into the alien culture and becoming its savior. This is also the basic story of Dune, where a member of the white royalty flees his posh palace on the planet Dune to become leader of the worm-riding native Fremen (the worm-riding rite of passage has an analog in Avatar, where Jake proves his manhood by riding a giant bird). An interesting tweak on this story can be seen in 1980s flick Enemy Mine, where a white man (Dennis Quaid) and the alien he's been battling (Louis Gossett Jr.) are stranded on a hostile planet together for years. Eventually they become best friends, and when the alien dies, the human raises the alien's child as his own. When humans arrive on the planet and try to enslave the alien child, he lays down his life to rescue it. His loyalties to an alien have become stronger than to his own species.

These are movies about white guilt. Our main white characters realize that they are complicit in a system which is destroying aliens, AKA people of color - their cultures, their habitats, and their populations. The whites realize this when they begin to assimilate into the "alien" cultures and see things from a new perspective. To purge their overwhelming sense of guilt, they switch sides, become "race traitors," and fight against their old comrades. But then they go beyond assimilation and become leaders of the people they once oppressed. This is the essence of the white guilt fantasy, laid bare. It's not just a wish to be absolved of the crimes whites have committed against people of color; it's not just a wish to join the side of moral justice in battle. It's a wish to lead people of color from the inside rather than from the (oppressive, white) outside.

Think of it this way. Avatar is a fantasy about ceasing to be white, giving up the old human meatsack to join the blue people, but never losing white privilege. Jake never really knows what it's like to be a Na'vi because he always has the option to switch back into human mode. Interestingly, Wikus in District 9 learns a very different lesson. He's becoming alien and he can't go back. He has no other choice but to live in the slums and eat catfood. And guess what? He really hates it. He helps his alien buddy to escape Earth solely because he's hoping the guy will come back in a few years with a "cure" for his alienness. When whites fantasize about becoming other races, it's only fun if they can blithely ignore the fundamental experience of being an oppressed racial group. Which is that you are oppressed, and nobody will let you be a leader of anything.

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This is not a message anybody wants to hear, least of all the white people who are creating and consuming these fantasies. Afro-Canadian scifi writer Nalo Hopkinson recently told the Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2007/07/31/race_the_final_frontier/): In the US, to talk about race is to be seen as racist. You become the problem because you bring up the problem. So you find people who are hesitant to talk about it.
She adds that the main mythic story you find in science fiction, generally written by whites, "is going to a foreign culture and colonizing it."
Sure, Avatar goes a little bit beyond the basic colonizing story. We are told in no uncertain terms that it's wrong to colonize the lands of native people. Our hero chooses to join the Na'vi rather than abide the racist culture of his own people. But it is nevertheless a story that revisits the same old tropes of colonization. Whites still get to be leaders of the natives - just in a kinder, gentler way than they would have in an old Flash Gordon flick or in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars novels.
When will whites stop making these movies and start thinking about race in a new way?

First, we'll need to stop thinking that white people are the most "relatable" characters in stories. As one blogger put it (http://remingtons.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/avatar-totally-racist-dude/): By the end of the film you're left wondering why the film needed the Jake Sully character at all. The film could have done just as well by focusing on an actual Na'vi native who comes into contact with crazy humans who have no respect for the environment. I can just see the explanation: "Well, we need someone (an avatar) for the audience to connect with. A normal guy will work better than these tall blue people." However, this is the type of thinking that molds all leads as white male characters (blank slates for the audience to project themselves upon) unless your name is Will Smith.
But more than that, whites need to rethink their fantasies about race.
Whites need to stop remaking the white guilt story, which is a sneaky way of turning every story about people of color into a story about being white. Speaking as a white person, I don't need to hear more about my own racial experience. I'd like to watch some movies about people of color (ahem, aliens), from the perspective of that group, without injecting a random white (erm, human) character to explain everything to me. Science fiction is exciting because it promises to show the world and the universe from perspectives radically unlike what we've seen before. But until white people stop making movies like Avatar, I fear that I'm doomed to see the same old story again and again.

interesting take on a feeling I had from the little I'd seen and heard.

Hombre

12-22-2009, 05:10 AM

interesting article on avatar...http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Red-Band-Rant-We-ll-Laugh-At-Avatar-In-50-Years-16253.html

SheriffBooth

12-22-2009, 09:40 AM

I'm not going to read the whole post, Masta, because I don't want to read any spoilers.

But I will say that the concept of a "white guilt fantasy" bothers me, because in reality that concept is applicable to all races around the world. Sure, white folks took advantage of American Indians and blacks and aborignes - but mayans and incans and aztecs took advantage of their subordinates, the chinese and japanese have been abusing each other for millenia, and black africans are taking advantage of each other right now. The idea that white people are somehow historically more guilty of abuse and that we feel guilty and therefore make movies about it seems a little silly. Selfish opportunism to the disadvantage of others is a human condition.

So I'd say a "human guilt fantasy" is much more appropos, if the concept is applicable at all to this movie.

DavePSU

12-22-2009, 09:57 AM

interesting article on avatar...http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Red-Band-Rant-We-ll-Laugh-At-Avatar-In-50-Years-16253.html

Yeah, I'd take that guy more seriously if he could even recall the main character's name.

SheriffBooth

12-23-2009, 07:01 AM

Saw the movie last night and enjoyed it thoroughly. It got a little bit preachy in parts, and the bad guys (colonel whathisname and giovani ribisi) were overly stereotypical, but the concept and execution were amazing.

Back to that editorial you posted, Masta. I read it just now and think it's way off the mark. Yes, I see the parallels with Dances With Wolves and the Last Samurai, but I do not accept that because white men are cast as the heroes in movies with moral lessons that this is somehow racist. And, if I remember correctly, the true enemy in Last Samurai was the Japanese government, not white colonists. If the hero in Avatar was black or latino or biracial would that solve the problem this guy has? The editorial reminds me of a Jason Whitlock sports column.

And I really don't understand what seems to be this new African-American self-loathing when it comes to Will Smith - is he just too good at his job? I don't remember this sort of backhanded dislike of Denzel Washington when he was making successful movies. I can't believe the implication the guy makes that because a movie has Will Smith in it that it's still racist because, I guess, Will Smith isn't black enough or that white people like him too.

Hombre

12-23-2009, 10:50 AM

Eyegasm69

12-23-2009, 11:20 AM

i second that^

dlips

12-23-2009, 10:37 PM

Went to see this last night in 3D and I completely agree with what dmull said, I walked out of this movie thoroughly satisfied with the experience. People just need to accept some movies for what they are, and I don't see how you can call this anything less than an incredibly enjoyable film with breathtaking visuals that rivals anything your eyes have ever seen before. I'm actually going again this weekend with my family, should be great.

Prodigy3

12-23-2009, 11:02 PM

lol at the Will Smith backhanded compliment, good points by the article Masta posted and a great retort by Sheriff

I love good discussions

JohnsThaKing

12-24-2009, 12:59 AM

Ive been hearing how good 3d is......has anybody seen it in imax yet?

C Dawg504

12-24-2009, 08:20 AM

Ive been hearing how good 3d is......has anybody seen it in imax yet?

Saw the opening midnight showing in IMAX 3D. I also saw it again with my brother in regular Digital 3D. Do yourself a favor and see it in IMAX. You will become much more immersed in the experience. The movie wasn't as clear in the theater I saw it in with my brother.

blake1776

12-26-2009, 04:41 PM

The white guilt article is pretty interesting, but also why I think I didn't like it.

LIke the reviewer said, if it would have just been a na'vi vs soldiers movie it would have been a lot better. It was hard to relate to the sully guy because it seemed like he was selling out the natives...

I would have much rather watched a na'vi become a man and fight off the humans.

DavePSU

12-26-2009, 05:13 PM

blake1776

12-26-2009, 09:09 PM

yeah it was super complex...

I just didn't think the main guy was very convincing. It was hard to feel for him.

It was like watching a guy playing a video game and falling in love with the character.

DavePSU

12-26-2009, 09:48 PM

blake1776

12-27-2009, 10:52 AM

lol yeah the supercomplex part was a joke.

But even up until the invasion was about to start he was still giving the crazy general information.

It seems like he would have stopped once he realized that he liked the girl or the people, or told the shit to the scientists and not the military. IT seemed like the whole thing was a novelty to him until he got some blue pussy.

The actor just didn't seem very genuine.

Rouchicus

12-28-2009, 12:48 PM

I still haven't seen this. A buddy of mine went out last weekend and said that it look amazing (duh) but the narrative was a little lacking.

Ironhorse75

12-29-2009, 07:46 AM

"Special effects are just a tool, a means of telling a story. People have a tendency to confuse them as an end to themselves. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." - George Lucas

Nobody is more guilty of this than Lucas himself, but with Avatar Cameron isn't too far behind.

As everyone has already mentioned we've seen the story before. It's really difficult to invest yourself and make any sort of emotional connection to the story and characters when in the back of your mind you're already 2 steps ahead of what is to come.

Throughout the entire movie we had nothing but "one-dimensional characters making predictable choices."

You will be blown away by the special effects and level of immersion allowed by the new technology, but at the end of the day it is still a movie, and as a movie I can't help but label it a disappointment.

I may sound like I suggest avoiding the movie, but it's just the opposite. I think it's something everyone should see because it was an amazing experience.

while the experience was nice, as the movie...visually, was brilliant (and a must see for the 3D effects), the plot and story were horrible. The movie has been done countless times before.

Last Samurai
Dances With Wolves

are the two most notables...nice to look at though

Pocahontas as well.

WWOFTBBNR

12-29-2009, 09:55 AM

Ironhorse75

12-29-2009, 03:21 PM

What was he thinking with that? It looks butchered to hell when it plays out.

I was more disturbed by the fact that he replaced Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christensen.

blake1776

12-30-2009, 05:46 PM

speaking of Lucas, I hope this inspires him to make 7,8,9 with new 3d tech.

WWOFTBBNR

12-30-2009, 08:26 PM

speaking of Lucas, I hope this inspires him to make 7,8,9 with new 3d tech.

No! Do not let George Lucas near a movie ever again.

Griswald

12-31-2009, 09:04 AM

"Indiana Jones in Space" - 3D.

Rouchicus

12-31-2009, 09:12 AM

"Indiana Jones in Space" - 3D.

As long as Shit LeBeouf isn't swinging through trees with monkeys....I think it would be an improvement.

blake1776

01-01-2010, 02:26 AM

"Indiana Jones in Space" - 3D.

I'd watch the shit out of that movie.

JBourne90

01-03-2010, 12:42 PM

1 Billion in 17 days. Unbelievable.

`Avatar' rules with $68.3M, tops $1B worldwide (AP)
Source: AP 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - James Cameron's science-fiction epic "Avatar" had another stellar weekend with $68.3 million domestically, shooting past $1 billion worldwide, only the fifth movie ever to hit that mark.

No. 1 for the third-straight weekend, 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" raised its domestic total to $352.1 million after just 17 days. The film added $133 million overseas to lift its international haul to $670 million, for a worldwide gross of $1.02 billion.

"Avatar" opened two weekends earlier with $77 million, a strong start but far below dozens of other blockbusters that debuted as high as $158 million. But business for other blockbusters usually tumbles in following weekends, while "Avatar" revenues barely dropped over the busy Christmas and New Year's weekends.

"It's like a runaway freight train. It just keeps doing business," said Fox distribution executive Bert Livingston. "Here's what's happening: I think everybody has to see `Avatar' once. Even people who don't normally go to the movies, they've heard about it and are saying, `I have to see it.' Then there's those people seeing it multiple times."

"Avatar" was Cameron's first film since 1997's "Titanic," the biggest modern blockbuster with $1.8 billion worldwide.

Cameron now is the only filmmaker to direct two movies that have topped $1 billion. Along with "Titanic," the others are "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" at $1.13 billion, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" at $1.06 billion and "The Dark Knight" at a fraction over $1 billion, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

With "Avatar" closing in on No. 2 film "The Return of the King," Cameron is in striking distance of having the two top-grossing movies globally.

"Avatar" has had a price advantage over those other billion-dollar movies. About 75 percent of its domestic business has come from theaters showing it in digital 3-D presentation, those tickets typically costing a few dollars more than admissions for the 2-D version.

Finishing at No. 2 for the weekend was Robert Downey Jr.'s crime caper "Sherlock Holmes" with $38.4 million. The Warner Bros. film lifted its domestic total to $140.7 million after 10 days in theaters.

In third place was 20th Century Fox's family tale "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" with $36.6 million. It raised its 10-day total to $157.3 million.

The top-three movies, along with solid holdovers that included Universal's "It's Complicated" at No. 4 with $18.7 million, steered Hollywood to a big start to 2010 after a year of record revenue.

Hollywood finished 2009 with $10.6 billion domestically, easily surpassing the previous record of $9.7 billion in 2007, according to Hollywood.com.

Factoring in today's higher admission prices, the year was strong but not a modern record-breaker for number of tickets sold. According to Hollywood.com, domestic admissions came in at 1.42 billion in 2009, the most in the last five years, though well below the modern record of 1.6 billion in 2002.

In Hollywood's glory years of the 1930s and '40s, before television eroded the movie audience, estimated movie attendance ran as high as 4 billion some years.

Studios began 2010 with a headstart over last year. Overall revenues came in at $230 million, up 50 percent from New Year's weekend in 2009, when "Marley & Me" was No. 1 with $24.3 million.

Like "Titanic" 12 years ago, "Avatar" has fairly clear sailing now that the holidays are over. Hollywood is entering a slow season, when fewer big movies arrive and competition is lighter.

"Titanic" lingered as the No. 1 film for months leading up to the Academy Awards, where it won 11 Oscars, including best picture and director.

"Avatar" also proved a critical favorite with strong Oscar potential. Cameron broke new ground in combining live-action, digitally-enhanced performances, visual effects and 3-D presentation to immerse viewers in his futuristic tale of humans and aliens on a distant moon.

"Leave it to James Cameron to do this. To not only set the technical world on fire, the visual world on fire, but also the box-office world on fire 12 years after `Titanic,'" said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "Avatar," $68.3 million.

2. "Sherlock Holmes," $38.4 million.

3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," $36.6 million.

4. "It's Complicated," $18.7 million.

5. "The Blind Side," $12.7 million.

6. "Up in the Air," $11.4 million.

7. "The Princess and the Frog," $10 million.

8. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?", $5.2 million.

9. "Nine," $4.3 million.

10. "Invictus," $4.1 million.

Ironhorse75

01-03-2010, 02:37 PM

Shocking if you consider half the people out there aren't seeing it in 3D.

blake1776

01-03-2010, 09:55 PM

"Avatar" has had a price advantage over those other billion-dollar movies. About 75 percent of its domestic business has come from theaters showing it in digital 3-D presentation, those tickets typically costing a few dollars more than admissions for the 2-D version.

i need to see it in 3d

DavePSU

01-03-2010, 09:58 PM

Shocking if you consider half the people out there aren't seeing it in 3D.

Weren't you the guy who laughed at the notion of 2 Billion in World wide sales?

Looks pretty possible that it could happen.

EDIT: Sorry -- It was Terror, not you.

G-MAN

01-03-2010, 10:54 PM

Great movie, although I think they could of used the 3D a little better(flying scenes)

Ironhorse75

01-04-2010, 07:25 AM

Weren't you the guy who laughed at the notion of 2 Billion in World wide sales?

Looks pretty possible that it could happen.

EDIT: Sorry -- It was Terror, not you.

Terror might have been the one who said that but I'm astonished at the enormous success of the movie.

As I said earlier half the ticket sales are coming from non-3D cinemas, and the new technology was the biggest draw to see the movie.

Are there that many people being sucked into the hype without realizing they're not getting half of an experience everybody watching in 3D is?

Spec

01-04-2010, 10:58 AM

I'm going to see this at least 2 more times. Best of movie I've seen in a very long time.

RUSSELL_SCEA

01-04-2010, 03:34 PM

1 Billion in 17 days. Unbelievable.

And everyone thought I was crazy about the 2 billion :ninja:

WWOFTBBNR

01-04-2010, 05:13 PM

I think the whole movie box office thing really isn't legit. I mean, if you adjust for inflation Gone with the Wind is the highest grossing movie ever. But because of increases in ticket prices, it has been surpassed several times.

The bullshit thing about Avatar when figuring it into the all time box office stats is the price of 3-D tickets. I don't know how much they are where you guys are, but here they are $13 a piece, and that's not IMAX. Sure, over half the people are seeing it in 2-D, but those that are seeing it in 3-D account for a greater percentage of the $1 billion earned.

Basically what I'm trying to say is, it's very impressive that it's made this much, but the whole concept of ranking movies according to box office is a flawed system.

blake1776

01-04-2010, 08:57 PM

The article says exactly what yall are saying, am I the only one that read that brick?
First of all:
"Avatar" has had a price advantage over those other billion-dollar movies. About 75 percent of its domestic business has come from theaters showing it in digital 3-D presentation, those tickets typically costing a few dollars more than admissions for the 2-D version.”
AND
“Factoring in today's higher admission prices, the year was strong but not a modern record-breaker for number of tickets sold. According to Hollywood.com, domestic admissions came in at 1.42 billion in 2009, the most in the last five years, though well below the modern record of 1.6 billion in 2002.

In Hollywood's glory years of the 1930s and '40s, before television eroded the movie audience, estimated movie attendance ran as high as 4 billion some years.”

MaSTA SoLIDUS

01-05-2010, 06:06 PM

http://9gag.com/photo/16103_full.jpg

nacnud

01-09-2010, 09:25 AM

Above post is full of win cause i thought the same thing. The storyline just seemed to recycled and generic for me to take the movie seriously

mtk91

01-11-2010, 09:50 PM

wasn't that great of a movie. outstanding visual effects and stuff, but everyone's got the pocahontas thing covered

RUSSELL_SCEA

02-03-2010, 08:17 PM

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/03/avatar-overtakes-titanics-domestic-box-office-haul/

Don't say I told you so

ZoG

02-03-2010, 08:33 PM

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/03/avatar-overtakes-titanics-domestic-box-office-haul/

Don't say I told you so

ok, I won't.

:)

C Dawg504

02-03-2010, 10:56 PM

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/03/avatar-overtakes-titanics-domestic-box-office-haul/

Don't say I told you so

I didn't think it would make so much money. I am amazed at how many weeks it has been at #1 in the box office.

Ironhorse75

02-04-2010, 05:33 AM

I didn't think it would make so much money. I am amazed at how many weeks it has been at #1 in the box office.

I'm surprised as well, but the competition it's facing right now is pretty miserable.

Fred

02-07-2010, 02:37 PM

Late the party but i finally saw it. It wasn't bad but not spectacular. Storyline was obvious when i saw the previews/trailers in theaters. Visuals were damn good though. Michelle Rodriguez was looking extra sexy with the cut wife beater on. I've always found her looking like a cross eye manly chick, but since the last fast & furious and now this she's looking pretty good.

Bates

02-09-2010, 07:48 AM