James Cameron's AVATAR discussion thread
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DinoLast
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All this fuss about Plagiarism, who cares it's a great movie.
The Terminator has had to deal with the same BS, but most people love that movie too
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The Transformers is a rip off of the Gundam series, but who cares, If the Toys and Cartoons are awesome?
And for the haters on here, let them have their little clique if it makes them happy. Bless em
The Terminator has had to deal with the same BS, but most people love that movie too
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The Transformers is a rip off of the Gundam series, but who cares, If the Toys and Cartoons are awesome?
And for the haters on here, let them have their little clique if it makes them happy. Bless em
DinoLast
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I'm hoping the BD will have a 3D version on it for 3D TV's and 3D Blu-Rays like the PS3 after it's update.
Yes most of us won't get those TV's for a while, but they will come down in price in the future.
LChinoz
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Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
I think it will be nominated for best picture, best director, and a bunch of other visual and music awards, but doubt it will win the first two. I hope it does though, but the Academy snubbed TDK, but also a few years ago let LOTR ROTK sweep. So who knows...
I think it will be nominated for best picture, best director, and a bunch of other visual and music awards, but doubt it will win the first two. I hope it does though, but the Academy snubbed TDK, but also a few years ago let LOTR ROTK sweep. So who knows...
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Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
So is this really that much better in 3D?
I have a chance to see this in a decent cinema next weekend, but wearing glasses already, 3D specs over the top tend to give me a headache. Shall I just see it again on a decent sized screen and not 3D?
So is this really that much better in 3D?
I have a chance to see this in a decent cinema next weekend, but wearing glasses already, 3D specs over the top tend to give me a headache. Shall I just see it again on a decent sized screen and not 3D?
LChinoz
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Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
Yes to 3D. You'll regret not seeing it in 3D, esp since it won't look nearly as good in 3D on Blu-ray.
Yes to 3D. You'll regret not seeing it in 3D, esp since it won't look nearly as good in 3D on Blu-ray.
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Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
Yes, it is a must see in 3D. But don't sit all the way in the back of the theater. Make sure you sit where the screen fills up your vision completely. IMAX 3D is the best format but if you sit close enough, you can get the same effect in a regular movie theater. If you sit all the way in the back, or to the sides you see the borders around the movie and that takes away from the experience. It is like an amusement park ride that lasts a long time. After about an hour you forget about it being 3D and you feel like you're part of the world. The water sequences were the most realistic feeling since I do swim a lot in rivers. Definitely go see it in 3D though
You won't regret it.
Yes, it is a must see in 3D. But don't sit all the way in the back of the theater. Make sure you sit where the screen fills up your vision completely. IMAX 3D is the best format but if you sit close enough, you can get the same effect in a regular movie theater. If you sit all the way in the back, or to the sides you see the borders around the movie and that takes away from the experience. It is like an amusement park ride that lasts a long time. After about an hour you forget about it being 3D and you feel like you're part of the world. The water sequences were the most realistic feeling since I do swim a lot in rivers. Definitely go see it in 3D though
You won't regret it.
Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
I liked Avatar. But you are sounding a bit like those starry-eyed kids who couldn't handle anyone not thinking Heath Ledger as the Joker was the best thing to ever happen to cinema... in short you just might be the kind of poster who many of us laugh about.
I liked Avatar. But you are sounding a bit like those starry-eyed kids who couldn't handle anyone not thinking Heath Ledger as the Joker was the best thing to ever happen to cinema... in short you just might be the kind of poster who many of us laugh about.
Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
I went to see it with the other half at the Manchester imax on Sunday. There was actually a few guys with specs on with the 3D glasses over the top. Avatar is a 3D film. You'll be missing out on the spectacle (pardon the pun) if you don't see it as 'ol Jimmy Cameron made it
I went to see it with the other half at the Manchester imax on Sunday. There was actually a few guys with specs on with the 3D glasses over the top. Avatar is a 3D film. You'll be missing out on the spectacle (pardon the pun) if you don't see it as 'ol Jimmy Cameron made it
Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
I can't imagine why anyone would see this in anything but 3D while the chance is there.
I can't imagine why anyone would see this in anything but 3D while the chance is there.
Shropt
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Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
I can't take it anymore.
Can we get this thread merged with the discussion thread now?
Do we really need 2 discussion threads on Avatar? Really?
I can't take it anymore.
Can we get this thread merged with the discussion thread now?
Do we really need 2 discussion threads on Avatar? Really?
Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
Yeah I would rather not Avatar become like when we had 1 bejillion Dark Knight threads.
Yeah I would rather not Avatar become like when we had 1 bejillion Dark Knight threads.
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Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
I went to the Kodak Theatre tour in LA and the tourguide did mention TDK triggered the Academy to boost the nominees from 5 to 10 or was it 15 because the best grossing movie of the year did not even make it into the final 5 nominees which was unheard of. At least they do realize it should have at least made it for best picture nominee list
I wear super thick glasses and watched it on IMAX 3D in the third row. Dude it really only works when you are seeing nothing but screen!!!!! I almost want to see it again because I wasn't enjoying the first hr of the movie as I was too focused on seeing the 3D. There should have been a "calibration" or tutorial for the first 5 min
I went to the Kodak Theatre tour in LA and the tourguide did mention TDK triggered the Academy to boost the nominees from 5 to 10 or was it 15 because the best grossing movie of the year did not even make it into the final 5 nominees which was unheard of. At least they do realize it should have at least made it for best picture nominee list
I wear super thick glasses and watched it on IMAX 3D in the third row. Dude it really only works when you are seeing nothing but screen!!!!! I almost want to see it again because I wasn't enjoying the first hr of the movie as I was too focused on seeing the 3D. There should have been a "calibration" or tutorial for the first 5 min
LChinoz
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Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
They could have solved that by getting rid of The Reader! Come on!
They could have solved that by getting rid of The Reader! Come on!
Centrocal
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Re: I saw AVATAR in 3D!
I liked it but Honestly, if Avatar was just a 2D animated film, I wouldn't think twice about it. The story just did not hold my attention, it was too simple and predictable. You knew exactly what was gonna happen the whole time, no surprises. And the characters ( aside from Ney'tiri ) didn't really have any personality.
My point is if this was just a book it wouldn't be very memorable
I liked it but Honestly, if Avatar was just a 2D animated film, I wouldn't think twice about it. The story just did not hold my attention, it was too simple and predictable. You knew exactly what was gonna happen the whole time, no surprises. And the characters ( aside from Ney'tiri ) didn't really have any personality.
My point is if this was just a book it wouldn't be very memorable
Sithlord1975
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From Rotten Tomatoes:
Tripling its nearest competitor's grosses, Fox's Avatar enjoyed yet another remarkable frame on top taking in an estimated $48.5M as the 24-day cume skyrocketed to an unbelievable $429M. Its 29% decline was the smallest of any film in wide release proving that the 3D adventure is still pulling in moviegoers even after the close of the busy holiday season. In its fourth round, Avatar is still averaging a muscular $14,173 per theater. Generating sizable grosses during the holidays is common, but to remain this strong in January is uncommon.
The decline is especially impressive since Friday last weekend was the New Year's holiday which boosted business for all films. Compared to last weekend's daily numbers, Friday this weekend fell by 48% but Saturday slipped by only 18% while Sunday is estimated to dip by just 20%. Saturday's $21.3M was incredibly strong this weekend as the 60% increase from Friday's $13.3M was tops among all non-kiddie movies. In fact, Saturday was bigger than the entire weekend grosses for any other film.
Avatar's three-day tally was easily the biggest gross ever for any film in its fourth weekend of release beating the old $28.7M record from 2,746 sites of Titanic from this very same frame twelve years ago. At today's ticket prices, that would amount to $45M and it wasn't in 3D meaning the two films sold about the same amount of tickets at this stage of the release. The 3D adventure's third and fourth weekends now rank as January's two biggest weekend grosses ever. The month's biggest opening frame is $40.1M by 2008's Cloverfield. No other films, debuting or holdover, have ever broken $40M in a January session.
Avatar smashed the $400M mark on Saturday in just 23 days making it the second fastest movie in history behind The Dark Knight which only needed 18 days in 2008. After 24 days, the Pandora film is running a mere 3% behind the pace of the Joker flick which had amassed $441.6M at this same point in its run. By this coming Saturday, Avatar should surpass the pace of Knight and eventually finish ahead of that film's monster $533.3M cume.
On the all-time domestic blockbusters list, Avatar surged to number seven between the $431.1M of 1999's Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and the $423.3M of 2006's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. By Tuesday it will rise to number four passing Shrek 2 and E.T. Admissions, of course, are another story. Should Avatar continue on a course that sees moderate 35% weekly declines, it would be able to reach at least $581M domestically while a more durable run could see it break Titanic's $600.8M benchmark.
Defying gravity, Avatar actually saw international sales rise this weekend by 5% to an estimated $143M helped in part by a record-breaking opening week in China. That shot the overseas total to a mind-boggling $906.2M boosting the worldwide tally to $1.3352 billion. A whopping 68% of sales are coming from the offshore markets and that ratio should climb as the film's strong domestic legs are overshadowed by phenomenal staying power internationally. Overseas business accounted for 75% of this weekend's $191.5M global take. Avatar now looks very likely to break Titanic's long-standing $1.8 billion record to become the number one global blockbuster of all-time.
Tripling its nearest competitor's grosses, Fox's Avatar enjoyed yet another remarkable frame on top taking in an estimated $48.5M as the 24-day cume skyrocketed to an unbelievable $429M. Its 29% decline was the smallest of any film in wide release proving that the 3D adventure is still pulling in moviegoers even after the close of the busy holiday season. In its fourth round, Avatar is still averaging a muscular $14,173 per theater. Generating sizable grosses during the holidays is common, but to remain this strong in January is uncommon.
The decline is especially impressive since Friday last weekend was the New Year's holiday which boosted business for all films. Compared to last weekend's daily numbers, Friday this weekend fell by 48% but Saturday slipped by only 18% while Sunday is estimated to dip by just 20%. Saturday's $21.3M was incredibly strong this weekend as the 60% increase from Friday's $13.3M was tops among all non-kiddie movies. In fact, Saturday was bigger than the entire weekend grosses for any other film.
Avatar's three-day tally was easily the biggest gross ever for any film in its fourth weekend of release beating the old $28.7M record from 2,746 sites of Titanic from this very same frame twelve years ago. At today's ticket prices, that would amount to $45M and it wasn't in 3D meaning the two films sold about the same amount of tickets at this stage of the release. The 3D adventure's third and fourth weekends now rank as January's two biggest weekend grosses ever. The month's biggest opening frame is $40.1M by 2008's Cloverfield. No other films, debuting or holdover, have ever broken $40M in a January session.
Avatar smashed the $400M mark on Saturday in just 23 days making it the second fastest movie in history behind The Dark Knight which only needed 18 days in 2008. After 24 days, the Pandora film is running a mere 3% behind the pace of the Joker flick which had amassed $441.6M at this same point in its run. By this coming Saturday, Avatar should surpass the pace of Knight and eventually finish ahead of that film's monster $533.3M cume.
On the all-time domestic blockbusters list, Avatar surged to number seven between the $431.1M of 1999's Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and the $423.3M of 2006's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. By Tuesday it will rise to number four passing Shrek 2 and E.T. Admissions, of course, are another story. Should Avatar continue on a course that sees moderate 35% weekly declines, it would be able to reach at least $581M domestically while a more durable run could see it break Titanic's $600.8M benchmark.
Defying gravity, Avatar actually saw international sales rise this weekend by 5% to an estimated $143M helped in part by a record-breaking opening week in China. That shot the overseas total to a mind-boggling $906.2M boosting the worldwide tally to $1.3352 billion. A whopping 68% of sales are coming from the offshore markets and that ratio should climb as the film's strong domestic legs are overshadowed by phenomenal staying power internationally. Overseas business accounted for 75% of this weekend's $191.5M global take. Avatar now looks very likely to break Titanic's long-standing $1.8 billion record to become the number one global blockbuster of all-time.
I think it's very likely Avatar will topple Titanic. Note the ratio of 3D ticket sales; it's become the gateway film for people who don't usually go to the movies to check out this 3D hubbub and see what it's all about. It'll be very interesting to see how 3D performs this summer, and how the Avatar sequels perform.
