James Cameron's AVATAR discussion thread

[BadMoon]

Everything is better then Titatic...

Not Avatar. I think Titanic was and is a much better movie. However I understand the demographic of this board. Add aliens and other worlds and it's almost a win. So I consider the source when reading comments like that. LOL!

 

[CelticPredator]

Well duh. Adding aliens into anything makes it a win. Unless you say you'll add Aliens, but dont infact, add them at all....The FOUTH KINDDD!!

But seriously. I dont like Titanic. I hate pure love stories. The whole movie is corny as hell. Avatar is cheesy. I like cheesy. But corny? F that. Hence why I hate Twilight. It's corny crap.

Give me Transformers 2, which is Greasyburgery....

 

[ironwez20]

Twilight is rather bad, and some people compare it to lotr which is sad.

 

[BadMoon]

Twilight is rather bad, and some people compare it to lotr which is sad.

Really? I hope no one on this board at least would say Twilight is even close to LOTR. Hahaha!

 

[lightwave000]

Apparently AVATAR has already toppled the all time international and has about 50 mil to go to beat domestic. For the 6th week in a row it has won at the box office. Made another 100mill over the weekend overseas. It could reach the 2 billion mark very soon! Crazy

 

[KitFisto]

Not Avatar. I think Titanic was and is a much better movie. However I understand the demographic of this board. Add aliens and other worlds and it's almost a win. So I consider the source when reading comments like that. LOL!

Very, very true.

 

[galactiboy]

These people are so queer its freaking awesome.

I can't wait for comiccon.

True. The problem is, it's going to take the patience of Job to not walk up to these twats and slap some reality into them.

 

[pixletwin]

 

[Voorhees27]

Busted!

 

[Superman]

Apparently AVATAR has already toppled the all time international and has about 50 mil to go to beat domestic. For the 6th week in a row it has won at the box office. Made another 100mill over the weekend overseas. It could reach the 2 billion mark very soon! Crazy

It's the 3D factor, the buzz factor, and no real competition. The 3d's extra price at the BO is giving Avatar a quicker run to the top than predicted. If you take inflation (which means ticket prices) into account though, Titanic is ranked 6 all time with Gone with the Wind at the top and the original Star Wars in second. However pure gross without taking into a factor ticket prices and so forth makes Avatar king in a few weeks over Titanic. James Cameron's Avatar 2 can gross even more money than this one in quicker time as sequels tend to do every single time if the first movie does well.. That will be the only movie able to topple this one for a long while...

 

[LOTRFan]

 

[LChinoz]

It's kinda funny to see Avatards getting made fun of.

Star Wars and Star Trek Nerds have endured it for years
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CONAN!!!!!!!!!!

 

[IrishJedi]

I got paid for that.

 

[barbelith]

The 3d's extra price at the BO is giving Avatar a quicker run to the top than predicted.

I'm very curious to see what its box office is with the 3D surcharge stripped away.

If you take inflation

Which few will, because sensationalism sells more than reality. But even so, Avatar ranks a very respectable 34 in adjusted box office.

James Cameron's Avatar 2 can gross even more money than this one in quicker time as sequels tend to do every single time if the first movie does well...

I doubt this will happen. Avatar is enjoying tremendous novelty. Once that wears off after the slew of 3D flicks on the way this year, any sequel is going to have to survive on its own merits. And like it or not, almost all the buzz about this film is the 3D effects. Very few people seem to talk about the story or characters. I don't see a real shelf life here.

What I do see is more December event pictures in an effort to replicate the "no real competition" landscape that's helped Avatar climb so quickly. Compare this to The Dark Knight, which earned its box office in weekly battles against summer blockbusters, and without 3D gimmicks or a record budget.

 

[IrishJedi]

I'm very curious to see what its box office is with the 3D surcharge stripped away.

Analysts have said that the 3D surcharge has added between 18-25% to the overall box office. That's a pretty big slice.

 

[ironwez20]

I'm very curious to see what its box office is with the 3D surcharge stripped away.



Which few will, because sensationalism sells more than reality. But even so, Avatar ranks a very respectable 34 in adjusted box office.



I doubt this will happen. Avatar is enjoying tremendous novelty. Once that wears off after the slew of 3D flicks on the way this year, any sequel is going to have to survive on its own merits. And like it or not, almost all the buzz about this film is the 3D effects. Very few people seem to talk about the story or characters. I don't see a real shelf life here.

What I do see is more December event pictures in an effort to replicate the "no real competition" landscape that's helped Avatar climb so quickly. Compare this to The Dark Knight, which earned its box office in weekly battles against summer blockbusters, and without 3D gimmicks or a record budget.

O please the dark knight was agaist the mummy, and some monkey movie, it didnt have competition, and where did you hear that people didnt love the character's ? People love the characters from what im seeing. who goes to a movie 5 times and not like the characters.

 

[Something Sexy]

I also thought someone said that most of the worldwide money was from 2D theaters.

 

[Khev]

And like it or not, almost all the buzz about this film is the 3D effects.

Rotten Tomatoes, the Golden Globes, and the fact that no other 3D movie has ever performed anywhere close to Avatar at the box office prove otherwise.

 

[galactiboy]

I got paid for that.

I won't even bother making a joke about that...

 

[King Darkness]

I got paid for that.

Who was he, and what else did you have to do?