yeah, you are right about China, they love blue alien races and fantasy but not Star Wars. It's too western for them. This will probably make a record for SW there but doubt it will touch Avatar, just because of it's very nature.
Very much warmed up to it, maybe not as much as DiFabio though.
For everything it gets wrong it gets something right somewhere else, just like ROTJ, you know, an OT movie.
1. When Han punches the one pirate and then throws him into the rathtar's mouth the punch uses the Indiana Jones punch sound. I don't think I gave it a thought before now because it was Harrison Ford doing the punching but it finally hit me that it was a classic stock sound from his *other* character.
It's all fairly meaningless to me, because no one accounts for inflation, or the changing nature of movies now, where Imax and 3-D showings cost a lot more, relatively speaking. Putting aside the latter concern, currently, in the U.S., Force Awakens is the 21st biggest selling all-time movie. Still very, very impressive, but that's a far cry from number 1. Titanic is number 5 on this list, and Avatar's 14. Interestingly, it's still below all the original Star Wars films, and even episode 1. Of course, there's still a long way to go before Force Awakens is done making money in the U.S., but. . .Why do the box office numbers matter to fans so much ? It's really rather silly. And if they do matter so much why would you want this particular film to rank the highest? Is it really the best film you've ever seen? It's also funny how no one will admit to liking Titanic now after it sold all those tickets...
That's really funny! But I have to wonder if it's just stock punching sound effect, like the wilhelm scream, or was it only Han's punch that had that sound and everyone else had a different sound? Something to listen for next time!
When you first mentioned it, I thought it would have been a hoot if all the people at the bar retaliated with extreme prejudice! Imagine it like some cops storming a biker bar or a neo nazi bar. The cops burst in, and everyone in the bar pulls out their larger, more impressive firepower! So you have a group of alien outlaws who hate anyone and everyone in power, and they all unleash on the FO! Don't F with us! That would have been a funny moment but I suppose it wouldn't have helped the narrative.
It's also funny how no one will admit to liking Titanic now after it sold all those tickets...
I LOVED Titanic! I was in college and took two different dates to see it and got laid both times!
I like both Avatar and Titanic....I LOVED Titanic! I was in college and took two different dates to see it and got laid both times!
The "circle jerk" claim is just the motto of people who don't like to be called on their online whining and like to pretend that "fans" can't handle opposing points of view. Nobody is fooled. The whiners and nitpickers desperately, *desperately* want people to agree with them. Which is why they post of course. Fans on the other hand tend to express themselves out of an outpouring positive enthusiasm. You like something, you want to talk about it.
It's not "fanboys who can't handle opposing points of view and need a circle jerk" and "whiners who are totally open to having their nitpicks exposed and corrected." Hell no. The whiners need the loving hands of those in agreement much more than the "fans" do.
Who "in real life" ever comments on something they like and then appreciates someone ripping it apart. "Beautiful sunset." "Yeah well I think it looks like a festering zit in the sky." Man this spaghetti is good." "Actually it tastes and looks like rat **** oozing through your teeth." That's idiotic. And if you did that in real life you'd be called out as a *******. There are ways to disagree, to have back and forths and even debates (and I've had literal debates in real life over whether a movie was good or not) but lets be real. If you can't shut up about why you don't like something online and don't want to consider any opposing points of view then chances are you're lacking something that an online discussion won't fix and maybe you should take a good look at yourself.
If you don't like being called out on that then do what I do and just skim the bull**** and interact with the people who are worth interacting with.
