Disappointing: James Cameron's AVATAR

[thome]

Oh, fer the love of...

You mean they purposefully deleted that scene from the film so they can sell the DVD???

Trouble is, it WILL work.

People are stupid enough to purchase the DVD just to see a lame "sex" scene.

When they should just buy/download/rent a FUCKING PORN!

Jaysus... there's really not much hope for mankind, is there?

Cheers! :bottle:

No,. No, My Brutha! it is because of money .

They make all movies now for the 8 to 17.5 year old market..... that is it.

You should see my posts in the Iron Man thread I belive Pojo started back before the last -RA- shut down.

They know what demographic goes to the theaters.

We have adult themed movies staring supposed "sex actresses" and they keep it pg13 to avoid a R rating to sell more tickets.

And now evidently they think they can interests adult demographic in a stupid kiddie flick by adding a otherwise exclude tittie shot from the original release.

However the trailer from this new COTT 2010 looks fairly adult themed.

Very rare to cater to the ones who earn the money to give to the kids who buy most tickets....


peace ..

[thome]

I will say the real best movies these days are probably the independant films made by people who aren't owned by a studio....not all.... but, you need to get to Spielberg status to make it your way; if you see what I am say'n.

And they don't get promotional money so I can never find out what's, what... and that is the big studios game all along.

I know most everybody knows this already...

[Hardrock69]

I don't see how it would have gotten an R rating unless Jake takes his loin cloth off and shows his THARG.

[Nickdfresh]

Oh, you've edited the post... well, I can't take back the groan, but suits you right for not doing your homework, young man!

Cheers! :bottle:

Fack orf, Yera Cochsucker...

[Dan]

I don't see how it would have gotten an R rating unless Jake takes his loin cloth off and shows his THARG.

Or They Show Some Hot,Wet Pussy With A Gun.

[Hardrock69]

Whatever....it is gonna be interesting to see what James Cameron's version of alien sex will be about.

Though I would be willing to bet that (like the deleted orgy scene in that movie Eyes Wide Shut) it will be a buncha hype about nothing.

[Seshmeister]

Avatar, Second Highest Grossing Film of All Time

Avatar, Second Highest Grossing Film of All Time

Thursday, January 7, 2010 12:42PM By Krystal Clark


When I grow up, I want to be just like James Cameron, because that man’s success knows no bounds. He might not be as decorated or acclaimed as Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, or Martin Scorsese, but he’s the people’s champ. The director’s latest film Avatar, has managed to become the second highest grossing film off all time after just 20 days in theaters!

First off, Avatar was a major investment for Cameron to take a risk on. In Hollywood’s current climate, only comic book movies, sequels, and remakes produce the most box office dollars and the director wanted to go against the grain. He decided to take on a big budget film with no preexisting material to fall back on. His risk has paid off in spades because as of Wednesday Avatar has grossed 1.12 billion dollars passing 2003’s Lord of the Rings: Return the King.

Fox originally projected that the film would reach number 2 by next week, and had no idea that it would happen so soon. As of today, the film has accumulated $374.4 million domestically and a foreign cume of $760.8 million, for a worldwide box office total of $1.14 billion and counting. The majority of the film’s profit comes from overseas, but it’s still poised to break the top ten U.S. box office chart by the end of the week surpassing Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.

A lot of the film’s financial success has to do with the higher ticket prices from the 3-D screenings. It’s been highly recommended that audiences watch Avatar in IMAX so they can view the movie the way Cameron meant for it to be seen. If this was a 2-D film there’s no way it would have accumulated as much as it did, as fast as it did, but we still have to give credit to where credit is due.

You have to hand it to Cameron for sticking to his guns and making the film that he wanted to make without the influence of outsiders. It may have taken him over a decade to do it, but he brought Avatar to the masses, and apparently their very grateful. If the film can pull in this kind of dough after only 20 days, lets see what it will do by the end of its run. The only thing standing in its way is that ship that refuses to sink, with $1.84 billion dollars earned.

[twonabomber]

is Cameron really good at movie making, or is he really good at creating hype and getting people to see his movies?

Titanic had a huge repeat viewership while it was still in the theaters, can Avatar be the same way?

[Coyote]

Titanic had "the car scene"...

[Seshmeister]

And the brilliant line...

[the Titanic is about to sink]
Rose: Jack! This is where we first met.

You don't fucking say Rose...

[Seshmeister]

This is a better version than the Cameron one...

YouTube - Toytanic

[JJ Hobson]

Get a load of this ...

Religious Left Editor [James Wall of "Christian Century Magazine"]: “Avatar” Illustrates Israeli Oppression

[standin]

Vatican says 'Avatar' is no masterpiece (AP) - Yahoo! Movies

To Vatican critics, the alien extravaganza is just "bland."

Cameron "tells the story without going deep into it, and ends up falling into sappiness," said L'Osservatore Romano. Vatican Radio called it "rather harmless" but said it was no heir to sci-fi masterpieces of the past.

Most significantly, much of the Vatican criticism was directed at the movie's central theme of man vs. nature.

L'Osservatore said the film "gets bogged down by a spiritualism linked to the worship of nature." Similarly, Vatican Radio said it "cleverly winks at all those pseudo-doctrines that turn ecology into the religion of the millennium."

"Nature is no longer a creation to defend, but a divinity to worship," the radio said.

[Hardrock69]

Fucking all these haters are bitching because they could not in their wildest dreams create something so cool. Their lives are so pathetic they have to try to get publicity by complaining about stuff. That is why they are called "critics".

[Seshmeister]

Similarly, Vatican Radio said it "cleverly winks at all those pseudo-doctrines that turn ecology into the religion of the millennium."

Better than cleverly wanking over children...

[Coyote]

Just to let you know...


















































































I still remain un-interested in this movie. And fuck 3D movies. Thank you.

[High Life Man]

Saw it. Liked it. 3d got annoying about 2 hours into it.

3d is not going to save the movie biz.

[chefcraig]

I dunno...from the trailer, I had the distinct feeling I was seeing a 3-D sci-fi remake of Dances With Wolves. It looked cool and all, but isn't it essentially pretty much the same story?

[Coyote]

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[Anonymous]

I dunno...from the trailer, I had the distinct feeling I was seeing a 3-D sci-fi remake of Dances With Wolves. It looked cool and all, but isn't it essentially pretty much the same story?

What? No, it's Pocahontas!

Cheers! :bottle:

[chefcraig]

What? No, it's Pocahontas!
Cheers! :bottle:

Yet DWW was released 5 years before Pocahontas.

[Anonymous]

Yet DWW was released 5 years before Pocahontas.

Yes, but Pocahontas is slightly different than Dances with Wolves.

AND a cartoon.

This one is exactly like Pocahontas AND a 3D cartoon.

Cheers! :bottle:

[Hardrock69]

Can't deny that.

How many dozen films have this same plot? Shit, even Apocalypse Now was sorta similar in a weird way (soldier named Kurtz goes native and rejects living with the white man).

[GAR]

I reject everything made by the White Man Camer-Ruin, too.

[ZahZoo]

Read an article in ComputerWorld... little tech-geek on this film.

The data center at Weta Digital in Miramar, New Zealand that did the digital imaging has 4000 HP blade servers with about 35,000 processors and 104TB of RAM. Each minute of the film represents about 17.28GB of data to produce the 3D imaging.

[Seshmeister]

[Seshmeister]

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[Seshmeister]

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[Hardrock69]

Just read an article in the paper just now about 3D-capable theaters.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20...+underprepared

There will be 19 3-D releases this year.

And, despite the fact that Garfuckle wants to hide his head in the sand and believe it is not possible, Warner Bros. decided right when Avatar came out to push the release of the Clash Of The Titans remake back a week to April 2, and to use the extra time to convert it to 3-D.