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James Cameron's 'Avatar'

mysterytramp said:
So on a day when we honor the planet we know, James Cameron wants us to spend money on one he made up.

Earth Day is a cause close to his wallet, not his heart.

mt
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citizenzen said:
Please. Considering how poorly we treat the Earth I can think of many people and organizations other than James Cameron who deserve your cynicism.
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A quick search of mysterytramp's posting history reveals his own position on "honoring the planet".
 
bobob said:
A quick search of mysterytramp's posting history reveals his own position on "honoring the planet".
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I did my own quick search and wasn't able to turn up anything on point. Could be whatever I wrote to annoy you has been sent to the great Bit Bucket in the Sky. Or if you have links, please share. BTW, I've been in self-imposed exile from PRSI for more than a year now. My blood pressure appreciates it.

::)

mt
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
Just it's because it's well liked doesn't make it a good movie. If the majority of drones decided what art was good and what was bad we'd be swimming in comedy films and porn.
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I'm curious why you think your opinion of art is more valid then what you label as drones ? You are coming off as very elitist.
 
Okay, let me see if I got this straight:

Avatar came out last year, made a boatload of money.
2D DVD and Blu-Ray comes out today with few, if any, extra features
It is going back in theaters in August with a whopping 6 extra minutes of extra footage
Extra footage that will undoubtedly be available on the directors cut released in 3D on Blu Ray a few months after that

Sorry, that's ridiculous. I don't care how good the movie was. It was the highest grossing film ever and now they need to grab more money?
 
citizenzen said:
Please. Considering how poorly we treat the Earth I can think of many people and organizations other than James Cameron who deserve your cynicism.
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I can go with this sentiment, however it would mean more if JC was not making money off it. In any case getting people excited about taking care of the Earth is a good thing, you know, kind of like taking care of your home, if it results in positive action taken. :)
 
Huntn said:
I can go with this sentiment, however it would mean more if JC was not making money off it. In any case getting people excited about taking care of the Earth is a good thing, you know, kind of like taking care of your home, if it results in positive action taken. :)
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I suspect that the only way our species will ever take care of the Earth is if they can make some money off it.



TuffLuffJimmy said:
I'm sorry, you're right. James Cameron's avatar is the greatest movie ever, because every hillbilly in America says so.
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Pretty radical theory of art, but I'm more concerned with the accuracy of the hillbilly statistics that you referenced.

The domestic box office is currently at almost $750 million, so at an average ticket price of $12.50 that makes a total of 60 million hillbillies! Do you have any links to show the current hillbilly demographic in the US?

(...and that's not even counting the 160 million overseas hillbillies who bought close to an additional $2 billion in tickets.)
 
yg17 said:
Okay, let me see if I got this straight:

Avatar came out last year, made a boatload of money.
2D DVD and Blu-Ray comes out today with few, if any, extra features
It is going back in theaters in August with a whopping 6 extra minutes of extra footage
Extra footage that will undoubtedly be available on the directors cut released in 3D on Blu Ray a few months after that

Sorry, that's ridiculous. I don't care how good the movie was. It was the highest grossing film ever and now they need to grab more money?
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I wasn't the biggest fan of the film, I thought it was more an advert for 3D than anything else. But Mr. Cameron invested 10 years in this film so I don't think there is a problem with his current plan.
That said I have absolutely no intention of watching it again. I can imagine the fans are going to be p**sed though.
 
I think we have to split the definitions here.

There are things that are great.
And there are things that a popular.

Avatar was a popular movie. It wasn't a great movie however.
 
Picked up a copy of Avatar today, can't wait to watch it. lol

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Ill go out and Say its the best looking Blu Ray out right now on a side note it crushed Dark Knights 1 day sales record 1.5 Million units day one Dark Knight was 650 K units.
 
macfan881 said:
Ill go out and Say its the best looking Blu Ray out right now on a side note it crushed Dark Knights 1 day sales record 1.5 Million units day one Dark Knight was 650 K units.
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Picked up tonight. Hopefully will watch if I have time. Hope quality is great
 
OneMike said:
Picked up tonight. Hopefully will watch if I have time. Hope quality is great
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its amazing beats Dark Knight Iron man 2 and Transformers hands down. Even though it wasn't in 3D it felt like i was watching it in the theater again it was amazing quality
 
Just watched it tonight for the 3rd time total, (twice at the theater). This movie is an outstanding adventure film and an outstanding first of its kind technical achievement. It's completely amazing except for the story lacks what some would call total originality. Some things were original, but admittedly the themes are retreads in a new outstanding setting. Fingers crossed the sequel emphasizes a good story. All movies ultimately depend on it (story). The story here met my standard for an enjoyable diversion with absolutely incredible visuals.
 
Just saw it for the 1st time. Just a amazing adventure with many emotional levers being pulled and played with. Sure this story has been told before but not in this wonderful new tone. Wife and I were not only wanting more but wanting to see the making of. 5 out of 5 stars.
 
Just got done watching it for the 14th time. 13x in theaters(my friend works in the box office at the local theater) This is definitely my favorite movie. I have never cared for movies or tv, but this movie is something else, to me. You can call me weird, i will forgive you.
 
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Usually a couple of decades need to pass before a classic motion picture gets brought back to the big screen for a major rerelease. So leave it to Avatar — the film that’s broken all the records — to pull it off in just eight months. On Aug. 27, the movie that’s already grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide will be returning to about a thousand 3-D screens across the country, with nine additional minutes of footage. EW sat down with James Cameron to ask him how things are going on the sequel, what he thinks about the post-Pandora explosion of 3D in Hollywood, and how he really felt about losing to his ex-wife at the Oscars earlier this year.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So what’s in the extra nine minutes?

JAMES CAMERON: Cool stuff. All cool stuff. There’s a big rousing sequence where they’re hunting these herd animals called sturmbeests. There’s another new creature that you haven’t seen before called the stingbat. There’s a really powerful emotional scene toward the end of the film where the leader of the Na’vi is dying after a battle. There’s a bit more in the love scene with Jake and Neytiri. There’s more bioluminescent stuff in the night forest. Little bits and pieces here and there.

When scenes are added to a movie for a rerelease — especially pop culture milestones like Star Wars and Avatar — doesn’t it blur the lines of history? For instance, is this new version with the extra nine minutes now the official director’s cut of Avatar? Or is the one that made billions of dollars last year the official film?

This rerelease is a limited special edition. It’s just an experience you can have with your family at the end of the summer. The last hurrah in theaters. People can watch the original release — it still exists indefinitely on DVD and Blu-ray — or they can watch this new one. We’re going to do an even longer version that will exist only on DVD. There are people who felt that they could have spent more time in Pandora. So we’re giving them that.
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About that greater arc, how far along are you on Avatar 2?

We’re in the early days right now. I’ve got tons of notes. The way I work is I write hundreds of pages of notes. It’s like writing a novel, except I don’t worry too much about the narrative. It’s all about the technology, the culture, the psychology, the character development. I’ve got to create the stage for the story to play out on, and then later I’ll connect the dots and figure out how the story works. I’ve always had a story arc in mind for the sequel, but then I took a trip to South America after Avatar came out and that has altered the story line somewhat.

What happened in South America?

I was doing a fund-raiser for these people called the Achuar. [The Achuar are an Amazonian community who want to keep oil companies from drilling near their homelands.] This fund-raiser was trying to get public attention. A bunch of Achuar were bused in to watch Avatar at an IMAX theater in 3D. These are people who had never been in a movie theater. They’re wearing feathers and paint. And they put on the glasses and watch Avatar, the first movie they’ve ever seen. And when they came out, the BBC interviewed them. This one woman, a tribal elder, says, “In this movie, they solved their problems by fighting. We are not afraid to fight, but we have decided to try to solve our problems through dialogue. So this movie needs a better message.”
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So, who's going back to see it?
 
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