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Rottenwatch: AVATAR (82%)

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Chichikov said:
Neither list is perfect, you're obviously not doing a totally fair comparisons either way.
But come on now, look at these lists, do you really doubt that as far as historical significance (and really now, unless you're a shareholder, what other reasons do you have to look at such lists?), adjusting for ticket price is the way to go.
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Either way, Avatar is going to be on both lists really soon.
 
DanielPlainview said:
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Where are the green, red, yellow and blue guys when you need them? :lol
 
I saw it yesterday. 5 star visuals, 2.5 star story. I can see some of the Princess Mononoke comparisons but Miyazaki's writing is light years beyond Cameron's.
 
Im betting that when the actuals roll in tomorrow, we're looking at a 3rd straight $70M weekend :lol

elrechazao said:
Good movie > high grossing movie
dark knight > avatar
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On the first point, you are absolutely correct. On the second, its a matter of opinion, and there are many of us here who enjoy Avatar more than TDK.
 
koam said:
P.S How do you get to the list of all time best with price adjusted worldwide?
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I don't think I've ever seen one, I'd imagine it would be a bitch to calculate (with inflation and ticket prices being different in every country).
 
Solo said:
On the first point, you are absolutely correct. On the second, its a matter of opinion, and there are many of us here who enjoy Avatar more than TDK.
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Aye, on both counts. And yeah, I'm guessing actuals will put Avatar at $70m.
 
Man why all the Batman hate all of a sudden? :( I watched it on my iPhone and it still gave me chills. I gotta admit those pics of Batman looking emo is pretty funny though. :lol

The pics of the crew are awesome. :D
 
So how long until Avatar tops Titanic? Two full weeks are gone, it's at over $1b and the drop between weekend 1 and 3 is only 12%... I know that it's going to start dropping fast now that the holidays are done but won't this reach 1.5B next weekend?
 
I remember in my first viewing, I saw a 3D advertisement for Pirahna 3D (obviously a fake commercial that is a funny reference to Pirahna 2) - did Cameron actually come up with new footage that he used as a joke or did he just reuse parts of the second movie and put it in 3D?

Anyway, I really hope Avatar surpasses Titanic, it looks like it has a really good chance.
 
TacticalFox88 said:
Why the HELL would you need a 1B dollar budget? Shit, I couldn't think of anything that would cost that much. Or even a reason why.
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Given the resolution of the prejector, and the length of the movie. Even if you CGI everything, I don't think its possible to spend that much on a movie. Of course they can hand it to Coppola he will find a way to spend it.
 
B.K. said:
I wonder how much Avatar would be making if it wasn't on so many IMAX and 3D screens.
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This is definitely something that I've been wondering about, ever since that 2nd weekend when the numbers didn't go down at all. How are the film's actual ticket sales tracking compared to those past films whose records Avatar appears to be breaking? Tracking higher, lower, about the same, compared to other record-holders?

I paid $12.50 for a ticket to see Avatar 3D on its first weekend, and I'm located in a part of the country where ticket prices usually lag behind bigger markets; I've heard the average ticket price for Avatar 3D is somewhere around $15.00 nationwide. Now, I actually keep my ticket stubs for every movie I've seen in theaters, and have been for years (don't ask, I just do -- it's a collection); so, it's not that difficult for me to go back and see what I paid for a ticket. And I don't have to go very far back to see that I only paid $8.00 for a ticket to The Dark Knight, $7.50 for Iron Man, $6.50 for Spider-Man 2, etc. etc.

I'm not really trying to piss on Avatar's parade as a film -- I already said my piece on that -- but I do think Avatar is fast demonstrating just how much of a game changer ticket prices have become with regards to these records, and ultimately how futile they are.
 
Two things.

I kept on getting a Speaker for the Dead vibe from the tree culture.

Anyone knows how much Worrington got paid for this movie? Obviously it has had far bigger effects than the paycheck, but I wonder what the man got, for the job that got him out of his car?
 
Those are Dolby3D glasses.

duckroll said:
If he wanted to make a movie about the moon, I'm sure he can afford to do that now. If he wants to film an alien world with life though, filming on the moon probably isn't going to get the results he wants...
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You think you're joking, but he was actually at one point interested in shooting a documentary in outer space. :P
 
Is there a difference between the glasses used in imax and reald 3d? I know the imax ones are bigger but if i go watch an imax 3d movie with my real Ds would it still work?
 
koam said:
Is there a difference between the glasses used in imax and reald 3d? I know the imax ones are bigger but if i go watch an imax 3d movie with my real Ds would it still work?
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I tried Real3D glasses in IMAX 3D and they didn't worked.
Solo said:
Newp. Ive been to RealD all three times, and at least here in Canada, they dont look like that.
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You're right. RealD glasses are thinner than those. Can't really compare since I've never seen any Dolby3D movies.
 
tino said:
Given the resolution of the prejector, and the length of the movie. Even if you CGI everything, I don't think its possible to spend that much on a movie.
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Two words -
Dollar devaluation.

Get another Bush in the White House (Jeb 2012, believe!) and before you know it, sci-fi channel originals will be in that price range.
 
Gallbaro said:
Two things.

I kept on getting a Speaker for the Dead vibe from the tree culture.

Anyone knows how much Worrington got paid for this movie? Obviously it has had far bigger effects than the paycheck, but I wonder what the man got, for the job that got him out of his car?
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We know that one of the reasons Cameron picked Worthington was because he was cheap. Probably not very much.
 
koam said:
Damn, so then there's no point in me hoarding these, they probably won't work with 3d tvs next year either then..
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It seems most 3DTVs are being designed for shutter glasses rather than polarized ones. In any case the blu-ray 3D spec is supposed to somehow support all formats simultaneously, I believe.
 
koam said:
Damn, so then there's no point in me hoarding these, they probably won't work with 3d tvs next year either then..
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RealD requires an expensive silver screen, and has cheap glasses.
Dolby3d requires a color wheel and expensive glasses.

From my experience Dolby 3d is much better than RealD, but you will not see them in the home.

As was mentioned shutter glasses are what home sets are being designed for, and I think that is the best tech.
 
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