James Cameron's "Avatar"

[aholbert32]

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I was just reading a couple blogs, I guess the author stating his opinion about it being a bomb considering the massive budget.

It's nice to see that it's not quite like the picture they were painting.

Yeah its far from a bomb. Ive heard the budget was between 300- 500 million dollars. Lets say its 400 million. The movie made 238 million worldwide last weekend. In one week its made back half of its budget. Its safe to say that the movie will make 400 million before this holiday season ends. So that means it will break even before it even is released on DVD.

[CMH]

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I have decided that I liked the movie and agree that it's a great 3D experience.

I think the story holds water (though, my sister compared it to Pocahontas, which I laughed at but couldn't disagree) and look forward to Cameron possibly turning this into a trilogy.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Yeah its far from a bomb. Ive heard the budget was between 300- 500 million dollars. Lets say its 400 million. The movie made 238 million worldwide last weekend. In one week its made back half of its budget. Its safe to say that the movie will make 400 million before this holiday season ends. So that means it will break even before it even is released on DVD.

Most people who say it was a bomb are semi-******** and don't know that there is a world that exists outside the US. It's projecting much like Titanic, which made 600 million in North America, but more than twice that much outside North America, this movie will make a huge profit with worldwide #'s.

I have relatives in Eastern Europe and remember them telling me back then you had to reserve tickets for Titanic weeks in advance to see it (albeit there's alot less theatres in those parts of the world.) The same demand is probably happening with Avatar.

[Jonesy]

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I wonder if this movie will have as many repeat customers as Titanic did? I went and saw Titanic a month after had been released and i overheard a girl say that this was her 22nd time seeing it and she was reciting some of the dialog word for word.

As amazing as Avatar was i doubt it's going to draw in those crazy teenage girls because there is no "cute" boy in it and it about 3 meter tall aliens on another planet.

I've definetley been doing my part in the "word of mouth" advertising stakes recommending this film to a bunch of people who have gone to see it and also loved it.

[Vast]

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I have decided that I liked the movie and agree that it's a great 3D experience.

I think the story holds water (though, my sister compared it to Pocahontas, which I laughed at but couldn't disagree) and look forward to Cameron possibly turning this into a trilogy.

LOL. it takes you a few days to form an opinion of a movie?? did you go back and watch it again??

I thought it was Awesome. and i didnt even have the best seats. The 3d was amazing as its my first real 3d movie. i usually get motion sickness but i didnt get sick at all during this movie.
The funny thing is that they didnt show the Alice in wonderland trailer in my theatre. They did show a jaws type of barricuda movie trailer and the 3d in that one looked like crap. i was super happy that Avatar blew that one away.
Im going to go again to an IMAX 3D theatre to go and enjoy the 3D again.

[Court_vision]

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I wonder if this movie will have as many repeat customers as Titanic did? I went and saw Titanic a month after had been released and i overheard a girl say that this was her 22nd time seeing it and she was reciting some of the dialog word for word.

As amazing as Avatar was i doubt it's going to draw in those crazy teenage girls because there is no "cute" boy in it and it about 3 meter tall aliens on another planet.

I've definetley been doing my part in the "word of mouth" advertising stakes recommending this film to a bunch of people who have gone to see it and also loved it.

I'll never forget seeing Titanic...I looked along the aisle as it concluded and there were 3 or 4 girls crying...and 3 or 4 fellas half asleep. Me included LOL.

I came out with a group of couples and the women were "wow, that was beautiful"...whilst a mate of mine bluntly said "why didn't that fat cow let Jack have a go on the ice? He didn't need to die. If she'd have not been so huge and taken up all the space, they'd have both lived".

The girls all looked at him like they were going to kill him...I was still trying to wake up enough to care.

Titanice was definitely the ultimate "chick flick"...any fellas out there actually like it?

Avatar IMO will appeal to everyone...and the 3D aspect definitely makes it worth a repeat viewing. Normally, if I like a film, I'll see it + get the blu-ray. This one I may go and see a second time just for the 3D aspect. May go see it the second time at IMAX just for the bigger screen.

[bkfount]

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I didn't really get drawn in by the story, it was like ferngully in 3D. But seeing it in IMAX 3D was worth the price alone, incredible..

[Vast]

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Also, I wish we could talk about race related subjects because there were some things in that film that made me quite uncomfortable but I digress. Even with all of that, I still think it was the best film experience I've had this year.

I wish we could too, cuz im totally clueless as to what you're referring to.

[CMH]

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LOL. it takes you a few days to form an opinion of a movie?? did you go back and watch it again??

I haven't seen it again but I like to avoid the hysteria of having just watched a film.

After every big film people post here (or anywhere else) and say it's the best movie they've ever seen. You ask those same people a year later and that movie is hardly ever their favorite movie of all time.

So rather than get caught up in that excitement, I wanted to take the time to really think about my experience and the story.

[jmood88]

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It's crazy how word of mouth has made everyone want to see this. I went at midnight and there was barely anyone there but I went to the same theater a couple days later and every single showing was sold out.

[choadler]

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Flat out a great experience. The visuals were amazing. I thought the 3D was done very well, not in your face so much and overdone like 3D movies can be. Story wasn't anything original and I disliked some of the typical action film one-liners. I had a great time and that is all I ask for. I would consider seeing it again as it took me about 20 minutes to get used to the 3D glasses.

[bkfount]

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It's crazy how word of mouth has made everyone want to see this. I went at midnight and there was barely anyone there but I went to the same theater a couple days later and every single showing was sold out.

I kind of figured this was always going to be fueled by word of mouth. Sure, it had like a 400 million dollar budget, and james cameron's name attached, but no amount of advertising can properly describe the IMAX 3D experience. The trailer was even putting people off to the overall design of the movie. It took friends saying "holy ****, that **** is awesome" to turn me to this movie. It'll be interesting to eventually see some specific numbers showing the percentage of viewers seeing it in IMAX 3D.

[bkfount]

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I haven't seen it again but I like to avoid the hysteria of having just watched a film.

After every big film people post here (or anywhere else) and say it's the best movie they've ever seen. You ask those same people a year later and that movie is hardly ever their favorite movie of all time.

So rather than get caught up in that excitement, I wanted to take the time to really think about my experience and the story.

Sure, hyperbole often follows hyped movies, but this is more of an experience driven movie anyways. It took a simple, somewhat shallow script and implemented some incredible visuals very well. The visuals were the star of the film, and the story did all it had to. You either loved it, or didn't.

It's kind of irrelevant how it will hold up a year from now, as it'll be a somewhat different experience for the home release. I liked Cloverfield after seeing in in theaters, but my friends who waited for the DVD found it boring as hell.

[sportsdude]

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I saw this movie last at an IMAX 3D theater and I thought it was great, other than the fact that it was about 1,000 degrees in the theater. But yeah I thought it was awesome. The script and plot I didn't think were anything revolutionary but that didn't detract from the experience.

[CMH]

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If Avatar wants to match Titanic's second week and near the one billion mark, it needs to do better than its Wednesday performance against Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.

On Wednesday, Alvin beat out Sam Worthington making $18.8 MM over $16.5 MM.

Alvin and the Chipmunks beat out Avatar.