just saw this, my sci-fi nerd dad was all excited and had to take me and my brother. maybe it was just my lowered expectations, but it was pretty nice! the dialogue/plotting was more competent than i'd prepared myself for, some cool beasties. basically surpassed my expectation that it would be like a slightly better looking Phantom Menace. (xpost haha)
― forkslovecraftcthulhu (some dude), Thursday, 24 December 2009 03:57 (fourteen years ago) link
haha ya it's definitely NOT the phantom menace.
― j/k and the fa™an (s1ocki), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
oh this might actually be a good Dad movie for the holidays, huh
― deej--nuts, butthurt, and yelly (gbx), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
my dad definitely called for my $.02 about it
― j/k and the fa™an (s1ocki), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
dad just called to say he loved it and now he needs to drive 1.5 hours to see it in 3d
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 24 December 2009 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
tell him to take off the glasses first
― j/k and the fa™an (s1ocki), Thursday, 24 December 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
dude he doesnt want to drive all the way to burlington in 2d thats so last paradigm - if u want to maintian yr critical relevancey youre really gonna have to keep up - jeez
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 24 December 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
i didnt realize avatar had pushed the envelope that far - apologies
― j/k and the fa™an (s1ocki), Thursday, 24 December 2009 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
smh
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 24 December 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i dont drive dude how was i supposed to know
― j/k and the fa™an (s1ocki), Thursday, 24 December 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Nobody drives anymore now that we all have our own personal dragon bug things.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 December 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
posting to this thread via ponytail btw
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 24 December 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck I'm connected too via ponytail; how come I can't feel you
― =皿= (dyao), Thursday, 24 December 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
pause
i see u man
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 24 December 2009 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE 1. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $18,801,2772. Avatar $16,445,291
― abanana, Friday, 25 December 2009 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
psyched for avatar the squeakquel
― j/k and the fa™an (s1ocki), Friday, 25 December 2009 07:40 (fourteen years ago) link
the sequoial
― uttery cuntery (acoleuthic), Friday, 25 December 2009 07:42 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― j/k and the fa™an (s1ocki), Friday, 25 December 2009 08:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess itd be more of a treequel tbh
haha yeah
― uttery cuntery (acoleuthic), Friday, 25 December 2009 08:53 (fourteen years ago) link
that's not true about alvin & the chipmunks is it??!!!
― did you mean: fart blasters? (nickalicious), Friday, 25 December 2009 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/
― just sayin, Friday, 25 December 2009 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not gonna happen but if the chipmunks squeakel outgrossed Avatar that would be some all-time lols
― ea™e (latebloomer), Friday, 25 December 2009 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
23/12 was Alvin 2's opening day, whereas Avatar has been out for a week, but still... Didn't have to sign an NDA for Alvin, funnily enough.
Avatar's opening weekend wasn't all that amazing, was it?
― Michael Jones, Friday, 25 December 2009 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
it was good but not great and needs to continue to perform to be a lol hueg blockbuster - people seem to like it so i could see that happening i guess
http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2632&p=.htm
― ice cr?m, Friday, 25 December 2009 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
"dude he doesnt want to drive all the way to burlington in 2d thats so last paradigm"he's gonna love the way it looks
― forks©lovetofu (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 December 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
okay, so i liked this. grade A+++ hokum imo. kicks all kinds of jurassic park's ass.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 26 December 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
chipmunks is doing well because school is out and aside from Princess and the Frog, which as been out for almost a month, it's the only kid's movie in theaters for some reason (christmas carol I guess, which also stupidly opened ages ago)
― akm, Saturday, 26 December 2009 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
cameons films all start out slow at the box office I think
― =皿= (dyao), Saturday, 26 December 2009 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
chipmunks is doing well because it is going to change the face of cinema
― max, Saturday, 26 December 2009 03:27 (fourteen years ago) link
"We're going to take the same 3D technology James Cameron used in AVATAR and stick it up Jason Lee's butt."
― forks©lovetofu (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 December 2009 03:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Somewhere I read (and maybe you did too) is that studios are now going to try re-releasing 3-D Raiders, etc., etc., etc.
― The Hood Won't Jump (Eazy), Saturday, 26 December 2009 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link
there's nerd shit and there's dork shit.
like raiders of the lost ark and ghostbusters are cool nerd shit, but like babylon 5 and dressing up like sailor moon are like lame dork shit.
Avatar was like a lame dork sandwich of furry-phile "anthropomorphic art" mixed with Ferngully.
― kelis navidad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 December 2009 07:32 (fourteen years ago) link
it was really pretty tho and some of the animals were cool, peace out
― kelis navidad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 December 2009 07:33 (fourteen years ago) link
dialogue was like something on an EPCOT ride come on now
― kelis navidad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 December 2009 07:42 (fourteen years ago) link
this movie was retarded as hell, beyond belief actually
it also looked fucking amazing - kind of unbelievable
― stupid fruity crazy jag (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 26 December 2009 08:02 (fourteen years ago) link
hell = retarded >>>> belief
― deej, Saturday, 26 December 2009 12:48 (fourteen years ago) link
avatarded
― kelis navidad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 December 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
giovanni ribisi's charachter should have been played by paul giamatti
― kelis navidad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 December 2009 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
how much does this movie have to make to not be a flop btw? can it lose 200m and still be a... success doesn't seem like the right word but success?
― eagle tears was a popular drink and it still is (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 26 December 2009 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
love all the magazine articles about the "hidden messages" in avatar, aka the ones it was hitting you over the head with for 3 hours.
― kelis navidad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 December 2009 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
also, wtf @ "get it done" five times from every retard character
SUBTLE CULTURAL COMMENTARY!
― kelis navidad (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 December 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
giovanni ribisi's charachter should have been played by paul giamatti reiser
― abanana, Saturday, 26 December 2009 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 26 December 2009 02:27 (15 hours ago) Bookmark
no
― HELLO MY NAME IS TWILIGHT AND I AM A DRACULA (acoleuthic), Saturday, 26 December 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
lj in displaying arbitrary preference for "vintage" hokum shocker
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 26 December 2009 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
arbitrary preference for film that semi-defined my childhood of movie fandom, a film that has razor-sharp scripting, great characterisation and genuinely gripping action sequences, a film that is full of bits I can remember despite not having seen it for about 10 years (maybe exaggerated) and a film that feels like a film rather than a presentation
and hey I LIKED avatar! i mean your post is OTM until you mention jurassic park
― HELLO MY NAME IS TWILIGHT AND I AM A DRACULA (acoleuthic), Saturday, 26 December 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i dunno about the razor sharp scripting. avatar is very very broad, but it's impeccably lean. people over 10 might like more nuance, but there's really no waste at all in the script. pretty impressive imo.
the only real dire moment was the bride of kong stuff.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 26 December 2009 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
and hell, i'll stan for star wars but there's just no question that for today's seven year old this is going to be mindblowing, fandom-defining stuff. eh, maybe you gotta see it in 3D.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 26 December 2009 18:06 (fourteen years ago) link
if it makes sense, i think in trying to be very plain about things, it produces quite a lot of dialogue that is worthy of eye-rolling. it likes a cliche, and it likes a Big Statement. other problems come from things being skipped over, or geared exclusively towards massive and unrealistic events. insane moves. jurassic park feels way more organic, if that makes sense.
ooh zing! 2D is perfectly enough for me cheers :P
(i mean, my problems with the movie wouldn't have been helped by 3D!)
― HELLO MY NAME IS TWILIGHT AND I AM A DRACULA (acoleuthic), Saturday, 26 December 2009 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link