_Avatar_, directed by James Cameron

Who the fuck let Shyamalalalananan direct another film?!

The twist ending will be that it really IS a remake of Avatar.

^^^^^ this. How much longer can he ride The Sixth Sense to make shitty film after shitty film? I'm assuming thats the only one of his movies that did enough box office bank to keep allowing this to happen.

i actually liked the name unobtainium

― fella, cutie (s1ocki), Monday, 11 January 2010 01:53 (13 hours ago)

yeah ditto, it felt a bit Futurama tho

not to turn this into a Shyamalan thread, but Signs made a ton of money too and as directors go he's still probably one of the more consistently profitable ones out there, regardless of how divisive he is

I forgot about Signs, but I was under the impression that his last couple had really tanked.

nah happening was a minor hit US-wise and did well internationally, lady in the water is his only real stink bomb (with The Village actually doing pretty good for a movie with no stars about scared quakers in the woods or wtfever, really)

SBing the next person to make lol shyamalan last name joke, c'mon ppl

a movie with no stars

Poor William Hurt.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html

wtf

A post by a user called Elequin expresses an almost obsessive relationship with the film.

"That's all I have been doing as of late, searching the Internet for more info about 'Avatar.' I guess that helps. It's so hard I can't force myself to think that it's just a movie, and to get over it, that living like the Na'vi will never happen. I think I need a rebound movie," Elequin posted.

actually what you need is called "therapy"

headinhands.jpg in a major way

also possibly "a smack"

Other fans have expressed feelings of disgust with the human race

Given this story, you don't even need to be a fan to feel that.

reads like an Onion article

Who would have ever guessed that Hollywood's problem was not that blockbusters were too big, but that they weren't BIG ENOUGH! Now's the time for you aspiring filmmakers to pitch your own $500 million movies.

seriously, reactions to this movie are making me hate it way more than the movie itself ever could

it is the merriweather post na'vilion of movies

Haha, that article. lol@ furries.

the person who wants to commit suicide in order to be reborn on Pandora is no mere furry

by the middle of this week Avatar will be #4 on the All Time Domestic Gross $, top 40 All Time Adjusted Gross $, and #2 on All Time Worldwide Gross $.

Who would have ever guessed that Hollywood's problem was not that blockbusters were too big, but that they weren't BIG ENOUGH! Now's the time for you aspiring filmmakers to pitch your own $500 million movies.

LOL ^^^^

My movie pitch would be along the lines of "picture giving me $500 million dollars, then breathlessly watch your inbox for my script"

dan can i create a property based on that concept

yes, imagine kids eagerly looking at holiday presents that maight contain the greatest movie tie-in toy in the world

imagine a sequel that turns everything you loved about the original movie up to 11

now imagine a prequel that shatters all of your preconceived notions of what fantastic movie making is really all about

now, sign that check

a movie that truly harnesses the power of the imagination

^^^^^ EXACTLY

now that i've seen this movie, i'm depressed that i live in a world where this movie didn't tank

a movie experience so immersive you'll think you're drowning...in BLISS

so tired of people (including my mom?!? wtf) telling me I HAVE TO SEE THIS

someone hasn't been following the Senate hearings too closely!

(fyi the last Franken bill was actually a government mandate requiring people to either see "Avatar" or pay taxes at a 80% rate)

the movie the US Supreme Court called "heartwarming... and MANDATORY"

btw, as someone who enjoyed this movie, I thought is was remarkably cold and disconnected and I kind of don't get how others found it "heartwarming"; I just thought it was incredibly pretty and the story was solid enough for me to not feel like I was wasting my time by watching it

It's like, there's a love story, but it's the most facile love story ever and therefore doesn't seem convincing, like a relationship in the Real World house.

HEY FAT NERDS ITS CALLED CAMPING LOOK INTO IT

i mean LOeffinL at gamers getting depressed about the decline of the nat'l environment, a place they have never once showed interest

(i'm generalizing, of course, but ffs)

Can we talk about the bigger issue here? In that people are actually creating "news" stories centered entirely around stupid shit people post on internet forums? Ffs, this is like that old Something Awful feature.

A post by a user called you gone float up with it expresses an almost obsessive relationship with the media.

HEY FAT NERDS ITS CALLED CAMPING LOOK INTO IT

― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Monday, January 11, 2010 8:15 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i mean LOeffinL at gamers getting depressed about the decline of the nat'l environment, a place they have never once showed interest

― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Monday, January 11, 2010 8:16 PM Bookmark

QFTruth Bombs

Ned wins thread.

Meanwhile, there are angry people out there, and people who talk about angry people:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2010/01/right-wingers-launch-new-attack-on-avatar.html

even the two middle-aged male kneejerk conservatives/libertarians i know were like 'well yeah it's a little left-wing, but w/e it's a kids movie!"

"and i thought this movie would be the go-to punchline to jokes about box office failures for the next few years."

"Why drive to the movies, pay for tickets and spend hours in a dark room when you can just as easily read Noam Chomsky or the speeches of Hugo Chavez in the comfort of your own home and couch? Same difference."

the ideas at work in avatar are vaguely lefty and definitely stupid, so i'm not surprised that the anti-hollywood crowd is doing their song and dance about it

totally unsurprising, but still i think (WARNING: GENDER NORM) dude conservatives are like "whatever, it was kinda cool"