_Avatar_, directed by James Cameron

I realise this makes me a disgusting savage, but I tried to book advance tickets for this at local IMAX and the first week is already *completely* sold out. Looks like it's going to make mad loot.

maybe at imax, people will watch any goddamn thing on those screens. this is like captain eo 2 and perfect for that format.
i dunno about normal theaters.

aren't most new imax releases sold out for the first week way before hand? this is before the first reviews/ the first week of people who actually seeing it saying how bad it is to their friends.

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My kid is getting psyched up for this. We were at the movies the other day and he spent a minute or two staring at the Avatar poster, which is lenticular.

i doubt this will make its money back ($500 million!) but just because us snarky internet types think it's gonna be this huge gigantic flop doesn't mean a lot of people aren't gonna go see this.

its not just snarky internet types though. plenty of people i know have commented on how fucking stupid it looks. the other day i was walking through whsmiths with my nan and even she commented on 'why are they putting the smurfs in a film' when she saw the cover of empire/other-film-mag/whatever-had-it-on-the-cover. know absolutely no-one who is excited about it (although ok i don't know any 7 year olds). just looks dull.

ok it will still make at least 100m and open pretty big but after the initial impact it doesn't look good. and the longer people talk about how bad it looks/will flop, the more likely its gonna be.

it's probably going to explode internationally, here i'd expect the numbers to be "underwhelming" but not catastrophic. the real shocker would be if it shows a quarter of the legs that Titanic did.

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if it bombs, get ready for Terminator Vs. Aliens.

straight to video shocker

don't underestimate the secret furry demographic.

vs. predator vs friday the 13 vs freddy vs

straight to six flags would be cooler. "fuck it, let's just make it a ride."

yeah, it will make bank internationally, and probably recoup loads in DVD sales, etc.

like wouldn't be surprised if it was the sort of thing that got bundled into blu-ray/tv deals at best buy or w/e (it's just so *visual*)

planet 'tar

straight to six flags would be cooler. "fuck it, let's just make it a ride."

― da croupier, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 7:15 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

“Yes,” Cameron said flatly. “They have to have tails.”

“Yes,” Cameron said flatly. “They have to have tails.”

http://www.wired.com/magazine/wp-content/images/17-12/ff_avatar_cameron1_f.jpg

yeah, it will make bank internationally, and probably recoup loads in DVD sales, etc.

I dunno, dog, this movie reportedly cost $500 mil, which is about equal to the Dark Knight's domestic gross

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/20091201_avatar_190x190.jpg

"YEAH!"

*barf sounds*

no lie, if someone took me to an amusement park where the rollercoaster cars looked like the flying things from the "Avatar" previews, I would never leave

this is like captain eo 2 and perfect for that format.

I really wish Cameron had made a sequel to Captain Eo instead of this.

Fox apparently just did a big promo image dump. Scrounge for laughs.

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769368876.jpg

"So your mission is to CLIMB THIS TREE, MAGGOT."

Is the whole movie going to be the scenes from Endor? I don't know if these smurf wannabes are preferable to the ewoks.

ewoks are great.

on rye

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769362620.jpg

I like the ewoks, but they seem to be almost universally hated.

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769364819.jpg

"Tell me of your homewor--"

"I already DID."

Meanwhile on the set of CSI: Pandora:

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769365518.jpg

"Tsu'tey"

see this is why I sometimes hate fantasy

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769362620.jpg

A mishap in the teleporter spliced together Marilyn Manson's backing band, a couple of Thundercats, and the Blue Man group and sent them to Skull Island

Star Trek's future has the Beastie Boys, Avatar's got Harleys:

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769352808.jpg

Okay this one, all you need's the actual caption:

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769358046.jpg

"epic battle" is just like "romantic comedy" for me now

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12573815464295.jpg

this looks like the precursor to an anime pr0n scene

xp: Ned the first thing that came to mind with that pic was "... and pull your knees in tiiiight"

Hahahah nice.

Why is Sam Worthington? He seems like a big charisma vacuum.

Why is movie

JAKE SULLY

A mishap in the teleporter spliced together Marilyn Manson's backing band, a couple of Thundercats, and the Blue Man group and sent them to Skull Island

― tectonic p (latebloomer), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:48 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^sounds like a great film i'd enjoy and pay to see, unlike avatar

OMG Michele Rodriguez is in this...she is my personal stamp of C-grade entertainment that works in spite of itself ever since "Blue Crush."

U know, they should have made the aliens disgusting jellyfish creatures who live in clouds of methane. Wouldn't that be awesome?

See, look, tails!

http://cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2043/_12597769368975.jpg

Plus rocks and hair.

So I assume Giovanni Ribisi:Avatar::Paul Reiser:Aliens.

"So Sigourney, your motivation in this scene is--"

"Yeah, thanks, got it."

"He Poos Blue"