_Avatar_, directed by James Cameron

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"

http://cdn.fd.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/james-camerons-nightmare2.jpg

Mila Kunis and John C. McGinley look TERRIBLE

that's because they painted their faces blue

Jim Cameron, blue fans outside avatar screening PHOTOS

looooooooooooooool

This film might have been better if it had any character development whatsoever

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jan/11/mawkish-maybe-avatar-profound-important

annoying uber-green guy likes it.

reminded me of one thing i thought of -- generally the european settlers were able to make allies and employ divide-and-rule tactics in the places they settled. good opportunity for dramatic conflict, ducked. instead imo the film is kind of saying the natives are basically like animals (only animals that all get on), which is lil bit racist? wv.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/t1larg.avatar.blues.gi.jpg

cnn plz exlplain to me why this photo has a camera in it

Most of that front row appears to have had part of their jaws removed.

JAW-REMOVINGLY SPECTACULAR SPECIAL FX!
-cnn

one guy has pizza

tall goatee seems to be asleep

I'm hoping pizza guy has the box balanced on his belly.

nerds have been doing this for time immemorial tho - there's no difference between wanting to be reborn in avatar vs. wanting to be reborn in final fantasy or the matrix

vs Pink Flamingoes vs Salo vs Out of Africa vs...

EASY TARGET. SMOKE MORE WEED.

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