Reverend Jax Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 In it's 6th consecutive week at #1, Avatar has officially passed Titanic as the world's highest grossing film in simple dollar numbers, and is under $50M away from passing Titanic for the top spot in US-only gross. Now, for perspective, adjusted for ticket-price inflation, it's only #26 in the US (I can't find any inflation adjusted list for worldwide sales, and think such a list may not exist). On the inflation adjusted list, Titanic is only #6, Star Wars is #2 and Gone with the Wind is #1, where it has been for about 70 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I know the grizzled Marine guy was pretty much meant to end up the bad guy from the start, but did anyone else feel as compelled as I did to root for him and the rest of the evil empire through the whole thing? Hell, not even Giovanni Ribisi channeling Paul Reiser could dissuade me. I think when this comes out on bluray, I'd love to get really, really high and watch this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The NZA Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 this was worth going to the theater and paying money to see, which is a rarity for me. cookie cutter but crazy beautiful/enjoyable. did not make me want a 3D TV, though. fun film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 (edited) I just saw this tonight, and it was awesome. Edited February 8, 2010 by Lycaon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gunsmithx Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I know the grizzled Marine guy was pretty much meant to end up the bad guy from the start, but did anyone else feel as compelled as I did to root for him and the rest of the evil empire through the whole thing? Hell, not even Giovanni Ribisi channeling Paul Reiser could dissuade me. I think when this comes out on bluray, I'd love to get really, really high and watch this. I thought I posted my thoughts on this eailer but Cnl. MCduchbag was, imo, the true hero behind the film and why I think that Camron was really trolling all the tree huggers with this film. The man was too awesome and over the top for words, hell I wanted to go punch my dad in the face and tell him how much I hated him for not being this guy! That said, if you want when it comes out on blu-ray(lets see if I have my math right, things over ther come out about 2 years after here right? :P) I will gadly get high as fuck and we can webcam each other watching this film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 i kinda wonder to what extent the effect'll be on blu-ray/non-3D, though. to that end, no idea at all why this'd even be released on DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 Not everyone knows a PS3 or Blu-Ray player, and if you don't have a HD-TV, the DVD would surely be less than half the price. Anyway, while there was strong buzz around Cameron getting best director and best film Oscars a few weeks ago, the buzz has shifted in both those categories, ESPECIALLY for director, to The Hurt Locker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 DVD is $30, blu-ray is $36, jax wrong yet again source NY Times: What about scripts that you’re looking at? Is there a project that you’re working on right now? Or subject matters or general areas of interest that you’re looking at? Cameron: That’s interesting. I’ve divided my time over the last 16 years over deep ocean exploration and filmmaking. I’ve made two movies in 16 years, and I’ve done eight expeditions. Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company’s development arm. So I’m not interested in developing anything. I’m in the “Avatar” business. Period. That’s it. I’m making “Avatar 2,” “Avatar 3,” maybe “Avatar 4,” and I’m not going to produce other people’s movies for them. I’m not interested in taking scripts. And that all sounds I suppose a little bit restricted, but the point is I think within the “Avatar” landscape I can say everything I need to say that I think needs to be said, in terms of the state of the world and what I think we need to be doing about it. And doing it in an entertaining way. And anything I can’t say in that area, I want to say through documentaries, which I’m continuing. I’ve done five documentaries in the last 10 years, and I’ll hopefully do a lot more. In fact, I’m doing one right now, which is on this, the Deep Sea Challenge project that we just completed the first expedition. So that’ll be a film that’ll get made this year and come out first quarter of next year. hope none of ya'll wanted Battle Angel or other Cameron stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Ugh. James Cameron y u no make good movies anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=91891 Back in May, James Cameron was first quoted as saying that there might be four "Avatar" movies in total. With the first one having earned a record $2.782 billion at theaters worldwide, star Sigourney Weaver is now saying the next three will be filmed at the same time. Here are several quotes from an interview with Showbiz 411: When “Political Animals” finishes shooting, see if you can follow Weaver’s schedule: she goes right into a new Christopher Durang play for a short run at Lincoln Center. Then she films “Avatar” 2, 3, and 4 with James Cameron. That’s right: they’re making three sequels to the blue 3D phenom all at the same time. Weaver says she has no idea how long it will take, or how it’s going to work. “I just show up,” she said. In the previous interview, Cameron said that they had "spent the last year and a half on software development and pipeline development. The virtual production methodology was extremely prototypical on the first film. As then, no one had ever done it before and we didn't even know for two and half years into it and $100 million into it if it was going to work. So we just wanted to make our lives a whole lot easier so that we can spend a little more of our brainpower on creativity. It was a very, very uphill battle on the first film. So we've been mostly working on the tool set, the production pipeline, setting up the new stages in Los Angeles, setting up the new visual effects pipeline in New Zealand, that sort of thing. And, by the way, writing. We haven't gotten to the design stage yet. That'll be the next." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Now theres a formula for a quality movie. "Ok, there's definitely enough here for 3 sequels. Get effects on board, cast some big names. Make some sets. We'll make up a script some time next year." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 feels like the cinematic approach to the stan lee method didn't Weaver die in 1? I guess she's a tree now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 James Cameron announces there will be FOUR Avatar sequels Each film will hit theaters at Christmas, the first in 2018. Then 2020, 2022 with the finale in 2023. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donatella Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Honest question not meant to be snarky, but is anyone actually interested in an Avatar sequel? I saw the first one, had a good time, but felt like it was probably more than enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_U_SPACECOWBOY Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I'm of the mind that they waited FAR too long to get these sequels out and any interest has since dried up, but then I never would have guessed that this would have been the phenomena that it was back in '09. I thought it was SPECTACULARLY average back then, and yet it went on to become the top grossing movie of all time. Thankfully Star Wars VII finally eclipsed the domestic record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Avatar II is like the Chinese Democracy of modern cinema--everyone was excited for it, then dying for it, then forgot about it, and now that it's announced and imminent we're all kinda wondering why we even cared about it in the first place. Also we're wondering why Axl had those braids. Whyyyy?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Avatar 2: Meet Spider, Jake And Neytiri’s Adopted Human Son – Exclusive Image Avatar 2 introduces the world to Spider, Jake and Neytiri's adopted human son. still apparently a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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