Avatar by James Cameron

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Just got home from seeing it in 3D, not Imax like I planned but still was good. I did find that my glasses might have messed with the 3D, but I am not sure. I also was not sure if I was seeing the 3D the way it's suppose to be seen because I have never watched anything in 3D before let alone this new 3D tech.
Besides that, it was a beautiful and amazing movie.

yes, i went to 3d and 3d imax, and the one i with 3d have a very small real3d glass, while the imax have a bigger glass. the small one mess the 3d if you wear spec. therefore i said before here, wear disposable contact lens if you go see it. The extra glass in between really mess up the 3d.

 

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Audiences experience 'Avatar' blues
By Jo Piazza, Special to CNN

(CNN) -- James Cameron's completely immersive spectacle "Avatar" may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora.

On the fan forum site "Avatar Forums," a topic thread entitled "Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible," has received more than 1,000 posts from people experiencing depression and fans trying to help them cope. The topic became so popular last month that forum administrator Philippe Baghdassarian had to create a second thread so people could continue to post their confused feelings about the movie.

"I wasn't depressed myself. In fact the movie made me happy ," Baghdassarian said. "But I can understand why it made people depressed. The movie was so beautiful and it showed something we don't have here on Earth. I think people saw we could be living in a completely different world and that caused them to be depressed."

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.

A user named Mike wrote on the fan Web site "Naviblue" that he contemplated suicide after seeing the movie.

"Ever since I went to see 'Avatar' I have been depressed. Watching the wonderful world of Pandora and all the Na'vi made me want to be one of them. I can't stop thinking about all the things that happened in the film and all of the tears and shivers I got from it," Mike posted. "I even contemplate suicide thinking that if I do it I will be rebirthed in a world similar to Pandora and the everything is the same as in 'Avatar.' "

Other fans have expressed feelings of disgust with the human race and disengagement with reality.

Cameron's movie, which has pulled in more than $1.4 billion in worldwide box office sales and could be on track to be the highest grossing film of all time, is set in the future when the Earth's resources have been pillaged by the human race. A greedy corporation is trying to mine the rare mineral unobtainium from the planet Pandora, which is inhabited by a peace-loving race of 10-foot tall, blue-skinned natives called the Na'vi.

In their race to mine for Pandora's resources, the humans clash with the Na'vi, leading to casualties on both sides. The world of Pandora is reminiscent of a prehistoric fantasyland, filled with dinosaur-like creatures mixed with the kinds of fauna you may find in the deep reaches of the ocean. Compared with life on Earth, Pandora is a beautiful, glowing utopia.

Ivar Hill posts to the "Avatar" forum page under the name Eltu. He wrote about his post-"Avatar" depression after he first saw the film earlier this month.

"When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed ... gray. It was like my whole life, everything I've done and worked for, lost its meaning," Hill wrote on the forum. "It just seems so ... meaningless. I still don't really see any reason to keep ... doing things at all. I live in a dying world."

Reached via e-mail in Sweden where he is studying game design, Hill, 17, explained that his feelings of despair made him desperately want to escape reality.

"One can say my depression was twofold: I was depressed because I really wanted to live in Pandora, which seemed like such a perfect place, but I was also depressed and disgusted with the sight of our world, what we have done to Earth. I so much wanted to escape reality," Hill said.

Cameron's special effects masterpiece is very lifelike, and the 3-D performance capture and CGI effects essentially allow the viewer to enter the alien world of Pandora for the movie's 2½-hour running time, which only lends to the separation anxiety some individuals experience when they depart the movie theater.

"Virtual life is not real life and it never will be, but this is the pinnacle of what we can build in a virtual presentation so far," said Dr. Stephan Quentzel, psychiatrist and Medical Director for the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. "It has taken the best of our technology to create this virtual world and real life will never be as utopian as it seems onscreen. It makes real life seem more imperfect."

Fans of the movie may find actor Stephen Lang, who plays the villainous Col. Miles Quaritch in the film, an enemy of the Na'vi people and their sacred ground, an unlikely sympathizer. But Lang says he can understand the connection people are feeling with the movie.

"Pandora is a pristine world and there is the synergy between all of the creatures of the planet and I think that strikes a deep chord within people that has a wishfulness and a wistfulness to it," Lang said. "James Cameron had the technical resources to go along with this incredibly fertile imagination of his and his dream is built out of the same things that other peoples' dreams are made of."

The bright side is that for Hill and others like him -- who became dissatisfied with their own lives and with our imperfect world after enjoying the fictional creation of James Cameron -- becoming a part of a community of like-minded people on an online forum has helped them emerge from the darkness.

"After discussing on the forums for a while now, my depression is beginning to fade away. Having taken a part in many discussions concerning all this has really, really helped me," Hill said. "Before, I had lost the reason to keep on living -- but now it feels like these feelings are gradually being replaced with others."

Quentzel said creating relationships with others is one of the keys to human happiness, and that even if those connections are occurring online they are better than nothing.

"Obviously there is community building in these forums," Quentzel said. "It may be technologically different from other community building, but it serves the same purpose."

Within the fan community, suggestions for battling feelings of depression after seeing the movie include things like playing "Avatar" video games or downloading the movie soundtrack, in addition to encouraging members to relate to other people outside the virtual realm and to seek out positive and constructive activities.

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'Avatar' Viewers Going Into Pandora Withdrawl

Have you seen Avatar yet? It's a remarkable piece of filmmaking and is quickly making James Cameron's already sagging award shelf sag even further after the Golden Globes last weekend.

For several viewers, however, it seems that Avatar presented more than an excellent example of modern 3D filmmaking – it was a whole new world altogether and one that is being sorely missed when away from the silver screen.

This CNN story describes how some people have been going through depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing – and then leaving – the alien world of Pandora.

Fans posting on fan forum site Avatar Forums in a thread called "Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible," where users share their stories.

"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," a user named Elequin posted.

Another user offered the following advice: "Start living like Neytiri: in touch with nature, the environment, and not being greedy and wasteful. Pass on the burger, for something more healthy for you and less cruel to animals. Spend your time on this forum, or volunteering in your free time, instead of getting high or drinking, twiddling your thumbs, being apathetic and complaining about how bad the world is."

The forum thread has since been closed due to flamers and trolls, but all the original 52 pages remain there for record.

 

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some one going to see IMAX 3d, i think it is first time for them, i can join them and then it will be the second time i see imax 3d and one time in digital 3d.

so i go with them, or decline?

giving so much money to cameron, he might be tempt to make a sequel.
which i think it is a great mistake. i do not want more avatar.

we know what happen to matrix 2 and matrix 3 or the new star war trilogy. transformer 2. terminator 3 and 4. rambo 3 and 4. aliens 1, 3 and 4, sequels are most of the time rubbish.

No please dun destroy avatar.

 

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next week avatar will surpass titanic

Weekend Box Office (January 22 - 24, 2010)



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by Gitesh Pandya

THIS WEEKEND James Cameron's latest juggernaut Avatar became the first film since the director's own Titanic to rule the number one spot for six straight weekends as it once again steamrolled over the competition topping the charts by a wide margin. Three new films without 3D trips into outer space opened to mixed results with the thriller Legion leading the way in second place with a solid showing. The family comedy The Tooth Fairy saw mild business in fourth while moviegoers ignored the drama Extraordinary Measures which landed in seventh. Films with major Golden Globe wins all witnessed small declines.

There was no stopping Avatar which slipped a remarkably low 16% in its sixth frame and grossed an estimated $36M to remain atop the North American box office. After only 38 days of release, the Fox smash catapulted its total domestic gross to an eye-popping $552.8M and on Saturday surpassed The Dark Knight to seize the number two spot on the list of top-grossing domestic blockbusters of all-time. It now trails Titanic's $600.8M by a mere $48M and will break the 12-year-old record next week with ease. Avatar also set a new record for best gross in the sixth weekend of any film's release beating the iceberg pic's $25.2M from this very frame in 1998. The Pandora hit has grossed north of $35M in each of its six weekends - another industry first.

In the world of actual tickets sold, Avatar trails numerous films from the past like 1990's Home Alone, 1994's Forrest Gump, and 2002's Spider-Man. But in the world of grosses - the actual dollar amounts that participating production, distribution, and exhibition companies will be dividing up and stuffing their pockets with - the Na'vi hit is now in the same league that Titanic has been in by itself for so long. Avatar's strength has been powered in part by Saturday surges. The Golden Globe winner for Best Picture - Drama took in $9.1M on Friday, soared by 81% to $16.5M on Saturday, and is estimated to dip 37% to $10.4M on Sunday. 3D and IMAX screens are also at the center of the public fascination with the film as people are continuing to pay extra for this next-generation moviegoing experience. At Avatar's current pace, reaching the $700M domestic barrier cannot be ruled out.

The Cameron megahit is still a durable smash overseas as international audiences have not had enough. The overseas tally hit an estimated $107M this weekend, off a slim 14%, boosting the international haul to a staggering $1.288 billion beating Titanic's record of $1.242 billion. The global gross now stands at a jaw-dropping $1.841 billion for Avatar putting it a mere $2M behind the long-standing record of $1.843 billion set in 1998. Avatar will have no problem crashing through the $2 billion worldwide mark in the coming weeks as it topples all of Titanic's major box office records.

In the weekly battle to be the top non-Avatar film, Sony scored a hit with its supernatural thriller Legion which debuted to an estimated $18.2M from 2,476 theaters for a strong $7,351 average. The R-rated effects film starring Paul Bettany, Tyrese Gibson, and Dennis Quaid played to young men done with Pandora. Studio research showed that 58% of the audience was male and 54% was over 25. Legion cost $25-30M to produce.

Denzel Washington's apocalyptic thriller The Book of Eli dropped a moderate 48% to an estimated $17M and placed third this weekend. After ten days, the R-rated actioner has taken in a solid $62M for Warner Bros. and has a chance at becoming the Oscar-winning actor's fourth career $100M+ hit.

The Rock generated mild results for his latest entry into the family film market The Tooth Fairy which bowed to an estimated $14.5M from 3,344 sites for a mediocre $4,336 average. Dwayne Johnson's PG-rated tale of a hockey superstar that becomes, yes, a tooth fairy played mostly to kids and parents. Reviews were bad, but probably had little impact.

Off 48% in its second weekend of wide play, Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones dropped to fifth with an estimated $8.8M lifting the total to $31.6M. Paramount might end up with around $50M which didn't seem possible just two weeks ago. Sherlock Holmes held strong easing only 28% to an estimated $7.1M in its fifth frame. The Warner Bros. hit has banked $191.6M and next week will become the tenth film from 2009 to break the $200M hurdle.

Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford failed to excite adult audiences with their new drama Extraordinary Measures which opened in seventh with only $7M, according to estimates. The first release from CBS Films averaged a weak $2,746 from 2,549 locations and played best in the midwest, southeast and mountain areas. The PG-rated film drew poor reviews which had an impact on the older-skewing audience.

With Fox's own Tooth Fairy taking away kids looking for goofy comedy, the studio's smash Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel fell 44% to an estimated $6.5M for eighth place. But the runaway hit did break the double century mark this weekend pushing its total to $204.2M.

Universal's adult comedy It's Complicated still held up well dipping only 24% in its fifth round to an estimated $6.2M boosting the total to $98.7M. Look for the Meryl Streep pic to break the $100M mark by the end of the week. Jackie Chan rounded out the top ten with his kidpic The Spy Next Door which fell a troubling 51% in its second weekend to an estimated $4.8M. Lionsgate has grossed only $18.7M in ten days and should finish with $27-29M. Chan will try to attract a larger audience this summer when he stars in the China-set remake of The Karate Kid opposite Will Smith's son Jaden.

The top ten films grossed $126.1M which was up 6% from last year when Paul Blart: Mall Cop opened in the top spot with $21.6M; and up 16% from 2007 when Meet the Spartans debuted at number one with $18.5M.




Compared to projections, Legion powered ahead of my $12M forecast, The Tooth Fairy opened below my $18M prediction, and Extraordinary Measures came in a couple of notches below my $9M projection.

Get earlier box office updates and analysis by following BoxOfficeGuru.com on Twitter.

Check the UPDATED chart for the Top Worldwide Blockbusters. For reviews of Avatar and The Lovely Bones and a DVD review of Like Stars on Earth visit The Chief Report.

Be sure to check back on Monday for final figures and again on Thursday for a complete summary, including projections, for next weekend when Mel Gibson's Edge of Darkness and Kristin Bell's When in Rome become the latest contenders for the number two spot.

 

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Ah i went to another imax, this one look like bangkok one

I was very tired.

not enough sleep the day before.

i have headache and my brain unable to follow the actions for 1/2 hours or more. like the image is blur.

i did not have that in the previous 3d imax and 3d digital.

but in the end, my eyes and brain adjust, and i am back to enjoy the sharp , clear action.

The imax screen is about 3 -4 times the normal digital one. The sound system is super powerful. The way to watch avatar is IMAX 3d, please do so, if you are in bangkok, china, australia , japan etc. If you like digital 3d in singapore, you will love IMAX 3d. no comparison, imax 3d is the way to go.


so i have watch 3 times, twice on different type of imax 3d, and once on small digital 3d.
I dun think i will watch more avatar.
Unless it is with a sexy blonde.
I pretty much cover most of the format.


so dun go if you are tired from lack of sleep, the 3d will screw with your brain and you cannot enjoy

 

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OMG it is coming

Avatar Expected to Sink Titanic Today as it Rockets Towards $2B Mark

Nothing can seem to stop worldwide audiences' love of Cameron's sci-fi epic

While some may criticize it as unoriginal for parallels to past movies and literature, James Cameron's latest masterpiece, Avatar is a smash hit among critics and moviegoers alike.

Fueled by strong sales of more expensive 3D movie tickets and fueled by a viral marketing campaign online and off, Avatar proved a triumph in a hit or miss market that's seen even veterans like Harrison Ford recently deliver painful flops. If Avatar has one problem it's that it's having a hard time keeping up with international demand, as the film quickly raked in over $1B USD within only three weeks of its December 10, 2009 release.

From a tech and science standpoint Avatar is landmark success for 3D animation, marking the first time audiences have embraced (for the most part) emotive human-like 3D characters alongside living ones in a drama flick. The animation pushes the boundaries of current work, as does the xenobiology featured in the film (Avatar hired a team of experienced biologists to help develop the flora and fauna of the fictional world of Na'vi).

Now Avatar is about to make history as it is expected today to become the highest grossing film ever, sinking the Titanic's record total of $1.843B USD. What is particularly impressive is how quickly Avatar pulled in the total, reaching $1.841B USD over the weekend, after only six weeks in theaters, and less than that in some foreign markets.

In many countries, Avatar has become the top grossing U.S. film in their history, and even among their total top grossing films -- a remarkable achievement in countries with strong film industries like France. Internationally the film has earned $1.288B USD, despite getting a bumped from China's standard theaters for a new Chow Yun Fat epic about the Chinese philosopher Confucius (Avatar continues to play in around 900 of China's 3D theaters).

Even as Avatar rolls towards the epic mark of becoming the first movie to break $2B USD, Cameron has announced that two sequels are in the works. Considering Fox may have spent more than $300M USD on the film, that's great news for the 3D animation industry.

With its success, Avatar has drawn some backlash. The U.S. Marine Corps disliked the unflattering depiction of the mercenary marine army whose leadership was corrupted by greed and bloodlust. Others loved Avatar so much that they reported depression and suicidal thoughts out of regret they could not live in the movie's fantasy world. And still others have complained of the film being too similar to past work, varying from Pocahontas (first popularized to the masses by the 19th century burlesque The Gentle Savage) to Braveheart.

Critics, for the most part, have been deaf to such criticism. They rewarded Avatar with awards for Best Motion Picture and Best Director and the 2010 Golden Globe Awards.

 

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Chinese city renames mountain after 'Avatar'

Mon Jan 25
BEIJING (AFP) – A city in central China has renamed a mountain after the US blockbuster movie "Avatar," which set a Chinese box office record until its run in the country was cut short.

The majestic peak in Hunan province previously known as "Heaven and Earth Pillar" or "South Sky Pillar" has been officially renamed "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain," the Zhangjiajie city government said in a statement.
The statement, posted Monday on the government's website, said the peak was believed to have inspired a floating mountain, one of the most dramatic images in the movie, set on fictional Pandora.
Juxtaposing photos of the mountain with stills from the film, a report in the local Xiaoxiang Morning News said a Hollywood photographer came to the area on a four-day trip in December 2008 and shot a number of photos that were used by the film's artists.
The futuristic adventure was released in both 2-D and 3-D versions January 4 and has become China's all-time box-office champion, topping 80 million dollars in sales, state media said last week.
However, its 2-D run in China ended on Friday amid reports it was pulled ahead of schedule by the government to make way for the patriotic biopic "Confucius," about the ancient Chinese philosopher. It is still running in 3-D.
The Xiaoxiang Morning News said officials expect the mountain's similarity to the film version to trigger a tourism boom during the week-long Spring Festival holiday starting on February 14.
The mountain is in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, which is famed for its soaring sandstone pillars and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.

 

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what the fxxk?

i hope it is not true

how can they name a mountain name thousand of years old to an amercian movie a few months old?
chinese not proud of their history?

 

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so it is true they change the name of mountain
disgusting china man now.
they do anything to make money, including selling their mother.
why do we have to take in so much trashes

 

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It's official: Avatar sinks Titanic's record
26 January 2010

James Cameron trumps James Cameron for the title of king of the all-time box-office record.
In the end, the only man capable of defeating James Cameron was James Cameron. Titanic, the film-maker's epic 1997 romance set on the doomed ocean liner, yesterday lost its crown as the top grossing movie of all time to Avatar, an epic 3D romance set on an Earth-like moon orbiting a distant star.
Many pundits had predicted Titanic's record would never be beaten. Yet, early in Avatar's run it was clear it was repeating the pattern of multiple repeat viewings that had been the making of Cameron's previous film. Avatar also benefited from the higher price of tickets for 3D screenings, which have accounted for more than 80% of US earnings and 65% of those elsewhere. The film was so successfully hyped as the first must-see stereoscopic experience that few wanted to compromise with a 2D viewing. In addition, its record-breaking success in China and Russia, markets harder to crack back in 1997, certainly helped to lift its bottom line.
Avatar's box-office victory was, however, won without adjustment for inflation. Figures that do so show how far it's eclipsed by the likes of 1939's Gone With the Wind – that film grossed $400m worldwide, which equates to at least $6bn in today's money, more than three times Avatar's figure.

 

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only a jedi can kill a jedi, is it only a ninja can kill a ninja?
well only cameron can beat another cameron record.

he did it, he still produce excellent movie later in his life, not like spielberg which screw up AI, and george lucas with later stars wars trashes.

Cameron should quit while he is ahead, avatar is a died end story, the natives have a huge weakness with tree of soul. natives are technology way behind the human, therefore they will lose everything if the story continues, and tree hugger will not like it.

cameron call it quits.

 

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WEEKEND ESTIMATES
1. Avatar $30,000,000
2. Edge of Darkness $17,120,000
3. When in Rome $12,065,000


ALL TIME WORLDWIDE
1. Avatar $2,039,222,000
2. Titanic $1,843,201,268
3. Return of the King $1,119,110,941




Weekend Report: ‘Avatar’ Unfazed in Seventh Outing
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January 31, 2010



Not to sound like a broken record for a record-breaker, but Avatar maintained its blistering pace over the weekend. The box office colossus raked in an estimated $30 million, posting the strongest hold again for a nationwide release: down only 14 percent. That ranks as the highest-grossing seventh weekend ever, surpassing Titanic's $25.9 million (though Titanic was much higher in estimated attendance), and that pushed the total up to $594.5 million in 45 days. At its current pace, Avatar should exceed Titanic's $600.8 million by Wednesday to become the highest-grossing movie of all time (though not in attendance).



Avatar is already the top grosser overseas and worldwide, but it widened its lead with another mammoth week and crossed the $2 billion worldwide (domestic plus foreign) threshold in the process. Its foreign weekend came to an estimated $95 million, down a mere 12 percent, which lifted its total to $1.445 billion. Italy was its top market for the weekend with an estimated $10.9 million ($55.7 million total second only to Titanic), followed by China at $9.7 million ($126.3 million total), and the movie plowed past the $100 million milestones in Germany, the United Kingdom and Russia.

Returning to domestic, new releases Edge of Darkness and When in Rome were fairly tepid. Edge claimed an estimated $17.1 million on approximately 3,600 screens at 3,066 sites, which was within the average range for its genre: its attendance was about the same as Righteous Kill, The Brave One and The Punisher but a far cry from Taken, Gran Torino and Man on Fire among others. The revenge thriller marked the return to acting for Mel Gibson, who was a top box office draw up until his last movie Signs in 2002. In the time since, Mr. Gibson directed two violent pictures, The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto, and received a lot of press for a drunken-driving/anti-Jewish-spewing incident in 2006. He played in his wheelhouse with Edge, which had similar subject matter as Ransom, Payback and others and put his tortured persona at the forefront, something that's always been there but has been magnified in the wake of The Passion.

Edge of Darkness' poster design was cut from the cloth as Gran Torino and others, featuring a glaring Mel Gibson in black-and-white, and the movie's late January release date was set after Taken's success on the same weekend last year. Aside from Mr. Gibson's presence, it came off as a common and grim revenge picture a la Death Wish among others. Taken was about saving a daughter, but, in Edge of Darkness, the daughter dies, and that lack of hope may be part of the difference in the grosses. According to distributor Warner Bros.' exit polling, 53 percent of the audience was male and 90 percent was over 21 years old, while 78 percent came out to see for Mr. Gibson.

When in Rome plucked an estimated $12.1 million from around 2,600 screens at 2,456 sites, which, like Edge, was average among comparable titles but it was more than Ireland-set Leap Year. The romantic comedy was aggressively marketed but in a shotgun manner: ads failed to convey the premise of the movie in any coherent way and lacked any taste of Rome, instead resorting to generic cutesiness that included lead actors Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel chatting directly to the camera. The poster was likely as off-putting as it was non-descript: it featured an unflattering image of Bell with gaping choppers and fingers awkwardly touching her mouth against an eye-jarringly bright yellow background. Distributor Walt Disney Pictures' reported an audience breakdown of 69 percent female, 55 percent over 25 and 61 percent couples.


Among holdovers, The Tooth Fairy showed some family movie stamina in its second weekend with its 29 percent dip, fluttering to an estimated $10 million for a $26.1 million total in ten days. Its fellow second-weekenders, Legion (2010) and Extraordinary Measures, bled profusely. Legion had a steeper-than-average fall for a horror movie, down 61 percent to an estimated $6.8 million for a $28.6 million tally in ten days. Extraordinary fared even worse for an adult drama, off 57 percent to an estimated $2.6 million for a $10.4 million total in ten days.


The Book of Eli had a standard-issue drop, down 44 percent to an estimated $8.8 million for a $74.4 million tally in 17 days, as did The Lovely Bones, off 44 percent to an estimated $4.7 million for a $38 million total. Creeping closer to $200 million with its estimated $4.5 million weekend, Sherlock Holmes held well again as did Up in the Air and The Blind Side among others. Meanwhile, The Princess and the Frog finally eked past the $100 million mark, though it doesn't have much further to go.


too bad it will never beat that cheating movie call gone with the wind, which was release and re release again and again throughout many years. so it is basically unbeatable.

 

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James Cameron is expected to make a sequel. I don't think it would be a disappointment. Look at Terminator 1/2, Aliens, they are all James Cameron's film and sequel. This film took him close to 14 years to wait and perfect the technique that you are seeing in the film. Its the first film since the Titanic and its the highest grossing movie ever now. I'm waiting for the sequel and Battle Angel.

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_cameron#Future_projects

Future projects
Avatar Sequels
Cameron has confirmed that at least one Avatar sequel is being planned, including more story lines with Jake and Neytiri, and the exploration of a moon orbiting Pandora. The sequels are rumored to be Cameron's next two projects.[32]
Battle Angel
Cameron will also be writing, producing and directing Battle Angel, a live-action adaptation of the first three volumes of the manga series. Alita will be a CG character performed by an actress. Like Avatar, the film will be a mix of CG and live action. Filming will be made with the new digital 3D system Cameron has developed for Avatar. In January 2005, Cameron mentioned that the delay in making this film initially had been to wait until a sufficient number of theatres had installed 3D projectors. Pre-production on this film has been occurring since at least 2004-05, with three conceptual artists having worked for over a year on designs.[33] As with Avatar, the movie will be marketed and distributed by 20th Century Fox worldwide. Cameron is aiming for a PG-13 rating.[34] Laeta Kalogridis wrote the original script but Cameron is re-writing the script for Battle Angel.[35]

 

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James Cameron is expected to make a sequel. I don't think it would be a disappointment. Look at Terminator 1/2, Aliens, they are all James Cameron's film and sequel. This film took him close to 14 years to wait and perfect the technique that you are seeing in the film. Its the first film since the Titanic and its the highest grossing movie ever now.

No. it is a mistake. It will be a disappointment. I am sure of it.

 

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Avatar got 9 nominations, but look like his wife changing going to haunt him, because his ex-wife going kick his balls in the best directors.

and some stupid movie going to kick him off best picture.

avatar not going to be win big in oscars.


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Complete list of 82nd Annual Academy Award nominations

1. Best Picture: 'Avatar,' 'The Blind Side,' 'District 9,' 'An Education,' 'The Hurt Locker,' 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,' 'A Serious Man,' 'Up,' 'Up in the Air.'


2. Actor: Jeff Bridges, 'Crazy Heart'; George Clooney, 'Up in the Air'; Colin Firth, 'A Single Man'; Morgan Freeman, 'Invictus'; Jeremy Renner, 'The Hurt Locker.'


3. Actress: Sandra Bullock, 'The Blind Side'; Helen Mirren, 'The Last Station'; Carey Mulligan, 'An Education'; Gabourey Sidibe, 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'; Meryl Streep, 'Julie & Julia.'


4. Supporting Actor: Matt Damon, 'Invictus'; Woody Harrelson, 'The Messenger'; Christopher Plummer, 'The Last Station'; Stanley Tucci, 'The Lovely Bones'; Christoph Waltz, 'Inglourious Basterds.'


5. Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, 'Nine'; Vera Farmiga, 'Up in the Air'; Maggie Gyllenhaal, 'Crazy Heart'; Anna Kendrick, 'Up in the Air'; Mo'Nique, 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.'


6. Directing: James Cameron, 'Avatar'; Kathryn Bigelow, 'The Hurt Locker'; Quentin Tarantino, 'Inglourious Basterds'; Lee Daniels, 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'; Jason Reitman, 'Up in the Air.'


7. Foreign Language Film: 'Ajami,' Israel; 'El Secreto de Sus Ojos,' Argentina; 'The Milk of Sorrow,' Peru; 'Un Prophete,' France; 'The White Ribbon,' Germany.


8. Adapted Screenplay: Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, 'District 9'; Nick Hornby, 'An Education'; Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, 'In the Loop'; Geoffrey Fletcher, 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'; Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, 'Up in the Air.'


9. Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, 'The Hurt Locker'; Quentin Tarantino, 'Inglourious Basterds'; Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, 'The Messenger'; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 'A Serious Man'; Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, 'Up.'


10. Animated Feature Film: 'Coraline'; 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'; 'The Princess and the Frog'; 'The Secret of Kells'; 'Up.'


11. Art Direction: 'Avatar,' 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,' 'Nine,' 'Sherlock Holmes,' 'The Young Victoria.'


12. Cinematography: 'Avatar,' 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' 'The Hurt Locker,' 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'The White Ribbon.'


13. Sound Mixing: 'Avatar,' 'The Hurt Locker,' 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Star Trek,' 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.'


14. Sound Editing: 'Avatar,' 'The Hurt Locker,' 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Star Trek,' 'Up.'


15. Original Score: 'Avatar,' James Horner; 'Fantastic Mr. Fox,' Alexandre Desplat; 'The Hurt Locker,' Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders; 'Sherlock Holmes,' Hans Zimmer; 'Up,' Michael Giacchino.


16. Original Song: 'Almost There' from 'The Princess and the Frog,' Randy Newman; 'Down in New Orleans' from 'The Princess and the Frog,' Randy Newman; 'Loin de Paname' from 'Paris 36,' Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas; 'Take It All' from 'Nine,' Maury Yeston; 'The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)' from 'Crazy Heart,' Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett.


17. Costume: 'Bright Star,' 'Coco Before Chanel,' 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,' 'Nine,' 'The Young Victoria.'


18. Documentary Feature: 'Burma VJ,' 'The Cove,' 'Food, Inc.' 'The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers,' 'Which Way Home.'


19. Documentary (short subject): 'China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province,' 'The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner,' 'The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant,' 'Music by Prudence,' 'Rabbit a la Berlin.'


20. Film Editing: 'Avatar,' 'District 9,' 'The Hurt Locker,' 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.'


21. Makeup: 'Il Divo,' 'Star Trek,' 'The Young Victoria.'


22. Animated Short Film: 'French Roast,' 'Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty,' 'The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte),' 'Logorama,' 'A Matter of Loaf and Death.'


23. Live Action Short Film: 'The Door,' 'Instead of Abracadabra,' 'Kavi,' 'Miracle Fish,' 'The New Tenants.'


24. Visual Effects: 'Avatar,' 'District 9,' 'Star Trek.'

 

[singveld]

the hurt locker won some good prize recently and poise to defeat avatar in oscars. so i went and watch hurt locker. it is shit. wha is the story? no head no tail, the story is worse than avatar, i do not know why they made the movie? This is what going to beat avatar, what a joke man the people in hollywood.
up in the air too, no head no tail, what is the story about again? mid life crisis? you call this a movie?