|
previous topic :: next topic |
| Author |
Message |
bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
1692 Posts
XTreme Poster
|
 Sun Dec 20, 09 9:11 am Completely Off Topic: Avatar is a really amazing movie |
 |
|
Has anybody seen this movie? Wow, the effects are amazing!! I was literally having mini seizures and slight discharge from the excitement! Two thumbs up!!! 
_________________
Hey, I'm being hahahahahrassed! |
|
|
blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2028 Posts
Windward
|
| Sun Dec 20, 09 12:21 pm |
|
|
it better yank yer socks off and stuff your stockings for
$500,000,000.00
that's probably more than G.N.P of a lot countries |
|
|
bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
1692 Posts
XTreme Poster
|
| Sun Dec 20, 09 1:12 pm It's amazing... |
|
|
I thought the hype was a bit much, but it's really amazing. The 3d is legit and the plot is there, but the visual onslaught is amazingly new and vibrant. It's worth the money to watch.
Did it really cost 500,000,000? Wow, that's a large number.
_________________
Hey, I'm being hahahahahrassed! |
|
|
dustin awesome
Since 23 Jul 2009
115 Posts
Stoked
|
| Mon Dec 21, 09 10:27 am |
|
|
| yeah, i heard it cost alot of money to make...alot. im looking forward to seeing it also!! |
|
|
tautologies
Since 24 Aug 2006
602 Posts
Oahu
Addicted
|
| Mon Dec 21, 09 1:13 pm |
|
|
| nooooo, effects yes for sure an oscar winner. I saw it in imax 3d, which was fun. However I think the plot was incredibly weak and predictable. I wish one big move would dare to go outside the Hollywood mold. |
|
|
Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
1417 Posts
Hood River
XTreme Poster
|
| Mon Dec 21, 09 2:51 pm |
|
|
Good movie, predictable plot yeah but I liked it still.
_________________
I heart dangling |
|
|
jcohenx
Since 28 Aug 2007
250 Posts
Portland
Obsessed
|
| Tue Dec 22, 09 11:12 am Re: It's amazing... |
|
|
| bulae99 wrote: | I thought the hype was a bit much, but it's really amazing. The 3d is legit and the plot is there, but the visual onslaught is amazingly new and vibrant. It's worth the money to watch.
Did it really cost 500,000,000? Wow, that's a large number. |
$280M in direct production costs and about $150M and counting in marketing and avertising. Of course, your advertising is free.
_________________
It's always happy hour somewhere in the world. |
|
|
bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
1692 Posts
XTreme Poster
|
| Tue Dec 22, 09 4:44 pm I do what I can.. |
|
|
It's only a small part, butt I do what I can to help out my hollwierd brethren..
_________________
Hey, I'm being hahahahahrassed! |
|
|
Moto
Since 03 Sep 2006
2698 Posts
Still a gojo pimp!
Moto Mouth
|
| Tue Dec 22, 09 5:13 pm |
|
|
| tautologies wrote: | | nooooo, effects yes for sure an oscar winner. I saw it in imax 3d, which was fun. However I think the plot was incredibly weak and predictable. I wish one big move would dare to go outside the Hollywood mold. |
Dude, one of the main reasons why Hollywood does not go outside of the mold is because of investors (not 100%, but definately a large factor). What this means is that movie producers bundle movies in groups of like 10 movies or so and then seek funding for the movies. They show investors that they have been able to earn 9% (or whatever percentage they have been making) on their returns. So they stick to the same formula of movies over and over, year after year, because they know they will get the same return - just as long as they keep producing the exact same movie (just substitute actors and change the title of the movie once in a while). Investors like stability and years of track records. If hollywood changes their stupid movie formulas and started making quality films - who knows what the hell kind of return they will get. Instability scares off investors.
The only way they will ever change if their profits are affected. Not likely any time soon. They get a whole new crop of movie watchers every year who have not seen their stupid formula driven movies over and over again - this group is called the "teeny bopper" group - and put tons and tons of money into the movie producers pockets.
They will change their formula when they feel it in their pocket books. When people stop paying cash to see the same movie with different actors.
foreign movies and independent films offer variety - and many of them have much, much better plot lines than most hollywood crap.
_________________
Still rockin gojos, *ssless chaps, and ankle weights! |
|
|
Rollo Tomasi
Since 17 Mar 2005
983 Posts
Attractive
|
| Thu Dec 24, 09 2:41 am |
|
|
Very cool movie. Even the 3-D previews were fun.
No lines at the Kahului theater either.
 |
|
|
bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
1692 Posts
XTreme Poster
|
| Thu Dec 24, 09 5:29 am IFC..I'm a conformist...not |
|
|
I guess the mold is a great thing to resist, but sometimes predictable is ok. So, I was watching Independent Film Channel, The Amazing Story of Mushrooms..anybody see that?
Definitely not the mold, but more about actual mold. It was just a good at Avatar but in a different way,
Cheers
_________________
Hey, I'm being hahahahahrassed! |
|
|
pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6549 Posts
Couve / Hood
Honored Founder
|
| Thu Dec 24, 09 8:34 am |
|
|
Had to wait to see it before reading this thread, now can say I agree... amazing
If you are around here try seeing the 3D version at Cinetopia in the Couve, its all digital goodness. |
|
|
mobettah
Since 13 Mar 2007
18 Posts
Pickering, Ontario
|
| Thu Dec 24, 09 9:27 am |
|
|
Hmm.... Theatre sales over 10 billion dollars in North America this year - the most ever. Somebody is making lots of money....
_________________
--------------------------
Mobettah |
|
|
Moto
Since 03 Sep 2006
2698 Posts
Still a gojo pimp!
Moto Mouth
|
| Tue Dec 29, 09 9:03 am |
|
|
I saw it over the weekend and it was all right. Was really long - didn't need to be though.
_________________
Still rockin gojos, *ssless chaps, and ankle weights! |
|
|
Spike
Since 13 May 2007
1414 Posts
Alameda
Spelling Expert
|
| Tue Dec 29, 09 10:52 am |
|
|
| Moto wrote: | | I saw it over the weekend and it was all right. Was really long - didn't need to be though. |
hey now, don't be a hater  |
|
|
pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6549 Posts
Couve / Hood
Honored Founder
|
| Tue Dec 29, 09 10:09 pm |
|
|
| Yeah I think Moto didn't like Superbad either |
|
|
Moto
Since 03 Sep 2006
2698 Posts
Still a gojo pimp!
Moto Mouth
|
| Tue Dec 29, 09 10:58 pm |
|
|
| pkh wrote: | | Yeah I think Moto didn't like Superbad either |
LOL
No I didn't like superbad either. What can I say?
However, i think I would have liked the movie a little more if that blue lady was wearing a little less clothes - bwahahaha - I'm pretty sure there were a couple of shots of her nipple behind her necklace 
_________________
Still rockin gojos, *ssless chaps, and ankle weights! |
|
|
|
