Movie like Avatar kind of open up your eyes that there is a possibility of life on other planets such as our or whatever our imagination that we can come up with. That there is a possibility such exotic things does exist in other world. I love the way they created the flying Banshee and Leonopteryx that kind of represent dragonlike in our imagination. The floating rocks kind of remind us of the floating castles in fantasy novels. I mean science fictions and fantasy could one day become reality on another world.
I agree with your I guess it's just subjective like everything else. In the moment, I actually enjoyed watching the movie quite a bit, but once I left the theater I have barely given it a second thought. Most recently I had that "feeling" people are describing after seeing the Lord of the Rings' movies.
I'm kinda fascinated by this 'I can't stop thinking about it' effect. It's strange. I wish I could pinpoint what seems to make some folks react this way. I mean, anyone who does any sort of regular reading (novels, comics) or watches lots of sci fi should be no stranger to the whole fantasy aspect of the movie. Is it just because of the tech? Is it because of the 3D? It's very interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100125/film_nm/us_boxoffice_9 "Avatar" replaces "Titanic" in record books James Cameron's sci-fi spectacular replaced his maritime melodrama as the biggest international release of all time during the weekend and is on the verge of claiming its worldwide crown, which also includes North American receipts, distributor 20th Century Fox said Sunday. The News Corp-owned studio said "Avatar" has sold $1.841 billion worth of tickets worldwide during its unbroken six-week reign, and was a day or so away from surpassing the seemingly insurmountable $1.843 billion racked up by "Titanic" in 1997-1998. The international portion stands at $1.288 billion, eclipsing the $1.242 billion haul of "Titanic." In North America, "Avatar" may have to wait up to two weeks to sink the $601 million total of "Titanic," Fox said. Moviegoers in the United States and Canada have chipped in $552.8 million, enough to replace 2008's "The Dark Knight" ($533 million) as the second-biggest movie of all time. Data are not adjusted for inflation, and "Avatar" ticket sales got an additional boost from premium pricing for 3-D screenings. Imax Corp said its big-screen engagements have sold a record $134 million worth of tickets worldwide. The biggest movie of all time in North America -- adjusted for inflation -- is 1939's "Gone with the Wind," with sales of almost $1.5 billion, according to tracking firm Box Office Mojo. "Avatar" ranks No. 26 by that measure.
Edwards Marquee is the only real IMAX(80 ft screen) in Houston. The other IMAX screens are only slightly larger than a standard screen and aren't worth the extra $5. Here's the scale of a true IMAX vs fake IMAX. Seating begins 30 minutes before the movie. Lines are formed on the 2nd floor 90 minutes or more before the movie starts. If you go on the weekend, you should arrive an hour early and check out the line on the 2nd floor. The IMAX shows are still packed, after a month. It's better to be in the last row than in the bottom 3-4 rows, if you can't get a middle row. The 3D effects get very blurry, when you are too close to the screen.
In this age of instant communication and libraries of information at your fingertips, I have no freaking idea whats going on anymore.
I've been thinking about the movie off and on since I saw it, but it falls short of the ultimate cinematic achievement -- thinking about it so much I don't want to have sex. Mostly, when I think about Avatar, I think of all the missed opportunities -- all the sci-fi potential they flirted with but didn't adequately explore. I end up thinking about what they should have done, but didn't. The technical side craftsmanship of the movie was great, but I feel like the writer/director didn't have enough control of the philosophical and artistic side. And/or, it was completely debased and subjugated to the commercial interests of the movie. It's a strange place to be for a piece of art. If you've managed to provoke some thought from the audience, then you've succeeded. But, it also feels like appreciating an elephant's painting: I could perhaps derive meaning from the work, but it feels worthless knowing the meaning was more or less accidental. Maybe the movie failed, but I succeeded.
I think it's similar to watching Star Wars, Jurassic Park, LOTR, Blade Runner, The Matrix and ect for the first time. James Cameron created a world that is so visually stunning and left us believing that we all wish we could be a part of it.
I blamed it on the 3hrs limited. If you read the James Cameron treatment. It's fantastic but you couldn't put that all in 3hrs. So they have to cheat to make it interesting for that 3hrs. I mean I would love if they did a National Geographic style documents on Pandora. It would be freaking awesome. I would paid to go watch that in theatres.
i agree, it certainly makes you to know more but like others have said...the film was already 3 hours and it never seemed to lag. I'm not sure where you could add much more. I did hear the the DVD will almost have an extra hour of film...maybe they will go deeper there
what hasn't seen AVATAR?? ^^ :grin: You know, you'd have made my life easier if your name would have been "who".
I went to SMG this weekend at 6:40 to watch the 7:00 show thinking I would get in without any problems and it was already sold out. I can't believe people are still watching this. The only reason I went was because I had free tickets and they are going to expire in a few days.
