Avatar by Cameron

[redqueenar]

22 Minutes of Video Footage – Creating the World of Pandora

Avatar too Exciting – Man Dies

Unless this actually happened... I remain unimpressed.

[Trailbreaker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAkHrk0a1ic

Uhhh, okay?

Avatar too Exciting – Man Dies

Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase they often use to describe movies like this..."mind blowing."

[Bayhem]

...over-excitement” from watching James Cameron’s Avatar in 3D.

Hmm...

I wonder what would've happened if it was 2D?

[Mindfreak87]

That 22 minute featurette now has HD versions, the 1080p file is 1.5GB ..

[Mindfreak87]

This is quite funny, an animated scene where Jake and Neytiri have alien sex, or at least try.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D8IRIYBSnk

[Bayhem]

"Titanic" is going down - http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

[Mindfreak87]

Congratulations Mr. Cameron, soon has a new #1.

[Trailbreaker]

"Titanic" is going down - http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

Abandon ship! Abandon ship! We're being attacked by Na'vi!!!

[megatron42]

women and children first

[Trailbreaker]

Right now it just needs to grab a few more million here in the US/Canada because it's already the highest grossing film of all time overseas.

Wow.

[Mindfreak87]

Well it's now official Avatar is the #1 grossing film of all-time worldwide.

[Jammed9000]

Well as of Jan 26th it just needs about 4 million more to beat TITANIC. (which is easy)
I think if you add DVD and Blu-Ray sales, then it will reach 2 BILLION!

[Trailbreaker]

Well as of Jan 26th it just needs about 4 million more to beat TITANIC. (which is easy)
I think if you add DVD and Blu-Ray sales, then it will reach 2 BILLION!

They way this movie is racking up cash right now, it could possibly reach $2 billion without the help of DVD/Blu-ray sales.

[Trailbreaker]

History has been made, folks!

[Jammed9000]

Finally.....the highest grossing movie ever isn't about a sinking ship.

[megatron42]

i can hear the fans now.. noooooooooo titanic is #2

[Trailbreaker]

Apparently the movie is causing China to rename their mountains: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8480954.stm

China renames 'Avatar' mountain
A Chinese mountain has reportedly been renamed in honour of the sci-fi film Avatar, after claims it had inspired scenery in the fantasy blockbuster.
The Southern Sky Column in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, will now be known as the Avatar Hallelujah Mountain.
Local officials said photographs of the mountain had been used as the basis for Avatar's fictional world of Pandora.
Avatar has become the most popular film ever in China, making $80m (£50m) at the box office so far.
Xiaoxiang Morning News said the mountain was officially renamed at a ceremony on Monday.
The paper said a photographer from Hollywood had visited the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, the location of the mountain, in 2008.
"Many pictures he took then become prototypes for various elements in the Avatar movie, including the 'Hallelujah Mountains'," Reuters quoted the website as saying.
Avatar tours
The renaming of the mountain is one of the several attempts by Zhangjiajie to capitalise on the success of Avatar.

The municipal government website has also adopted the slogan "Pandora is far but Zhangjiajie is near", while tourists are being offered tours of the locations which allegedly inspired the film, Reuters reports.
Avatar follows the plight of the blue N'avi people as they fight to protect their land from a mining operation.
The film has been showing on 2,500 screens across China. One-third were Imax and 3D screens while the rest were regular 2D screens.
But earlier this month, China pulled 2D versions of the film from cinemas, saying they were not doing well commercially.
Critics said the move was to make way for domestic films - especially the state-backed biopic of the philosopher Confucius - and because the plot too closely mirrored forced land evictions in the country.

[Jammed9000]

thats wierd. they must like the movie!!

[Trailbreaker]

thats wierd. they must like the movie!!

They like it, because they can capitalize on its success.

[transfrominside]

Well as of Jan 26th it just needs about 4 million more to beat TITANIC. (which is easy)
I think if you add DVD and Blu-Ray sales, then it will reach 2 BILLION!

are you kidding?
it will pass 2 billion within 2 weeks and it's going to make 2.5 billion just from the box office.

[warhorse]

Well, I did like Avatar, while I hated Titanic. But both are still overrated. Actually, most movie are overrated, huh?

[Trigger Mike]

Stunning performance.

Cameron has the Midas touch.

[Mech_1000]

It is funny how they still dont want to release an official production budget for the movie, plus commercials, etc. Many sites say 300 million... but with 10 years, 3d development technology, advertisement, and many of the other added costs... i would not be surprised if the production budget was 500 million.

[Bayhem]

$2,039,222,000 - http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/...&id=avatar.htm


On a side note, this guy makes some great points and if you just ignore the "fun parts" it's probably the most interesting review of "Avatar", and it really makes you think.

Personally, I can't say that I agree with everything, but when he's right, he's right...and certainly knew what he was talking about.

[Jammed9000]

are you kidding?
it will pass 2 billion within 2 weeks and it's going to make 2.5 billion just from the box office.

Yes, you're right it passed 2 billion.