Avatar on big screen in 3D lives up to the hype. Stunningly beautiful. Cameron succeeds in bringing film to a new level. Will be interesting to see what reaction the film evokes on the small screen (i.e. DVD). As a big screen blockbuster, however, it achieves its goals. The movie is beautiful. Its archetypal motifs are familiar (but then that's what archetypes are). It acheives the effects of mythopoeisis which Lewis and Tolkien wrote so much about--Cameron creates an entire universe, through which the audience gets to walk. The plot is a blend of "that's been done" and creative invention--something I always consider a perfect blend. In fact the experience was bitter sweet for me as several ideas, elements, images, even a phrase ("I see you") are ones I used my self in my little known 2004 sci-fi novel, The Heart of Light, a project of love which I started writing in 1985 and finished in the early 90's. The sweetness is that I tapped into these archetypal ideas in my own creative activity. The bitterness is that Cameron has now done it on a massive scale, and I walked away thinking that trying to do anymore with my novel feels redundant. Yes it's massively different, but now I imagine that, when my comp students read the novel next semester, some of them will say, "Did you get that idea from Avatar?" and I'll have to point out the copyright date and say, "He just did it bigger and with greater beauty."
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23 December 2008
2 hours 41 min
International numbers were in the 200M+ range.
2 January 2009
13 hours 18 min
A comparison of numbers could be misleading - the movie is long so total number of screenings per day are limited, plus the hype is to see it in IMax in 3D, rather than in 2D on a convetional screen.
Also, Titanic opened really luke warm and it was initially thought to be a flop, but there was little to no drop off and that thing just kept on earning - the test is next week's numbers and the percentag change in BO.
27 June 2009
11 min 54 sec
It's called Schanden freude , pleasure in others pain. It figures the Germans would have a phrase for it.
27 December 2008
17 min 46 sec
I can't decide if I'll be pissed off or happy if this thing makes it's money back. On the one hand, I never wake up in the morning hoping for people to fail, I like Cameron, and I enjoyed the movie. On the other hand, it's such a huge film...I dunno...there's a part of human nature that secretly hopes the Hindenburg will blow up, you know?
23 December 2008
2 hours 41 min
say approx 73 million over the weekend. Not breaking any records....
27 December 2008
17 min 46 sec
They're saying it did about 27 million as of the thursday night opening, but they expect the totals to be fairly low for the weekend, maybe 50 or 60 million, which is way low, compared to their expectations/hopes. I'd be interested to see actual numbers if anyone's got 'em.
27 June 2009
11 min 54 sec
Avatar did about 3 million last night and they are guessing on a 85 million weekend. I think they will make their money back but not break any records I also think this is going to be like 2001. It will change things but not always for the better.
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/first-word-avatar-midnights-only-3-mil...