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I imagine it'll cross the $2b mark too
James Cameron's 'Avatar' - The next gen of cinema
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To balance this out let's have the unadjusted figures:
1 Titanic : Worldwide - $1,842.9 US - $600.8 UK - $110,890
2 Avatar : Worldwide - $1,836.1 US - $552.8 UK - $80,200
3 The Return of the King : Worldwide - $1,119.1 US - $377.0 UK - $98,156
These are spectacular.
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Finally watched this, had fun for the first half an hour or so, it looks great. Got bored soon after the fascination with the visuals ended, as the storyline left pretty much everything to be desired, why on earth didn't they put any effort into that part of the movie, could have been excellent 
Finally watched this, had fun for the first half an hour or so, it looks great. Got bored soon after the fascination with the visuals ended, as the storyline left pretty much everything to be desired, why on earth didn't they put any effort into that part of the movie, could have been excellent
Read the screen play, it could have been much better but they had to cut several colossal chunks out of it, even then it ended up at nearly 3 hours. There is A LOT, probably at least another hour, that was not included in the final product and annoyingly most of it was stuff that added depth to characters and situations.
Only $5Million to go before Avatar becomes to highest grossing movie of all time (ignoring inflation).
Cameron must have a permanent ear-to-ear grin.
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Yeah you can imagine any discussions with James Cameron and the studios about further projects
"So yeah, my last two films have made almost $4 billion, can I get funding for Uber-Ninja Meerkats of Awesome Fight Back Against the Evil Venus Fly Trap-Esque Alien Invaders: The Quadrilogy - IN 3D?"
"Yes missa Cameron, anything you say sah"
"So yeah, my last two films have made almost $4 billion, can I get funding for Uber-Ninja Meerkats of Awesome Fight Back Against the Evil Venus Fly Trap-Esque Alien Invaders: The Quadrilogy - IN 3D?"
"Yes missa Cameron, anything you say sah"
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Considering the film had quiet a lot of footage cut out to make it cinema ready I'd image the DVD/Bluray release to be something special indeed.
Hopefully they will release a special edition with all missing footage as i would gladly pay 30-40 quid for it on bluray.
Hopefully they will release a special edition with all missing footage as i would gladly pay 30-40 quid for it on bluray.
But was the cut footage actually rendered? I would imagine it would be costly to render stuff solely to then throw it away?
Sure it wasn't mostly cut prior to filming?
The only know cut scene that was actually filmed is the sex scene, which will be included on the DVD/Blu-Ray release.
Yeah you can imagine any discussions with James Cameron and the studios about further projects
"So yeah, my last two films have made almost $4 billion, can I get funding for Uber-Ninja Meerkats of Awesome Fight Back Against the Evil Venus Fly Trap-Esque Alien Invaders: The Quadrilogy - IN 3D?"
"Yes missa Cameron, anything you say sah"
The funny thing is, he'd still make it a success...
Shame there isn't more
Well I did say "known", even if I missed an N, for all we know there could be more.
Fingers crossed! Hopefully he/they've done a LOTR with is, with a good 20-30 mins of extra story in there!
Me too.
I've modded my glasses to block out the light from the sides, found that very distracting on previous occasions. I'll look like a right plonker though. 
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I agree with this statement. It became VERY predictable. Spectacular visual effects, but borrowed loads from Aliens design wise. No bad thing, just it was too obvious in some cases.
Thing is I don't think James Cameron on his own is a good writer, but a truly epic director of film.
