James Cameron's: Avatar

[Lucas]

I did a forum, and advanced thread title search and didnt see a thread on this one. So if there is one, please pardon my horrid search-fu skeelz.

I finally went to see it, in 3d. To be honest, from all the hype I didnt want to get into this movie, I wanted to not like it because everyone loves it so much. But, IMO, Avatar deserves the hype, every bit of it. I had a great time with this movie, and plan to go see a non 3d version also, its just that fun. The 3 hours goes by so fast, it leaves you wishing it were a 5 hour movie. I like the aspect that this story is open for advancement. I would definately watch a sequal as long as it was a different story. Perhaps completely native, no humans.

[BoulderDawg]

I finally went last night. I also saw the 3D version. It's an okay novelty I guess but 2D would have been just as enjoyable.

The actual story itself is cut and dried. You know who the good guys are and who the bad guys are. In fact it's pretty much geared towards the 12-14 year old crowd. I do wish they could have blurred the lines a little and made one of the Na'vi a villian.....however that might have confused the kids.

I did enjoy the message the movie delivered and actually compared it to Manifest Destiny conquests in the 17-18 hundreds. After seeing it I do understand why so many conservatives in this country are up in arms and saying that you hate America if you go to this movie. It hits real close to home to those people. One thing I did notice was that all the bad guys in this movie were all lilly white. There was not a black, brown, yellow face to be found anywhere. It kinda reminded me of a teabagger rally!:D

I did like Sigorney Weaver in this movie and though she had aged well. Finally I thought all of those Na'vi chicks were hot!:D They should introduce the Na'vi diet to American women!

[BoulderDawg]

One more thing....Notice how they set it up perfectly for the sequel.

[Lucas]

One more thing....Notice how they set it up perfectly for the sequel.

yep, this is where im hoping the more adult oriented story, with a navi villain, come into play. like i said, keep the humans out of the sequal, maybe all new characters all together.

lol there was this guy in the theater when i was watching it that yelled out 'nip' every time he saw a nipple LOL it was hillarious....at first.

[Jimbo]

I enjoyed Avatar immensely, but couldn't help comparing it in my mind to Dances With Wolves. Outsider becomes part of the tribe, and eventually becomes the standout of the tribe. In this case, instead of Native American tribes, they were blue giants, but the comparisons are no accident. I chose to see it in 2D, as I don't care for 3D.

Cameron (almost) always delivers in the quality department, esp. when it comes to big-time action. He doesn't come out with lots and lots of films like many directors do, but when he does, they're usually outstanding.

I also thought about Aliens, where the earthling/hero (Sigourney Weaver) donned a robotic outer shell to fight the alien; this time, it was the earthling/villain who donned the outer shell, fighting the good-guy extraterrestrials. I thought Weaver played her role very well in Avatar as well. Michelle Rodriquez seemed made to be in a James Cameron movie. But to be honest, I thought anybody could have played the main guy; he did a good job but his character was very generic.

As for all the bad guys being lilly-white, so are most of the main human characters. It is, after all, a James Cameron film. It seems a difficult thing for the majority of Hollywood directors to break convention. I would have thought that far into the 'future' that humanity would have been a little more integrated, but it's Hollywood, after all.

In spite of the film's predictability, IMO it also had some good messages, too.

[@PLUGO]

One more thing....Notice how they set it up perfectly for the sequel.

Here's what JC has to say about it (http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/01/14/avatar-sequel-james-cameron/?xid=rss-feed-todayslatest-'Avatar':+First+look+at+EW+cover):
“I’ve had a storyline in mind from the start — there are even scenes in Avatar that I kept in because they lead to the sequel. It just makes sense to think of it as a two or three film arc, in terms of the business plan. The CG plants and trees and creatures and the musculo-skeletal rigging of the main characters — that all takes an enormous amount of time to create. It’d be a waste not to use it again.”

Sam Worthington is already signed to play Jake Sully again and suggests "Jake should have abused his avatar and be fat and unfit and demand Neyteri to get him a beer."

Meanwhile producer Jon Landau has this to say about a sequel:
If the public likes Avatar, it’s a possibility. After all, here we are exploring the surface of the planet Pandora. The interior remains to be seen.
However there's still work on the other film JC was developing along side of AVATAR: Battle Angel (http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2009/09/james-camerons-battle-angel-update-14.html)

[sanjuro_ronin]

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[sanjuro_ronin]

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[sanjuro_ronin]

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[Lucas]

nice pic posts. we are all secretly in love with the blue lady.

you also posted an application to a drop stance! lol

[sanjuro_ronin]

nice pic posts. we are all secretly in love with the blue lady.

you also posted an application to a drop stance! lol

It's what I do.
There will be a "sex scene" in the Avatar DVD/Blu-Ray.

I have it on good authority that Na'vi women are clean shaven.
:D

[BoulderDawg]

I like that tail thinge that you could hook into....sweet! She had hair on the end of that!:p

[goju]

god that movie looks so ****in dumb


have you guys heard about those idiot skilling themselves over that movie lol

[Lucas]

dont talk **** about the blue lady or i will hunt you down and kill you in your sleep with a rusty screwdriver!

like i said i didnt want to like it. even if you hate the story line, the action scenes / nature scenes / blue lady scenes are worth it in and of itself.

unless your a raging hom0 sexual ;)

[goju]

LOL!!

screw the blue lady ill take rachel mcadams prancing around in tight pants in sherlock holmes

[Lucas]

hehe, couldnt help myself.

:D

[GeneChing]

Revenge sex with a puma. It'll make you rethink your blue lady lust. ;)

SNL's Avatar Chamber (http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/avatar-chamber/1194011/)

That's Uhura 09 right? She does wushu, you know. (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showpost.php?p=981122&postcount=102)

[Lucas]

i have to look that skit up on line if its up later on.

i caught her on leno and an either conan or letterman. for her age, **** she lookin good. id tap that, i think that might be the first time id offered to tap a 60+ but man she has it goin on. keep in mind that doubles my age.

[goju]

raquel welch looked good last time i saw her id go after that:D

[Lucas]

they are really feline looking, the noses and the ears and the eyes and the tails.

i remember seeing a couple of ears with 'bite' marks in them, like alley cats get from fighting.

some of hte best scenes is when those arrows hit humans, lol you realize how big they are after getting impaled by them.

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[uki]

i am already tied to this movie by the simple fact that on the day i saw it with my girlfriend, our second daughter was born 5 hours later... excellent movie.

[GeneChing]

This one is for you then, Lucas. Another SNL gem from Sigourney's show last Saturday.

Grady Wilson: Fifty & Freaky (http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/grady-wilson-fifty-and-freaky/1194028/)

[Lucas]

i was wondering what you thought of it. i was thinking you might hate it lol

[Lucas]

This one is for you then, Lucas. Another SNL gem from Sigourney's show last Saturday.

Grady Wilson: Fifty & Freaky (http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/grady-wilson-fifty-and-freaky/1194028/)

im dying to see the skits you posted, ill have to wait till im at home, and have the internet plugged into my computer... lol, yes i un plug it.

[GeneChing]

Do your own search on that. It's from Hustler's parody series and it's titled This Ain't Avatar XXX. There's also a movement towards 3D porn in Avatar's wake. You can search that for yourself too.

Here's what my Avatar porn surfing turned up. It's the only hentai-ish pic I could post here and still stay family friendly. ;)

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2010/01/500x_custom_1264022879592_smurf_on_na__vi_action_b y_drawerofdrawings.jpg

Lucas, I'm warning you - after the Grady Wilson: Fifty & Freaky, you'll never be able to beat eggs again with a straight face.

[Lucas]

hahahahaha Gene you kill me...im not sure if i can handle anyone violating the blue lady!

lol i don tknow what Grady Wilson: Fifty & Freaky is but ill make sure to stay well and clear, i like me some egg beating :D


hahah....freaking smurf...

[GeneChing]

Just think...Ripley at 50 (well, 60 actually)...you so want to see the old TV. Trust me. ;)

http://img.listal.com/image/471433/500full-sigourney-weaver.jpg

[Lucas]

**** ripley, she got some skiiiiimpy little shorts goin on there, no wonder that alien was after her so bad!

okay, ill watch it lol

[Lucas]

This one is for you then, Lucas. Another SNL gem from Sigourney's show last Saturday.

Grady Wilson: Fifty & Freaky (http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/grady-wilson-fifty-and-freaky/1194028/)

ok ya thats freaking hilarious, i didnt know you could watch episodes online.

'oh yes, i'm repairing the sidewalk'

lol

[GeneChing]

This is a bit of a stretch for me. You can stroke out at any time, so blaming Avatar just seems a bit much.

Man died after watching Avatar - doctor (http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/feature/man-died-after-watching-avatar/story-e6frfnv0-1225821333043)
* From: AFP
* January 21, 2010 11:41AM

A 42-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of high blood pressure has died of a stroke likely triggered by over-excitement from watching the blockbuster Avatar in 3D, a doctor says.

The man, identified only by his surname Kuo, started to feel unwell during the screening earlier this month in the northern city of Hsinchu and was taken to hospital.

Mr Kuo, who suffered from hypertension, was unconscious when he arrived at the Nan Men General Hospital and a scan showed that his brain was haemorrhaging, emergency room doctor Peng Chin-chih said today.

"It's likely that the over-excitement from watching the movie triggered his symptoms,'' the doctor said.

Mr Kuo died 11 days later from the brain haemorrhage, and the China Times newspaper said it was the first death linked to watching James Cameron's science-fiction epic Avatar.

Film blogging sites have reported complaints of headaches, dizziness, nausea and blurry eyesight from viewers of Avatar and other movies rich in 3D imagery.

[Lucas]

hey i could think of way worse ways to go than while watching avatar!

he should consider himself lucky

[@PLUGO]

The Southern Sky Column in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, will now be known as the Avatar Hallelujah Mountain (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8480954.stm). 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. They went on to claim photographs of the mountain had been used as the basis for Avatar's fictional world of Pandora.

[GeneChing]

I can't remember if I mentioned the impact of Titanic upon China. It was so huge there. I remember seeing posters for Titanic way out in this rural areas where people were living in dirt floor homes. Titanic had just the sort of epic tragic love story that Chinese romantics love.


China reiterates film rules after 'Avatar' flap (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h-eJ9SmH2zGU0FEB2Y5K9SzgfA-Q)
(AFP) – 1 day ago

BEIJING — China on Monday reiterated rules that most of the screen time in the nation's cinemas be given to domestic films, after it cut short the run of US blockbuster "Avatar".

The State Council, or cabinet, also called for steps to boost the Chinese film industry, such as building more digital cinemas and having studios raise funds through bank loans and by issuing shares and bonds.

The statement came after the 2D version of Avatar was pulled ahead of schedule from cinemas on Friday amid charges that the government had shunted it aside to make way for the patriotic Chinese biopic "Confucius".

Avatar, the futuristic adventure that was released in both 2D and 3D versions January 4, has become China's all-time box-office champion, topping 80 million dollars in sales, state media said last week.

The State Council statement said the industry must "earnestly implement relevant rules requiring that screening time of domestic movies must be no less than two-thirds of total screening time in a year".

China currently allows 20 foreign films to be shown in the country's cinemas every year.

It also should step up efforts to "help domestic movies enter the international mainstream film market" as part of its strategy to "increase the nation's cultural soft power", according to the statement.

It said the industry would grow more than 20 percent a year by 2015, without giving a comparative figure.

The United States has complained repeatedly about Chinese limits on the screening of foreign films, and the World Trade Organisation in December upheld a ruling that orders Beijing to free up distribution of US films, music and books.

Intreractive graphic on 3-D film technology as it enjoys a revival with the multi-Oscar nominations for James Cameron's Avatar and the release of a string of other movies in the format, including Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story 3 and Shrek Forever.

BTW, we also have a Confucius thread (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54054) going, although it's not very active compared to this one. :rolleyes:

[mickey]

Greetings,

I had the opportunity to see this movie. I liked it, initially. I then got the feeling that I saw this movie before and gave it some thought. I got my "ding." This movie is remarkably similar to a low budget film that came out in the late 80's. The movie was "Nightbreed": an adaptation of Cabal, a short story written by Clive Barker. If they had one quarter of the budget that Avatar had, people would still be talking about it.

mickey

[BoulderDawg]

The movie is nothing new. Most compare to Dances with wolves.

Outsider gets involved with gang/government/army. Attacks/wrongs/kills innocent people. Outsider has second thoughts.

Been done hundreds of times.

[MasterKiller]

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[David Jamieson]

mmmmm bluebies

[GeneChing]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssss!


APRIL 15, 2019 10:25AM PT
Michelle Yeoh Joins James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ Sequels (https://variety.com/2019/film/news/michelle-yeoh-avatar-sequels-1203189762/)
By DAVE MCNARY
Film Reporter
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Michelle Yeoh is heading to Pandora. The veteran actress is boarding James Cameron’s “Avatar” franchise, and will portray scientist Dr. Karina Mogue.

“Throughout her career, Michelle has always created unique and memorable characters,” Cameron said. “I look forward to working with Michelle to do the same thing on the ‘Avatar’ sequels.”

Yeoh starred in “Crazy Rich Asians” as the mother of Henry Golding’s character. She also toplines CBS’ “Star Trek: Discovery.” Her credits include “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Tomorrow Never Dies” and “Memoirs of a Geisha.” The Malaysian actress will be seen next in Paul Feig’s “Last Christmas” alongside Emilia Clarke and Golding, and in Joe Carnahan’s “Boss Level.”

“Avatar 2,” the first of four follow-ups, will hit theaters on Dec. 18, 2020. The remaining installments will be released on the same weekend over the next few years, with “Avatar 3” arriving on Dec. 17, 2021; “Avatar 4” on Dec. 20, 2024; and finally “Avatar 5” on Dec. 19, 2025.

The 2009 fantasy epic “Avatar” remains the all-time box office champion, with $2.8 billion worldwide. Cameron initially envisioned two sequels, but after meeting with the screenwriters, artists and designers, realized he had too much material and extended his plans to four movies in total.

Cameron and Jon Landau are producing through their Lightstorm Entertainment company. Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington and Sigourney Weaver are returning for the upcoming films. Kate Winslet and “Game of Thrones” star Oona Chaplin have also joined the cast. The script was written by Cameron with Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Shane Salerno.

Yeoh is represented by manager David Unger.

[GeneChing]

Multiple Fox Films Getting Axed at Disney (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/multiple-fox-films-getting-axed-at-disney-1204252)
8:22 AM PDT 4/24/2019 by Tatiana Siegel , Borys Kit

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Disney studio chief Alan Horn has jettisoned a number of Fox projects from his development and preproduction slate.

After scrapping Fox 2000, Alan Horn is culling projects that were in development before the $71.3 billion deal closed: "They are looking at everything."
Call it spring cleaning, Burbank-style.

Since Disney's $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox assets closed March 20, film studio chief Alan Horn has jettisoned a number of Fox projects from his development and preproduction slate, including the $170 million tentpole Mouse Guard, the Tom Hanks starrer News of the World (to Universal) and an adaptation of Angie Thomas' best-seller On the Come Up (to Paramount).

Also poised for curbside pickup, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, is Ted Melfi's mental-hospital-set dramedy Fruit Loops, which has Woody Harrelson starring. (The project is still officially in the Disney fold, but likely will be put into turnaround.)

Three of the four films came from Elizabeth Gabler's now-shuttered Fox 2000 division (Mouse Guard being the exception). Insiders say Disney is simply culling the enormous influx of projects. Mouse Guard, which was poised for a May start date, was said to be too expensive for a nonfranchise film.

As for why On the Come Up didn’t make the cut, a source says Thomas’ last project, The Hate U Give, lost $30 million to $40 million despite a modest $23 million budget and a marketing spend believed to be about $30 million.

Meanwhile, a number of movies greenlit in late December and early January by Fox film president Emma Watts, who made the transition to Disney, are moving forward. Those include the Matthew Vaughn-directed Kingsman prequel The Great Game, the low-budget witchcraft pic Fear Street and Steven Spielberg's West Side Story.

Likely shooting in the fall is Free Guy — a Shawn Levy-Ryan Reynolds collaboration — and Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile. One Fox film that won't be questioned is Avatar 2, which finished shooting last Thursday.

But even some of those green lights are being met with scrutiny. One source says Horn is questioning the apparent plan to have young characters smoking onscreen in West Side Story. "With Fox, we can make movies that right now I say no to. ... We always have to think about the smoking policy. The audience for a Disney movie may not know what they are going to see, but they know what they aren't going to see," the exec said in a recent interview with THR. "There are certain things we just can't include because we'll get letters."

Despite Mouse Guard now being shopped to other studios, Watts' group is not being asked to make lower-priced movies, says a source. Rather, she is being tasked with making larger all-audience PG-13 and R-rated films. Look for the domestic terrorism thriller The Ballad of Richard Jewell — about the security guard at the center of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing — to be among the first Fox green lights, possibly with Clint Eastwood directing.

"We are now just only beginning to see how all this consolidation will change how movies get greenlit and made," says a producer involved with a Fox-developed movie. "They are looking at everything."

THREADS
Disney+ (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?71104-Disney)
James Cameron's: Avatar (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?56205-James-Cameron-s-Avatar)
Kingsman 3 (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?71218-Kingsman-3)

[GeneChing]

I still say Endgame (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?71016-Avengers-Endgame) cheated with the re-release. Avatar (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?56205-James-Cameron-s-Avatar) was a one-off at the time, not the culmination of 17+ films.


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BRITTANY VINCENT
19h ago

It might have taken a while, but it finally happened: Avengers: Endgame has overtaken James Cameron's Avatar in a long, grueling box office battle.

The massively popular superhero movie passed another impressive milestone, having finally surpassed Avatar's box office totals, but only those from the movie's original theatrical run. Much of the earnings that comprise Avatar's impressive totals were actually derived from its theater re-release (much like Avengers: Endgame is getting), so unfortunately this isn't the big hurrah we've all been waiting for, but it's close.


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It's going to be interesting to see if Avengers: Endgame's return to theaters with additional content will bring it even further over the line with all the new moviegoers piling in to see the movie for the first (or thirteenth) time.

The new version of the movie will include a few deleted scenes at its conclusion, a tribute to the legendary Stan Lee, and a post-credits scene that you'll definitely want to stay afterward to see.

You can look forward to seeing Avengers: Endgame with expanded content as early as this weekend (June 28), so the totals will start rolling in after that. If it continues to perform as well as it did when it opened with an estimated $350 million in ticket sales, then there's a very high probability that we'll see the numbers skyrocket even higher over Avatar's performance.

If you're looking to make it a Marvel week and weekend, Captain Marvel is now out to purchase and stream, and Spider-Man: Far From Home is about to debut in theaters on July 2. Your favorite Marvel heroes are far from being retired from the movies, so you can still head out and support your favorites (most of them, anyway) for the time being.

If you want Avatar's record to be beaten, it'll be up to you to show up and show out, because Endgame is definitely worthy of going down in history, right?