I've never even seen the shyt or heard anybody mention it since it left theaters. How did a movie that made so much money be so insignificant?
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I've never even seen the shyt or heard anybody mention it since it left theaters. How did a movie that made so much money be so insignificant?
Brandeezy
Superstar
Breh it opened to 76M and ended up making 760M domestically alone, it was the number 1 ranked movie at the BO for 8 weeks and didn't finish it's run until August but it came out in December the year before 
But to answer your question, this movie was marketed along with the new 3D technology. I remember seeing it and all the 3D showtimes were sold out but the standard weren't.
But to answer your question, this movie was marketed along with the new 3D technology. I remember seeing it and all the 3D showtimes were sold out but the standard weren't.
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Mike Nasty
Superstar
How's does one read tweets about Avatar and then make threads about it in 2019, but has never seen it.
AVATAR WAS HUGE DURING ITS THEATRE RUN
U HAD TO BE AROUND BACK THEN TO REMEMBER
U HAD TO BE AROUND BACK THEN TO REMEMBER
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MIKE SPLEAN
Superstar
All I remember about avatar is that they pushed Sam worthington after that and he flopped
Jesus Bhrist
All Star
White people don't like it because it's a allegorical tale for how europeans colonized and enslaved black & indigenous peoples, took our resources and created trillion dollar multinational corporations off our backs. The 3D graphics & cinematography was enough to distract them the first few watches but after the novelty wore off, the message was loud & clear
The fukk do they mean nobody ripped it off? Every blockbuster released had a 3D version because of Avatar. Milestone movies get their good qualities jacked and butchered by Hollywood. There's only a handful of films from the last 20 years or so that have that happen and Avatar is one of them.
MCU has everybody trying to make a cinematic universe and failing at it. Harry Potter spawned a bajillion bad young adult novel movies. The Matrix had everybody doing slow mo. Avatar had everybody slapping post-conversions on their movie to get the 3D bag. Inception had everybody abusing horns in their trailers. The Dark Knight had the studios making dark/"serious"/"mature" movies out of shyt that didn't really fit that tone.
Hell the reason Thanos looks so good is because of the work that went into Avatar. Instead of talking down you need to be paying homage
MCU has everybody trying to make a cinematic universe and failing at it. Harry Potter spawned a bajillion bad young adult novel movies. The Matrix had everybody doing slow mo. Avatar had everybody slapping post-conversions on their movie to get the 3D bag. Inception had everybody abusing horns in their trailers. The Dark Knight had the studios making dark/"serious"/"mature" movies out of shyt that didn't really fit that tone.
Hell the reason Thanos looks so good is because of the work that went into Avatar. Instead of talking down you need to be paying homage
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
It was a cool movie to look at for the time and had no competition for months.
If Avengers released in January or August it would probably do 20% more than its projected to do now.
If Avengers released in January or August it would probably do 20% more than its projected to do now.
Name 5 characters names from.avatar off the top of your head.. I'll wait...
Pochantas
John Smith
Ratcliffe
Grandmother Willow
Powhantan
Drew Wonder
Superstar
It was a combination of it being Cameron’s first feature film since Titanic plus all the hype about it being a movie that you had to see in theaters in order to get the full experience.
I remember the word of mouth was basically “movie’s plot/acting/dialogue are all pretty meh but it’s so beautiful to look at and the 3D so immersive that you have to see it in theaters to get the full effect.”
10 years later and nothing has topped it visually imo. And it’s still the only movie I’ve seen where the 3D is a legit art form and not a gimmick.
But if you watch it outside the theaters with no 3D it turns into a pretty generic white savior flick with aliens instead of native Americans, which is why it seems like no one ever really talks about it anymore. It wasn’t the story that caused all the hype it was the theatrical experience.
I remember the word of mouth was basically “movie’s plot/acting/dialogue are all pretty meh but it’s so beautiful to look at and the 3D so immersive that you have to see it in theaters to get the full effect.”
10 years later and nothing has topped it visually imo. And it’s still the only movie I’ve seen where the 3D is a legit art form and not a gimmick.
But if you watch it outside the theaters with no 3D it turns into a pretty generic white savior flick with aliens instead of native Americans, which is why it seems like no one ever really talks about it anymore. It wasn’t the story that caused all the hype it was the theatrical experience.
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Tory Lanez Stan
no impact?? That movie rejuvinated 3D/Imax movies. Damn near everything is 3D these days because of avatar and now we are saying no impact??
If I'm not watching it in IMAX 3d it ain't worth the time to watch. The greatest 3D viewing experience I've ever and nothing is close, not even 10 years later.
