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View Poll Results: Are you gonna purchase Avatar? | |||
Yes Regular DVD Copy |
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2 | 7.69% |
Yes Blu Ray |
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4 | 15.38% |
Nope...Im gonna wait for the special edition |
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2 | 7.69% |
Nope...Didnt really care for the film |
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18 | 69.23% |
Voters: 26. You must log in or register to vote on this poll. |
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#1 |
Yipee Kai Yay!!!
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Avatar Dvd...Are You getting it?
Today the dvd hits and I was just curious to see how many people here were gonna pick up the film considering there is really nothing on it but the movie and the fact that they are gonna re-release it at the end of the year and bring a special edition out on dvd.
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#2 |
the low Art Gloominati
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I still haven't seen it, I'll either see it on cable, download it or buy it when it's 9.99 or something.
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#3 |
Just a bro.
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Nope.
Overrated film, tbh. |
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#4 |
I'm Mr. White Christmas
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Boycotting it
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#5 |
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I liked it but it's not something I need to own or see again anytime soon.
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#6 |
The Champ is Here!
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Nope. Nothing against the movie, but it's really just eye candy. I don't have a 3D TV, so I'm not getting Avatar.
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#7 |
Sisukas Mies
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Blah. I think already have Dances with Wolves on cassette somewhere.
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#8 |
Jamiroquai Bodega
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My answer is "No" but not because I didn't like the film, I just don't care to see it again (at least not in 2D)
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#9 |
A Property of Matter
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I have much bigger plans for Earth Day.
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#10 |
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Bought the Blu-Ray which comes with a DVD for less than $10 more and besides that I had to buy it today cuz afterwards the price goes up best movies of 2009 despite it's unoriginality.
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#11 |
Selectively Social
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Rented the Blu today, and if we like it then I'll pick up the 3D version when it comes out.
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#12 |
LIMITLESS
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Didn't see it, don't want to see it. Don't care.
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#13 |
The Champ is Here!
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#14 |
Hey Mister!
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Gonna watch it at a friends.
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#15 |
Two weeks.
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FUCK Avatar...and FUCK YOU TOO....Fignuts.
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#16 |
2015 TPWW FANTASY CHAMP
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Nah, saw it in theater. Enjoyed it. No immediate interest in seeing it again. Def worth 1 watch, but besides special effects didn't overly grab my interest.
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#17 |
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Yes, Blu Ray
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#18 |
LIMITLESS
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#19 |
Just a bro.
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The blue girl pisses me off for some reason. I hate Avatar
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#20 |
God Bless America
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No
I downloaded it - watched it, was underwhelmed by it. |
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#21 |
Bringing Intact Back
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I can only waste three hours of my life so often.
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#22 |
The Satanic Mechanic
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Eventually when the super deluxe edition comes out and I finally get around to getting a Bluray player (PS3).
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#23 |
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I didn't hate it, but didn't like it enough to buy on DVD
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#24 |
Get a poke on
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It's always interesting how the most popular movie of alltime seems to be unpopular with people
Society denied liking Titanic for over 10 years, while it sat untouched against every mega-hit |
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#26 |
Get a poke on
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lol love that
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#27 |
Smitten for Kittens
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Too fucking long with too little substance for me to sit all the way through it again, let alone pay more money for it.
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Smitten for Kittens
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#29 |
Mad
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I'll get it when I get a 3dtv
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You don't know if you're going to like a movie before you buy the ticket and go watch it. |
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#31 |
Get a poke on
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I think first weekend ticket sales are more indicative of that. If you look at the top 10, 20, or 50 grossing movies of alltime, you will see a trend in popularity and cultural impact.
They reach that height because of people continuing to go see them, and word of mouth spreading. I think that's popularity. Even if that popularity gets so large that it causes a backlash, it existed. Something like Spiderman 3 and Transformers 2 are examples of people going to see a movie based on pre-conceptions. The huge dropoffs they experienced indicate the general dislike for the product. Last edited by Jeritron; 04-25-2010 at 02:43 PM. |
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#32 |
Get a poke on
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Granted everything makes way more money now because of inflation. A movie like Avatar may have grossed more money than Star Wars or Gone With The Wind, but it sold nowhere near as many tickets.
Even a movie like The Dark Knight outperformed Spider-Man financially, but sold around the same amount of tickets. |
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Smitten for Kittens
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Likewise, Daniel Craig is the Guiness book of world records for being the most successful James Bond: after all, his movies made more money than the other movies. Period. Fuckin' silly. |
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#34 |
Get a poke on
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Absolutely. It's ridiculous. It's all relative though. Box office numbers don't indicate anything outside of their time period really.
For instance, Jaws was a much bigger hit in it's time than something like Iron Man, but it made less money because of inflation. If you look at the top grossing movie by year, though, it's usually the most popular movie of that year. |
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#35 |
Get a poke on
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This is the list of alltime grossing films, adjusted for inflation. Basically everything is ranked by ticket sales, by setting all ticket prices to match today's.
http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm Avatar is obviously still a massive hit, as are several other top grossers. It gives a much better indication of what the biggest movies of alltime are though. |
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#36 |
Get a poke on
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It's amazing that more people went to go see Thunderball than The Dark Knight.
The Dark Knight was hugely popular nonetheless, but it's made out to be such a bigger event than it really was. The Phantom Menace even k |
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#37 |
Smitten for Kittens
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You know, I really would have thought Independence Day would be bigger.
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#38 |
Get a poke on
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Without looking at that list I would without question say the biggest movie events of my life (in terms of public interest) were Titanic, Episode 1, The Dark Knight and Avatar. The list seems to support that.
I remember The Lion King and Jurassic Park being massive as well, but I was a bit too young to fully gauge that. They obviously were. Everything else is just as it always seemed to me. Hits, but not mega-hits. Hollywood loves to hype the inflated box office. |
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#39 |
Get a poke on
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I'll be shocked if Toy Story 3 isn't massive this summer, by the way.
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I watched it again and liked it slightly less than before. It's definitely more of a theater experience, but still good. The "it's super popular so we must all hate it" routine if far more tiring than a movie claiming it's number 1 based solely on gross profit.
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