Snow slows debut of 'Avatar'

Wow, just imagine if a porno film had a budget of $300 million.

Wow, piracy isn't being blamed? Abs0olutely amazing!

I saw the movie and thought it was pretty good, granted that it was a little slow during some scenes.

Takes him 10 years to rip off dances with wolves.. then everybody is up his ass about what a great movie it is.. boring.

Originally posted by scum101:

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Takes him 10 years to rip off dances with wolves.. then everybody is up his ass about what a great movie it is.. boring.

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I regret not watching it in 3d, o well maybe I will watch it again in IMAX 3d.

Originally posted by bomber991:

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Wow, just imagine if a porno film had a budget of $300 million.

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meh, dont really feel anything special about this movie

meh, dont really feel anything special about this movie

Originally posted by H08:

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meh, dont really feel anything special about this movie

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I watched the movie in 2D. I have not paid to watch a movie in a cinema in way more than half a year, but first time I get a chance to see this one in 3D, I will go and watch it again...

I'll wait for it on 3D bluray...I hate children, and PG13 movies are full of the little bastards. I was going to go to it just because it was 3D...but then I found out it was not rated R or NC17.

Probably for the best anyway...after his last few movies, I prefer Ed Wood to James Cameron...at least Ed Wood movies are not 2hrs and 40 minutes long.

I'm going to see it on Christmas. Last couple of years my wife and I went on Christmas, the theater was empty.

i havent watched the movie and dont plan too. the plot kind of already annoys me.

I don't understand how snow has slowed the movie down.

From what I understand, most theaters were sold out. Most likely aided by folks who were snowed out of school and/or work with little else to do.

Originally posted by pirkster:

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I don't understand how snow has slowed the movie down.

From what I understand, most theaters were sold out. Most likely aided by folks who were snowed out of school and/or work with little else to do.

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When the snow is so bad that people are off of work, this often means that the theater is closed too.

Plus, most schools are out right now anyway.

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Originally posted by pirkster:

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I don't understand how snow has slowed the movie down.

From what I understand, most theaters were sold out. Most likely aided by folks who were snowed out of school and/or work with little else to do.

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You talk like someone that doesn't live in an area where it actually snows...I have to drive ~15-20 minutes to get to the Cinema where I go; when is blizzard or the snow piles up, I would rather not take my chance on the road. Bad enough that I have to leave the house for work...A movie can wait another weekend.

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I don't know whatever the statistics say, and I am sure you can make up reasons to go either way up or down, I am just talking from personal experience. If you're in the city area and you take public transit, that might be different, but when there's a drive of even 15 minutes, I am always inclined to fire up my AVI collection if I am snowed in and want to watch a movie, rather than fight the snow...

Originally posted by pirkster:

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Lived in a snowy state all my life.

Fact is, there are just as many unsubstantiated reasons why snow "helped" as much as "slowed" sales.

There is no statistical evidence that shows the opening was either positively or negatively affected by the snow.

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Originally posted by pirkster:

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Lived in a snowy state all my life.

Fact is, there are just as many unsubstantiated reasons why snow "helped" as much as "slowed" sales.

There is no statistical evidence that shows the opening was either positively or negatively affected by the snow.

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Do you go to the movies when there is 10 inches of snow outside and low visibility?

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Yeah, please tell us how so enjoyable is being in a ditch in 2 feet of snow,or worse, in a freaking collision, on a road with less than 10 feet visibility...but then again, not everyone has supervision and balls of steel...

I live where it snowed 2 feet, no exaggeration. My fiends and I had every intention of seeing Avatar the weekend it came out if not the first day. But the snow hit hard. The street and my car was completely covered. I dug out my car and then it had the nerve to snow again. One of my friends and I finally got around to seeing it on Tuesday. As for my other friend, I'm not driving what is normally a 20 minute drive to pick him up in crappy conditions. So he still hasn't seen the movie.

So yea, the snow was definitely a factor, at least for me and my friends.

Anyway, loved the movie. I need to see it again. I would love a sequel but I have no idea what it could be about. I loved the relationship between Jake and Neytiri. Strange, I've never said that about a movie before.

Whatever, great movie, must see again, must download and must buy when released.

Originally posted by Tru_Husla:

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I live where it snowed 2 feet, no exaggeration. My fiends and I had every intention of seeing Avatar the weekend it came out if not the first day. But the snow hit hard. The street and my car was completely covered. I dug out my car and then it had the nerve to snow again. One of my friends and I finally got around to seeing it on Tuesday. As for my other friend, I'm not driving what is normally a 20 minute drive to pick him up in crappy conditions. So he still hasn't seen the movie.

So yea, the snow was definitely a factor, at least for me and my friends.

Anyway, loved the movie. I need to see it again. I would love a sequel but I have no idea what it could be about. I loved the relationship between Jake and Neytiri. Strange, I've never said that about a movie before.

Whatever, great movie, must see again, must download and must buy when released.

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...."All these CG mountains and plants and trees and leaves and flowers and buds and creatures - I mean, everything that you saw up there on the screen - had to be made by people at workstations over a period of years, and so they have value," says Cameron.

"So I feel like I have to make a second one now, but that'll only happen if we make some money with the first one. So we'll see... I have a story worked out for the second film, and the third film, but my lips are sealed."

Avatar opens across the UK on 17 December.

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