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Avatar Soars Into $1-Billion Territory
Suki I writes " Avatar soars into $1-billion territory. 'Strong foreign ticket sales help make the science-fiction movie the fifth in history to pass the watermark. ... One of the riskiest movies of all times is now officially one of the most successful at the box office. When Avatar opened, its solid but far from stellar results left 20th Century Fox uncertain about whether the $430 million that it and two financing partners had invested to produce and market the 3-D film would pay off.'" Given that the big alternatives were Sherlock Holmes or Alvin & the Chipmunks, I think the winner was clear.
... with lots of pretty effects, and the plebs love it. Valium for the eyes.
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.
The story was pretty cliché. I'm not sure how Americans see this, but I can usually predict the end of American movies while European or Asian movies are much more unpredictable. So yeah, you know, if in an American movie there's a male and a female character you know what's going to happen. There are exceptions of course, e.g. LOTR (but then again, Tolkien wasn't really an American).
But it didn't really matter to me that the story was somewhat weak! The effects and graphics were the most amazing ones I've ever seen. I saw it in 3D but I think even without that it'd have been the best so far. So, well done :)