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2-D Avatar To Be Pulled From Theaters In China
SimonTheSoundMan notes that Avatar is being pulled from screens in China for being too successful, and too provocative in its anti-authoritarian message. (The 3-D and IMAX versions will remain.) "The communist nation's state-run movie distributor China Film Group is unexpectedly yanking the James Cameron-directed blockbuster Avatar from 1,628 2-D screens this week in favor of a biography of the ancient philosopher Confucius starring Chow-Yun Fat. ... According to a report in the Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, the move was made at the urging of propaganda officials who are concerned that Avatar is taking too much market share from Chinese films and drawing unwanted attention to the sensitive issue of forced evictions."
Well this is just going to increase the amount of piracy in China. Which of course will piss off the US and the MPAA even more. Great job China!
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...in favor of a biography of the ancient philosopher Confucius starring Chow-Yun Fat
I expect an outpouring of sympathy from the international community at such a flagrant disregard of the basic human right to not suffer through another Chow Yun Fat performance.
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
So the extra D in 3D is "dictatorship"?
Is that one of the movies they force prisoners to watch?
The 2D version is "too provocative in its anti-authoritarian message" and draws "attention to the sensitive issue of forced evictions" but the 3D and IMAX versions are ok? And censors realized it one week after they approved the movie and a lot of people already watched it? I'm puzzled. Instead could that be a not-too-harsh message to the USA and the world after last week Google affair?
I thought Avatar was about the people triumphing over big business. You'd think that would go down well in supposedly communist China.
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Chow-Yun Fat as Confucius? I don't recall Confucius firing away round after round against Ye Old Bad Guy or running someone through with a sword.
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"In a follow-up statement, the China Film Group explained that they could not ban the 3D version of Avatar because it was 'too fucking awesome'. They also explained that they were re-shooting the Biopic of Confucious in 3D, and in this 3D version, Chow Yun Fat plays the title role as a 12-foot smurf."
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650,000,000 million women in China, and not a single one with that nose...
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The people of China have a natural right to view Avatar. The fact that their current government does not respect that right does not diminish that right's inherent truth.
I let the movie theater know that the last time I had no money and I just wanted a ticket. They didn't bite.
Personally, I'd much rather see the biography of Confucius....
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Imax doesn't work with chinese eyes.