tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919095853118169743.post1280201223285873463..comments2023-10-11T00:21:49.082-07:00Comments on 100 Movies, 100 Theaters: Avatar's OnsloughtWill M. Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03137121025848592346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919095853118169743.post-79560276247206970472010-03-20T00:18:03.967-07:002010-03-20T00:18:03.967-07:00Avatar is now ranked 43rd for per capita ticket sa...<i>Avatar</i> is now ranked 43rd for per capita ticket sales, passing, most notably, <i>Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace</i>, which is fairly recent, is in the same genre, and had a huge (twenty year) build-up to its release. It's going to be a close call whether <i>Avatar</i> can rise to 39th place to pass <i>Jurassic Park</i>.Will M. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137121025848592346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919095853118169743.post-84871596078068636872010-03-19T19:17:44.126-07:002010-03-19T19:17:44.126-07:00Avatar has exited the majority of the Austin Area ...Avatar has exited the majority of the Austin Area theaters with two or three exceptions. One exception, the movie theater we saw Ocean's 13 at, has three matinees and one evening showing for Friday.OSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452441453039376916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919095853118169743.post-57100712053371409382010-03-19T19:13:58.964-07:002010-03-19T19:13:58.964-07:00One month later.
I now cheering for 750, since we...One month later.<br /><br />I now cheering for 750, since we have managed 733. This movie is still bringing in around a half million on weekdays. Perhaps that drops to 300k or so next week, but with a couple of decent weekends, who knows.<br /><br />My only competing desire is for it to advance to second run theaters so I can take my kids. They're very excited, though I think Sophie might find the bulk of it rather boring for her age.OSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452441453039376916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919095853118169743.post-38777813565027306502010-02-14T09:53:35.680-08:002010-02-14T09:53:35.680-08:00I'm cheering for Avatar to pass the 700 Millio...I'm cheering for Avatar to pass the 700 Million mark. The estimate for this weekend is for it to hit 660. I think its doable. Jackie and I have decided to let the girls see it, so we'll be adding 6 dollars to Avatar coffers as soon as it hits our dollar theaterOSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452441453039376916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919095853118169743.post-92072724722045888822010-02-06T10:41:05.612-08:002010-02-06T10:41:05.612-08:00Thumbs up to Ribisi, Brody, and especially Marsden...Thumbs up to Ribisi, Brody, and especially Marsden, my latest man crush. I’m not feeling Affleck in this role. I didn’t know Ejiofor was so young! I’m sure he would do a great job in the role but right now I have him permanently type cast as one of the baddest most awesome villains ever in Serenity. Upon hitting the iceberg and punching a whole in the ship, I envision Ejiofor giving the Atlantic a stern look, calmly delivering a subtle but ominous threat, and then round house kicking the Atlantic in the face; at which point the Atlantic ocean, having learned its lesson, would immediately repair the Titanic and send it on its way.OSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452441453039376916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919095853118169743.post-53398072037408999172010-02-06T00:53:27.985-08:002010-02-06T00:53:27.985-08:00Yes, cultural changes are another barrier to accur...Yes, cultural changes are another barrier to accurately comparing movies from different eras (which is why it's more significant to contrast <i>Avatar</i> with other films from the past twenty years.<br /><br />But don't forget, the television was specifically invented so that people could keep watching <i>Gone with the Wind</i>, even after it had left the theater. It was years before people turned to something other than the Rhett channel to see what else was on.<br /><br />I have two problems with <i>Titanic</i>. It is tragic; not just in the disaster sense, but in how things turn out for our protagonists. And Leonardo. He can act, but mostly he's a punk, and I don't enjoy watching him on screen. Here are five actors, roughly the same age as DiCaprio, who could have pulled off the role better: James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, and Adrien Brody. If any of them had been at bat (and if the movie was more about dancing, and less about dying), I could have loved that film.Will M. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137121025848592346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4919095853118169743.post-46282639831457920382010-02-05T17:29:33.668-08:002010-02-05T17:29:33.668-08:00Pish Posh Mr. Egg Head and your "new math&quo...Pish Posh Mr. Egg Head and your "new math". What matters is that Titanic has been dethroned. I have waited 12 long years. <br /><br />Alright, I admit, I agree with you with one caveat; which is to remember that back in days of Gone with the Wind if you didn't watch it in the theater you never watched it at all. It was you very bad self that enlightened on this many years ago. That obviously gives people more motivation to go. Many today would probably prefer to watch it at home with their ginormous high def screens and surround sound and noticable lack of an invitation to myself to come watch the super bowl (you know who you are). <br /><br />I don't know why I always found Titanic so annoying, the sinking ship portions where truly fantastic. I guess I found the love story and the rich vs poor idealism pretty annoying. And it was SOOOOO far out ahead, it really did look unbeatable, even with inflation. Avatar railed roaded it though and is barely slowing down. It very well might become truly unbeatable sans a couple decades of inflation. As it became clear Avatar was going to take the big ship down I wondered if the makers of Titanic were getting a bit nervous, you know that guy that . . . wait . . . James Cameron . . . what the . . . That dude must be at home this very moment, pondering if he is the son of Zeus or Krishna.OSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452441453039376916noreply@blogger.com