Avatar - James Cameron Returns! (Spoilers in thread, obviously!)

one thing that rarely seems to be taken into account with theses comparisons for inflation is the sheer volume of entertainment choices available today as opposed to 10, 20 or 50 years ago. how many films get released in a week these days as opposed to when gone with the wind opened, or star wars, and there was no competition from home viewing be it legitimate or downloaded or pirated for that mater. and how long did these movies play for. i remember e.t. being at the local 4plex for about a year, same with superman, star wars and others.
you went to see those movies again not only because they we're great but because you wouldn't get another chance to see them again unlike today where all you hafta do is wait 3 months after the theatrical run then get it on dvd or blu-ray. then again how many screens are there now as opposed to the 30's, 40's 50's...
just something more to throw in the mix.
thanks
-k-
 
i just did a quick peek and there we're almost as many movies released theatrically in january of 2009 as there we're released all year in 1939. to make it even more interesting, there were almost 20 more movies released in january 09 as there we're in all of 1977. the only 4 movies to break $100k in 77; "star wars", "close encounters"," saturday night fever" and coming up fast in his firebird, burt reynolds in "smokey and the bandit".
it makes it hard to compare apples to apples.
thanks
-k-
 
^Really interesting, Thank you for sharing!

I found the virtual cam really interesting, not only you can track the characters, but you can even setup the camera wherever you want, move it and then apply that tracking to the 3d world camera. That I'm sure would create more realistic camera movements.
 
they weren't tracking using the shoulder cameras. They used those as reference for editing and other things, they used the small camera sensors all around the room for tracking. At least that's what i understood.
 
Yeah, the shoulder mounted cameras are all "Reference" cameras. They are different than the Mo-cap tracking cameras that are mostly up in the grid. Then there's the facial performance-capture cameras that the cast wore that provided both tracking data & reference of the facial expressions. And then there's the regular 3D cinematography cameras used for the live-action "traditional" shooting. And then there's the virtual camera that Cameron is seen using throughout the BTS. - And then "Simulcam" to stitch it all together, in real time.

*blink*

That's a lot of cameras.


- Mikko
 
This was something interesting I saw about Avatar breaking the Titanic record:

Scott Mendelson said:
In just 38 days, James Cameron's Avatar has surpassed the $1.843 billion that James Cameron's Titanic amassed in its 41 weeks of theatrical play. We can argue all we want about 3D prices and general ticket price inflation, but this is an incredible feat in in filmgoing era, let alone our splintered generation.
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I just got back... tossed another $12 down to see it by myself (again). I enjoyed it even more this time then the last time... I'll probably give it another go before it leaves theaters... the whole experience with 3D is totally worth it IMO.

Sure it's not a perfect movie... but after seeing it in 2D... I'm amazed at how much there is to look at in 3D (saw it in "real3d"... be sure to see it in that or "dolby3d" and you'll be surprised at how perfect the 3D effect works).

I definitely saw it differently the 2nd time... and it's only getting clearer to me why the momentum hasn't slowed much. The story is good enough... and the escape value is through the roof... complete with the timeless sure-fire third act of "redemption"... I got thinking about that a lot tonight... even though it's a fairly simple story... I think the momentum is staying high because of everything... effects plus common human themes of longing, social struggles, and ultimately redemption. For as simple as some may argue it is... there's a lot of intelligence behind all the elements together... I'm sure a much broader audience directly relates to this movie's lead character more then it appears on the surface.
 
MattinSTL said:
I definitely saw it differently the 2nd time... and it's only getting clearer to me why the momentum hasn't slowed much. The story is good enough... and the escape value is through the roof... complete with the timeless sure-fire third act of "redemption"... I got thinking about that a lot tonight... even though it's a fairly simple story... I think the momentum is staying high because of everything... effects plus common human themes of longing, social struggles, and ultimately redemption. For as simple as some may argue it is... there's a lot of intelligence behind all the elements together... I'm sure a much broader audience directly relates to this movie's lead character more then it appears on the surface.
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Oel ngati Kameie.


:)

- Mikko
 
Numbers just said it'll be #1 again this weekend... AMAZING! I might have to wait until the crowds thin out more.
 
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