Timmy the Tumor: how long is this movie (I looked for it, can't find the info). Is this another 3 hour Cameron epic?

2.5

ORLY TITS: Marshmellow Jones:

/at least we got 'The Road', 'Inglorious Basterds', 'Moon' & 'Up' this year

Yeah, can anyone tell me when and where I can purchase a copy of "Moon"? And I don't want to rip a torrent of it.


I saw it at Wal Mart yesterday

wolvernova: rob.d: I'm very much looking forward to this movie, Cameron does not disappoint. Aliens, T2...classics. Sci-Fi is his home.

This. I think this movie will go down in history as being so very much better than its trailer that several years from now we'll be saying "remember how we thought Avatar was going to suck ass? LOL"

Timmy the Tumor: how long is this movie (I looked for it, can't find the info). Is this another 3 hour Cameron epic?

Pretty much. 160 minutes. But in his defense, back in the day when he wasn't a major player and the studios forced him to chop apart his movies to make them two hours, the directors' cuts of those same movies were always way way WAY better. I'm not worried about the running time on this if it's as good as it sounds.



hmmmmm

well, if the effects are kickass and the plot and story suck, 161 minutes is a LONG time to sit there--the world's best roller coaster turns into a snoozefest after a couple minutes.

I hope there's more than just "wow, this is pretty cool how they did ________" to the film, especially if some of the early screening reports of "the technology made me feel dizzy/physically ill" have any merit at all. I'm one of those few who walk out of iMax films with a migraine, am wondering if I should even bother going to this one, though I am certainly curious.

mcgreggers99: Yeah I don't understand the hate...then again...this is FARK, everybody hates everything around here. (Except the goddamn batman...nobody Farks with him.)

I won't hate on it until I've seen it. Cameron has made too many awesome "movies for guys who like movies" for me to judge before I've watched it. Anybody who does is just an ignorant 'tard.



Hmmmm, we haven't discussed that angle...are there any alien tits in this movie?

The English Major: I've never seen a single James Cameron film.
I have no intention of starting now.

I am, however, curious to see how the new Sherlock Holmes turns out.

really? never seen any? and wont see any in the future?
therefore any and every thing that you have to say about his movies is worthless.

thanks for playing
YAWNNNN

/you have to actually see the movie, read the book, listen to the music before you can have an informed opinion
/"didnt see his movies. never will." just makes you prejudiced and your views irrelevant and, well, meaningless

Confabulat: The English Major: I've never seen a single James Cameron film.
I have no intention of starting now.

I am, however, curious to see how the new Sherlock Holmes turns out.

If you've never seen Aliens or Terminator 2, why are you even ON the Showbiz tab?

yah, I ripped the english major for this too
then I checked out his profile.
sigh - 900+ approved links.
he is doing something right

I have a challenge for the english major
rent/watch terminator, aliens, T2.
When you are done, review them honestly.
I would be willing to bet that his reviews, if honest would point out that while the plots are simple and simplistic, that they are perfectly executed.
Worse, I would bet that he actually enjoyed them more than he would have expected.

/note to EM: yes I have seen every merchant/ivory film and enjoyed them. so you would need to work much harder on a counter challenge.

namatad: Confabulat: The English Major: I've never seen a single James Cameron film.
I have no intention of starting now.

I am, however, curious to see how the new Sherlock Holmes turns out.

If you've never seen Aliens or Terminator 2, why are you even ON the Showbiz tab?

yah, I ripped the english major for this too
then I checked out his profile.
sigh - 900+ approved links.
he is doing something right

I have a challenge for the english major
rent/watch terminator, aliens, T2.
When you are done, review them honestly.
I would be willing to bet that his reviews, if honest would point out that while the plots are simple and simplistic, that they are perfectly executed.
Worse, I would bet that he actually enjoyed them more than he would have expected.

/note to EM: yes I have seen every merchant/ivory film and enjoyed them. so you would need to work much harder on a counter challenge.

Okay, I like action/horror films. I'm not some arthouse goon. Looking at my collection, I see the two Tim Burton Batmans, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Watchmen, layer Cake, The Professional, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Halloween (the original), X-Men, X-Men 2, and Road House, for example.
I'm not a big merchant ivory fan. I think the "classiest" film I own is probably the Criterion editions of The Killers and The Ice Storm, and the anniversary edition of To Kill a Mockingbird.

I mean, I have the goddamned Police Academy boxed set.

And I take that back.
I have seen True Lies. That was a fun movie. It's been about ten years, but I forgot he did that.

I won't watch Aliens, but I will watch Terminator 2. Do I need to see the first one before watching it?

/and this was NOT my headline
//I had the one yesterday about it bombing

I'm not sure what it is, but there's something terribly boring to me with the save-humanoidA-from-humanoidB plotline. While the story telling may be great, I'm not sure the topic would be enough to hold my interest for 3 hours.

Slashfilm just posted their Avatar review:

Epic filmmaking, Epically bad dialogue (new window)

Mr.Poops: This movie will blow you away in 3D -- it HAS to be seen in 3d to really appreciate it. This is going to change blockbuster film-making the same way Jurassic Park did.

No doubt.

I usually can't stand to spend time watching SciFi-type stuff, wether it be television or movies or anything else. It's just not my thing, I laugh at most of it as being so far out of the realm of reality. Just not my cup of tea.

I also can't stand going to the movie theater. Waste of time, I'm patient enough to wait for the good ones to come out on DVD, and my recliner is far more comfortable anyways.

My wife dragged me to see that re-make of that famous Christmas story last weekend. It was in 3-d, and, naturally, Avatar was one of the previews. I want to see this movie. Badly. I couldn't give two shiats about the story, the effects in 3-d were SO insane that I'm geeked about getting back into the theater and putting on some funny glasses just to see aliens jump across the theater room. About fifteen seconds into the preview I thought to myself "This is what the future is going to look (and feel) like, and it's going to be AWWWWESOME."

JohnBigBootay: Anyway, I've seen probably 200 woefully horrible movies. I saw all the early Batman movies in the theater. I paid to see DC Cab fer chrissakes. I saw Formula 51 on opening night. I spent money on The Day After Tomorrow... so this will quite easily make the cut. To be honest I'm excited.

I agree. But its still disappointing. The best movies have good characters + spectacle + acting. It sounds like Avatar only has #2. And that's what sounds like what will keep it form joining the pantheon of epics form this decade, like LOTR and The Dark Knight.