Avatar just became highest grossing Movie of All Time

[JOHN MATRIX]

what a damn travest this movie was gay as hell, tried to give it time but after a few days i decided it was just aweful, all this hype about 'breakthrough/best effects evar!!!' bs was just that, honestly i dont know how it was any more impressive than the lord of the rings movies or hell even the fucking 2001 star wars remakes...the characters 'moved' real but still LOOKED like digital cartoons....it was weak as hell all the shitty acting by that douchebag actor who sucks, lame in every concieveable way...just goes to show that nowadays all it takes to make a sucessful movie is Hype...hype it up enough and it will turn a profit no matter how mediocre the actual movie is.

[Desolate]

Once people buy into the hype, well, that's it.

It just proves for the one trillionith time that most of the world's population are little more than sheep.

People always claim to be individuals while doing everything they can to be part of the collective.

It's just sad.

[Benny B]

Who cares. A bunch of sheeple putting on cheap "3D" glasses to watch a cheesy movie about blue people flying around in the air.  I'll catch this around 2014 on cable or dvd.

[NeoSeminole]

funny you say that b/c I saw Avatar the other day and was thinking to myself "what a damn travest this movie was gay as hell, tried to give it time but after a few days i decided it was just aweful, all this hype about 'breakthrough/best effects evar!!!' bs was just that, honestly i dont know how it was any more impressive than the lord of the rings movies or hell even the fucking 2001 star wars remakes...the characters 'moved' real but still LOOKED like digital cartoons....it was weak as hell all the shitty acting by that douchebag actor who sucks, lame in every concieveable way...just goes to show that nowadays all it takes to make a sucessful movie is Hype...hype it up enough and it will turn a profit no matter how mediocre the actual movie is."

[Megalodon]

Domestically and adjusted for inflation, it's #26. It still could be the top grossing in a matter of months or with multiple releases. The ^ means multiple releases below. Red is adjusted for inflation.

1 Gone with the Wind MGM $1,485,028,000 $198,676,459 1939^
2 Star Wars Fox $1,309,179,000 $460,998,007 1977^
3 The Sound of Music Fox $1,046,753,000 $158,671,368 1965
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $1,042,629,400 $435,110,554 1982^
5 The Ten Commandments Par. $962,850,000 $65,500,000 1956
6 Titanic Par. $943,342,300 $600,788,188 1997
7 Jaws Uni. $941,379,300 $260,000,000 1975
8 Doctor Zhivago MGM $912,395,600 $111,721,910 1965
9 The Exorcist WB $812,679,700 $232,671,011 1973^
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $801,150,000 $184,925,486 1937^
11 101 Dalmatians Dis. $734,391,800 $144,880,014 1961^
12 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $721,627,700 $290,475,067 1980^
13 Ben-Hur MGM $720,300,000 $74,000,000 1959
14 Return of the Jedi Fox $691,336,700 $309,306,177 1983^
15 The Sting Uni. $655,200,000 $156,000,000 1973
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $647,842,600 $242,374,454 1981^
17 Jurassic Park Uni. $633,612,900 $357,067,947 1993
18 The Graduate AVCO $628,949,700 $104,901,839 1967^
19 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $623,469,700 $431,088,301 1999
20 Fantasia Dis. $610,369,600 $76,408,097 1941^
21 The Godfather Par. $580,080,900 $134,966,411 1972^
22 Forrest Gump Par. $577,310,300 $329,694,499 1994
23 Mary Poppins Dis. $574,636,400 $102,272,727 1964^
24 The Lion King BV $567,653,700 $328,541,776 1994^
25 Grease Par. $565,374,900 $188,389,888 1978^
26 Avatar Fox $561,697,000 $554,981,691 2009

[Army of One]

While the story was generic pap and the acting standard action fair, I dont see how anyone can say the last 30 minutes wasnt the best visuals they had ever seen in a movie, that alone was worth the price of admission.

[titusisback]

While the story was generic pap and the acting standard action fair, I dont see how anyone can say the last 30 minutes wasnt the best visuals they had ever seen in a movie, that alone was worth the price of admission.

Beowulf was way cooler in 3D

[L00n]

da fck whit that movie its like a  remake of "Dances with Wolves" or what?

[Danimal77]

Once people buy into the hype, well, that's it.

It just proves for the one trillionith time that most of the world's population are little more than sheep.

People always claim to be individuals while doing everything they can to be part of the collective.

It's just sad.

And do you lead your life as an individual in all areas?

[JOHN MATRIX]

While the story was generic pap and the acting standard action fair, I dont see how anyone can say the last 30 minutes wasnt the best visuals they had ever seen in a movie, that alone was worth the price of admission.

 disheartening coming from you db, honestly there was NOTHING mindblowing about this movie, ive been a james cameron fan for years he basically personally created the Terminator movies/story/directing/franchise, aliens forgot which, other films which my drunk brain doesnt instantly recall, titanic previous all time wrecord holder, in any case when hes on this guy is top notch, but fuckin AVATAR was besides its 'cutting edge' (oh brother  " graphics was a mediocre generic film with shitty acting, story plot and script.

[Megalodon]

The only thing hyped to be groundbreaking was the optical 3D effects which required the glasses. There is nothing that stands out as technologically groundbreaking outside of that.

When watching Avatar the audience has to accept the fact that the blue creatures are SUPPOSED to be real. In reality, they look like 70% real CG characters.

[#1 Klaus fan]

disheartening coming from you db, honestly there was NOTHING mindblowing about this movie, ive been a james cameron fan for years he basically personally created the Terminator movies/story/directing/franchise, aliens forgot which, other films which my drunk brain doesnt instantly recall, titanic previous all time wrecord holder, in any case when hes on this guy is top notch, but fuckin AVATAR was besides its 'cutting edge' (oh brother  " graphics was a mediocre generic film with shitty acting, story plot and script.

Avatar was still better than Terminator 2 in that department...

[Aerian]

Wow, i enjoyed the movie.  I dont see how it is... so hard ...to like that movie.  Not a bad way to spend $15 on a weekend.

[gordiano]

Once people buy into the hype, well, that's it.

It just proves for the one trillionith time that most of the world's population are little more than sheep.

People always claim to be individuals while doing everything they can to be part of the collective.

It's just sad.

My thoughts exactly. Just like everything else, hype is all that matters. While it had some nice visuals, the storyline was shit. But guess what, they advertised the shit out of it, and from there, the ball just rolled. Gotta love it. No originality.

Theses are the same folks who camp out to see movies, or to get the latest silly telephone. The same folks who get tattoos as a way to stand out, and get attention. All self absorbed....selfish, drones. They do thing, cause everyone else is.

The Irony.

[gordiano]

The only thing hyped to be groundbreaking was the optical 3D effects which required the glasses. There is nothing that stands out as technologically groundbreaking outside of that.

When watching Avatar the audience has to accept the fact that the blue creatures are SUPPOSED to be real. In reality, they look like 70% real CG characters.

Thank you. I just had this discussion the other day. I'm sorry, but this (Avatar) was a glorified Sci Fi Network movie. Seriously. And that's not even getting into the poor storyline, which we have seen before a dozen times. It was Dances with wolves w?blue people. 

[gordiano]

While the story was generic pap and the acting standard action fair, I dont see how anyone can say the last 30 minutes wasnt the best visuals they had ever seen in a movie, that alone was worth the price of admission.

I'm thinking 300 had better visuals. The entire movie was beautiful to watch.

[Swedish Viking]

The story was weak, in general, combined with a couple very weak spots.  The movie on the whole was yet another attempt by hollywood to improve the visuals while doing nothing in regards to what actually makes someone leave a movie saying, 'damn, that was good.'

[The Wizard of Truth]

Havent seen it,have no interest in seeing it

[MORTALCOIL]

The story was weak, in general, combined with a couple very weak spots.  The movie on the whole was yet another attempt by hollywood to improve the visuals while doing nothing in regards to what actually makes someone leave a movie saying, 'damn, that was good.'

I agree. i saw it just for the sake of it. Never saw "Titanic" and people are still busting my balls about it. The visuals just gives you the impression that Cameron is once of those crazy perfectionnists who just scrolled every single image to try and make it perfect. Which results in a very artificial movie. But it's a movie, it's made to be seen on a big screen in a theater not a home. In that sense, it's ambitious beyond the simple visual effects. But it's just not a good movie that's all.

[Army of One]

disheartening coming from you db, honestly there was NOTHING mindblowing about this movie, ive been a james cameron fan for years he basically personally created the Terminator movies/story/directing/franchise, aliens forgot which, other films which my drunk brain doesnt instantly recall, titanic previous all time wrecord holder, in any case when hes on this guy is top notch, but fuckin AVATAR was besides its 'cutting edge' (oh brother  " graphics was a mediocre generic film with shitty acting, story plot and script.

Well I didn't pay to watch it, if I had parted with money maybe i would have been more critical.To me knowing the most of the last 30 mins was done by someones imagination and created out of thin air on workstations is fascinating to me.That being said I wouldn't rush to watch it again, I find blockbusters usually only need one watch.The sad thing is all the best movies of this year nobody has even heard about, films like The prophet, The Road,Up in the air, Moon etc either get limited release or zero advertising.Go through the top films of all time and most were not recognised on cinematic release.Shawshank bombed at the box office because of the name and bad advertising.Goodfellas also relied on word of mouth after its cinematic release.To be able to consistently pick good films to watch relies on taking a deeper interest in Movies, not just relying on TV Commercials, internet advertising and what peoples dumb sheep workmates are raving about.

What Avatar made me realise for the first time is in 20 years or so is that there wont be any need to pay 20 million for an actor, just render them on a computer and get someone to do the voice work, but by then they will probably be able to emulate human speech down to a tee too.

[#1 Klaus fan]

The story was weak, in general, combined with a couple very weak spots.  The movie on the whole was yet another attempt by hollywood to improve the visuals while doing nothing in regards to what actually makes someone leave a movie saying, 'damn, that was good.'

Terminator 2 did this 2 decades ago and no-one said a word.  

Just goes to show how easy it is to manipulate the moviegoers.

[kawaks]

Movie is crap. Typical american cliche crap, guy learns to walk and talk like the natives and saves them from a bad oppressor. Original.

Unimaginable Poodle Poop!

The star wars effects were incredible!

The chicks without dicks I sat next to in the cinema were incredible!

Even the fXcking hostesses serving nacho's were hot!

[The Wizard of Truth]

Terminator 2 did this 2 decades ago and no-one said a word.  

Just goes to show how easy it is to manipulate the moviegoers.

Arnold was in it though

[James28]

Haven't seen it yet.

[Wiggs]

I finally watched the movie this past weekend.  I fell asleep.
Not impressed. Visually of course, the story was average at best.