The last time I came out of a movie feeling that way it was the first time I saw Star Wars.
Steven Spielberg, after seeing Avatar. Looks like i’ve got a movie to see this weekend. (via areyoucallingmefat)
Star Wars? (via barelysarcasm)
You should watch both.
AVATAR review (short version):
It was actually very enjoyable & kind of awesome.
TL;DR version to come later.
Taking no chances, Fox is backing up Mr. Cameron’s movie with what an executive recently called the studio’s “secret weapon.” That would be “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel,” set to open just a week after studio marketers get “Avatar” into theaters. It is the relatively safe sequel to a chipper family comedy that cost about $60 million and took in $217 million at the domestic box-office when it was released two years ago.
A Budget That Pops From the Screen
The Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel is Fox’s “secret weapon” to drive Avatar audience?
Really?
(via evangotlib)
Shoudn’t the “secret weapon” be that “Avatar” is GOOD? News Flash: If something is GOOD, word gets around and people pay to go see it.
(via tanya77)
I think the point of the paragraph is that if Avatar fails financially, Fox planned for that with Alvin opening up behind it. The first Alvin was a surprise hit both theatrically as well as a platinum soundtrack, etc.
This is how studios work, they bankroll risky, huge budget films by having smaller cheaper films that make profits.
