http://www.movieviral.com/2009/11/27/could-avatar-be-the-end-of-the-big-budget-film/ The Latest Viral News for Films and Beyond Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:53:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.movieviral.com/2009/11/27/could-avatar-be-the-end-of-the-big-budget-film/comment-page-1/#comment-3529 Deadpool Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:59:45 +0000 http://movieviral.com/?p=5686#comment-3529 Keep it in IMAX for an extra few weeks and it'll make it's money. Keep it in IMAX for an extra few weeks and it’ll make it’s money.

]]> http://www.movieviral.com/2009/11/27/could-avatar-be-the-end-of-the-big-budget-film/comment-page-1/#comment-3526 Loren Amsden Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:21:02 +0000 http://movieviral.com/?p=5686#comment-3526 This is very well-reasoned, and I feel your pain. As both a sci-fi and fantasy fiction fan who has worked in tech for 25+ years, I am on fire to see this and sometimes fear that the marketing might defeat a great work of 21st century cinema . . . but I remind us both that 1) Star Wars opened in less than 40 theatres with only the most primitive viral marketing and 2) Titanic opened among general expectation that it would bomb and bankrupt everyone involved in the production. Until some people see the entire 'film' in IMAX 3-D, we're all just betting on (or against) the HMFIC . . . and do we really have any good reason to bet against him? This is very well-reasoned, and I feel your pain. As both a sci-fi and fantasy fiction fan who has worked in tech for 25+ years, I am on fire to see this and sometimes fear that the marketing might defeat a great work of 21st century cinema . . . but I remind us both that 1) Star Wars opened in less than 40 theatres with only the most primitive viral marketing and 2) Titanic opened among general expectation that it would bomb and bankrupt everyone involved in the production. Until some people see the entire ‘film’ in IMAX 3-D, we’re all just betting on (or against) the HMFIC . . . and do we really have any good reason to bet against him?

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