http://www.mediaite.com/online/the-mediaite-obligatory-this-weeks-biggest-movie-of-all-time-post-avatar-edition/ Mediaite Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2012.06 http://www.mediaite.com/online/the-mediaite-obligatory-this-weeks-biggest-movie-of-all-time-post-avatar-edition/#comment-14765 David Harper Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:59:13 +0000 http://www.mediaite.com/?p=60374#comment-14765 The author is quite cynical and gives the filmmaker way too much credit for supposedly hatching a "this film sucks" meme that would guarantee box office success. Cameron was way too involved in getting the movie right to deal with the "fanboy" crowd's expectations. The fact is that the average American had no idea what Avatar was except for that Comicon crowd. Cameron knows that if he does his job as a filmmaker the public will support his movie regardless of expectations. The plot of the movie is not thin but does skew left of today's politics and I feel that is adleast part of the backlash against the story by critics who may lean right politically. All good science fiction comments on the present in futuristic stories and this film is no exception. The author is quite cynical and gives the filmmaker way too much credit for supposedly hatching a “this film sucks” meme that would guarantee box office success. Cameron was way too involved in getting the movie right to deal with the “fanboy” crowd’s expectations. The fact is that the average American had no idea what Avatar was except for that Comicon crowd. Cameron knows that if he does his job as a filmmaker the public will support his movie regardless of expectations.
The plot of the movie is not thin but does skew left of today’s politics and I feel that is adleast part of the backlash against the story by critics who may lean right politically. All good science fiction comments on the present in futuristic stories and this film is no exception.

]]> http://www.mediaite.com/online/the-mediaite-obligatory-this-weeks-biggest-movie-of-all-time-post-avatar-edition/#comment-14721 Nachi Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:15:33 +0000 http://www.mediaite.com/?p=60374#comment-14721 But isn't this pretty much the "depth" of which everything is about these day?? The "tech"?? But isn’t this pretty much the “depth” of which everything is about these day?? The “tech”??

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