Well, since I've already been accused of "knocking" AVATAR when I was
actually one of the first to post a rave review about it -- as well as
not having "really thought about it" when I wished aloud that its
predictable script and cardboard villains had not been quite so
predicate or quite so cardboard -- I must hesitate to voice my personal
opinion of the AVATAR poster.
Aw... who am I kidding?
There is no question that it is artistically well done and certainly
works as an icon for the film and serves well to draw people who might
not know anything about the film into the theater. Everything a poster
is supposed to do -- particulary an advance poster. If I was a seller,
I'd probably stock up on them, particularly the advance versions, but
probably not at the current gotta-have-it-now bidding-frenzy high
prices. I'd wait for the studio to keep on printing more and more of
them to meet the demand so that eventually the price goes to $19.95 or
less. As a seller looking for future pricing power, I would also hope
that the studio could eventually stop moviegoods.com from selling
full-size double-sided versions of it for $29.95:
http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product_static.asp?master_movie_id=52041&sku=513171
But for me personally... note that I said personally... "rare" or not...
well, I would not even want that big blue face with the huge yellow eye
staring down at me from my wall all day long, so I'll take a pass on
this or any other AVATAR poster with this image on it.
I prefer this style:
http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product_static.asp?master_movie_id=52041&sku=533352
or even this one (even tho it still has the staring yellow eye problem):
http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product_static.asp?master_movie_id=52041&sku=534704
Now, do I actually need to type out the politically-correct disclaimer
that the above is only my ever-humble opinion and fully realize other
people may well find this version of the poster to be just peachy and
the "Best Poster of the Year"?
-- JR
MotionPictureArt.com wrote:
Hello folks,
The response to this post on MoPo was overwhelming so we
have placed the poster on eBay for a three day auction so everyone can
have a fair chance to bid on it. Bidding starts at a very reasonable
$29.99 Does anyone dare to hit the buy-it-now button? ;-)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130367851665
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130367851665>
All the best,
Ron
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