i knew it!!! On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 4:45 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's funny how the box office works on your mind. Like, almost all of us > agreed that the second Transformers movie was terrible, but it made so much > money. The one guy who liked it wrote a post to the effect of - "It can't > suck. It's made 400 million dollars!" At the time, I thought that was > annoying. Like, it just meant there were a lot of suckers and that > box-office returns are no indication of quality. > > But...Avatar has made sooo much money (already one of the top five all time > worldwide) that this is the first thing that leaps into my head to "defend" > it when people say it's no good. Like, the knee-jerk thing to say is, "It's > made almost more money than anything ever! Guess that trumps your puny > review!" But I can't do that and remain consistent. I guess the point is, > when the figures work in your favor, you want to use them, but it's not > fair. > > So...though the movie is by all definitions a "blockbuster," I guess that > should be left out of any discussion of it. Besides, since I saw it for > freeeeeee, it's not like I contributed to the number. Haw! > > I really did look for those people... > > > because I didn't want them to catch me! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Race <[email protected]> > To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 1:12 pm > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: An Avatar Tale (No Spoilers) > > Since this has become the defacto 'Avatar thread': > > > First, I enjoyed Ravenface's post. Good stuffs! I believe you went > > looking for them. I believe in you, Salmon Oyster. > > > I enjoyed the movie. I see where Carey is coming from with the 15 > > year old comment. This may very well be this generation's Star Wars. > > Time will tell. > > > My girlfriend and I saw the 3D version. I thought it was neat, I > > liked it, but honestly I think I could have done just fine without the > > 3D. My girlfriend had to take the glasses off fairly early in the > > film, but seemed to enjoy it anyway. (She didn't like the parts where > > the animals were hurt though. Be they digital or no she didn't like > > the representation.) > > > Without getting too spoilerific (are we in the safezone now?), it was > > probably the only Sci-Fi movie that I walked away from feeling vaguely > > guilty. I am the white man who shoved all the Native Americans off > > their land. I should feel bad about that, right? > > > And in going to the film it (and by association me) gave my girlfriend > > a headache. > > > Well crap. > > > On Jan 4, 3:52 pm, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > > > i love you too Todd now go fuck yourself > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Todd Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You are too old for this crowd Grandpa! > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > Todd Elliott > > > > [email protected] > > > >http://www.theuniquegeek.com/ > > > >http://www.google.com/profiles/thelliott > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The > > Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
