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Maximus Zeebra said:

District 9 sucks.

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That is why you fail.

Maximus Zeebra said:

District 9 sucks. Worse movie on my list behind "100 million BC" and "Mamma Mia".

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Who can disagree with an intelligent and in depth review like that?:roll::roll:

I didn't think District 9 was that bad.
But it also wasn't that good.

Panyo.

Of course.

liblady said:

you asshole....what do you mean there's no pandora?

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Of course there was a Pandora. She let all the evil into the world. If it wasn't for that woman, there wouldn't be any evil on Earth.

The Hurt Locker whupped Avatar's ass, at least something in this world makes sense

repeter said:

The Hurt Locker whupped Avatar's ass, at least something in this world makes sense

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I didn't get to see the Hurt Locker, but I'm definitely intrigued. Avatar just wasn't special enough for an Oscar.

Gina said:

I didn't get to see the Hurt Locker, but I'm definitely intrigued. Avatar just wasn't special enough for an Oscar.

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Oh, its worth it. It has the drama, and action of a war movie, with all the personal intensity of a softer story. And on top of that, the main character is a freaking cowboy to the extreme, so it also has a tonna humor. It is in the top five moveis I've ever seen.

Avatar - A disaster. Fern Gully meets Dances with wolves, but of course, nowhere near as good as Fern Gully or Dances with wolves. Yes, it has an anti-imperialist message, but it's done with the subtlety of a freight train wreck. Anti-imperialism for retarded people, and thus, insulting to any thinking person's intelligence. Also, not even visually appealing. Everyone keeps saying that it's visually stunning, but it takes more than color and movement in mass quantities to be actually aesthetically appealing.

The Blind Side - Didn't see it.

District 9 - Meh. Not terrible but nothing special in any way. Not bad for Peter Jackson, who is pure rubbish.

An Education - Didn't see it.

The Hurt Locker - Not terrible, but not a good movie either. Some good acting, and they did manage to set some tense scenes, but the story and main character are far too one-dimensional. Here's the premise: This white boy is crazy and he gets off on diffusing bombs and that is his only joy in life. Don't believe it? Watch this next scene! Do you believe it now? No? You still don't get it? Let's beat you over the head with it some more. He feels the same way on a plane he feels the same way on a train. No character and or plot development, and again, a bit insulting to ones intelligence.

Inglourious Basterds - Tarentino is a genius, but is he really making a movie or is he simply saying "I'm a genius making a movie" look at it. Is it really a movie or merely a continuous string of references to past movies that he enjoyed? There are scenes of extreme tension, brutality and realism as if Tarentino is saying "you know what, I could make a serious movie. I could make a schindler's list." But then it's quickly back to "But I'm Tarentino, so let's get back to the slapstick and shoot em up."

Precious - Didn't see it.

A Serious Man -Didn't see it.

Up - Meh.

Up in the Air - Didn't see it.

Up In The Air is currently my most favorite movie of all time, but I found it weird it was nominated for so many awards, because I know that people's tastes are so radically different from mine.

I think every movie got what it deserved, even Avatar got exactly what it deserved.

I loved The Hurt Locker. I don't think it matters if it was an accurate portrayal of war... It's a movie. I liked the characters, even though I couldn't relate to them. Jeremy Renner's character seemed to be addicted to defusing IEDs like one would be addicted to drugs. I found that to be an interesting character "flaw," if you will.

I didn't care for The Hurt Locker at all. The main character had no depth, his connection with that child wasn't very well defined, we don't know why the child was killed (was he killed in the process of having a bomb surgically implanted or was the bomb placed in his body after death) there was no real plot, some of the uniforms were not correct.....


But the #1 reason why I didn't care for The Hurt Locker:

SFC James, a Ranger, couldn't hit a stationary target with a 50cal at 350 meters.

Three hundred and fifty meters!!! With a ****ing sniper rifle!!!!

Recruits in Basic Training can do that with an M16 and iron sights, but this Ranger couldn't do it with a ****ing sniper rifle!!

More People watched, and enjoyed Avatar, than any other Movie. and the Hollywood elite, can't stand it, so they voted for the tired War movie. typical.

Khayembii Communique said:

Most of these are absolutely terrible.

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Comrade Lenin,
As usual you are always correct. Now do you want for me to shoot the dissidents or shall we wait for a later time?
Sincerely,
<Check out the fox

Maximus Zeebra said:

District 9 sucks. Worse movie on my list behind "100 million BC" and "Mamma Mia".

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Well your mother sucked and she sucked real well you can tell from my pleasant memory of her; you'd understand that sucking aint that bad afterall

Skateguy said:

More People watched, and enjoyed Avatar, than any other Movie. and the Hollywood elite, can't stand it, so they voted for the tired War movie. typical.

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I agree that the best movie should be the most enjoyed film, but that's also a matter of opinion.

Personally, The Hurt Locker was more enjoyable than Avatar. I found myself complaining about Avatar more because of how generic it was.

Skateguy said:

More People watched, and enjoyed Avatar, than any other Movie.

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That's not true.

Gone with the wind still holds that title. Avatar just made more money.

Jerry said:

That's not true.

Gone with the wind still holds that title. Avatar just made more money.

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I'm not sure that bit of trivia still holds true...Gone with the Wind as the most "seen" film of all time...

Films that have been out longer will have been "seen/watched" by more people--but there is no real way to accurately account for how many people have seen or watched a film... Accept ask them, I guess...

The top-selling DVDs of all time are:

1 Spider-Man (12.7 million discs sold)
2 Lotr: Fellowship of the Ring (12.2)
3 Monsters Inc (12.0)
4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (10.1)
5 Shrek (9.8)
6 Star Wars Episode II (9.2)
7 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (8.6)
8 Pearl Harbor (8.4)
9 The Matrix (8.3)
10 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (7.9)

hazlnut said:

I'm not sure that bit of trivia still holds true...Gone with the Wind as the most "seen" film of all time...

Films that have been out longer will have been "seen/watched" by more people--but there is no real way to accurately account for how many people have seen or watched a film... Accept ask them, I guess...

The top-selling DVDs of all time are:

1 Spider-Man (12.7 million discs sold)
2 Lotr: Fellowship of the Ring (12.2)
3 Monsters Inc (12.0)
4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (10.1)
5 Shrek (9.8)
6 Star Wars Episode II (9.2)
7 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (8.6)
8 Pearl Harbor (8.4)
9 The Matrix (8.3)
10 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (7.9)

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As Gone with the Wind was before DVDs and home theaters of any sort, we can use ticket sails to judge:

All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

The Ten Commandments beat out Avatar...the Ten ****ing Commandments.

Jerry said:

That's not true.

Gone with the wind still holds that title. Avatar just made more money.

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Just give it time, just give it time.

hazlnut said:

I'm not sure that bit of trivia still holds true...Gone with the Wind as the most "seen" film of all time...

Films that have been out longer will have been "seen/watched" by more people--but there is no real way to accurately account for how many people have seen or watched a film... Accept ask them, I guess...

The top-selling DVDs of all time are:

1 Spider-Man (12.7 million discs sold)
2 Lotr: Fellowship of the Ring (12.2)
3 Monsters Inc (12.0)
4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (10.1)
5 Shrek (9.8)
6 Star Wars Episode II (9.2)
7 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (8.6)
8 Pearl Harbor (8.4)
9 The Matrix (8.3)
10 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (7.9)

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Monsters Inc. ??? Just shows how little I know

Jerry said:

As Gone with the Wind was before DVDs and home theaters of any sort, we can use ticket sails to judge:

All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

The Ten Commandments beat out Avatar...the Ten ****ing Commandments.

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There's a problem with the way they 'adjust' for ticket prices. 1939-1940, tickets went from $0.25 to $1.20 in big cities for evening shows...

It's a Hollywood folklore stat that's been thrown around for years, people always quoting the same sources, no one ever checking them...

Your sources says GWTW sold an estimated 202,044,600 tickets, but the population of the U.S. was only 130Mil. This number is even harder to swallow when you consider there were only around 740 screens in the U.S. That's not movie houses, that's actual screens. Of course the theaters held a lot more people back then -- e.g. Radio City...

MGM has a number and they're sticking with it--how would anybody ever check that number? They can't.

hazlnut said:

There's a problem with the way they 'adjust' for ticket prices. 1939-1940, tickets went from $0.25 to $1.20 in big cities for evening shows...

It's a Hollywood folklore stat that's been thrown around for years, people always quoting the same sources, no one ever checking them...

Your sources says GWTW sold an estimated 202,044,600 tickets, but the population of the U.S. was only 130Mil. This number is even harder to swallow when you consider there were only around 740 screens in the U.S. That's not movie houses, that's actual screens. Of course the theaters held a lot more people back then -- e.g. Radio City...

MGM has a number and they're sticking with it--how would anybody ever check that number? They can't.

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The claim was:

Skateguy said:

More People watched, and enjoyed Avatar, than any other Movie. and the Hollywood elite, can't stand it, so they voted for the tired War movie. typical.

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So who gives a **** about ticket prices?

We're talking about how "watched, and enjoyed" movies are, not how much money they've made.

Skateguy said:

More People watched, and enjoyed Avatar, than any other Movie. and the Hollywood elite, can't stand it, so they voted for the tired War movie. typical.

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Surely no one in the world truly "enjoyed" Avatar per se?

If it weren't in 3D, it probably wouldn't have had half the appeal it has now.

Sad thing is that 50 years from now, we'll all be saying how "Avatar was the first 3D movie" and then shoot ourselves with our hypocrisy guns.

Now, if they give away a "Best Hype" award at the Oscars, well now we're talkin' :lol: