The Panda

I was only saying Avatar hasn't held up as well as movies like Jurassic Park, Titanic, Star Wars, etc. It's not the 3D that made it a phenomenon but that the movie came off as an immersive experience people hadn't seen on film before (coating the meh story while in theaters). Problem with waiting so long for a sequel is nobody is really getting excited about this unless you're Kal. Sure it's going to be big, but after 7 years how big? Avatar was no doubt a phenomenon in its release (no one questions that) but how well is Avatar going to hold up, and how much are audiences going to be aching to go now that the novelty immersive 3D experience has been worn and torn by many movies following it (it's not something new and special like before). You saw it with JP1 to JP2, and that was with a shorter gap between movies. It'll come out nearly a decade later (still not as a true brand but as a sequel to an original, the sequel will make it a brand) in a culture that rapidly changes, and an original that isn't holding up in culture as well as something as big as Avatar should have.

Btw interview is now released in theaters so I have won that bet (much quicker than I thought) I bet 50 points to 4 people that The Interview has a theater average of 30,000 or higher on Christmss Day

Definitely not a typical best of list.

No, this isn't a marketing strategy. If it was a marketing strategy they wouldn't have started to pull all of their promotional material after the hackers told them to do so. If it was a marketing strategy they would have gone straight to wide. It's more to do with the face that they managed to get the president and the gop to call them cowards and got a lot of pressure to put it in theaters. I had a small suspicion before things went way down, but after how far things have gone this would have been the most idiotic and expensive marketing campaign I've ever seen.

Hopefully nobody agrees.

Wow, that seems like a small amount to me but I tend to see around 70-100 per year.

I'd almost think this was your top 50 family movies of the half decade.

Duh, I watch it.

At this point I'd doubt it. They're doing a limited release and VOD, and the hack has cost them hundreds of millions. There's no profit from this.

If it's out on VOD then I'll probably save the long drive and watch it at home.

I'm expecting more theaters might cave in for the 25th

It's always sunny should be higher (again) but it's well deserved on here. One of the few shows I watch.

That's pathetic, I hope she doesn't get nominated, especially since there are better performances to nod.

Real Steel is a decent film, probably one of your better picks. The Muppets is really great though, to bad the sequel was lackluster.

Only 5% of the academy needs to behave like that.

One good thing that came out of this Obama and the GOP finally managed to agree on something.

Such a waste, this could make gangbusters with a nationwide release.

Pretty easy campaign given its getting front page headlines every day.

I want Randall Park to kick off Robert Duvall so bad.

I wonder how plausible a BP nod actually is for it, especially given the already weak field. All it needs is 5% number 1 votes

I believe there's a Dallas theater showing this, going to drive and see it. I'm hoping the academy gives this a BP nod.

Well looks like I'm going to see that Saturday.

FYC Best Picture, Best Director, Best Breakthrough Performance (Macon Blair), Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Horror/Thriller BLUE RUIN It's on Netflix and Amazon Prime, so very easy to see (another gem dumped by Weinstein)

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I may hate Adam Sandler but I do love me some Peter Dinklage (as well as Sean Bean and Josh Gad) so I guess I'm in for this. I despise happy Madison and Sandler but they're trying something new.