Monday Numbers | The Hobbit - 6.95M | Django Unchained - 5.2M

[UptoLight]

No contest. Spielberg is God of filmmaking both critically and commercially while others are one-sided.

[Rthmessiah]

Tues looking likeTH1 9.5, DU 9.3, LM 7.7,PG 4.7,JR 4.4,TI40 3.8,Linc 2.6,GT 2.1,Minc 2, ROTG 1.5, Sky 1.4, SLP 1.4,LOP 1.3

[IndustriousAngel]

Tues looking likeTH1 9.5, DU 9.3, LM 7.7,PG 4.7,JR 4.4,TI40 3.8,Linc 2.6,GT 2.1,Minc 2, ROTG 1.5, Sky 1.4, SLP 1.4,LOP 1.3

Wow for DU and Hobbit if that's true, FotR had 10.2mil on Tue 1st Jan 2001 ...

[Robertron]

Tues looking likeTH1 9.5, DU 9.3, LM 7.7,PG 4.7,JR 4.4,TI40 3.8,Linc 2.6,GT 2.1,Minc 2, ROTG 1.5, Sky 1.4, SLP 1.4,LOP 1.3

Is it just me or did BD2 kind of just disappear?

[Jack Sparrow]

Those are great but expected numbers all around.

[efialtes76]

No contest. Spielberg is God of filmmaking both critically and commercially while others are one-sided.

Rotten Tomatoes:CameronThe Terminator:100%Aliens:100%Terminator 2:98%Abyss:88%Titanic:87%Aliens of The Deep(Docu):84%Avatar:83%Ghost of The Abyss:80%True Lies :72%and yes Piranha Part Two:The Spawning:7%

[Wormow]

Today a DVDScr version of Hobbit flodded the internet. It's bassicaly almost DVDRiP quality.

As expected. They're all MPAA screener copies for the Academy Awards. They're the copies that are sent to Academy voters to watch to help them decide what movies get nominated for the various categories.

[DeeCee]

Avatar is hugely influential. The motion capture technology alone paved the way for ROTPOTA.

You could just go back further and say the motion capture of Gollum paved the way for Avatar. LOTR begat Avatar which begat ROTPOTA if you like.

[Moviedweeb]

You could just go back further and say the motion capture of Gollum paved the way for Avatar. LOTR begat Avatar which begat ROTPOTA if you like.

Then we'd have to go back to Final Fantasy or further. Avatar made the leap which allowed the depiction of a photo real animal (and in the case of ROTPOTA, an real animal) possible. LOTR technology would not have been able to do this but, yes, every technology builds on what came befor. Motion capture has a long history and so does 3D but that shouldn't take away from Avatar's achievement in bringing those technologies to the next, much higher, level.

[dashrendar44]

Jar Jar Binks is the father of modern MoCap. Yes, I said it.

[Jack Nevada]

I really like most of Camerons films, but I love Spielberg.

[CJohn]

Jar Jar Binks is the father of modern MoCap. Yes, I said it.

Seems legit.

[Jack Nevada]

Seems legit.

Errrr, unfortunately he has a point.

[Elessar]

I really like most of Camerons films, but I love Spielberg.

It's the other way round.

[vc2002]

Jar Jar Binks is the father of modern MoCap. Yes, I said it.

Actually Cameron is the real pioneer. Titanic is one of the first films to ever use mo-cap. Here's a little clip from behind-the-scenes stuff, and you can see it worked just like today's mo-cap.