Hmmmm... Harry *likes* it. Says something, as he's been hating on a lot of flicks big time of late. And I liked what I saw from the last online preview I culled, though I managed to miss the one that Siffy tagged into Friday's repeat of "Warehouse 13". (As I said in another forum, I think that I need to invest in a remembering-brain dog.
Or did I say that here? Martin (spokesman for "Multiple Concussions Are Bad") "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:07:45 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] James Cameron's 'Avatar' a symbol of early buzz after preview James Cameron's 'Avatar' a symbol of early buzz after preview BY Ethan Sacks and Christina Boyle DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 2:52 AM Twentieth Century Fox The sci-fi world was buzzing Saturday after thousands of moviegoers around the world got a sneak preview of James Cameron's much-hyped 3-D epic "Avatar." "It's fairly spectacular," said Harry Knowles, founder of movie Web site Ain't It Cool News. "We've never seen a 3-D science fiction film quite like this." "From what I can tell, the vast majority of people really loved what they were seeing," he added. "I'm incredibly hopeful for the film." The movie, which cost more than $200 million to make, is scheduled for general release Dec. 18, but more than 100,000 people in 58 countries got the chance to see a 16-minute preview after scoring free tickets online. It was a stunt designed to create buzz around the film - Cameron's first feature since "Titanic," which holds the box-office record after grossing $1.84 billion worldwide. And if the early reviews on blogs and social networking pages were any indicator, it did the trick. "The man who famously declared himself the King of the World on Oscar night 10 years ago has now become the ruler of an entire planet," declared New York film critic and blogger Eric Kohn on thewrap.com. "Cameron's experiment with the ever-evolving art of buzz deserves recognition for its innovative approach." "Avatar" is set on the planet Pandora, where an ex-Marine, played by Sam Worthington, is one of a group of humans who have their brains linked to the native alien species so they can explore the environment. Sigourney Weaver, the star of Cameron's "Aliens" series, plays a botanist overseeing the mission. "Avatar is going to be the cinematic event of this holiday season," blogger Kevin Carr wrote. "The only way to experience 'Avatar' will be to watch it through a pair of high-end 3-D glasses on a screen 50 feet high." cbo...@nydailynews.com Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2009/08/23/2009-08-23_scifi_epic_avatar_a_symbol_of_buzz.html?print=1&page=all#ixzz0PtK1CGIg _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_faster:082009
