Comments on: ‘Avatar’ Is *Not* 3 Hours Long; WB Wants MGM?; Tom O’Neil Still A Reterd https://staging2.theplaylist.net/avatar-is-not-3-hours-long-wb-wants-mg-20091123/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 03:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: kevinjagernauth https://staging2.theplaylist.net/avatar-is-not-3-hours-long-wb-wants-mg-20091123/#comment-13176 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:48 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5435#comment-13176 I want it to tank, not out of any hatred for Cameron, but mostly because I think it's appalling for a studio to spend at least $300 million dollars on anything. "Avatar" has to be a bonafide blockbuster to turn a profit and there's no wiggle room. It's the worst form of gambling, and if (and when) it fails it makes things bad for filmmakers both big and small. I think if it fails it will hopefully (though I doubt) send a message across Hollywood that you can just dump a truckload of money into a picture and expect to get it back.

All that said, I will be the first one to champion the film if its great, but I'm not holding my breath.

]]> By: Anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/avatar-is-not-3-hours-long-wb-wants-mg-20091123/#comment-13172 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:00:51 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5435#comment-13172 I personally don't really care either way. but my instinct is that it's pushing movies too far into a direction that doesn't interest me that much.

anyway that said, Cameron is a major league assehole, maybe not a bullet to the head, but a kick in the pants wouldn't be unwarranted at this point.

]]> By: rodrigoperez https://staging2.theplaylist.net/avatar-is-not-3-hours-long-wb-wants-mg-20091123/#comment-13171 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:25:02 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5435#comment-13171 I think Kevin may want it to tank. I don't want it to tank. I don't want any movie to tank unless there's been some major bullshit going on where someone deserves a bullet in the head (can't even think of the last time that happened).

]]> By: Jordan Raup https://staging2.theplaylist.net/avatar-is-not-3-hours-long-wb-wants-mg-20091123/#comment-13170 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:40:58 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5435#comment-13170 Why do you guys want the film to tank so hard? It would stop the technology and advancement of cinema dead in it's tracks and destroy Cameron, possibly preventing him from making films again.

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