The Road got snubbed? ;_;
The Road got snubbed? ;_;
That movie was shit.
I had to click the link to be sure Green Shinobi wasn't trollin' with those Avatar noms. He wasn't. :-\
I'm throwing my lot behind The Hurt Locker and Tarantino. :rock
Why are you guys complaining about the awesome Avatar instead of shit like the blind side and up in the air.
This should be Tarantino's year.
So which awards can we turn to now for some movie circle jerking?
This nomination reminded me of this picture Maddox made. Because this is what the Academy is doing nominating Avatar, except they are actually pissing on their own grave.
Avatar in the best movie category? Did Cameron moneyhat the Oscars with all the Avatar money he's made?
The movie was good. But definitely not oscar worthy.
Some people on GAF predicated 500 Days of Summer would be nominated for Best Picture :teehee:lol :lol :lol
You're so impressionable Green Shinobi, I thought you had more life experience then to be swept away by such a movie. But it seems you experience stuff and learn nothing.
Some people on GAF predicated 500 Days of Summer would be nominated for Best Picture :teeheeBrandNew?
Best Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa
But film standards were already lowered when Crash won, amirite? :smug
Where is BrandNew, by the way?
Has he showed up after the joke ban?
Glad to see Up break through the glass ceiling.
Glad to see Up break through the glass ceiling.
Beauty and the Beast broke through the glass ceiling long ago when there were only five films nominated for best picture.
ITT, bitter tears because the Academy didn't agree with certain members' personal assessments. :lol
ITT, bitter tears because the Academy didn't agree with certain members' personal assessments. :lol
The Blind Side nominated for Best Picture. Because (500) Days of Summer, Star Trek, In the Loop, The White Ribbon, The Fantastic Mr. Fox etc. etc. were not.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Oscar-Nominations-10-Things-To-Love-And-Five-Things-To-Hate-16846.html
Monsters VS. Aliens wasn't nominated for best animated feature? Is there an anti-Dreamworks bias in that category? :'(
Star Trek was much better than Avatar...and it came from the TRANSFORMERS writers.
I saw Star Trek four times in theaters, once in IMAX.
But film standards were already lowered when Crash won, amirite? :smugI would actually agree that you're right. Crash WAS a worse film overall than Avatar.
:bow up in the air :bow2
I thought A Serious Man was pretty dang good.
I thought A Serious Man was pretty dang good.
I want this movie to win best picture, but No Country was the Coens' one-hit wonder at the Academy. I don't think they're ever getting another one.
Yeah, check out Serious Man and tell us if fucking Sy Ableman isn't the most sly, slimy and devious antagonist put to film last year. The worst thing is, he's totally believable as a character.
A Serious Man is stupendous, probably the most Oscar-worthy 2009 movie I saw. Hurt Locker will win tho.
A Serious Man is stupendous, probably the most Oscar-worthy 2009 movie I saw. Hurt Locker will win tho.
White Ribbon deserved some recognition outside the Foreign Language category. Oh well.
I don't think I've hated a villain this much since the velociraptors in Jurassic Park.
Just got off a conference call with a friend who is working on set right now, and the reaction is pretty hysterical. :lol
They read your spec script?
A Serious Man is stupendous, probably the most Oscar-worthy 2009 movie I saw. Hurt Locker will win tho.
White Ribbon deserved some recognition outside the Foreign Language category. Oh well.
Any chance you know of anywhere where I can stream it online? German version's fine.
Just my opinion, but Anton Chigurgh > velociraptors > Sy.Well anton's a psychopath. He's not bad so much as he is indifferent.
Just my opinion, but Anton Chigurgh > velociraptors > Sy.
Is A Serious Man better than Burn After Reading? Random question but I'm just curious.
the way God's behavior in the Old Testament is funny
What fuck? I don't even. A best actress nom? a best picture nom? This is a really bad joke.
I'm sure Avatar's resounding success with critics and audiences had nothing to do with its nomination. :smug
I can't believe I just spelled "won" as "one". I blame the Blind Side, white America, the Academy, and Green Shinobi for lowering the bar.
Whatever issues you think I may have as a poster, subpar English grammar and spelling are not included among them, you fucking Saudi.
I can't believe I just spelled "won" as "one". I blame the Blind Side, white America, the Academy, and Green Shinobi for lowering the bar.
Whatever issues you think I may have as a poster, subpar English grammar and spelling are not included among them, you fucking Saudi.
What the fuck are you talking about? Unless you consider yourself Korean, Cormac Japanese and GilloD Thai, I'm not Saudi.
Not my fault the reference went over your head.
Oh no sir, judging from your last post or two, you have NO idea how many references went over YOUR head if you just referred to me as Saudi or religious :lol
Wow, I feel like I'm obligated to clear more things out, even if it goes against this forum's rules: nobody on the bore is gay, and bebpo is not Asian!
nobody on the bore is gay
nobody on the bore is gay
Lies. Ugly lies.
nobody on the bore is gay
Lies. Ugly lies.
Jinfash is always trying to push the heterosexual agenda
Up in the Air is fucking awful. It's seriously the worst movie I've seen in years. bububububb it has a seeerious ending bububu. What a snooze.I wouldn't consider Up in the Air an amazing piece of cinema or anything but didn't you at least find it funny? The ending WAS crap tho.
Between this an Juno, I'm convinced Jaosn Reitman has never been in an adult relationship.
Having read the writing and opinion of most of what launders rottentomatoes
Avatar still would have been nominated in a field of five.
What I'm seeing a lot of here is "critical opinion doesn't matter, but my opinion does."
Avatar still would have been nominated in a field of five.
What I'm seeing a lot of here is "critical opinion doesn't matter, but my opinion does."
ITT, Willco dismisses the credibility of an entire board of critics and industry professionals because they liked a movie he didn't. :lolWell willco already mentioned several times that in a lot of those reviews, the text contradicts the final score. But I'll just remind you that:
I don't understand the shock. The inclusion of 5 more nominations was obviously to cram in some blockbusters that have no chance of winning, not nominate the next best 5 movies of the year. The Blind Side won't win, but Ma and Pa have seen it and sure liked it. Maybe they'll actually tune in.
WTF? How does A prove B? Did you ever take a logic class in your life, or even read about logic on the internet? :lol
You're just flailing mindlessly at this point.
As opposed to "Everyone should defer to critics when they agree with me." Honkey please, we remember you whinging when Entourage (!!!) got left off a Best TV of the Decade list.
That was one website's list, not an overwhelming consensus of critics and audiences.
For Most Likeable and Lively Performance in a Non-Stock Character Role: The Nerdy Scientist, Avatar
For Most Likeable and Lively Performance in a Non-Stock Character Role: The Nerdy Scientist, Avatar
"Besides, he's really rich and that has to do with economics."
I congratulate you, Glen, for your success in lowering cinema standards for future generations.
Are you saying that Avatar should be nominated for the Best Picture category based on it's cinematography alone?
I congratulate you, Glen, for your success in lowering cinema standards for future generations.
Now we see the problem. You wanted to be the one to lower cinema standards with Candy Land the Motion Picture.
That's better that studio-proposed tagline of "EAT THE FUTURE"
What areas of importance - ones that determine if a film is truly worthy of being labelled a classic - did the critics felt Avatar succeeded in? It's obviously not writing. Or acting. I'm pretty sure Best Sense of Awe and Wonder is not an actual category.
Since Cameron got a Best Director nomination, I'm guessing directing ins one of them.
Since Cameron got a Best Director nomination, I'm guessing directing is one of them.
I'm sure Federman would love to give Dakota Fanning a roll.
I'm sure Federman would love to give Dakota Fanning a roll.
B-Fed, you ever think about casting yourself in Candyland as a Fudge Packer?
When I finally see Candy Cane Forest and Gum Drop Mountain on the big screen, I will be filled with a sense of wonder, adventure, and exploration.
This reminds me of the time GS claimed to have Patel on ignore while still continuing to argue with him in The Return of the King thread!
This reminds me of the time GS claimed to have Patel on ignore while still continuing to argue with him in The Return of the King thread!
The Shake championed Borat and The Departed, both of which are vastly superior to Avatar.
One good thing about having Green Shinobi around - it's like Shake never left (and never graduated high school). :rock
Having you around is like having two Powerslaves! :rock
Shake spammed cocks. No abuse of power about it.
when did I say I was classy ???This is about as classless as the time you renamed GS's old Lord of the Rings thread "The Return of the Annihilation." That didn't end well.
Anyone want to talk about movies in this thread?
I don't think Two Lovers came out in 2009.
Biden annihilated Avatar
http://jezebel.com/5462479/wtf-moment-on-daytime-tv
:lol
I don't think Two Lovers came out in 2009.well I don't believe The Hurt Locker is a 2009 film either :shh.
I still believe GS is trolling us, that nerdy scientist thing can't be serious.
Thinking Avatar should win an Oscar is the equivalent of thinking Wii Sports is the best game of the generation Glen.
I try, but this guy keeps trying to shift talk from the actual movie to how other people also liked the movie. Wotta conundrum!
I still believe GS is trolling us, that nerdy scientist thing can't be serious.
That was one fucking gaffe, you idiot. One fucking sentence I wrote without even thinking about it because I couldn't remember the name of a character. You can find other posts I've made where I said that Jeremy Renner should win the Best Actor award for his role as the bomb defuser. Where the fuck are all the sarcastic posts saying "Glen's favorite acting job of the year, the deepest and most memorable, the bomb defuser!"? Oh right, those ones don't exist because people liked that movie. How about the times when I referred to George Clooney's character in Up in the Air simply as "George Clooney"? Couldn't remember his name either. No one even batted an eye at that. But Mandark makes one fucking pun, and now anyone who disagrees with me on Avatar has an easy straw man that they can just move down the field.
Ofcourse everybody has his own opinions, doesn't mean some aren't bad taste, like yours.
You were trying to make a point about how he wasn't a stock character but decided to call him nerdy scientist guy, you could just look up his name on imdb but just ended up making an ass out of your self as usual.
Basicly yes. Sometimes thats just all there is to it.
The mere fact that even after numerous people tried to explain to you why Avatar is not an Oscar movie you dont see it, well thats speaks volumes. Its pretty clear there is a consensus on EB about this movie amd you can act like Nintendobooger now and go bu bu bu, but it won't do you any good and we'll all just keep on laughing about your horrid taste.
Did Nintendosbooger hijack your account, or was he always a JC of yours?
You basicly did a copy pasta of all his threads, where he shows how many people love Nintendo and how good Nintendo is doing.
Real Talk: Nobody cares, Nintendo sucks and Avatar is not a good movie.
The only reason youre posting now is to troll people here, just like Nintendosbooger.
Did Nintendosbooger hijack your account, or was he always a JC of yours?
You basicly did a copy pasta of all his threads, where he shows how many people love Nintendo and how good Nintendo is doing.
Real Talk: Nobody cares, Nintendo sucks and Avatar is not a good movie.
The only reason youre posting now is to troll people here, just like Nintendosbooger.
If the only thing I posted was "2 billion worldwide gross," you'd have a point, but I posted an overwhelming critical and audience consensus as well. It's like you're not even trying to be intellectually honest, Kosma.
Has it occurred to you that I post because I actually liked Avatar and don't appreciate being called a tasteless idiot for that?
GS is just struggling with the fact some people are not willing to think outside the box on what constitutes an Oscar movie. I think we could have the same discussion with him about if Dan Brown books are literature.
This is not an ad hominem attack bro, just stating that you have your own perceptions of where some boundries are and have difficulty accepting that many members here are more traditional in that sense.
Literature and film are two entirely different mediums with different aims and objectives. It's not an exact equivalent. However, I have asserted many times that genre fiction can be counted as literature. I've never read a Dan Brown book, so I'm not going to get into that argument. I would call The Stand literature; is that one sufficiently controversial?
I AM!Literature and film are two entirely different mediums with different aims and objectives. It's not an exact equivalent. However, I have asserted many times that genre fiction can be counted as literature. I've never read a Dan Brown book, so I'm not going to get into that argument. I would call The Stand literature; is that one sufficiently controversial?
That depends. Are you calling it good literature?
GS is just struggling with the fact some people are not willing to think outside the box on what constitutes an Oscar movie.
B) why evoking said feelings as well or better than any film in the history of cinema is not a huge achievement in itself.
B) why evoking said feelings as well or better than any film in the history of cinema is not a huge achievement in itself.
This reminds me of the time I argued that Good Burger was a great film in film class. My argument was that Good Burger reminded me of how delicious hamburgers were on a level unsurpassed by any other film in Hollywood history. Everyone kept arguing with me, but noone bothered to recognized that what while what I’m saying might be utterly nonsensical, it nonetheless says something universal about humanity, because everyone loves the fucking shit out of hamburgers. Hunger, longing and tastiness are universal experiences, and in some sense define what it is to be human, therefore Good Burger is one of Hollywood’s greatest cultural contributions.
This reminds me of the time I argued that Good Burger was a great film in film class. My argument was that Good Burger reminded me of how delicious hamburgers were on a level unsurpassed by any other film in Hollywood history. Everyone kept arguing with me, but noone bothered to recognized that what while what I’m saying might be utterly nonsensical, it nonetheless says something universal about humanity, because everyone loves the fucking shit out of hamburgers. Hunger, longing and tastiness are universal experiences, and in some sense define what it is to be human, therefore Good Burger is one of Hollywood’s greatest cultural contributions.
Not only did he seriously address your post, he tore down your entire argument in one fell swoop. Game over, man. Game over.
Is the movie ACTUALLY about meatballs raining from the heavens, or is that just the title?
B) why evoking said feelings as well or better than any film in the history of cinema is not a huge achievement in itself.
This reminds me of the time I argued that Good Burger was a great film in film class. My argument was that Good Burger reminded me of how delicious hamburgers were on a level unsurpassed by any other film in Hollywood history. Everyone kept arguing with me, but noone bothered to recognized that what while what I’m saying might be utterly nonsensical, it nonetheless says something universal about humanity, because everyone loves the fucking shit out of hamburgers. Hunger, longing and tastiness are universal experiences, and in some sense define what it is to be human, therefore Good Burger is one of Hollywood’s greatest cultural contributions.
2) even if the comparison were valid, a visual medium like film is not capable of conveying what it actually feels like to eat a hamburger.
I know right! It's almost like I applied a completely arbitrary standard to the movie that is completely independent of any objective measure.
What an idiot I am.
Also, :lol at "objective measure" in discussing any kind of artistic quality.
a visual medium like film is not capable of conveying what it actually feels like to eat a hamburger
:lol at [trying to apply] "objective measures" in discussing any kind of artistic quality.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs got robbed
Was that before or after you flunked Philosophy 1: Basic Logic? ???
Which part of your own argument do you disagree with?
1) That there is no objective criteria for good films, so the fact that you experienced wonder and joy makes AVATAR a great film.
2) That there is an objective criteria for good films, so the fact that I experienced hunger and longing while watching Good Burger does not make it a great film.
Jesus Fucking Christ GS, just stop. This is like watching a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow stick his dick in an electrical outlet over and over and over again, thinking that maybe this time it really will feel like pussy.
I try, but this guy keeps trying to shift talk from the actual movie to how other people also liked the movie. Wotta conundrum!
At this point I've explained exactly why I think Avatar deserves its Oscar nominations numerous times on this forum, Mandark. Clearly you disagree with me, so why not leave it at that and talk about other movies you liked in 2009?
honestly, Crash winning best picture sort of destroyed the Academy's credibility forever
remember Crash? EXACTLY.
there's been a lot of missteps (Titanic, Shakespeare in Love, Return of the King sweeps) but Crash is probably the most instantly incorrect statement they've made
ROTK was pretty awesome though Patel.
On 27 January 2004, the film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Song, Visual Effects, Art Direction, Costuming, Make-up, Sound Mixing and Film Editing.
also, i will be seeing avatar at a morale event on the 11th, and shall render the definitive, objective opinion on james cameron's shitty trashpic.
also, i will be seeing avatar at a morale event on the 11th, and shall render the definitive, objective opinion on james cameron's shitty trashpic.
Chipopo really destroyed GS.
Yeah, faulty or nonexistent logic can be overlooked as long as it has teh funnies, right?
Chipopo really destroyed GS.
Yeah, faulty or nonexistent logic can be overlooked as long as it has teh funnies, right?
Asserting that a visual medium is incapable of conveying the sensation of taste is NOT the same as saying that there is no "objective medium" for judging artistic success.
If he destroyed me, it was in getting me to respond so seriously to obvious troll-bait. Which I guess on EB is annihilation.
did someone say this was an awards thread? :teehee
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One of the ways art has been judged for centuries is on the basis of how much it makes you think or feel. This does NOT include base, physical sensations like hunger. Would anyone say that Backdoor Sluts 2 was a work of art because it gave them the stiffest woody ever? I mean, maybe you could say that it's a work of art in its own way, but clearly it's not in the same category as the kind of films we're talking about in this thread.
did someone say this was an awards thread? :teehee
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Adventure takes precedence over hunger
But what if hunger drives you to adventure?
Adventure takes precedence over hunger
But what if hunger drives you to adventure?
1. you already shot down objective criticism of movies
2. food is hunger is longing is a universal human experience
I said that there is no objective way to measure artistic merit. However, there ARE things that have been talked about for centuries as being indicators of whether or not something that someone created is artistic, among them 1) aesthetic beauty, 2) the capacity to make someone think about a matter that is important for whatever reason, or 3) the capacity to evoke emotions in the audience. Not all art has to do all of these things, but I don't think anyone would seriously deny that good art should do at least one.
Good Burger does none of these things, so his distinguished mentally-challenged comparison is invalid.
But why do I feel that I just annihilated myself by taking the time to type that response out?
1. you already shot down objective criticism of movies
2. food is hunger is longing is a universal human experience
I said that there is no objective way to measure artistic merit. However, there ARE things that have been talked about for centuries as being indicators of whether or not something that someone created is artistic, among them 1) aesthetic beauty, 2) the capacity to make someone think about a matter that is important for whatever reason, or 3) the capacity to evoke emotions in the audience. Not all art has to do all of these things, but I don't think anyone would seriously deny that good art should do at least one.
Good Burger does none of these things, so his distinguished mentally-challenged comparison is invalid.
But why do I feel that I just annihilated myself by taking the time to type that response out?
HE'S LEARNING.
I said that there is no objective way to measure artistic merit. However, there ARE things that have been talked about for centuries as being indicators of whether or not something that someone created is artistic
among them 1) aesthetic beauty, 2) the capacity to make someone think about a matter that is important for whatever reason, or 3) the capacity to evoke emotions in the audience. Not all art has to do all of these things, but I don't think anyone would seriously deny that good art should do at least one.
I'm hungry for adventure.
Also, Tampopo is an amazing movie and it's all about hunger and food.
:bow (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Tampopo_cover.jpg) :bow2
Also, after watching Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, I immediately went to Wendy's and bought and ate a hamburger.
:bow food-based cinema :bow2
There are so many differences though.
Does Jake Sully open the movie with a suicide run across enemy lines that earns him a transfer off the battlefield? Does he go to Pandora seeking solitude? Does he find that the Navi have killed everyone at his station? When he meets Neytiri, is she a human taken in by the Navi who has just slit her wrists?
I could keep going, but it should be clear that Avatar is quite different from Dances With Wolves unless you boil it down to a bare skeleton of plot points.
Protip: If you're going for satire, it helps to have a firm grasp of the subject you're attempting to satirize.
Protip 2: Don't try for satire; you're not very good at it.
Satire sort of has to be funny.
It should also make sense. The Good Burger one made no sense because feeling hungry isn't an emotion or thought, it's a physical craving. He might as well have said something like "Yeah, 2001 made me think a lot about the vast emptiness of space, how small humans are in the scheme of things, the possibility of AI systems turning on us and a whole lot of other things, but Half-Baked made me want to smoke weed more than any other movie ever, so I think they're pretty comparable." You cannot deny that that was about the gist of his argument. It was funny though.
This reminds me of the time I argued that Good Burger was a great film in film class. My argument was that Good Burger reminded me of how delicious hamburgers were on a level unsurpassed by any other film in Hollywood history. Everyone kept arguing with me, but noone bothered to recognized that while what I’m saying might be utterly nonsensical, it nonetheless says something universal about humanity, because everyone loves the fucking shit out of hamburgers. Hunger, longing and tastiness are universal experiences, and in some sense define what it is to be human, therefore Good Burger is one of Hollywood’s greatest cultural contributions.
You know, when I saw it in the theatres I got a very underwhelmed vibe from the audience. Nobody clapped or cheered and I heard a few people tentatively asking "so... what did you think of it?" or the equivalent of their friends.
The point was that there is no objective measurement for these criteria, nor does anyone's opinion carry objective truth. You cannot objectively say "the characterization in this film is poor," or "the melody in this piece of music is subpar."
There are so many differences though.
Does Jake Sully open the movie with a suicide run across enemy lines that earns him a transfer off the battlefield? Does he go to Pandora seeking solitude? Does he find that the Navi have killed everyone at his station? When he meets Neytiri, is she a human taken in by the Navi who has just slit her wrists?
I could keep going, but it should be clear that Avatar is quite different from Dances With Wolves unless you boil it down to a bare skeleton of plot points.
... So what you're saying is that Avatar is just a pale imitation, completely devoid of the characterization that helped Dances with Wolves become so popular.
The best thing about The Hurt Locker is when James returns home, and his adjustment (or lack thereof) to civilian life. Those few minutes are handled with subtlety sorely lacking from several of this year's Best Picture nominees.
Up in the Air is extremely culturally relevant right now, but I honestly thought it paled in comparison with Thank You For Smoking.What in terms of humor? I guess I can agree with that but Up in the Air wasn't really a satire.
Up in the Air is extremely culturally relevant right now, but I honestly thought it paled in comparison with Thank You For Smoking.What in terms of humor? I guess I can agree with that but Up in the Air wasn't really a satire.
Am Nintenho, the Cowboy in the movie is based off of someone very, very real. And something similiar happened to him, except he accepted no payout.I knew it was the marlboro man and obviously it was about how fake the industry's "icons" were, which I'd already learned through many PSA's over the years.
I haven't seen TYFS yet, wtf is wrong with me :(
in the loopthis
immediately
Why did you hate it?
Thank You For Smoking is better but Up in the Air was on it's way for being better until the last third or so. Actually, specifically the scene at the end of the movie took a lot away for me. I'm talking about thespoiler (click to show/hide)people talking about how they cope with unemployment. I really hated that.[close]
Those were real people, not actors. They were the same people they had relive their lay-offs. It didn't think there was anything inauthentic about it.
I think the point of that whole scene was to contrast with Clooney's characterspoiler (click to show/hide)Clooney's character, even though he has a job, has no family or wife to go home to, which he realizes is important at the end of the film. That's the point of the unemployed at the end of the scene.[close]
Enough love for you to unblock my PMs?
Thread reminds me that I still need to see In the Loop.
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Enough love for you to unblock my PMs?
Thread reminds me that I still need to see In the Loop.
I don't have you on Ignore so I have no idea why your PMs would be blocked!
Then you know what we must do... change history
No, that can stay
wait, Avatar won the Golden Globe for best drama? :lol
somehow I missed that :lolspoiler (click to show/hide)>:([close]spoiler (click to show/hide):lol[close]
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The final caption in that Avatar/Lost gif is driving me crazy. It should either be "gets to walk again and goes hunting and becomes a leader and shit" or "gets to walk again and go hunting and become a leader and shit." You cannot have "goes" and "become" in the sentence together. The verb tenses do not agree. Fuck!
Well..not really. I liked most all of his other movies because they didn't take themselves seriously and were content with being tributes to genre films. He works will with that formula, even as far as he enjoys reaching up his own ass. But IB was about WW2 and the holocaust and Nazi propaganda and real events that people have real emotions for. Not something you can project a bunch of childish revenge fantasies onto.I felt Inglourious Basterds was pretty far up it's own ass.A Tarantino flick? Surely you kid! :teehee
I imagine the majority of the people who saw Avatar watched it in 2D.
According to the National Association of Theater Owners, the latest available statistic for national average ticket price is $7.61 for the fourth quarter of 2009. IMAX reports an average ticket price of $14.58, but, at the time of this writing, there is no official word for regular 3D presentations. A survey of theaters across the country shows a $2 to $4 premium for 3D over 2D and indicates a $10 average ticket price. With these stats one can estimate 38.7 million tickets have been sold in regular 3D, 15.2 million sold in 2D and 6.8 million tickets sold in IMAX 3D.
Why has there never been a thread dedicated to discussing "A Serious Man" but there's a two threads for Avatar with over 1000 posts?
Wtf? That's unforgivable.
I blame James Cameron.
Sy Abelman really is one of the best "villains" in recent years.
Question:spoiler (click to show/hide)What did you guys think was the connection between the Yiddish scene at the beginning and the rest of the film? Particularly about the dybbuk.[close]
The Book of Job cliffnotes:
Job is wealthy and fucking righteous, God loves him.
Satan tells God to test Job by taking away all his possessions and good fortune.
God makes it so that all of Job's children die, all his livestock die, raiders steal his crops, he loses all his money, and he breaks out with a horrible skin disease.
Job's friends come by and offer their differing philosophies. One says that Job clearly has something to repent for. One says not to question God. Job ends up questioning God.
God comes out and offers a huge filibuster about how He created everything, so He can do whatever the fuck He wants.
Job repents for questioning God.
Job's good fortune returns, and he gets new children to replace the ones that died.