Avatar Box Office Part VII: #2 Ain't a Bad Place

Avatar has just surpassed The Reutrn of The King to become the 2nd biggest film of all-time with 1.1 billion. It's total in the US pushed it as it has now made 374 million, becoming the 12th biggest film of all-time surpassing Spider-Man 2. This film just won't stop making money. Who else wants to bet that it'll surpass Titanic?

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2 Pieces of Cover Art

Companies are starting to release their fall films to DVD and Blu-Ray. I've been able to get these 2 movies cover art. Enjoy!




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Editorial: Best of The Decade Part II: The Movies

This article isn't impact this time. No, this is QUALITY!!! Except for No. 8 and No. 4, which are for influence.

10. The Lord of The Rings Trilogy- Why not higher? Folks these are great films but their lengths keep them from being brilliance. Truthfully, I have just a few weeks ago caught the end of the Third One on TV! Still, there's no denying they ARE great and certainly one of the most memorable parts of the decade.



9. Shrek- Potshots at Disney? WHY??? Because it's funny, that's why.

8. The Departed- Martin Scorsese has made many-a classics (Shutter Island probably will end up being one of those). The Departed is this decades GoodFella's. Riveting from beginning to end, the film never lets you or your mind go once it begins is what audiences around the world ave agreed, becoming the rare film that brings us together.

7. Finding Nemo- Searching for lost sons used to be sad and starring Harrison Ford or Mel Gibson. Now they star clownfish and are among the funniest movies of all-time.

6. Good Night, And Good Luck- Probably the surprise inclusion here. Why this film? Because George Clooney gives the best performance of his career here. With it's grand story and wonderful acting, this film settles it's place as among the greatest in history.

5. WALL-E- PIXAR ain't made a dud yet and WALL-E is no exception. With no talking for 20 minutes, it abandons all cinematic formula's for family films since they began. And boy does it abandon them well.



4. Brokeback Mountain- You remember how we treated gay movies before this came out? No? That's how great this thing was.

3. Ratatouille- Brad Bird makes sure that aniamtion is not a genre but a form of creation like 3D and Digital Shooting. The tale of a rat in Paris captivates you and makes you wonder: Is animation kiddie stuff or just for anyone?

2. Up- PIXAR has really pulled it out of the hat this time. Carl F. has a tale unlike anyone else has ever done. Add in a funny dog and boy, guaranteed tear-jerker opening and wonderful climax you have a film for the decade.

1. Avatar- Just read my review on New Years. Then you'll see.



Runner Ups- Million Dollar Baby, The Incredibles, Milk, No Country For Old Men, Gladiator, Letters From Iwo Jima

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Bone Movie Puttering Along

I love the graphic novel Bone. It's funny, yet so epic! And it seems a certain great producer ha it right by descriibng it as: "Shrek meets Lord of the Rings". It seems Bone will become a 2011/2012 film and the director should be announced by Spring. I had been applying for the direction and even had wrote a script for it...but hey! Sounds like htey might have something.

Jus ta suggestion: Get Nathan Lane to voice Phoney Bone. He'd be terrific.

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Lord of The Blu

The 4 Lord of The Rings films are coming to Blu-Ray Apri 6 2010. Wow!! They are all coming a 9 Disc Set only on Blu-Ray. These versions are not the Extended Editions. Those will be avilable later, probably when The Hobbit comes out. The 1978 Ralph Bashki Lord of The Rings film will be out on Blu-Ray will be released the same day.

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The Hobbit Has Begun

The Hobbit script has been completed. It seems that, acoording to Peter Jackson, that the Hobbit has it's first films script completed. They are working on the second film as well. The Hobbit will NOT be in 3D, despite Peter Jackson liking the format. Ian McKellen will be in The Hobbit as Gandalf, by the way, so good news all around for the film.

Also, Peter says Steven Spielberg's Tintin films are done filming and just need some animation to be completed and it'll be done. That film comes out on Christmas Day, 2011.

Very exciting sounding projects. Can't wait to see how these movies turn out.

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3D Film Review: A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol is amazing. It is a terrific film, but before we indulge into that, let me give you a brief summary of the animation used here.

The animation in the film is Mo-Cap which is when actors dress in black suits and have their movements recorded on CGI characters. Examples of this are Gollum from Lord of The Rings and Na'avi in the upcoming Avatar.

Robert Zemeckis (the director) has now made 3 films in this format: The Polar Express, Beowulf and now A Christmas Carol, his best since Cast Away.

We all know the tale, so let me get to the point: this film is something to marvel at. There have been god knows how many adaptations of this story, and yet this never feels like it is a retread. On the contrary, this feels like you'll remember this singular tale for Christmas's to come.

Jim Carrey astounds as Scoorge (in all of his ages) and The 3 ghosts that haunt him. He really puts a fine job here and I think it's my favorite performance of him ever. He really seems to be having a lot of fun as these 4 characters. Bob Hoskins is nice as Cratchit and Fezziwig and Colin Firth is delightful as Fred, Scrooge's nephew. Robin Wright Penn is even in here as Scrooge's old girlfriend Blle, though she doesn't get to do much.


I haven't really like Mo-Cap until now. The Polar Express frightened me with it's zombie like humans and Beowulf just seemed out of place with it's actors and characters. Here all of that has been fixed with even the yes looking much better. It feels more genuine than ever before.



Another good thing is that most of this film is straight from the book by Charles Dickens. Scenes that aren't in most adaptations are in here and don't feel tacked on.

I have just noticed now that I have gone on for a while just praising this film to the high heavens, but it really is a grand christmas joy. I say, see this film the holiday season or your Christmas just won't be complete.

Rating: A or 9.4 out of 10

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