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Avatar 2, after 3 weeks:

incredible story. I was crying. https://www.amazon.com/Alive-Ethan-Hawke/dp/B005FDWAXM

Wiki: pilot became confused on their position and flew the aircraft into the mountain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571#Crash

All the survivors are still living (10/2022). I hope they are having a good life. https://nypost.com/2022/10/15/alive...ing-to-cannibalism-50-years-after-crash/

$1.78 billion now

https://deadline.com/2023/01/avatar...bal-international-box-office-1235214135/

Doesn't matter how much the movie has made, I still do not want to watch, as I feel the first "Avatar" was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Utterly, completely stupid film. "Gi Joe" and "Transformers" from the 80s had better dialogue and plot than that mess.

I did not see the first Avatar, and I will not see this one. Zero interest in Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

Given that "Top Gun Maverick" wasn't allowed in China all comparisons between it and other 2022 movies that did/will play in China, like Avatar, will be skewed.

I saw the original Avatar and thought it was a decent film but nothing fantastic. I’ll watch this one from home once it’s available on Disney +. I’m in no rush.

I do not understand final act https://www.amazon.com/Ice-Station-Zebra-Rock-Hudson/dp/B006G7R25W/

I saw a couple of movies last weekend:

1) "Margaux" -- I did not finish this piece of trash. The film is about a murderous house AI, but filled with annoying--I mean gratingly annoying zoomers that know no non-cliched vernacular. So from the start I was having a hard time tolerating their nonsense... But it was when the house AI tried to suggest they go gay by simulating homosexual fantasy conversion that I turned the film off. No. Thank. You. Go away. Into the trash heap. This movie was garbage. Stay away. Although I flipped over to the TV, when I later went to turn off the film I noticed that 75% into the film the main characters were still alive and blabbing away. There was no hope in seeing them wasted, after all. That's the only thing they deserved, too. Zero stars. Now get off my lawn.

2) "The East" -- There's more to this film than meets the eye. On the surface, one my assume it glamorizes ANTIFA like behavior, but the reality is far more subtle, as this entire picture was a message against them. If you're a believer in Christ, you might pick up on a few imbedded, hidden signs in what was one of Tony Scott's last produced films. I applaud this. Most folks will completely miss these nuances, but they are there, and completely change the context of the message. I found myself thinking about this picture afterwards, and that's pretty impressive. The gist is a girl is paid to spy on terrorist groups harassing corporations and rich billionaires, whom do bad things. In reality, yes, companies cut corners and sometimes do despicable things. How one approaches this, and stands up against this, that's what this film is ultimately about. I liked it. Worth watching, as there are parallels to other present day imbalances. *** 1/4 out of **** stars.

Looks like the cast is almost all undergrad college student age. That should have been red flag number 1!

Isn't the point of horror movies is the schadenfreude of watching annoying characters die? At least that's what I assume. I've usually checked out earlier on since I despise the characters so much.

True but any current/recent film with a largely young adult cast will invariably have a lot of the woke junk in it.

Yep, in slasher movies at least. This one went way too far, however, and was spewing woke bullpucky, with no sign whatsoever that someone was going to be wasted anytime soon. I love slasher movies. I do not like being proselytized to. Even if that was not the goal of the director, there are simply things I do not want to see, and this film crossed that line.

tbh I don't think that you will get the same impact at home as you would in an IMAX/3D theatre. It's all about the visuals imo.

I read many here said this is great. Watching it today. It's 4 hrs!

https://www.amazon.com/Gettysburg-Tom-Berenger/dp/B006QPX6IG

Is it accurate? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg

I watched the first episode of 'Wednesday' last night and it's good. I like the Addams Family anyway and have watched the movies many times. I was a little concerned they would mess it up but so far, so good.

I’d say the film is about 95% true to historical fact. That’s darn impressive for something that is a film and not a documentary.

I have a harder time watching war, the older I get.

Gettysburg. Good movie.

Those Civil war strategy are crazy dumb. Stand there few feet apart facing each other and fire their guns. No attempt to dig a trench or foxhole, get cover, go prone.

Wiki says there is a longer prequel. https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Generals-Extended-Directors-Cut/dp/B005N5N5R2

While I have not experienced that myself I can also see your reasoning. Accepting that war will always be part of the human condition helps in my case.