James Cameron's Avatar in 3D

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Actually yeah, Last Samurai would fit perfect if we were going for that. I mean, as much as I enjoyed it, both of Avatar and Last Samurai are about white guilt and unintentionally about white people (or constitute it to earth people in case of Avatar) supremacy. After everything that has happened in last few centuries with Indians and what not Hollywood is trying to say sorry in some probably subconscious way, by letting the natives win, showing how noble and brave they were, or w/e, but in a funny way still making them look primitive and stupid, as in every story day has to be saved by a white occupant who has a change of heart. And especially so in Avatar with Jake being the only one figuring out how to saddle the Turruk (sp?) dragon, despite being on pandora for only few months.

Heck, every Zwick movie is just about same if you generalize plot that far, and i dont see anyone complaining

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In todays Avatar news - Avatar earns China?s biggest-ever opening box office of... brace yourselves... drums... USD$4.8m. I mean, whoa, i know China isnt quite US when it comes to box office, but whoa. For a 1,5 billion nation id expected a tad bit more.

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In todays Avatar news - Avatar earns China’s biggest-ever opening box office of... brace yourselves... drums... USD$4.8m. I mean, whoa, i know China isnt quite US when it comes to box office, but whoa. For a 1,5 billion nation id expected a tad bit more.

I'm a bit surprised by that as well. I would expect the figures to have been much more.

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In todays Avatar news - Avatar earns China’s biggest-ever opening box office of... brace yourselves... drums... USD$4.8m. I mean, whoa, i know China isnt quite US when it comes to box office, but whoa. For a 1,5 billion nation id expected a tad bit more.

It's a lot considering the average earnings in China (cheap labour, no?). If they earn 100 times less than US citizens (in US dollars) you can see how big it is for them.

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but in a funny way still making them look primitive and stupid, as in every story day has to be saved by a white occupant who has a change of heart.

You should know that dominance is not about being clever or strong. A thug can easily kill a genius with the knife (as it was with Jake's brother in the film). Group of thugs can easily kill a strong man. So "being the one alive" != "being strong/clever/smart/good". As for Turruk, they just didn't need it before. It's the ultimate weapon that was required only 5 times throughout their history. Metaphorically speaking, if you just live in a sleepy american neighbourhood, why in hell would you sneak to the air base and steal F-35 jet fighter? Jake was just desperate and lucky whily the tribe was still confused and depressed.

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It's a lot considering the average earnings in China (cheap labour, no?). If they earn 100 times less than US citizens (in US dollars) you can see how big it is for them.

I agree. Most Chinese do not care for theaters. They have their mini-series on TV/video to watch. They are working hard and do not have as much free time as we do. It's unfortunate that there are parities in the world.

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You guys see this:

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/m...s-80701657.html

James Cameron?s "Avatar" has become a colossus, raking in $1 billion within its first five minutes of release. Everyone is going to see it: Men, women, kids, grandparents, neighbors, cousins, llamas. There is, seemingly, no demographic averse to the space epic?s charms.

Except one.

Hardcore Conservatives, those reliable tsk-tskers of all things Hollywood, have taken up arms against the movie's perceived liberal messages

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