| Wildvine53 said: I really liked this movie, I think we're going to see it in Imax tomorrow. As for inflation, GOne with the wind was impressive, but it did have multiple re-releases, and it was in theaters before Home movies. If people didn't see it in theaters then they didn't see it. Avatars feat is impressive considering Renting is on the rise, and people could just download new movies over the internet, rather then paying to see them |
You could also argue in favour of older movies that movie theatres weren’t as available (movie theatres were sparse in small towns until the late 40s early 50s), and it was rare for people to see a movie they liked multiple times in the theatre ... On a side not (that I found funny) when I saw the movie on Saturday the guy who sat next to me was on a first (or second) date was bragging to his date that this was the 12th time he had seen Avatar in the theater, to which she replied (something like) "Don't you have anything better to do with your time?"
Mentioning inflation is not necessarily an attack, and had I known it had been brought up so many times before I probably wouldn’t have mentioned it; as I said in another thread, I typically avoid all information that I can about movies I haven’t seen to avoid spoiling the experience. I personally just think it is fascinating to consider how big of a movie Gone with the Wind must have been to sell so many tickets when the market was so much smaller (or at least different). In a way it is kind of like comparing New Super Mario Bros Wii to Super Mario Bros 3, and trying to imagine how big Super Mario Bros 3 was to sell so well when games were more expensive when you factored in inflation and the market was so much smaller.
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