Taiwan man dies after watching 'Avatar'

AFP: Taiwan man dies after watching 'Avatar':

"TAIPEI — A 42-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of high blood pressure has died of a stroke likely triggered by over-excitement from watching the blockbuster 'Avatar' in 3D, a doctor said Tuesday.

The man, identified only by his surname Kuo, started to feel unwell during the screening earlier this month in the northern city of Hsinchu and was taken to hospital.

Kuo, who suffered from hypertension, was unconscious when he arrived at the Nan Men General Hospital and a scan showed that his brain was haemorrhaging, emergency room doctor Peng Chin-chih said.

'It's likely that the over-excitement from watching the movie triggered his symptoms,' he told AFP.

Kuo died 11 days later from the brain haemorrhage, and the China Times newspaper said it was the first death linked to watching James Cameron's science-fiction epic 'Avatar'.

Film blogging sites have reported complaints of headaches, dizziness, nausea and blurry eyesight from viewers of 'Avatar' and other movies rich in 3D imagery."

Avatar Review

Avatar (2009)

Evil Tribal’s wants a valuable resource from another Tribal’s. So they send an infiltrator to another tribal, who make ups like the Tribal. He goes in and learns their way of living and find the valuable resources location.

Mean while he get attached to these people and the way of living. Then the Evil tribes attack the other and destroy their home. Then the tribe came to know about the infiltrator and they send him out. The infiltrator comes back and reunites the tribe and fights back to the evil tribes and send the evil tribe back to their home.

Evil Tribe is nothing but People from Earth and Another tribe is Navi's in Pandora.

This can be resembled in many Indian movies story, but the change is this has been taken with new technologies and planets. This is typically a commercial movie, with fantasy and animation alone.

When the movie started, I thought am going to enter into a new world and enjoy the movie. The first was very slow and made me sleep for a while in between the movie. Any way the second half went on fast and at the end, the movie was not up to the expectations.

Humans always destroy the nature for money, which has been clearly shown in this movie also. One thing I liked the most was the way the life cycle in Pandora planet. Tree, animals, Navi’s and everything in the planets get bond to each other and creates a global network in between them, which is very much of nature's creation.

Animation in the movie cannot even be imaginable, it was awesome but the story and screenplay was very bad.

Can be watched one for the animation and the fantasy...

James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ Cost $500M, May Flop - Analysts wonder whether one of the most expensive movies ever stands a chance at the box-office - Softpedia

James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ Cost $500M, May Flop - Analysts wonder whether one of the most expensive movies ever stands a chance at the box-office - Softpedia: "This December, James Cameron and fantasy-film fans will be treated to what is deemed one of the most ambitious and potentially successful projects of almost two decades: Cameron’s “Avatar.” However, boasting an estimated budget of about $500 million and almost no star power, while neither a story with which audiences are familiar, analysts can’t help but wonder about the odds of it being a hit at the box-office.

According to the New York Times, if all this is handled well, then “Avatar” stands to make a profit and all the backers, sponsors and movie partners that invested heavily in it, as well as the cast and production crew actually get to make an extra buck aside from the fix salary they cashed in. However, in an industry that is seeing declining sales and shifting tendencies, it’s becoming harder and harder to predict whether a film has what it takes to sell at the box-office.

20th Century Fox, for one, as well as Cameron himself seem convinced that “Avatar” can turn a profit. What this means is that it has all the necessary ingredients to cover the $500-million budget it required to make – and then some. 3D theaters will hopefully cover some of that number of tickets the film needs to sell (with theaters being able to charge extra), DVD sales and merchandise will eventually work together to make a profit – and keep everybody involved happy, the NY Times piece says.

Cameron has already taken the extra steps to ensure things work out well. “In a further hedge, Mr. Cameron would give up part of his own participation in the film’s returns if production costs exceed a specified level, according to those who were briefed on the film. If final production costs exceeded $300 million, for instance, Mr. Cameron would effectively defer much of his payout until the studio and others were compensated, despite his years of labor on the movie.” the aforementioned publication informs.

However, it could very well be that it’s too soon to tell. There are also too many players involved, and too many unknowns in the equation for analysts to be able to make an accurate estimation. “At what point the various partners in ‘Avatar’ would see profit from the film depends on what share of revenue each receives as the movie reaches theaters, then home video and other media around the world. If domestic ticket sales reach $250 million – a level broken in the last year by five films, including ‘Star Trek’ and ‘The Hangover’ – Fox and its allies would appear to be headed into the black.” the NY Times further says."

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