Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:38
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So when Avatar finally slips from the #1 spot, it actually may be a surprise. Perhaps as surprising as how mediocre the reaction to the Apple iPad announcement was. But we all went to Pandora yet again this past weekend, and this sci-fi epic pulled in another $34.9 million USD. The universally panned ‘Legion’ debuted at #2, yet only made $17.5 M – and it only goes downhill from here. ‘The Book of Eli’ squeezed barely $15.7 M, ‘The Tooth Fairy’ debuted at #4 with $14 M, and ‘the Lovely Bones’ rounded out the top 5 at $ 8.4 M. So what’s up? Were we holding onto our precious dollars wondering how much we would need for the new magic tablet?
Well thanks to Avatar, everything is going 3D. We just heard that the upcoming remake of Clash of the Titans (starring Sam Worthington, by the way) will get the royal treatment, as will the final two installments of Harry Potter. Are you excited about this? Is this a step forward or just another gimmick for movie studios? Will 3D be unavoidable in theatres, our homes, and on our iPad? Let us know what you are thinking in our forums!
It’s oddly a quiet week in terms of movie news… so far, we know that Guy Ritchie will be dumping all previous engagements to direct the second Sherlock Holmes movie. The historic video game series Mortal Kombat may be made into a new set of movies. And Sam Worthington may go from being a Terminator to a Na’vi to a Greek hero to… get ready… Dracula, in a new adaptation. Man this guy is busy! And in case you weren’t happy with the amount of Avatar related news this week, rumors are swirling that crew members are being hired for multiple year contracts for… Avatar 2?!
In TV news, ‘Ugly Betty’ surprisingly got the axe this week. This current season will indeed be its last, and the total number of episodes has been reduced to 20. Will you miss it? Perhaps knowing there will be an end will provide a purpose, much like how ‘Lost’ found a new energy when they came up with a deadline. And speaking of, we’re just days away from the final season premiere. In fact, there will be a screening of the first episode of season 6 in Hawaii this weekend, so if you’re willing to look at spoilers (or fly to Hawaii in time), we’re sure you’ll be able to search for them in a few days.
Alot of DVDs are out this week, from the chick pride flick ‘
Whip It
’ to the hedonistic male fantasy ‘
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
’. Bruce Willis fans have ‘
Surrogates
’ to look forward to, and others can bid farewell to the King of Pop Michael Jackson in ‘
This Is It
’. The original ‘
Fame
’ also gets a new release on Blu-ray (did anyone see the remake?). But we recommend the new Criterion Blu-ray release of Wim Wenders’ ‘
Paris, Texas
’. If you haven’t seen it, you must. This is one road movie that actually achieves the perfect meditative tone that we all seek in our real life journeys.
See you next week!
Posted By Ricky Tokio