PG-13 movies...WTF???

[J-Groove]

Watch spartacus season 1 and 2 just wrapped up last Friday.

Watch them, all the ultra violence and nudity you're looking for, along with a great story line.

[DK77]

3D is not going away. Theaters need whatever excuse they can to charge you more to watch a movie. It will be the same when home 3D gets really big. It will cost quite a bit more than your other options but people will buy it because it's "cool".

[CoreyB]

In a couple years there will be 3d tv's launched that you dont need glasses for, thats when it will get big. I bought mine now because it was a good deal and I didnt want to wait a few years.

[AgentOblivious]

[sketch]

if you're looking for "rated R" content, you should check out the original series that are on/coming out on HBO/starz/cinemax, etc. true blood, spartacus, boardwalk empire, etc. are all awesome shows with minimum halfway decent story lines and (if you care about it) are actually putting out good nude scenes, too.

you're getting less rated R and more PG-13 movies because hollywood execs want more money. but still, look at movies like the hangover, highest grossing R-rated comedy of all time.

and to you avatar peoples - was it an entertaining movie? yes. was it a good movie? not particularly. it was just space Pocahontas with 10 foot blue aliens.

[DK77]

Shot with arrows, yo. LOL

[dpartinvr4]

watched "Hall Pass" last night, the scenes were few, but if definitely warranted it's "R" rating.

[IPD]

if you're looking for "rated R" content, you should check out the original series that are on/coming out on HBO/starz/cinemax, etc. true blood, spartacus, boardwalk empire, etc. are all awesome shows with minimum halfway decent story lines and (if you care about it) are actually putting out good nude scenes, too.

you're getting less rated R and more PG-13 movies because hollywood execs want more money. but still, look at movies like the hangover, highest grossing R-rated comedy of all time.

and to you avatar peoples - was it an entertaining movie? yes. was it a good movie? not particularly. it was just space Pocahontas with 10 foot blue aliens.

and yet, avatar's storyline is still better (read: fresher) than:

twilight
indiana jones 4
the new sherlock holmes
charlie and the chocolate factory
race to witch mountain
year one
bangkok dangerous
ninja assassin
taking of pelham 123
a-team
punisher: warzone
etc.

i'm not saying avatar had the best story of all time (not really even close). that said, it's still much, much better than the tripe hollywood churns out weekly. i think a lot of people are unfairly overly-judgmental about avatar. compared to what else has been around recently, it's actually among the better stuff to have been brought to the big screen. and face it, you either agree with the previous sentence because it's true because: 1. you loved the movie (or) 2. you sadly admit that it's true as an overall damming statement about how pathetic hollywood offerings have become.

p.s.

spartacus is great. my wife has taken to calling me segovax. should i be flattered or worried?

[FeaRpb]

and yet, avatar's storyline is still better (read: fresher) than:

twilight
indiana jones 4
the new sherlock holmes
charlie and the chocolate factory
race to witch mountain
year one
bangkok dangerous
ninja assassin
taking of pelham 123
a-team
punisher: warzone
etc.

Every movie you just listed is horrible.

[sketch]

and yet, avatar's storyline is still better (read: fresher) than:

twilight
indiana jones 4
the new sherlock holmes
charlie and the chocolate factory
race to witch mountain
year one
bangkok dangerous
ninja assassin
taking of pelham 123
a-team
punisher: warzone
etc.

i'm not saying avatar had the best story of all time (not really even close). that said, it's still much, much better than the tripe hollywood churns out weekly. i think a lot of people are unfairly overly-judgmental about avatar. compared to what else has been around recently, it's actually among the better stuff to have been brought to the big screen. and face it, you either agree with the previous sentence because it's true because: 1. you loved the movie (or) 2. you sadly admit that it's true as an overall damming statement about how pathetic hollywood offerings have become.

we agree that most of what hollywood had been putting out over the past decade has been shit, (remakes (some have proved to be good, wholesome mindless entertainment IMO), recycled storylines, etc.), but that's always true. but if you're going to list movies that avatar is better than, please don't list movies that are just horrible.
films like inception, TDK, the hurt locker, Up, black swan, district 9, no country for old men, departed, gangs of new york, LOTR, a beautiful mind, gladiator, the hangover, the green mile should also be listed, they were all phenomenal movies in their own way.

avatar did fucking look awesome, however. there's no denying that the technology that went into that was totally worth it. it was definitely an experience that needed to be done in the movie theater, but it is not a movie that i will be watching again for many, years.