No famous lines from the highest grossing movie?
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ibrarules — 10 years ago(January 09, 2016 09:48 PM)
But why do the lines from that series have such staying power while nobody seems to quote Avatar?
For the third time:
Series
vs
one film
And in any case, would anyone debate that SW is the biggest movie franchise? Or even arguably the biggest entertainment franchise overall? Noone would argue that Avatar, or ET, or Sound of Music, or any other single film anomaly is more remembered, more quoted (especially by fanboys like me) etc.
I don't rememremember a single line from ET or SoM off the top of my head either
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 10 years ago(January 09, 2016 10:25 PM)
I still think I'm right. No one can look past the CGI, the beautiful settings, the effectiveness of the 3D to fully appreciate Avatar for its story and humanity. Nothing is commonplace yet.
Except one or two lines like, "Where's my goddamn cigarette?" -
bestlandy — 10 years ago(January 10, 2016 01:04 PM)
I don't rememremember a single line from ET or SoM off the top of my head either
I am old enough to remember how the line "ET phone home" was EVERYWHERE in the 1980's. It was quoted, spoofed, parodied endlessly for about a decade. That one line achieved pop culture status, which is what this thread is about. -
gotmyorangecrush — 10 years ago(January 31, 2016 12:03 PM)
Speak for yourself. I am left with memories of the single most enjoyable time I have ever had at the box office, hands down. I went with a group of 6 the first time and we literally left the theatre speechless we were so in awe. And I remember the film just as well as any other film I have ever watched and I have watched it many more times on home theater. It doesnt have to have any super memorable one liners or quotes. I honestly couldn't care less about such things. Its the expereince as a whole and the story as whole that matters to me, not small bits of memorable dialogue and Avatar remains to this day this single best expereince I have ever had in the theater. In fact, nothing else has come close to matching it. It brought a new meaning to the word epic and blockbuster and shattered pretty much every record that existed.
So you go on believing that Avatar had no lasting effect on people because it didn't have any super memorable quotes. Even tho I consider that about as absurd of a premise as one could possible have in regards to films, that is your opinion and your entitled to it. The key here is YOUR opinion. You do not speak for some large percentage of the movie going public. You speak for yourself and nobody else and I for one disagree 100% with you. Again, Avatar is easily one of the most momorable films I have ever seen and the fact that there aren't any super memorable one liners or quotes doesn't change that one bit. In fact, its a testament to the film that it didn't need anything like that to be remembered. Avatar will be long remembered for other aspects of the film. Having super memorable one liners is not what dictates what is or isn't a succcessful or memorable film.
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