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When a movie makes a billion dollars, what does it truly mean? We believe there is often a disconnect between how much a movie makes and how good it is, but there is something to be said about box office juggernauts that connect with the zeitgeist and audiences around the world.
Here are the top grossing movies of all time, and an opportunity for you to think about your tastes in movies.
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We read an article on Cracked.com a little while ago, titled “I can’t tell if movies are being serious anymore” and we agree with it wholeheartedly. Watching really bad movies, or even passive movie watching has become widespread, because – let’s face it – we’re bombarded with so much media every day that we end up simply blindly consuming instead of being selective, engaging with one film and enjoying it to its fullest.
So do yourself a favor and carve out a time to watch a single movie and nothing else that day, and relive the time when you had only a handful of television channels and watching video on the Internet was just a crazy dream of some nerdy programmer (and now millionaire). And if you watch the following films, you may recall what made watching movies so special to begin with.
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With 3D coming back from the dead in a big way this past year, it’s only appropriate to look back at film history and appreciate how the last century (that’s right, film has only been around for 100 years for those who grew up with DVR and YouTube) has produced some significant achievements.
From physical technology to visual language to the marriage of entertainment with intellectual ideas, a lot of stuff went down, and we celebrate them all here in a nutshell.
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The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow has made history at this year’s Oscars, becoming the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director. Her film has also been named Best Picture.
Bigelow’s film follows the dangerous daily existence of a US Army bomb squad. It earned six Oscars in total on the night, including one for Mark Boal’s original screenplay, which was based on his time as a journalist embedded with such a unit.
“There is no other way to describe it – it’s the moment of a lifetime,” Bigelow said.
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It was a night to remember for Twilight fans and royal family fans alike at this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards in London on Sunday.
As Prince William was announced BAFTA’s new President and Kristen Stewart won the “Orange Rising Star” award with Robert Pattinson and other Twilight co-stars in the audience.
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Sci-fi epic Avatar and war saga The Hurt Locker earned a leading nine Oscar nominations at Tuesday morning’s press conference announcing the 2010 Academy Award nominees.
Both films are up for Best Film and Best Director in a race that will see Academy awards veteran James Cameron face off against ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow.
For the first time, the Oscars will feature 10 Best Picture contenders instead of the usual five.
Other movies contending for the 2010 Best Picture statue include: Up in the Air, The Blind Side, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, District 9, Up, A Serious Man, Inglourious Basterds, and An Education.
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Box office sensations Avatar and The Hangover earned the top honours at the 67th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
Sci-fi adventure Avatar, whose 3D effects have wowed critics and fans alike and helped it earn $1.6 billion at global box offices, claimed best film drama and top director for James Cameron.
“3D is going to be the future,” Cameron told reporters backstage. “The one thing Avatar could do because of its success — especially its critical success – is give permission to other filmmakers to think of 3D.”
The Hangover, another box office hit, scooping $277 million at U.S. and Canadian box offices, claimed the title of best film comedy.
“It is such a wonderful trip this film, we just set out to make a funny comedy,” director Todd Phillips told reporters.
As for the actor gongs, Sandra Bullock earned the title of best film actress in a drama for football movie The Blind Side, while industry veteran Jeff Bridges received the best dramatic actor honour for his role as a down-and-out country singer in Crazy Heart.
Robert Downey, Jr. won the Golden Globe for best comedy actor for his role as super sleuth Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes, and Meryl Streep was the top actress in a comedy for cooking film Julie & Julia.
Germany’s The White Ribbon, a major success at the 2009 Cannes film festival, was named best foreign language movie.
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James Cameron’s science-fiction epic Avatar has shot past the $1 billion mark worldwide, making it only the fifth movie ever to achieve such a result at the international box office.
At the number one spot for a third consecutive weekend, 20th Century Fox’s Avatar raised its US domestic total to $352.1 million after just 17 days. The film added $133 million overseas to lift its international haul to $670 million, for a worldwide gross of $1.02 billion.
The latest figures make Avatar - the most expensive film ever made, with a budget of an estimated $300 million - one of only five films to top the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. The others are Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and The Dark Knight.
With Avatar closing in on number two film The Return of the King, director James Cameron, who also directed Titanic, is in striking distance of having the two top-grossing movies globally.
“This is like a freight train out of control. It just keeps on going,” the BBC quoted 20th Century Fox distribution executive Bert Livingston as saying.
“I think everybody has to see Avatar once, even people who don’t normally go to the movies, they’ve heard about it and are saying, ”I have to see it”.
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