You know… as bland and completely unimpressive the Avatar trailer was… you can’t deny a lot of the online community was very interested in seeing it.
Considering James Cameron hasn’t had a film in theaters since Titanic, and considering he’s been talking non-stop for nearly 2 years about his new film “Avatar”, it’s understandable that there would be a lot of interest in the first trailer for the film. I don’t know that anyone knew there would be THIS much interest.
To put this into perspective, the former record holder for most views of a trailer in one day was this summer’s “Star Trek” at just over 1.7 million streams. Got that? 1.7 million.
The new Avatar trailer has just destroyed that by serving over 4 million stream on its first day. Clearly internet movie fans are interested and paying attention.
The trailer is poor… and for all the “new technology that will change the industry” talk the CGI looked mediocre by todays standards. HOWEVER, keep in mind that doesn’t mean the movie itself will be good or bad. It’s just a trailer. Also keep in mind that I’ve talked to a lot of my friends who have seen the 16 minutes preview of “Avatar” and swear that the trailer doesn’t do the actual footage justice in the least and that it MUST be seen in 3D to fully appreciate it.
We’ll see soon enough.
