Avartar in China

Before it came out, I took it for granted and thought the moive Avatar tells a story about Hinduism and Zen Buddhism, pretty much like that of the TV show on the Disney channel.

Then I got a message from a friend in China. She told me Avatar sucked 5000 million RMB in China. People lined up to watch the movie. They wrote about comments on the movie. The boss of neteast, a third largest porter in China, asked his employees to write one-sentence comment on Avatar.

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Many Hollywood movies attract a large number of Chinese audience. It is common to see so many people lining up for Avatar. However, it is surprising to see some many reviews on Avatar online. And 99% reviews has positive feedbacks to the movie. This contrasts with reviews on The Story of Noodle (san qiang) by Zhang Yimou, a director of To Live and the Story of Qiuque. 99% reviews give negative feedbacks to the movie and marks it as a failure to cater to the market.

It is quite funny.