Pros: As an effect of him writing the script in the 90s, the movie feels like a 90s movie with modern fx.
Cons: As an effect of him writing the script in the 90s, the movie feels like a 90s movie, with ancient overdone tropes, including the racist ones.
oh come on, what racist tropes now?
I mean the Na'vi are an infantilized hodgepodge of several shallow stereotypes of indigenous people precision designed to be sexy so the lowest common denominator sympathizes with them. The commenter may be referring to that.
We're literally in decade four of people underestimating James Cameron
I'm assuming the sequel is also forgettable considering that I've barely heard a thing about the plot.
The plot is FUCK YOU THIS WHALE IS GONNA RIP SOME GUYS ARM OFF IN 3D AND IT'S FUCKING DOPE
It has a plot?
No no no no, it doesn't just have a plot. It has the same plot even with all the same protagonists and antagonists.
I forgot/possibly never knew Avatar 2 had come out
It was good, really enjoyable in 3D Imax.
It's beautiful, but the story is weak af and it takes an hour too long to look at water
My wife and I started watching the second avatar and we turned it off about 90 minutes in, just couldn't be bothered to care or watch it any more. And we never finished it. What a piece of crap
Watched it in IMAX 3d with my kid. It ruled, so much fun to watch. Will never watch it again though, and certainly never at home. That defeats the entire purpose.
I don't know a single person who's ever seen it
I don't know how it made so much money. I guess people are seeing it and not talking about it?
This is precisely it. Avatar had originally the exact same problem that the Way of the Water has now. They're tech demos. Interesting, pretty, they move people to see what's what on the theater. But, offer close to nothing emotionally or culturally resonant. It's like a generic roller-coaster, you show up, enjoy the ride, then go get some fries having nothing deeper to say about the experience because the experience doesn't offer anything deep. It doesn't mean the movies are bad or that they weren't enjoyable, that's why they made so much money. But there's no conversation to have around them except to remark on how much they cost to make, or how did the CGI looked like or whether other studios will use the tech invented for this movie on other movies. Plot, characters and symbolism are shallow pools. Specially to an audience that is sick and tired of mega blockbuster sequels.
Made three out of the top four grossing movies of all time.
I don't really like any of them, but you can't argue with the results. The man knows how to put bums on cinema seats.
It was such a bad movie too. Dude was really just like "let's remake the first movie, but wetter"
Wait for the next sequel, "let's remake both movies, but hotter"
I've always called bullshit on the second movie making that much damn money. There's no way. Not nearly that many people cared about it at all, I seriously think somebody faked that attendance.
Take your meds.
The franchise is huge in China. Just because your group didn’t like it doesn’t mean they are faking anything
Also: deep sea explorer done right and not implode himself by sparing expense.
I mean it's more Fern Gully than pure Pocahontas.
So it may have taken 13 years to come back with a sequel that no one asked for and no one expected. But at least he gave us something. Unlike a certain South African director that shall remain nameless...3 years my ass...
Wasn't it blue Dances With Wolves?
He can't keep getting away with it!
I feel like there was a good movie in Avatar 2 but a lot of the scenes looked like they didn't render them fully. The FPS changes felt random. If they'd done ALL action in 48 and ALL dialogue in 24 it wouldn't have been as bad.
The scenes of the kids rescuing the parents were so gorgeous. Stunning. But compare that to the scene of the boat jumping and crashing? Insane how shitty it looked.
There are quite a few more sequels in planning
it's up to five films total, now. the remaining three with tentative release dates stretching from 2025 to 2031. cameron has a plan for a further two more but disney hasn't committed past the fifth one---yet
Avatar 3: The Way of Earth
Avatar 4: The Way of Fire
Avatar 5: way of the stayin alive ha ha ha staying alive
Avatar 5: The Last ~~Airbender~~ Avatar
13 years!!?? Fuuuuck.
whenever I feel stupid I remember that it took Cameron 13 years to think "but what if water instead of trees"
Um... I wasn't aware that it was humanly possible to have a 12 pack. I didn't know that humans even have that many muscles on the front of their abdomen.
I count 10, which does match up with this muscle guide:
https://www.scientificpublishing.com/product/male-muscular-system/
James needs to hydrate.
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