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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

It made $2 billion but I don't know anyone that saw it. Or if they did, they didn't talk about it.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I saw it. I enjoyed it a lot. Pandora's seas look even more stunning than the forest did in the first movie. Loved meeting the Omatikaya clan and Jake's new family (Spider and Kiri too, of course). Also, Quaritch being reborn as a Na'vi made him a much scarier and more interesting antagonist than he was. Can't wait to see what Cameron has in store for us in the sequels.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At this point I can't tell if it is some kind of trolling or are you serious

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

I saw it, it was shit, specially because I remember the first. The plot of the 2 is horrible, even comparing with first that was generic.

The story moves around the fact that humans want to get rid of blue ppl from a place to explore mineral resources, the leadr of the blues go away, instead of massacre the blue ppl they go for the leader in another place (???)

And half of the movie is just kids doing shit to help the plot show the water, this movie was a long and slow torture.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Holy shit do these movies need to edited down. Watched the latest one a few weeks ago and man was it 90 minutes of plot stretched into a 3 hour film. Felt like I was just watching James Cameron fellate himself on screen. Oh yeah Jimmy, such a beautiful and imaginative world. Shame it's wasted on the blandest characters and most simplistic themes imaginable.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I believe if was 80 minutes I would remember it as a good movie and a visual masterpiece, but now I remember as a slugg story that destroyed a technical achievement.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I watched it in 3D on mushrooms. It was one hell of an experience that way, but my god it felt like it lasted 10 hours

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw 3D as well and It was undisputable beautiful, but half of the movie I didn't see, I was rolling my eyes. I Just can't accept how a movie so expensive was unable to create a plot aligned with the Idea of a visual masterpiece.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I pirated it and told people how not good it was.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your service

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We're literally in decade four of people underestimating James Cameron

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Gotta love the realistic space ships.

Literally melted in my seat when I saw the radiators. FUCKING incredible

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I forgot/possibly never knew Avatar 2 had come out

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It was good, really enjoyable in 3D Imax.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'm assuming the sequel is also forgettable considering that I've barely heard a thing about the plot.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The plot is FUCK YOU THIS WHALE IS GONNA RIP SOME GUYS ARM OFF IN 3D AND IT'S FUCKING DOPE

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oshit I guess I better watch it.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No no no no, it doesn't just have a plot. It has the same plot even with all the same protagonists and antagonists.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know a single person who's ever seen it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't know how it made so much money. I guess people are seeing it and not talking about it?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw it. Enjoyed it. It was fun to watch. Not sure what else you really need in a movie tbh

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Also: deep sea explorer done right and not implode himself by sparing expense.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I mean it's more Fern Gully than pure Pocahontas.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm out of the loop, is this about Blomkamp?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wasn't it blue Dances With Wolves?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

More like Smurfs with Ferngully

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It was such a bad movie too. Dude was really just like "let's remake the first movie, but wetter"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait for the next sequel, "let's remake both movies, but hotter"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And then, "Let's remake them all, but earthier"

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are quite a few more sequels in planning

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Avatar 3: The Way of Earth

Avatar 4: The Way of Fire

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

13 years!!?? Fuuuuck.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

whenever I feel stupid I remember that it took Cameron 13 years to think "but what if water instead of trees"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

James needs to hydrate.

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