LOVED the first one. the second one was...just the first one again but not as good lol. I remember NOTHING about the second other than the story was almost similar?As much as I like the first part, it doesn't do anything to me.
Oh they brought back white rasta guy...how fun. When i saw that dude on the trailer for the last film i knew I didn't wanna watch it.
Seriously, has anyone met a white person with dreads and not come away thinking the person was kinda tapped in the head?
He is the macguffin though, the reason for the bad guy half cat guy to keep coming. Plus he's gonna knock up the cat daughter. And he serves as a size reminder.Yea that rasta guy was such a waste of space in the movie.![]()
Avatar 2 was much better than the second 1, specially in Imax.
Still waiting for titanic 2.
Financial success does not necessarily equal cultural impact. Anecdotal and all but I've never heard anyone irl talk about these movies.I'm not some huge fan of these films, they're fine. But it was kinda funny that people spent years talking about how Avatar had "no cultural impact" only for the sequel to come out and also become one of the biggest films in history.
There are better ways to do this than an annoying teenage rastafari.He is the macguffin though, the reason for the bad guy half cat guy to keep coming. Plus he's gonna knock up the cat daughter. And he serves as a size reminder.
It's a visual spectacle and, as we've seen in his other work, while there may be other films with flashier or sharper writing, Cameron has an understanding of the fundamental building blocks of a story and how to get people invested.I will never understand how this franchise became so big and popular. It's a dime a dozen movie to me
Agreed. My only real regret about this decades long Avatar journey is that we missed out on Cameron re-defining SO MANY OTHER genres that have grown stale.It's a visual spectacle and, as we've seen in his other work, while there may be other films with flashier or sharper writing, Cameron has an understanding of the fundamental building blocks of a story and how to get people invested.
It is a shame how much of Cameron's time has been taken up by it. Like I said I'm not some huge Avatar fan. But it's clearly what he's invested in. So if that's where his interest lies these days then I'm cool with seeing what he does. I think I'd rather that than him just being another director who gets tied down to one of the big existing franchises. Whatever you want to say about Avatar the concept is his rather than something someone created 50 years ago and we've already seen numerous versions of. It'd be cool to see him come back to Terminator. But I imagine that if he'd had some amazing concept for a new Terminator film that he was so invested in that he wanted to dive back into that world then it would have happened. He probably just feels like he's done everything he wants to with that world. So rather than him doing something just for the sake of it I'm more interested in him making what his passion project is.Agreed. My only real regret about this decades long Avatar journey is that we missed out on Cameron re-defining SO MANY OTHER genres that have grown stale.
Imagine Cameron taking on Spiderman or Wonder Woman. Or really spending some thought and energy on taking Terminator to the next level. Or working with Jason Statham to make The Meg 3 into the global blockbuster we never knew we needed!
Or just new IPs not so rooted in this pastoral native fantasy. More cosmic horror focused, or more grounded sci-fi like he did with Strange Days.
Agreed. My only real regret about this decades long Avatar journey is that we missed out on Cameron re-defining SO MANY OTHER genres that have grown stale.
Imagine Cameron taking on Spiderman or Wonder Woman. Or really spending some thought and energy on taking Terminator to the next level. Or working with Jason Statham to make The Meg 3 into the global blockbuster we never knew we needed!
Or just new IPs not so rooted in this pastoral native fantasy. More cosmic horror focused, or more grounded sci-fi like he did with Strange Days.
Have fun: https://www.teako170.com/cameron.htmlImagine Cameron taking on Spiderman
If I ever used this term at work to describe all the millennials that loved avatar.....Instant firing.Avatar + Retard = Avatard
Avatar sucks. Yes the visual presentation is incredible but that's about it.
"ChatGPT, read this script and summarize it for me!"Have fun: https://www.teako170.com/cameron.html
Some of his art is also floating around. This is his actual draft, there's an older one by someone else with his name on it for like rights reasons or whatever.
I love the Avatar movies, but it's absolutely true that James Cameron could have done so much more after becoming king of the world in 1997. Cameron almost three decades by focusing only on Avatar and has diluted his legacy compared to other great directors. Spielberg made 17 (!) movies between 1997-2025. I'd give up all three Avatar movies easily for an alternate history Cameron filmography where Cameron didn't focus on deep sea adventures and blue aliens, but directed a dozen movies in all kinds of genres.
decided it was a good idea to keep changing the framerate all the time during the movie...