it is unapologetically in favor of preserving nature, anticapitalist, and anti military. the boys from chapo trap house like it and point out that its one of the few movies with a mainstream theatrical release in which the audience is made to cheer on the blue furry hippie throwing a bunch of US marines out of a helicopter to their death.
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Well it had James Cameron as a director which automatically meant was going to make money. Also it was technically very impressive for the time which was kind of the point. Cameron made a huge deal of how this was a story that he'd wanted to tell for ages but hadn't been able to until the technology got to the point where he could use it.
After the movie came out there wasn't really any obvious path forward. It wasn't supposed to be a franchise it was just a movie that stood on its own. So nothing happened for years.
Then things like the volume came along and it started getting used even in TV productions, and suddenly a whole new level of capability arose and so they decided that they would make another movie only this time why stop at just one?
Man, it's just so friggin boring. I gave up on the second movie halfway through and I struggled through the first one. I don't understand why it became a global blockbuster.
Its a franchise built solely on spectacle, by a man who knows spectacle.
In “How To With John Wilson” he finds an actual Avatar fan group who like to dress up as blue aliens, but it still felt super niche for a multi billion dollar film series. It’s like everyone simply forgets about it when there’s not one on in cinemas.
I absolutely love that show but I can't recall that episode at all. Guess it's time for a rewatch!
The first one used some crazy tech that is now regularly part of making video games. The movie itself is rather mid, IMO (I mean, it's just Fern Gully but sci-fi instead of fantasy 🤷♂️), but the stuff that went into making it is fascinating as hell.
Semi related: i once lost an internet friend because he mentioned avatar and my dumb arse thought he was talking about the movies when he was talking about the anime
And a huge park section at Disneyworld
Am I the only one here that has never seen it or understands what the hype is about?
It was another white saviour movie. It was very strange and not something I ever understood
I'm going off of deteriorated memory but... space pocahontas where the natives of the planet that the humans are invading are tall blue vaguely mammalian-fish looking humanoids with a weird multipurpose tail for controlling animals and apparently also for sex according to supposed axed scene. paraplegic human uses weird technology to control the body of one or something to complete the white man saves the day even though white man cause the problem in the first place trope. I dunno about the sequel maybe he permanently stays in the alien body or something and has alien kids, who knows.
I watched about 5 minutes of it in an electronics store before getting bored. If I'm not mistaken it is Dances with Wolves in space. There's also a big blue guy who hangs dong.
Dances with wolves, Ferngully, pocahontas, take your pick lol
It's not about the story, it's about the sfx.
Watch James Cameron's movies like the abyss, Terminator2 and Titanic. (There's others as well if you want to put in more effort)
He's a visionary director and I just mean his own vision, Avatar was an idea he wanted to see on screen but was unhappy with the technology until he felt it was ready to tell the idea he had.
Like some other things, by today's standards everyone else who saw what he did have been able to refine and expand on what he did so it may seem in unremarkable, but he finally decided to do the biggie when he felt the tech had come far enough for him to do his vision and it made Bank. So. Much. Bank
Again not because it's an amazing original story, comparisons to fern gully were immediate even when it was new, but it was something that sits in a divide of how sfx can be used to tell a story in a way that people hadn't otherwise shown. Even with a really unremarkable plot
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It was a very pretty movie
There are dozens of us
It's shit except the visuals
It's not "shit." That's just an over correction to its relative success for its mediocrity. Excluding the visuals, it's fine. It's not stellar, not terrible, just... fine. Simple. There are plenty of worse movie plots, dialogue and acting out there. It's nowhere near unwatchable.
It's a vehicle for the visuals and technology showcasing on a basic film frame, yes. But, it's allowed to be really good at one thing and appreciated for that.
Like a plain chip in some bomb-ass dip. You could've scooped it on a dirty shoe and someone would have licked it clean. But, you gave me a plain chip instead, which is better... even if boring. So, thanks.
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They pushed ocean sims to the max in the last one, I enjoy watching cgi/vfx idrc about the plot, also the naavi are hot, tall alien baddies when
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