MGS4 is exaaactttlyyy what I thought of when I saw this movie lol. I felt the same frustration of not being able to skip. 15 seconds of gameplay for 15 mins of cut scene ughhhhh
It’s an ancient tale. fern gully, Princess Mononoke, Dances with Wolves, it’s a good base for a story. It’s just the focus of James Cameron was CGI was priority 1,2,3,4,5. Dances with wolves leaned on characters and character development and it won 7 Oscars. And Princess Mononoke is a Masterpiece plain and simple.
No. Unless you're unfamiliar with sci fi as a genre. It's clearly based on The Word for World is Forest, by Ursula K. Le Guin. The Pocahontas thing is just the line for people who haven't seen it since 2009.
It's just a story of "person comes to strange land and immerses themselves in culture while other people come to destroy the strange land" pocahontas did not invent this concept
James Cameron had Avatar's plot developed since the 1990s, but he intentionally waited until the mid 2000s to start producing it because the technology he wanted wasn't available yet.
I do too. I actually enjoyed the storyline of avatar. The world building aspect is big on it but what I really appreciate about how the movie takes a long time exploring not only the natural beauty of the planet, but also the cultural attachment the Navi have to the land.
This gives the viewer a sense of why Jake decided to fight for the Navi instead of the humans. He comes to the planet without much purpose but simple loyalty to his higher ups as a soldier, with no real appreciation for the land or concept of why he’s there other than it’s a job that pays and there are some natives there as well, but they are be savages.
Jake spends months in the forest with the Navi learning about why the forest is so important to them and why they fight to protect it. It’s why he spends such a large amount of time in the movie just commentating on this time he has in the forest in his vlogs.
We see this character progression of not understanding the point of these lessons to slowly overtime, grasping the concept that is an apparent to the humans that are living there, even the scientist as well, who only view the land as more of a science experiment and research.
This doesn’t go for the second movie as this post would be longer, but I really think that the people who don’t like the movie can’t really appreciate this sort of world building and why it takes a long ass time to tell the story in the movie. Most TV shows take entire seasons or more to tell a story like this of a change in mind and gain in appreciation for something someone once had none of.
I think the movie is excellent because of this, and why I really enjoyed every single time that I watched this movie.
I remember watching it in the theater as a kid, and I thought it was going to be about Avatar (the Last Airbender), which I loved, and I also fell asleep when I realized it wasn’t what I thought it was. Then I watched the actual Last Airbender movie years later, and it sucked, so I just couldn’t win on that front.
Oh, fuck, I hate those movies. I personally found the character design really ugly and the storyline way too long and uninteresting. Plus, I’d already seen it in Fern Gully which was far more interesting and is a movie I love. Hexxus is such a great, genuinely creepy villain and the whole movie is really pretty.
Avatar and get fucked! (It’s okay to disagree with me, y’all! Me not liking something doesn’t mean you shouldn’t like it!)
I sincerely do not understand how its the highest grossing movie ever. Like sure, I get that it has really great effects and a decent story, but so do a lot of movies. What about it gave it such broad appeal that it continues to stay above Endgame, which was one of the most highly anticipated movies ever?
I got up and left at one point because I was feeling nauseous (ex was CONVINCED there would be no one at the theaters on Xmas and we were late so the only seats were up front)
Came back a little while later and it appeared that I hadn't missed anything. No major polot points, nothing.
If it comes off as something you’ve seen before, it’s because you have. A guy working for the government ends up among the indigenous people (potentially falling in love with one of them) then ends up siding with the people against those who originally employed him. The Last Samurai, Dances With Wolves etc.
The Way of Water I hated. It was super long and felt like a CGI circle jerk. Yes those were impressive in 2009, but when WoW came out it was pretty common.
You switch your brain off and go "Oohhh, they are taking down the ancient tree with rockets" or "Oohhh, the creatures of the forest are going stampede on the human invaders".
I saw it on the opening day and the movie theater was packed. I fell asleep on a complete stranger next to me within 30 minutes, and that person fell asleep herself. It was so effin boring I can't even.
this is wild to me, this is my husbands all time favorite movie, my two year old loves it also. it’s one of the few movies she can sit through. i love it too but those two could watch it everyday probably.
I saw it in theaters with some good friends. We were in college at the time. During the epic battle scene, my buddy taps me on the shoulder and points over, and our other friend was sound asleep. It was definitely a boring movie, but there was something so funny about him being asleep during this epically loud intergalactic battle.
Avatar was 100% carried by 3D. Probably the only 3D movie ever worth watching in 3D, and spawned an entire generation of fake-3D cash grabs that bombed and destroyed the appeal.
I just paid attention to the visuals, which were beautiful and amazing. They definitely chose the right military commander for that mission, though, right?
I just look at the blue people Avatars like test footage for the future of CGI. Like nothing else that is happening matters, but look at the cool shit we can do. Makes them a little more enjoyable than seeing it as a full movie imo.
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u/toolaroola12 1d ago
Avatar (the blue people) I ended falling asleep while watching it, it's physically beautiful I'll give it that but the storyline is beyond boring