I loved Avatar. I still love it. I don’t have some backlash against its success. I don’t feel motivated by white guilt and therefore like it. I don’t care that by liking it I’m not one of the cool kids. I didn’t get the memo that a film had to have all new ideas and not revisit any thematic terrain to be good.
So, I am excited to hear that James Cameron is not doing Cleopatra. Fuck Cleopatra, boring old dead bitch. I’m excited to hear that he James Cameron is not doing Battle Angel: Alita. Because allI need is more kids to trip over reading manga at the book store.
He’s going back to Pandora, says the omnipresent Variety.
I’m excited that he’s going to do Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 next. As if many us are surprised. Even if Cameron hadn’t made a point that the story in the first film was just the tip of an iceberg he’s been thawing for over a decade, 20th Century Fox can think of a few billion reasons why the Na’vi need to get back onto theater screens some more.
Avatar 2 – December 2014
Avatar 3 – December 2015
Here’s a quote from Cameron that will probably cause a few more people to jump off his bandwagon:
“In the second and third films, which will be self-contained stories
that also fulfill a greater story arc, we will not back off the throttle
of ‘Avatar’s’ visual and emotional horsepower, and will continue to
explore its themes and characters, which touched the hearts of audiences
in all cultures around the world,” Cameron said. “I’m looking forward
to returning to Pandora, a world where our imaginations can run wild.”
Personally, his confidence and ego doesn’t scare me. It’s part and parcel of Cameron being a guy who says big, sweeping, and intimidating things that seem like overhype and then delivering on those promises to a ‘T’. He’s not for everyone but it seems Mr. Cameron has proven his worth time and time again. Plus, he liked my CHUD.com t-shirt backstage at Comic-Con a few years back.
I can’t wait to see more Pandora. It’s a beautiful place and if the rumors about underwater battles and hordes of new monsters are true I’ll be like a pig in shit.
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I will expect part 2 or 3 to take place under water on Pandora where Cameron will use his experience to create something special.
I wonder how much more "thematic terrain" he'll plagiarize from the Dune novels?
#2: Probably as much as Herbert cribbed from other things to make the Dune novels, which I loved.
Thank you.
Thanks for posting Avatar news deviod of cynicism and irony. I liked Devin alright, but the troll-baiting he'd do with Avatar news since before this movie was released nearly turned me off this site. Thank you Nick for occasionally liking things cool kids hate. (I took my wife to see this twice in the theater and she was begging to see it a damn third time).
I'll never be part of any backlash crowd, but I'll always remember walking out of the theater with a simple feeling of "that was okay." I really have never understood the reception and feel the movie's destined to fade pretty quickly.
Avatar was horrible POS that had nothing to offer apart from the visuals. Cameron is creatively dry. He's as dry as Sigourney Weaver's ancient pussy. These sequels will be shiny blue turds just like the first.
I didn't like Avatar because CG is clearly not at a point where it can carry a whole film and still seem believable, which is what Avatar was going for. A little here and there is fine, but it just can't be the whole film. I also find the 'alien' environment very bland. I found King Kong to be a better film, visually. By the time Avatar 3 rolls out, we might be there technologically, but Avatar is just not visually enjoyable for me, and that's all that film has going for it.
I try to tune out all internet talk about Avatar that takes the form of either "AVATAR WAS THE ONE TRUE CULMINATION OF FILM AS A MEDIUM, THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE OR THAT EVER WILL BE MADE, IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT YOU DESERVE TO DIE" or "AVATAR IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME, AN IRREDEEMABLE PIECE OF SHIT WITH NO MERIT, IF YOU LIKED IT YOU DESERVE TO DIE." The internet being the black-or-white, all-or-nothing place it is, this of course means I tune out literally over 99% of Avatar talk.
I'm not one of the cool kids and even I hated Avatar.
Dozed off during Avatar during the flying-lizard training scene – woke up to see my girlfriend had dozed off too.
All the flashy blue bells and whistles DO NOT make a good film.
Christ, we were bored!
I will only speak for myself in saying that this new 3D fad has been dead from the get-go. I've seen Coraline and Jackass in 3D and, despite it being pretty cool, it added nothing to the film. Coraline carried itself with its visuals and story, and Jackass carried itself with its trademark skits and hilarity. Hollywood (and Sony, apparently) is banking on 3D being the new wave of media and are sacrificing what makes a movie a good movie just so it can be in 3D. As for the trailers and previews for Avatar, I was unimpressed. Here was yet another Hollywood picket sign, protesting an old administration that's been gone for years (shock and awe that someone else didn't like Bush!), wrapped up in shiny paper and rhinestones, designed to simply jack off everyone's eyes with vivid colors. James Cameron and Michael Bay can take their pretty colors and gratutious explosives and shove it up their collective asses. These two hacks and has-been's are not getting another dime from me.
I'm with you, Nick. This movie was a masterpiece and I still love the hell out of it every time I watch it. Yes, it's still just as amazing in 2D.. the 3D added nothing to the already-amazing world and fantastic CG technology he gave us. I look forward to these sequels, although I'm a little concerned that he said he was "rethinking" the plots after being told by some natives in South America that the Na'Vi should've found a non-violent solution. I don't think anyone wants to see "Avatar 2: Peace Conference Negotiations." Asses must be kicked.
Avatar was designed for a huge Imax 3D super expensive experience. But the first one was so meh, I'd rather get the sequels out of the Redbox. Are the plot and characters not as important as the visuals now, Mr. Cameron?
Comment #5- Spot on mate. Devin was slagging the movie off before he or anyone had seen it. He has no credibility as a film reviewer as far as I'm concerned.
Lowest Common Denominator's still reeling from that massive blow to the head huh?
Yeah, you're not a cool kid. You sound more like a fanboy. Cameron had the chance of giving us something more serious and gut-wrenchingly epic than the first Starship Troopers. Instead we got cowboys and indians in space. "Oh, look at all the wonderful plant life and creatures that look like lions, and tigers and bears. Oh, my!" You are blind sir! Devin was right, when he mentioned the one bloody creature in Star Trek being more creative than half of Avatar. Still, I love your site.
Nick, I love you. I've loved you since your Avatar review. Not like gay love, but you know. You are a stand-up dude.
Color me not all that interested. Avatar was a really pretty overhyped mediocre film.
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