• Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Everyone just wants to dogpile on the Avatar movies and I don’t get why. It happened with Titanic too, which is coincidentally a James Cameron movie.

    I like them. I think they’re fun and entertaining and they’re a fuckin joy to watch because of how gorgeous Pandora is. I’m excited for the 4th and 5th movies to see how this series will end up playing out. I also liked this third one the best.

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      8 days ago

      You have to turn your brain off and just enjoy the eye candy. I think some people struggle to do that, which is fair, the films had terrible plots.

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        8 days ago

        I mean… Generic maybe, but not terrible imo. I enjoy the story.

        And tbh I fucking love Quaritch in the sequels. They honestly made him a pretty compelling character, and I’m really enjoying his evolution.

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          8 days ago

          That’s fine, but what is a terrible plot if not a generic, predictable one? In the second film, an entire army just disappears, I’d say that alone is pretty terrible writing.

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      8 days ago

      I agree, the hate boner that people have for the Avatar movies is bizarre. Of the two movies this post is about the third Avatar was so much more entertaining.

      I am stoked for the fourth and fifth ones.

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      8 days ago

      I thought the first two movies were very boring but I understand why people find a movie series about 10 foot tall almost naked cat people appealing. We’ve all dreamed about it.

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      8 days ago

      IMO, the Avatar movies are art projects. People go in expecting something with a better story, but James’ movies are artistically astounding and pushing the limits of current technology.

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        8 days ago

        Pretty much. I still like the story, as I enjoy world building and nerdy shit like that, but I recognize that they’re more kind of tech demos. Absolutely gorgeous and immaculate tech demos.