cicieraga is god
― Simon H., Friday, 13 July 2018 01:55 (five years ago) link
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avatar-way-of-water-runtime-1235251391/
lol over 3hrs. Sure thing. Jim. I want to see a cut that is entirely people speaking underwater.
"Blrrb. Blurrble blurb blur."
"Blurbbb!!! Blurrr bla blurb brbbble!"
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:32 (one year ago) link
sounds great
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:42 (one year ago) link
damien chazelle's three-hour star-studded comedy about the transition from silent to sound is a "tentpole"! a little ominous
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:55 (one year ago) link
I've seen the Babylon trailer enough times over the past month that they sure are trying for that. Then again, it's about the same amount of times I saw a trailer for that smash hit Amsterdam.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:05 (one year ago) link
took me a second to remember that Babylon was not the subtitle of the new Avatar.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:31 (one year ago) link
Amsterdam: The Way of Babylon.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:32 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MyW72ELq0
I feel in his heart of hearts Cameron would have preferred to just make an IMAX movie of people scuba diving, but he probably also thinks millions of people around the planet have been wondering what's up the magical world of Avatar and its colorful characters.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
all I can think of are those sea monkeys that used to be advertised in the backs of comic books
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
omg someone call burt stanton, mystery finally solved
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 16:15 (one year ago) link
grimreaponium
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
“We’re in a different world now than we were when I wrote this stuff, even,” Cameron continues. “It’s the one-two punch—the pandemic and streaming. Or, conversely, maybe we’ll remind people what going to the theatre is all about. This film definitely does that. The question is: How many people give a shit now?”
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 November 2022 19:52 (one year ago) link
The final runtime of James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water' is 3 hours and 12 minutes, three minutes shorter than 'Titanic.' pic.twitter.com/gLKPPHpSyA— The Film Stage 📽 (@TheFilmStage) November 21, 2022
― manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 21 November 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link
Well I’ve chipped in to the Let Cameron Be Cameron fund — $100 for four IMAX seats on the opening Friday night.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 28 November 2022 13:40 (one year ago) link
And $100 for the motorman's friend you'll need.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 November 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
Especially with the $20 beer I'll probably buy.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 28 November 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
Not that I always get my movie opinions from Uproxx, but I want to believe.
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER: Yeah never bet against James Cameron. Trying to spare hyperbole, but I’ve never seen anything like this from a technical, visual standpoint. It’s overwhelming. Maybe too overwhelming. Sometimes I’d miss plot points because I’m staring at a Pandora fish— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) December 6, 2022
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:52 (one year ago) link
it’s gonna be dope
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:53 (one year ago) link
Wider range of reactions here, some complaints about thin story and characters (duh) but basically everyone's like, Yah, this is cool.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/avatar-2-first-reactions-james-cameron-masterpiece-1235451389/
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
These post screening "first reactions" dumps are always the same. "Cameron's best movie yet!" Like, no one thought it wouldn't look cool, no one thought Cameron was going to shit out some totally inept effort. Looking cool and being well-made are the minimal Cameron standards. Lately (which is to say, his last 30 years/three films), good acting and story and writing ... not so much. And those are the things that will keep me away, not the run-time.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
can't even be spared of your opinion of this movie you haven't seen and won't see
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
Gonna stick with the knockoff mockbuster:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LkXg1YnbuU4/maxresdefault.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 15:50 (one year ago) link
Looks dope!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 15:51 (one year ago) link
boosters otm itt
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
The first avatar definitely one of those movies that looked ridiculous in the trailer and then wound up being genuinely good and even likable in its sincere willingness to appear silly and have the audience identify wholly with a newly created alien species and against the human villains. I agree with some of the consensus that the first film maybe didn’t have some sort of massive pop culture impact but that may also be due to the overwhelming ubiquity of the Disney machine taking up a lot of the air in the room w marvel and Star Wars. At the same time it really was a singularly massive success and that success is probably even more impressive considering its lack of ties to any pre-existing material.
― omar little, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
I'm excited as hell for the new one but let's not pretend that the first one was not a James Cameron movie with a major studio marketing budget, not exactly the Little Indie Movie That Could
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
no one's pretending that ffs
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
it is a labor of love with a major studio marketing budget, the domain of spielberg and cameron pretty much exclusively these days
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
I saw the trailer for this in the cinema and I absolutely cannot wait not to see this. The purples and teals are like a Thomas Kincade painting, kitsch beyond kitsch, the beings are fully CGI as far as I can tell, with all the problematic mouth movements that implies.. I mean I guess if your favourite part of Marvel movies are the entirely CGI scenes of large groups of magical beings swirling around each other then this is for you
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:11 (one year ago) link
justice for roger dean, i will not rest
― mark s, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
I didn't really care about the story in the first one, and barely even remember what it was about, but it looked dope in 3D and felt worth it for that alone.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:16 (one year ago) link
I was at the premiere in Leicester Square last night! Well I walked past it and it was very loud and there were people watching from the 1st floor of Burger King, then much later I realised what it was. It was as obnoxious as any other premiere in Leicester Square.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:17 (one year ago) link
xxxxxxxxxxxxetcp Brad, my post wasn't responding to you but also, I get that it's a labor of love but my point being, it's not exactly a miracle that it made $$$$$ at the box office
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:21 (one year ago) link
I barely remember the first one for its plot - but I remember that I saw it in 3D at the cinema in a particular bleak period (weather-wise) between Christmas and New Year and it was like a mini-holiday of a film.
― Luna Schlosser, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:21 (one year ago) link
the first movie was dull and looked horrible, there was never any justification for sequels beyond the pursuit of cash, this blockbuster rollout fills me with ennui
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
Reasonably interested in this following the reviews even though I hated the last one
My chance of wanting to wear someone’s previously warmed-up 3d goggles in the covid era is a strong zero percent however
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:32 (one year ago) link
The thing that actually got me psyched for this movie was doing the 3D Avatar ride at Disney World back in February. That was awesome and made me want more.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:48 (one year ago) link
Which is to say, if the movie successfully approximates an amazing theme-park ride, I'm in. (Sorry Morbs, R.I.P.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
I found the Avatar 3D ride equally disappointing, although I did enjoy the Pandora boat ride, it was more chill and psychedelic
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link
god of war looks better than this, no idea why anyone would want to return to this nonsense cycle
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
One of the most credulous-unto-bootlicking reviews I've ever read of anything. "I still believe in him." What are you, eight?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link
Still remember the day I found out James Cameron wasn't real :(
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
Lol
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link
Surely it would've been cheaper to just release the first one again?
― jus do jus (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
They dare to hunt sacred water animals in stunning sequences during which you have to remind yourself that none of what you're watching is real.i don't think i would have to remind myself that none of what i'm watching is real
― devvvine, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
He likes making these films and his audiences like watching them, so where's the harm in churning out a sequel or two? Or five? It keeps him busy and employs a whole bunch of visual artists.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
― devvvine, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, December 7, 2022 11:48 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
I was a skeptic going in but was ultimately sold on Avatar Land. It's a cool space with cool rides. Which is what this franchise should be centered on because the movie was like a whole lotta nothing. And the trailer for the new one is like...Cameron, have you taken a gander at any of the sci-fi/fantasy stuff made in the past decade? Because this looks like a mash-up of all that stuff which already exists (and which probably partly ripped you off but still).
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
It keeps him busy and employs a whole bunch of visual artists.
This reminds me of a story I saw somewhere about how both The Abyss and True Lies have basically been ready to release on Blu-ray for ages--transfers, new extras, the works all ready to go--but they need Cameron to go over everything and sit for his own contributions (interviews, commentaries etc). The producers approached him a few years ago asking for like a week tops to work with them and he said he couldn't even spare a couple days because of everything Avatar.
It's been a long enough time now that they'll have to (if they haven't already) rescan everything now for 4K & above so these things can be released.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 21:42 (one year ago) link
Avatar: James Cameron's New Jersey.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 21:46 (one year ago) link
naw
― k3vin k., Sunday, 18 June 2023 14:19 (ten months ago) link
James’ sentence is true, and I’m not equipped to judge how the scales tip between lazy and well-meaning in this instance — but Cameron’s clearly foregrounding the references, and cast Cliff Curtis as the head wet guy.
― serving bundt (sic), Sunday, 18 June 2023 15:29 (ten months ago) link
Cameron is totally going to follow up "Avatar 5" with "Titanic 2," about the search for the sub in search of "Titanic." He's got the CG water FX down, the next few years will be spent working on the script.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 15:18 (nine months ago) link
in the same film
Avatar 5: Titanic 2
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 15:20 (nine months ago) link
Sigourney Weaver has been attached to play the sub via motion capture.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 15:21 (nine months ago) link