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TheImpressiveX ( TheImpressiveX@piefed.social ) M to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months ago

With Avatar's Future Still Uncertain, James Cameron Now Says He Wants to Prioritize 'Other Stories' For the 'Last Act' of His Career

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With Avatar's Future Still Uncertain, James Cameron Now Says He Wants to Prioritize 'Other Stories' For the 'Last Act' of His Career

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TheImpressiveX ( TheImpressiveX@piefed.social ) M to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months ago
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  • Racoonwithbenefits ( Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip ) 
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  • mystrawberrymind ( mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca ) 
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    It overstayed its welcome didn’t it? lol. The 3rd one was so samey samey with the others. Although I wish it had a proper resolution, they just kinda left it open-ended

    • Bob Robertson IX  ( Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      I think he said that if he doesn’t do the final 2 movies then he’ll release them as novels, so there will at least be an ending.

    • einkorn ( einkorn@feddit.org ) 
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      I liked that the third movie ever so slightly addressed the tatic of divide and conquer used many times in colonialism. But other than that? Yeah, same as before.

      IMHO the second and third movie should have been merged.

  • supersquirrel ( supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    Just stop, bro please just stop trying, retire and give people not past their prime a chance.

    • Bob Robertson IX  ( Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      James Cameron is in no way past his prime. He is a highly accomplished technical movie maker and his contributions have had a positive, lasting impact on the industry. Avatar will not be remembered for its storytelling, but it will be remembered for the technical advances that came from it.

    • [deleted] ( snooggums@piefed.world ) 
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      There are so many other movies being made. He isn’t taking projects from anyone else.

  • deadbeef79000 ( deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ) 
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    Avatar are trash. Pretty, but garbage.

    For all their technical advancements they could have been short films to showcase the techniques or Cameron could have bothered to find an actually compelling script.

  • bigbangdangler ( bigbangdangler@reddthat.com ) 
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    It feels like this guy has done nothing but Avatar for like half of his career. I get wanting a franchise that makes it easy to push boundaries in visual effects, but holy hell he needs to move on.

    Put the water and the fire and whatever into films with better plots.

  • Sanctus ( Sanctus@anarchist.nexus ) 
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    RIP. Probably coulda gone somewhere with it but it was honestly fine as a standalone with the first one.

  • qwestjest78 ( qwestjest78@lemmy.ca ) 
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    First one was an experience at the time.

    Went to the second one just for the hell of it. Terrible.

    Didn’t even bother with the third.

    Why make more? No one asked for a trilogy 10 years after the first. Everyone forgot about it except James.

    I honestly wonder if he completely lost his mind in the 2010’s and executives were just politely nodding because his movies can make over a billion.

    • A_be_seedy ( A_be_seedy@beehaw.org ) 
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      Are YOU FUCKING SERIOUS???

      The second AVATAR movie was the best!

      I wasn’t into drugs at the time, but I wish I was, because I would have loved getting high as fuck and watching them swim with that whale for like 1.5 hours on IMAX. That shit was magical. Honestly, the only thing that could have possibly made that movie even better was MORE whale and less plot.

      Avatar 2 hit so fucking hard.

    • BarneyPiccolo ( BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ) 
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      The first wasn’t even good enough for a sequel. It was just a vehicle for his 3D tech he was developing.

  • bowsertattoo ( bowsertattoo@piefed.social ) 
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    make james cameron again

  • Steve ( Steve@communick.news ) 
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    So… Going back to Alita then?

  • NigelFrobisher ( NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 
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    He should do the Ocean Gate story so he can get actors in his water tank again.

  • ndupont ( ndupont@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    I’d rather watch Piranha again than any Avatar.

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  • MonkderVierte ( MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Wasn’t it supposed to be a trilogy?

    • TheImpressiveX ( TheImpressiveX@piefed.social ) OP
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      He had planned as much as 7 total Avatar films.

      But I guess the deaths of his longtime collaborators James Horner and Jon Landau hit him hard, so he’s deciding to scale it back.

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