I get why the first movie did so incredibly well, it out at the perfect moment where big CGI blockbusters were still a fresh idea, and it was in the middle of the 3D craze that encouraged everyone to go to the theaters to get the full experience.

As for the sequels, beats me. I saw Fire & Ash with friends when it hit digital and it was ass. I doubt the 4th movie will do as well after that.

I've always seen it as the art being the point more than the story. The Avatar movies are beautiful works of art with some amazing feats of technology behind them; the story is there just to give it some form

It's like Titanic, story sucks but they made an exact replica of the ship, I watch it for visuals. Avatar is the same (Pocahontas did it better).

“3Dmark benchmark” is a perfect way to describe it.

My other favorite comment on it is that the most popular movie of all time left basically no cultural impact; do you ever hear anyone quote or reference Avatar?

As a comparison, I hear references to the other Avatar (bending, “then the Fire Nation attacked,”) with some frequency.

Agree

Aren’t you already on Reddit? I’ve seen that opinion parroted 10,000,000 times while simultaneously praising the marvel films that are below Avatar in every conceivable way.

They’re all just simple popcorn flicks. Avatar just goes all out with the visuals, action choreography and the cinematography.

Marvel movies have similarly weak scripts but they also have horrendous visuals, weightless CGI and every scene must have 1,000 cuts.