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"Avatar: Fire and Ash" passes "Oppenheimer" to enter top 5 highest-grossing IMAX films ever Box Office (www.koimoi.com)
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[+] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)
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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    3rd one is worse. It’s like a repeat of the 2nd. I thought they were gonna reveal some kind of new fiery, volcanic world to explore. But no. Same played out bad guy, same water world. They introduced a new bad gal (who was the most interesting part), but then that didn’t really go anywhere.

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    • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    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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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 9 months 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 3 points 9 months 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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  • [–] 6 points 9 months 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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    • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    iMax

    look inside

    90% digital effects

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    • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Well-deserved victory over quality-slop.

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    [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Ya but the real gas is that Zootopia2 has fully bested Avatar3 at the box office: (Boxofficemojo.com) Zootopia2 - $1.77 billion Avatar3 - $1.415

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    [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I feel like there is some mass mind control delusion thing going on. You're telling me everyone is going to see these but nobody talks about them?

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    [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Am I de only one who dislike Avatar? Even the very first one wore out in a few minutes...

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    • [–] -1 points 9 months ago

    You mean, Avatar, Book Three: Fire? Wasn't the second one also a ripoff of Book One: Water? How is this entire series naming convention not a blatant ATLA ripoff?

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