Movie Roundup: Avatar 2

Movie Roundup: Avatar 2: Avatar 2 is James Cameron's Avatar sequels shot as a "big production". In 2009, James Cameron increases the success mayor updated with Avatar, die break took Records Office. The director remains that the story began nearly seven years ago with the movie sequel of the oven. Now, after his appearance at CinemaCon director confirmed that all sequels Avatar kiln are fired at the same time as a big production. CinemaCon Recently, James Cameron confirmed in Las Vegas, which will further make the release of four first Avatar sequel to the cinema in 2018, is the fifth movie Avatar was released in 2023. A measure that more movies over the world and sometimes all toquilla the highest GDP Electricity Segundo (just behind the Awakening force), the Avatar has grown as one of the most ambitious projects of James Cameron and produced with CGI ICT. 

Talking to Famous Monsters of Film Land statements Cameron continuous process shoot all four avatars do once. Shoot fire Avatar sequel to James Cameron in the oven method is similarly approached by Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings. In any case, the furnace cinematographic film will also still a major test for the manager A delay and as a narrative film in five Cameron. Also, while the production of four films will take many years, we can not affect the availability of the stars of the first film, Sam Worthington Zoe Saldana? It is also Cameron will lead a great challenge for him and the rest actors can die production problems. But if someone has taken a big ambitious project, it is also James Cameron.  

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The first time sitting through this film was a bit of a test of patience, as the movie trudges along a little too slowly. I've sat through even slower paced films with greater depth and intrigue, to which Avatar uses an outdated storyline done several times before that doesn't help its cause. I tried sitting through this movie for a second chance, and this film didn't get any better. James Cameron, who's a great filmmaker, appears to have dated storytelling techniques that are rather dull and not even close to being original. So only thing going for this film is the special effects, the impressive updated CGI on character animation, and the nice action set piece. However, don't let it fool you. Great special fx doesn't necessarily mean it's a great movie.

I never liked this movie when it came out, I liked it even less when I watched part of it again on one of those rerun movie channels recently. I'll get the obvious praise out of the way, the visuals were groundbreaking and well done. Not a lot of movies have used 3D in the same masterful way that James Cameron managed in Avatar 2. Past is a visual event, I think this movie does not work. I am aware I am a detractor from the popular opinion, although I am maybe not anymore.

This movie was lauded by many people as something akin to Alien or Star Wars, some grand entry into the sci-fi genre. I love the aforementioned films. I generally love science fiction and fantasy. This film did not work for me in the slightest. I think it is also sort of interesting that there are no major Avatar spin-offs nearly a decade later, no grand Comicon fanfare. Maybe it was not so grand. In the end, you'll form your own opinions, this is my way.

It does not work for me because it's a warmed over Jesus myth layered over a first nations story. It is barely competent at that. I can't define the Na'Vi except by reference to cliches. They're basically granola hippies meet the old west natives, and not in a flattering way. I understand little about the humans of the future, outside of megacorps and one-dimensional army guys. I had to google the name of the planet this movie took place on. My first thought was Pangea, close. I am not sure I ever understood the point of the birds. I am not sure why an outsider in a cyborg suit is the only person who can tame the off-color bird.

Why does any of this matter?

It matters in science fiction. People invented a Klingon language. I wonder what Greedo's people were like, I wonder why there are Vulcans and Romulans. They are all sort of tropes and rip off certain real life things. Romulans give it away in the name. To be clear, I do not care enough to learn these things I rattled off, but it's that wonderful. The spectacle of good science fiction, for me, is that curiosity. The world, the people, that stand beyond themselves. You learn something about yourself or the real world by reference to that wonder. I couldn't care less about the blue aliens and their Jesus, and I think that is why this film never worked for me.

I think all science fiction is a strange project of building a little bit on what we know to create what could be, Avatar 2 never makes it off the ground for me.

Looking back on this film I feel Sam Worthington really did it a disservice his acting is like one who hasn't acted and more so his character is just an asshole and the entire finale is based on him stealing a bigger bird even though he was told he would be paired with his one for life he just ditches it and everyone's like hey he's pulled the sword from the stone! He even needs a translator to hype up the people because he didn't bother to learn their language despite wanting to bang one of them. It's a film I look back on with same thought as Starship Troopers only it doesn't have the sex appeal or the fun self-referential nature. It is a shame film can be reviewed on effects over content nowadays and the audience is told to forgive them. This movie is halfway between a G rated blockbuster and terrible B movie it's bizarre and perhaps a symbol of Hollywood as an industry it may never happen again.

I probably would have liked it better if James Cameron hadn't tried to compare it's status to Star Wars, a movie to which there is NO comparison! But that aside, the Avatar 2 characters (or indigenous people) were definitely intriguing, original and interesting. The feather duster-like creatures in the forest were very cool. Zoe Saldana's performance was gritty, powerful and authentic. I loved and "felt" her character. She sizzled with passion and intensity. And there was good chemistry between her and Jake Sully. I like Sigourney Weaver, but I didn't like her in this movie. I think her role needed to be less hard-ass and someone who could draw more empathy for herself and for the indigenous people. I truly didn't care much if she died under the Aiwa tree or not. As far as originality - there truly hasn't been anything original in Sci-fi since Star Wars. All alien creatures, spaceships and cities in the sky in today's sci-fi are inspired in some manner by Star Wars - sorry but it's true. Star Wars is a landmark, benchmark, standard that will never be surpassed in my opinion. The only criticism I have of Avatar 2 is that the violence in the end battle was a little too dark for me and I think too dark for a PG-13 rating. Way too much gunfire for a sci-fi movie. There should have been more sophisticated weapons. The movie could have been lightened up with humor and a happier ending which would have made it more enjoyable for me. There was also a very prevalent native American theme or feel about the indigenous people. I'm not sure if this was intentional by James Cameron, but it stirred up a lot of emotion about how America's native Americans were treated by the white man. Overall, a good movie. The Avatar 2 characters/beings are unique and memorable.