James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’

As I seem to have to say in all of these threads about avatar since hating on them has become some kind of personality.

Hi yeah I really enjoyed the both movies and looking forward to the third one. I have watched both in theaters and own physical copies of both and probably the third.

14 year olds in 2010 were pointing out its Pocahontas, it's not wrong but it's not rocket science to know the point and budget of these movies is the tech used to build and render the world which sets the standard for movies for years to come.

Would love to hear any original thoughts if you have any

What's wrong with Pocahontas? This kind of story never gets old because the Native Americans' situation never gets better.

The first one was definitely a massive cinematic event because of its visuals and the second one was also an event in itself because it was the sequel to the first film. If the third is released any time soon then I might reconsider going to see it. The gap between the first two was sort of what interested me but the second wasn't as visually impressive for its time as the first. I would be surprised if there were many Avatar "fans", though. It just doesn't have anywhere near enough depth to its characters or their world and a lot of its themes about spirituality and indigeneity feel like some borderline cultural appropriation white guilt stuff. The people who are really into that aspect of the films are revealing quite a lot about themselves and their own insecurities, I think.

Plus Last of the Mohicans and a smidge of Smurfs.

First one was only successful because of James Cameron's name and fancy new 3d gimmick

That "just Pocahontas" argument is kind of tiring because retelling a story doesn't automatically make it bad. It's like saying "Lion King, meh, literally just Hamlet".

If they want to lure people into theaters instead of waiting for streaming on a modest home set-up, it's high time they reintroduce...

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I think it's probably a reflection of their age, reputation and personal wealth, as well as how much of the casual cinema audience has died out and shifted to streaming. They can make a 3+ hour epic for film enthusiasts to see in the cinema and then put it on a streaming service where everyone else can watch it in two or three sittings very easily thanks to the playback position being retained on exit.

Honestly I think it's jealousy of television. Films were viewed as the highest form of entertainment. The people you mentioned are the best in their fields and they make films. Unfortunately films are only 90-120 minutes. So I'm sure they've had to sacrifice story over the years to fit that time limit. Of course over in television land, especially modern television, you get hours to tell your story.

One season of a TV show, or even a miniseries, is easily 10 hours. You can tell a great story in 10 hours. If you've written a great story, you hate cutting that down to 90-120 minutes. So the films get longer. Now you've got 3 hour films. Realistically these folks would probably make amazing miniseries. But that's television. They are filmmakers.

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Well, it’ll be long. So, it has that much going for it.

I saw it in IMAX 3D. Most expensive nap I've ever taken.