• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    11 months ago

    Don’t tell James but I saw the original Avatar as a grainy camrip with Russian subtitles and people walking in front of the screen

  • esc27@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    11 months ago

    I think this is the first time I’ve seen avatar mentioned in nearly a year. Weird how a movie series that popular generates so little discussion.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      11 months ago

      I mean, a lot of people spent a lot of time discussing the first one, it just boiled down to

      “It’s sci-fi Dances With Wolves, and it made a load of money.”

      The sequel is the same thing, but with whales and even more explicit environmentalism/anti-colonialism

      All of the social criticism is correct, but, like, do something about it, billionaire filmmaker? The discussion time is over.

      • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        11 months ago

        “It’s sci-fi Dances With Wolves, and it made a load of money.”

        Sci-fi Pocahontas is more accurate, but yeah, there’s just not much to talk about beyond the effects.

    • Gork@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      11 months ago

      It’s because the movie is entirely about people of color (blue)

      • CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        11 months ago

        I saw it in IMAX 3D when it came out because I knew I wouldn’t be able to enjoy it at all at home. I was fighting sleep the entire last half, I kept waking up seeing something I thought was cool and trying to stay awake, but I still slept through most of the last ACT

  • EvilTwin@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    11 months ago

    James Cameron doesn’t do what James Cameron does for James Cameron.
    James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron.

  • lseif@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    11 months ago

    how can you get a bajillion dollars from a film and then act pretentious about how people watch it. who cares?

  • ReCursing@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    11 months ago

    I honestly cannot understand why you would want to watch something on a smart watch. i can just about understand a tablet because it’s relatively portable, but even a phone is too small!

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      11 months ago

      I think maybe because it’s a movie known for putting a lot of effort into high detail visuals so watching at low quality wastes the effort put into them? idk I didn’t watch it