erasure fan1
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I'm guessing they feel pretty confident. If they're lifting the review embargo this early, they must feel good about it.
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Avatar (the movie) and its Sequels
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Wendy Pleakley
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James Cameron has an impeccable track record. There's no reason to doubt this won't be entertaining.
Avatar wasn't my favourite Cameron movie. The length didn't quite justify the amount of story and character it contained. The story was a bit simplistic.
The big airborne action finale was worth the price of admission alone. It was just a 10-minute action sequence that was fun from start to finish.
Will this sequel also be too long and too simple for my tastes? Maybe. Will it still be more entertaining that 99% of movies? I expect so.
Avatar wasn't my favourite Cameron movie. The length didn't quite justify the amount of story and character it contained. The story was a bit simplistic.
The big airborne action finale was worth the price of admission alone. It was just a 10-minute action sequence that was fun from start to finish.
Will this sequel also be too long and too simple for my tastes? Maybe. Will it still be more entertaining that 99% of movies? I expect so.
Ghost93
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Here are the first reactions: https://www.joblo.com/avatar-the-way-of-water-first-reactions/
Strong praise for the visuals. Many seem to say the story and characters are also better in the sequel.
Strong praise for the visuals. Many seem to say the story and characters are also better in the sequel.
Disney Analyst
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Ghost93
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HFR is high frame rate.
CaptainAmerica
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It's the thing that everyone hated in The Hobbit but will be amazing here.
CaptainAmerica
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Jedijax719
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Streaming found dead in a ditch until this and BPWF come out and revive it.
Btw, isn't "high refresh rate" a fancy way of saying "soap opera effect"?
Btw, isn't "high refresh rate" a fancy way of saying "soap opera effect"?
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Phroobar
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I guess a plasticky look.
CaptainAmerica
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The point is that this movie was created to be a special experience in the theater. It's not that The Way of Water is must-watch, it's that The Way of Water is must-watch-in-a-theater-preferably-in-PLF-3D.
Soap opera effect is when a modern TV processes an image that was filmed in a low framerate and artificially inserts additional frames to smooth the image for a high refresh-rate display. This is useful to reduce motion blur in sports, but makes TV and movies (which are traditionally shot at 24 FPS) look weird.
That's different than when the content is filmed in high refresh rate in the first place.
Jedijax719
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I have to say, I really liked that soap opera look on our 2010 TV. Then we got a 120 hz tv last year and the natural motion was SO much better!
Personally, I never noticed a difference in the Hobbit movies in the theaters compared to other movies.
Still torn about whether to see Avatar2 in the theater. It's not about whether it will look cool or not. It's about devoting 3 hours to it and considering our daughter, 11, does not want to see it.
CaptainAmerica
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I'm not a big cinema person myself, but this one feels sufficiently spectacle-y for me to pull the trigger. I wouldn't go to a random showing in a crappy auditorium for a movie this big and long, but if you have a theater with a good screen, good sound, and some comfy recliner-type seats, I think it's worth it. There will be tons of extended family around for the holiday season so my wife and I will be able to enjoy it without the kids (8/5/2).
CaptainAmerica
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- Me, explaining to my wife why we have to watch professional wrestling twice a week
Phroobar
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It's the same thing. My wife won't watch anything by James Cameron because she hated Titanic because of all the stupid running up and down the sinking ship. He is like Peter Jackson. The man doesn't know how to edit.
erasure fan1
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Yea the Hobbit movies were brutal. Some of those chase sequences were pull your hair out bad. Same with his king kong.
BubbaisSleep
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As I bought my 4DX ticket my exact thought was that I’m excited to ride FOP for over 3 hours haha. Should be fun!
Ghost93
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I've been seeing a lot of comparisons to Top Gun Maverick in terms of it feeling like a pleasant throwback to classic blockbuster filmmaking (instead of the generic, assembly-line super hero stuff) and for being a movie that is really elevated by the big screen experience.
I'm pretty hyped.
I also think this movie might have more popularity among families compared to the first one since so many of the new cast members are children and there seems to be a pretty big emphasis on "family" in the marketing. Maybe it will strike the right chord this holiday season.
I'm pretty hyped.
I also think this movie might have more popularity among families compared to the first one since so many of the new cast members are children and there seems to be a pretty big emphasis on "family" in the marketing. Maybe it will strike the right chord this holiday season.