Avatar (the movie) and its Sequels

[Disney Irish]

Not that he is ending it, but if it doesn't continue he'll let us know.

James Cameron Will “Hold A Press Conference” If He Decides To End ‘Avatar’ Franchise Early

While 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' is already halfway to $1B worldwide, James Cameron has a contingency plan in place for his massive franchise.

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[Baloo124]

Putting the brakes on this steam train of a franchise now, especially with all the "best in the saga thus far" praise #3 is receiving from fans... would be foolish (imo).

But I also know that money, budgets, etc are also factors, so...

Keeping fingers crossed the plug doesn't get pulled and we're having the discussion of "well I thought #3 was the best back in 2025, but this new one is by far the greatest..." in this thread years from now.

 

[Spectro shire]

I personally liked this one better than the last one. Little weird in spots like the whales talking to the smurfs.

As much as I pick on Avatar, it's better than 95% of the movies out there. And they wonder why no one is going to the theater.

I was shocked at the price of the ticket though.

 

[Surferboy567]

Saw it a second time last night, and wow does Dolby make a difference vastly superior over IMAX.

Incredible movie. I’d be so disappointed if he doesn’t finish what clearly isn’t intended to be the end.

They should greenlight an expansion of Pandora in Animal Kingdom.

 

[BrianLo]

I wouldn’t be too worried about Disney not wanting 4/5 at this juncture. I’m not sure what their bail level would be at, but it’s not going to be close to it.

I suspect the greenlight is made in February’s conference call.

 

[Ghost93]

I wouldn’t be too worried about Disney not wanting 4/5 at this juncture. I’m not sure what their bail level would be at, but it’s not going to be close to it.

I suspect the greenlight is made in February’s conference call.

It's also in Disney's interest to keep the franchise alive for the sake of the presence of Pandora: The World of Avatar in the parks.

 

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

By the time it's built, Way of Water - which the DCA land seems to be based on? - will be as outdated as the ST makes poor stuck-in-time Galaxy's Edge.

 

[Disney Irish]

By the time it's built, Way of Water - which the DCA land seems to be based on? - will be as outdated as the ST makes poor stuck-in-time Galaxy's Edge.

Was Pandora in AK outdated because it opened 8 years after the original movie? Almost the same amount of time will have passed by the time the land in DCA opens from the movie inspiration of WoW.

With Avatar the world is the appeal, so it’s not likely the land becomes outdated anytime soon.

 

[BrianLo]

By the time it's built, Way of Water - which the DCA land seems to be based on? - will be as outdated as the ST makes poor stuck-in-time Galaxy's Edge.

I assume it will be set 100+ years beyond the first movie, just like the precursor land.

The funny thing about DAK’s land is that James seeded it with a ton of stuff from his future movie plans, it’s been an oddly relevant land for something 9 years old. For example Windtraders and Fire and Ash - and the flight of passage ends at the sea with the Tulkun.

 

[mickEblu]

I saw it in 4DX yesterday and enjoyed it. I sacrificed some of the visuals and sounds for the movement/ experience to keep my parents and kids awake. Was especially impressed by my 5 year old who sat the whole thing. My 10 year old almost made it until the end but I had to miss the last 5 minutes of the movie to take him to the bathroom. The action sequences were a blast. Some of those scenes were downright violent in 4DX. Seriously impressed how much those chairs move, with all the effects in general and that the tickets don’t cost much more than a Dolby 3D showing. The only thing that can use some work are the scents. This is my 4th 4DX movie and they always use this same nasty, musty scent for forest or ocean scenes. Something like Soarin Fiji scent would be nice.

The movie is lonnnng. I feel like they could have cut out at least 20 minutes. Some of the themes are getting repetitive. I doubt this is the last Avatar film. At the very least there will be part 4 to wrap everything up. Loved the new villain and her interactions with Quarritch even though some of it got dangerously close to getting cheesy.

Still have the original as the best of the trilogy so far. The score never gets there the way it did for me in the original. Horner’s presence is obviously missed. But it’s cool constantly hearing some of those nearly identical foreboding themes from the Willow soundtrack.

1. Avatar
2. Fire and Ash
3. Way of Water

 

[Ghost93]

I feel that Avatar: Fire and Ash was never boring, but that it did FEEL like a 3 hour movie, whereas with The Way of Water I felt like only 2 hours had gone by. Probably because Fire and Ash is much more plot heavy than The Way of Water, which dedicated much of its runtime to the characters just chilling out by the ocean.

 

[mickEblu]

I feel that Avatar: Fire and Ash was never boring, but that it did FEEL like a 3 hour movie, whereas with The Way of Water I felt like only 2 hours had gone by. Probably because Fire and Ash is much more plot heavy than The Way of Water, which dedicated much of its runtime to the characters just chilling out by the ocean.

I’d say Way of Water felt more like 2 and a half hours + (not sure what its exact run time is) and Fire and Ash felt like it was very bit of that 3 hours 15 minutes.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Just got out and loved it. Didn’t feel like 3 hours to me at all. Flew right by.

But what was up with that Odyssey trailer? It was so dark.

 

[Disney Irish]

But what was up with that Odyssey trailer? It was so dark.

Nolan, all his movies are dark, its his style.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Nolan, all his movies are dark, its his style.

But like… don’t you want people to see… something?

 

[Phroobar]

Just got out and loved it. Didn’t feel like 3 hours to me at all. Flew right by.

But what was up with that Odyssey trailer? It was so dark.

They didn't have light bulbs during the Odyssey.

 

[Disney Irish]

But like… don’t you want people to see… something?

If you couldn't really see anything, Nolan's movies are dark but you should be able to see something, then was it possibly your theater that was the issue?

Here is the trailer, does it look better here?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Nolan, all his movies are dark, its his style.

Low light level. Low sound volume.

 

[Disney Analyst]

If you couldn't really see anything, Nolan's movies are dark but you should be able to see something, then was it possibly your theater that was the issue?

Here is the trailer, does it look better here?

It certainly is more clear here. The blue titles were hardly visible in theatre compared to on phone full brightness.

 

[Disney Irish]

It certainly is more clear here. The blue titles were hardly visible in theatre compared to on phone full brightness.

So sounds more like a theater issue then. As when I saw this same trailer in my theater with Avatar last week it was visible.