Avatar 2 is coming out this year so I decided to rewatch the first one and see how it holds up. I remember really loving it in the theaters, but I felt very outnumbered by the lackluster response. It seemed to me, from what I heard from friends and the internet in general, is that most people didn’t like it very much. Why have I heard nothing but negative stuff about this film? If its so bad, why is it getting a sequel? People say it’s “overrated”, so let’s investigate.
Directed by James Cameron, Avatar (2009) stars Sam Worthington as Jake Sully and Zoe Saldana as Neytiri a Na’vi Warrior. Also starring Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Giovanni Ribisi.
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Yes. Yes it is. It's "Dances with Smurfs". All the pretty CGI in the world can't save a hamfisted story that seems to have been written by a fourth grader.
Stood by this film 13 years ago and I still by this film. I find it amazing.
There were people who wanted to die and be reincarnated as one of the blue people. I think that that’s died down… mostly. There may be some fanatical devotees who hunger for anything more: I can see why there’s a sequel if not a mess of them. I was expecting sequels sooner.
Yes. Yes it is.
It is astronomically overrated. I really thought it was one of the worst movies that year.
The thing that most people can't remember the name of any charicters for a movie of this size
Thank you James Rolfe.
I needed a fresh perspective to appreciate this film again.
I really like Avatar. My only problem with it is that it's hard to do a casual re-watch because it's such a heavy and lengthy movie.
With a new Avatar coming soon, after all these years and all the hype !!…
I still haven’t seen Avatar…
its cgi trash, teenagers pocahontas story on other planet. no idea why he made it
Never seen it when it came out. Dont care for it now.
It is
Everyone I knew said it was basically Pocahontas which I never cared for. I've never felt like committing 2.5 hours to it
I don't like it, will never see it again
No it is not. It is a simple story packed into a visual candyland.
Blockbuster as one should be.
The reason I didn't like it was because it's a literal rip off of the Smurfs. No joking. James Cameron has no imagination left.
Yes. I fell asleep during the movie, in the (very loud!!) iMax theatre back in 2009. Woke up during the ending credits because of the beautiful Leona Lewis song. It was like a dream 😛
Yes!!!
why would you even make a video about questioning James Cameron, for the traffic?
Ask a casual film goer to name a Star Wars or Star Trek character they’ll usually get it right. Ask a casual film goer to name an Avatar character they won’t be able to. Saw it once , it looked nice but that’s about it. It irks me how Cameron is trying to make it something bigger than it is. It’ll never be a Star Wars or Indiana Jones. Working on 5 sequels all at once is exhausting knowing there’ll be a steady drip of these over the next few years.
SequelS to a movie that NO ONE liked/loved/even remembered is one of the stupidest moves in the history of Hollywood, with no exaggeration.
Without a doubt: Yes, it is overrated!
Avatar 2, the only movie No one ever wanted.
In shorts: Yes.
Fell asleep twice trying to watch that thing.
I re-watched Avatar recently, i still like it as i did when it came out. i hyped for Avatar 2
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I’m more surprised you missed Dancing with Wolves! lol
Also, Medicine Man. Modern man's logging road threatens the forest and the medical research.
It seems to me that people liking this movie will pick out 1/10 negative reviews and completely forget these 9/10 which were positive.
People adored this movie and then got caught on the bandwagon of hating on it. This happens with a LOT of movies, like The Force Awakens. People LOVED Force Awakens, and now they lump it in with Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker.
Yes, yes it is
Avatar is a great film
When you think about it Avatar, The Abyss and Aliens all have the same common DNA story wise. It's like James Cameron just kept rewriting Aliens with different creatures until he got Avatar. Giovanni Ribisi is Burke from Aliens. Stephen Lang is the same character as Michael Beihn from The Abyss. There are other more consistent crossover elements as well. I enjoyed the spectacle of Avatar, but it's just an evolved version of Aliens.
I’ll admit, when this movie came out I was one of the people overhyping the heck out of it, and claimed it was the greatest movie I’ve ever seen, years later, I still like the movie, but I certainly see the flaws it has.
With avatar its the whole connect your braid to this animal, connect it to me during sexytime….
Yes. The answer to your question is yes. Period.
It is kinda overhated tbh.
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Outside of beautiful visual effects it has a pretty basic and forgettable plot. Rehashed Pocahontas with aliens.
My issue with it, is that it's Dancing with Wolves with extra steps.
Yo James Cameron just said that the plans for Avatar # 4 have just finished and are going full steam ahead… Said he is currently filming number 3 !! Wow !!
I think it was. I saw it a bit later than it released and I absolutely couldn't get why people were talking so much about it.
I thought it was ok. My biggest problem with it was how long it was. It really didn't need to be that long. Felt like I'd been in the cinema forever. Shame because visually it was truly groundbreaking.
Yes, it is
Yes
Avatar was very-well-made 'vanilla' ice cream at the dessert shop, but what made it special was the incredible in-house toppings they added to your order (the 3D). Best toppings ever, they say. You also could buy a tub of their vanilla ice cream to take home. But eating at home, it just isn't the same without those exclusive shop toppings. So are we to judge the shop's product based on the tub we have at home? Or the decorated version we had at the shop itself?…which is what everyone in town was raving about.
What music is in the background at 13:00?
I haven't seen it yet. And really haven't had the urge to watch.🤷♂️
Watching the movie today I give it 5/10. It's just an average, forgettable film.