Avatar: The Way of Water

Yeah I'm all broke up about it.

I just don't see the hype surrounding this. Whenever Marvel so much as announces a release date for a movie the internet shuts down. When the trailer for a new Terminator movie people go crazy even though it looks like garbage. Star Wars, Batman v Superman, Bond, heck name any moderately popular property and people get excited. There's none of that with Avatar. 'Hey, we're going to have one...no, two....make that three sequels!' Society just goes eh, whatever. Maybe things will change when a trailer is dropped around 2036 but considering how it's the most successful movie ever made you would think there would be more (see: any) excitement from the movie-going public.

I never saw the appeal of the first Avatar. Sure, it was an entertaining flick, but easily forgettable with a formula that's been done better before. How it made as much as it did is beyond me. As for the next one, I really have no interest at the moment. Maybe when it's within arm's reach, I'll think a little different about it.

The movie made close to three billion dollars (something even the rarest of blockbusters hope to make a third of), and you're wondering why he (and the studio) want to make three more?

We might be mostly snooty film buffs here on this forum, but the movie was beloved by a ridiculous amount of people that continued go see it again and again, and spread the hype train far and wide. When the sequel comes out, it will make bank, and it will no doubt be very hyped up. The amount of money being spent on these is no doubt insane as well.

Who wants them? All the people that continually went to it again and again and again, are probably not against the idea of three more. Naturally the other two all depend on how well the second does. If anything, they're probably saving a lot of money shooting them all now as well. I'm willing to bet all three of them will make bank, though, even if not as much as the first or second, they will make bank, just as the Star Wars prequels did.

Again, three billion dollars is your answer to why they're making three more. Why did they make the last two Hunger Games movies? Why did they make three Hobbit films? Is it really a question that needs to be asked? They're not scouring the internet judging the talked about status of the first film. They're judging the fact that it made THREE BILLION DOLLARS, and sold a shit ton of DVDs/Blu-rays.



I'm not sure what there is to discuss, but I know Avatar pops up now and again when I discuss movies with people in real life. That Cameron is making three more. That the first one made so much money. That it annoyingly changed cinema with the 3D craze. How different IMAX is compared to regular cinema. That he was talking about shooting the next ones at 60fps, etc etc.

You're not going to see a massive discussion on boards like ours, because there's nothing to discuss yet, other than minor reports like this one.

However, I'm willing to bet there's millions worldwide that do give a shit. While most of us here will not be waiting in great anticipation, there will be plenty of excitement built around the release of the next one, once there's actually something to see and talk about.

Two different discussions. The question was/is (that I was discussing), who wants them and why are they doing them. That "no one cares", is subjective. When the majority of the members on a board like ours didn't think much of the first one, yeah, it's going to get a meh reaction when news surfaces. Never mind that this isn't much news. It was just a minor report.

A new Bourne movie? For me, personally, that gets a very meh reaction. I couldn't care less.

I bet if Doomsday and SnoBorder were alive in 1978 they would be asking, "who wants a Star Wars sequel? There's 0 people talking about it. Where's the hype? Did you SEE the holiday special? Total rubbish! These movies will be terrible. Everyone I know is more excited for Star TREK."

Return of the Jedi has been widely criticized since its released. Kids were the only ones who gave it a free pass. Hence the Ewok movies.

I still like Reutrn of the Jedi, beyond Ewoks, beyond recycled Death Stars. And why wouldn't they recycle it? Salvage what you can and rebuild. We do it in real life!

It's got a great opening sequence, a pretty clever set up and fantastic 3 way finale. Maybe the middle gets a little muddle but in the span of the Trilogy, it's a strong finish.

And the Ewoks are not as obnoxious as everyone likes to insist they are.

I'm shutting this forum down if the whole "I think Avatar is overrated" chatter comes back.

James Cameron just announced that there will be FOUR Avatar sequels.

deadline.com/2016/04/james-cameron-gives-update-on-avatar-sequels-expanding-to-four-sequels-slams-screening-room-gets-cheers-from-exhibs-cinemacon-1201737814/

The expected release dates are 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023.

Does it sadden anyone else that Cameron is basically ending his career with Avatar? We love to think of Cameron from 1984 to 1997, but post-97 Cameron is almost as embarrassing as George Lucas.