Posted on 09/18/2022 5:02:22 AM PDT by dennisw
Before the release of the sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water,” the iconoclastic filmmaker explains why he’s bringing the first film back to theaters.
Does knowing audiences want that blockbuster experience put more pressure on you?
I’ve always thrived in that scenario. The danger has been that there are so many big movies coming out all the time and we were always jostling for place. That’s why I recommended to Fox that we push “Titanic” till Christmas, because we’d have a clear playing field in January and February, and that worked out beautifully. The same strategy worked well with “Avatar.” And of course we’re going into the same date with “The Way of Water.” But we’re not jostling as much now because there aren’t as many big tentpoles.
There’s a sense of responsibility to do the best job we can and make it a moneymaker. But I don’t how that translates artistically to any decision I make on the movie. I don’t say, Hmmm, let’s put that plant over there because we’ll make more money. It doesn’t work that way. When it’s good enough, you kind of know.
“Avatar” had a prominent message about taking care of the environment and the resources it has provided. In the years since its release, do you feel like that message has been heeded?
I’m not going to feel guilty because my movie didn’t save the world. I certainly wasn’t the only voice back then, and I’m certainly not the only voice now, telling people that they have to change. But people don’t want to change. We love to burn energy. We love to eat our meat and dairy.
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I’ve already seen dances with wolves.
You can’t post the rest of the article over excerpt limits in a separate post.
No thank you,
The first was enough.
LOL!
I, too, nearly always got both popcorn and raisinettes at movies.
You have good taste.
I’ve heard Avatar referred to as “Dances with Smurfs”.
Savages redux ... Prime and I saw that image years ago. Probably here.
Hahaha I was looking to see if someone posted that!
When I went to see it bv years ago, I told the ticket guy “Two for Dances With Smurfs”, and he knew what I was talking about.
I remember it was so boring I gave up after five minutes.
Sod off, jimmy.
There it is.
“When I went to see it bv years ago, I told the ticket guy “Two for Dances With Smurfs”, and he knew what I was talking about.”
Cameron is great when it comes to all the visuals. But that’s where it ends.
Ugh, not the blue kitty people with African accents again!
Didn’t watch the first one and have no interest in any of the sequels.
This article makes me want to avoid the movie.
Never saw it, never will.
I have never seen it. Is it worth going to?
It is the second-highest grossing movie of all time at $2,787,965,087, according to the IMDB list.
Beautiful.
Honestly, the characters and story were so forgettable I don't even remember anything other than Sigourney Weaver was in it and there were some blue aliens fighting a human mining company.
Basically, in my mind, it was a special effects tech demo with a story tacked on. Like one of those graphically intensive programs you download to put your video card to the test.
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