Not the same thing.
People are going to watch Marvel, with an ensemble cast.
Tom Cruise is always the lead, and people go and watch it for him.
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I just hope his pay cheque is big enough to cover his travel insurance. 
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Yep…after Gleeson and two McDonaghs, The Guard, In Bruges, Calvary, I’m looking forward to it.
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all good movies that i have rewatched time and again. most ones get a good laugh out of them as well
Avatar - visually brilliant, but the dialogue would have made even John Wayne cringe.
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I don’t really understand why the Avatar sequel(s) is a thing.
Because the first one made a butt-load of cash when it came out?
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Yes, of course, money.
Although it seems like they’ve spent so much on it that it’s going to have to do very well indeed.
shrugs. Maybe it will. I’m sure I read somewhere that China are keen on it.
But I meant thematically, as a thing in pop culture that people want more of, plot…those sort of things.
Maybe I’m on a wrong ‘un, but I can’t remember any of the characters names. Maybe the woman was called Naveen or something?
I can’t remember wondering what was going to happen next from the first movie at any time since, and I can’t remember anyone saying, ‘you know what was a good movie? Avatar. I wish they’d make more of those.’
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The main thing I remember from the first Avatar was trying to place what other movies the skinny science guy had been in. It wasn’t until I was driving home from the movie (the last session at Imax so it was about 1am) when it occurred to me that he was the skinny guy from Dodgeball that fell in love with the Russian chick with horrible teeth and a unibrow.
True story.
Edit: Visually it was very impressive, but the story was essentially Dances with Wolves in space.
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That’s James Cameron for ya. Masterful director, but can’t write dialogue for ■■■■.
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It was nowhere near as bad as Dances With Wolves though.
In regards to the dialogue, I think its just gotten to the point where no one can/is willing to say ‘that’s not very good Jim…’ whereas during his classic period he had Gale Anne Hurd to push back on him and even rewrite a lot of dialogue (specifically for female characters) in The Teminator, Aliens, The Abyss and T2 and since their partnership broke you can see the steady decline in quality of writing. All those scripts are incredibly tight and I can’t off the top of my head recall a clunky or cringey passage of dialogue between them.
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Similar to George Lucas.
I just found Avatar, once I stopped being dazzled by the 3D effects (i.e., about 10 minutes into the movie), to be terminally boring. I can’t really recall a single thing about it except one scene where someone was climbing up an overhanging cliff or something like that, and the point of view shifted to another that seemed ridiculously out of scale. I will actively avoid seeing Son of Avatar.
I’ve never watched Avatar. While the trailers always looked pretty spectacular, I found the creatures creeped me out a bit.
I’m curious as to how they actually tie that into a plot. “So, you’re being chased by the bad guys and you’re on a motorbike, wearing a parachute, on top of a Norwegian mountain, and luckily you spot a giant motorbike ramp constructed next to a giant cliff…”
I’d assume the ramp is removed with CG and the jump made to look straight off a cliff.
Love to know what the marvel actors have brought in ex marvel box office.(ie their non marvel average).
Say since post the first avenger movie.(whatever that was)
It’s the first movie(new avatar) in ages I can remember being released in 3D again. I think IT and a few other horrors might have lately
Maybe trying to reboot 3D movies as a thing at the cinema?
That’s what sold us the first time.
A quantum leap in visual effects.
At the time that was enough, I’m not sure people care that much now.
But hey. Could be wrong.
Went back to:
Reservoir dogs. A bit raw, and not as refined as his later stuff. On reflection some of his ‘shock’ language is a bit off putting. Still worth a look if you haven’t seen it for a while.
Coming to America. Has a couple of great moments, but altogether it’s too slow in a lot of parts. Wouldn’t bother again.
Beverley Hills Cop. I did like some of the funny dialogue, brought back memories. But again, a bit slow in parts, and I didn’t get through it.
Just waiting til my kids are a little older, and we can get into a few more classics.
IMDB Parents Guide FTW, saves a lot of embarrassment. I was going to watch with them until ‘ * 230+ uses of ■■■■, 7 uses of ■■■■ and countless uses of ■■■■, ■■■■, ■■■■, ■■■■■, ect.’
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