Christ. The last one was a slog to get through. I got to the point where I was fast forwarding through action scenes because it dragged and I was so sick of it
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Christ, it's going to take a full work day to watch the thing.
I think they meant to say “threatens”.
Oh god...this series will end in 5h long releases that shozld actually have been a mini-show...
I mean sure whatever but at the end of the day you're just remaking pocahontas poorly for the third time.
Idk, that water looks way better than Pocahontas.
People keep saying this kind of thing, without understanding there are only a couple dozen stories. Literally, every good story is a version of something else. Maybe at best, a mash up of a couple.
Edit: here is a decent page that covers them all.
Sure, but you can subvert archetypes or mix different types to make new stories. If you're going to follow one of the archetypes, you need to have good dialogue, character development, visuals, etc.
People keep saying rhat since avatar doesn't have a good plot.
Plot and story are overrated.
If that's what really made a movie, a synopsis would be just as good. And way cheaper to make.
I bet Pocahontas itself is also a version of something older, but I'm not versed enough in classical literature to know what it might be.
I think you misspelled FernGully.
Dances With Wolves***
I generally believe most movies should be shorter and that there's a lot of room for addition by subtraction. That said, if a movie earns its runtime then I don't think there's an upper limit to how long it can be. Lawrence of Arabia is 3 hours and 45 minutes and it's incredible, I don't think I'd cut anything in it besides the long black intro screen which is a relic of its time. I would say justifying that run time gets exponentially harder past a certain point.
With Way of Water sitting at 3 hours and 12 minutes I do think Avatar 3 needs an intermission if it's going to be longer. Asking people to sit and be fully engaged for 3 and a half hours is a big ask and having a chance to go to the bathroom, get snacks, stretch your legs, etc is needed for something that massive
I think there's been a problem with editing in Hollywood for quite a long time now. Many movies are much longer than they need to. A recent example is Anora, which could have easily trimmed 20-30 minutes of its runtime without losing any plot or character development.
Especially if kids are going to see it.
im having one of those mandela effects were I already thought there had been 3.
Cool, even more lack of story.
Cool, even more lack of... anything constructive.
Am I only one who visually loves Avatar? I can sit four hours just for those water vfx.
Not at all! They're amazing!
I enjoy the hell out of every frame of those movies.
Wasn't he supposed to be doing some Terminator stuff? Why is he still stuck on this Avatar shit?
Pretty sure it's because he has 5 movies planned.
According to wiki, 30% of the 4th movie is already filmed, and the rest is going to be filmed after the 3rd is released. And the 5th movie is set for 2031
ugh. I thought it was "only" 3
Don't particularly care about the length. Just make it better than the last one, because it fell a long way down from the first one.