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Can you name a single character from the movie Avatar?
- Thread starter T'Chakku
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What I like about avatar is that it doesn't fall into that kind of "everyone learns something about each other and learns to live together" trap. In avatar, the colonialists are evil, the natives are angry as hell and they kick them the fuck out, losing none of their identity as they do so.
Uhhhh... except.. that's essentially the plot from the main character's perspective lol
I can't.
Jake Sully, Neytiri and Grace that's as much as i got, i don't remember what anybody else is called, not mr army scar guy, not greedy CEO, not Michelle Rodriguez character contruactually obligated to die, and certainly none of the other Na'vi fodder.
And BTW i re-watched the movie as little as last week, and that's the only reason why i remember Weaver's character's name.
Edit: for some reason i read the thread title as "can you name all characters", oops.
Jake Sully, Neytiri and Grace that's as much as i got, i don't remember what anybody else is called, not mr army scar guy, not greedy CEO, not Michelle Rodriguez character contruactually obligated to die, and certainly none of the other Na'vi fodder.
And BTW i re-watched the movie as little as last week, and that's the only reason why i remember Weaver's character's name.
Edit: for some reason i read the thread title as "can you name all characters", oops.
First name that came to mind is Awah or however you spell it, and that wasn't even an actual character in the movie lol! I do remember Jake Sully too tho. Love me some Avatar
Am I the only one that actually watched the video in the OP? :P
lol aquaman money.
The first Avatar grossed 2.5 times that.
Because Avatar is not part of the specific IPs they nerd out about and have been nerding about since their formative years.
lol aquaman money.
The first Avatar grossed 2.5 times that.
Because Avatar is not part of the specific IPs they nerd out about and have been nerding about since their formative years.
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Wow you're moving the goalposts already? Of course it won't bomb but put an actual prediction on it.
I'm going to say that the franchise isn't what you think it is and won't hit a billion. I'd say around 800 million worldwide
Okay. I'll play along. If Cameron isn't a brand name who do you consider to be one? His brand was literally " I'm the guy who made the most successful movies ever" post Titanic. Not to downplay his directing talent but the spectacle of seeing if Cameron can top himself is now part of the meta narrative of every one of his films.
Also people know the difference between a producer and director. This wasn't an Alan Smithee situation. They named Robert Rodriguez as the director in every Alita trailer.
I mean it works with tons of popular movies that don't come from popular source material.
People are obsessed with pointing this out about Avatar though lol.
Who's moving goalposts? There were never any goalposts to begin with. I will say it will easily crack a billion worldwide. I expect $1.5b as the floor.
I think there are very few directors these days who can sell a movie off name alone. Spielberg can't even sell a movie off his name alone these days.
I think Christopher Nolan is probably the biggest name that attracts mainstream audiences to an unestablished property. Whether or not he got that way because of his work with Batman.
Independence day, however, is not concidered a landmark of pop culture in the same level of Avatar, there are only three things people remember about that movie:
1.- "WELCOME TO EARTH!"
2.-Boomer Lives
3.-My personal fave, This guy:
Avatar is supposed to be a mega franchise juggernaut, iconic even according to people on this very forum.
I assure you no one is dying to visit "Independence day land" on Disney World.
But they DO then go on to complain about how there aren't enough original sci-fi IP projects.
Cameron gave nerds a scifi with an alien moon where 9ft tall cat people can psionically link to dragons, before flying them through floating mountains to fight gunships and mechs. The nerds - along with the rest of mainstream audiences, all went to see it multiple times.
Then it became the highest grossing film of all time and a symbol of mainstream culture, and nerds no longer wanted to be associated with it. Titanic, having been dethroned, then was welcomed with newfound appreciation after 12 years of being shat on by nerds for the same reason.
Internet dudes don't want to be lumped in with mainstream audiences.
Holy shit, never though he'd that far. Thanks for replying.
Anyway, let's not get carried away with an asshole and rather go back to that blue aliens that connect with horses through their hair.
So they're technically fucking those horses, right? Considering that blue people also connect their hair together when they fuck, if I remember right.
So bestiality is pretty much accepted by them?
Disney now own the franchise that features aliens engaging in abusive bestiality rituals where they come to own their mounts by forcing themselves on them.
I know people love to joke about this, but just so we're clear, Na'vi fuck in the traditional mammal/human way, this is explicitly shown in the film, the hair thing is not sexual, it's just to make them sync better.
Movie came out long ago and no sequels yet. Can anyone remember the names from Mad Max: Fury Road?
Max
Furiosa
Nux
Immortan Joe
I don't even know if they name the other characters in the movie.
Dudes? there is Immorten Joe, Nux, Rictus Erectus and, of course, Max himself.
Furiousa
Max
Splendid
Immortan Joe
I haven't seen the movie since it came out but goddamn did it leave an impression.
No director can sell a movie off name alone. The movie in and of itself has to be good or at least appealing to audiences to be an actual success. However, a name brand director can at least garner interest and get people into the theater for an untested IP because of their track record. Nolan can do it because of the cachet he got off the Dark Knight films. Cameron's in the same boat because he did Aliens, Terminator and the two most successful movies of all time.
Name brand status doesn't last forever (e.g M. Night or the Wachowskis) but until Cameron directs a flop or gets unseated as the #1 box office earner that prestige is still attached to his name.
Good memory.
I think I could have remembered Jake Sully, Neytiri and Grace. No idea if Grace has a surname.
I also remember Turuk Makto (sp) but I don't know if that would count.
They're comparing to the other highest grossing blockbusters though. Maybe they should have asked about Titanic too as that was also a single film.
Me too. I think it's because the way they say it in the film: Jakesooly
There's the Blue Lady, Military Guy, Scientist Lady, Scientist Lady's lackey, that one pilot, and Sam Worthington
Because the white guy had to come from earth to tame the best beast and organize the resistance against the machines. Such an empowering tale of the power of a tribe, lmao.
The movie is beautiful but lacks any substance. It's the embodiment of that phrase.
