Both wrong. Cameron said it's Fern Gully
Avatar has an underwhelming and forgettable script and...IMO...poor alien design. It also has a subpar actor in the lead role. I agree it was excellent as far as tech goes.
Endgame doesn't have any of Avatars flaws. While it's true neither is Citizen Kane or whatever, Endgame is the better of the two movies.
Endgame has plenty of flaws including a snoozer of a 1st hour among other issues. It's not even the best comic book film. It's not like one is some flawless film, I'd say both are about the same tier I would say, Cameron is capable of better work than both of these films.
Cameron's top tier stuff like Terminator 2, Titanic, and Aliens are all better than both Avengers Infinity films and Avatar.
You're moving the goalposts. What difference does Cameron's other movies have to do with it? We're discussing Endgame and Avatar, and Endgame is the better of the two movies.
Refreshingly humble of him. I bet if they re-released the original like 6 months before the sequel, with all the 3D bells and whistles, and hyped the shit out of it and played it up as an opportunity to relive the spectacle now that 3D is basically dead, it'd get the #1 spot back.
People like escaping to other worlds, if those worlds are competently designed and well visualised.
It's that simple.
Good sci-fi is a cant miss worldwide because mind blowing visuals translate better than anything.
That and Cameron has a very strong grasp of story structure. Even if Avatar is not the most original film (neither are the Avengers pictures), you're not going to get a story that's a mess like say Jupiter Ascending or something (gorgeous sci-fi film, unbelievably wonky storytelling).
Wait you realize building a franchise that grows to the point where 21 movies later it's #1 is an incredible achievement right?
Franchise longevity is a remarkable feat not a "oh they took an easier path".
I wouldn't agree with that, I would say they're basically on the same level but Avatar actually has something relevant to say (ecologically) so I would say it's probably the better script.
They're both familiar stories so neither is winning shit for originality.
He should be less worried about people going to see a film they are massively hyped for, than people going to see Avatar 2 after 11 years of antihype
It's actually pretty obvious:
You must be very easily confused
Peope love Pocahontas, and they love space, so you combine them to make a huge blockbuster. Simples
So if Blue Man Group ever did a movie, it would break all sales records?
Disney re-released Endgame with a few extra scenes and carried it over the finish lineWait, when did this happen? I thought people said it wasn't going to happen?
Antihype? I think worldwide there's a majority that will see this movie regardless of how people negatively felt about the first one (and that's a small group of people by comparison)He should be less worried about people going to see a film they are massively hyped for, than people going to see Avatar 2 after 11 years of antihype
Endgame will never be better than Avatar as long as it requires you to have watched Thor: The Dark World.You're moving the goalposts. What difference does Cameron's other movies have to do with it? We're discussing Endgame and Avatar, and Endgame is the better of the two movies.
Disney re-released Endgame with a few extra scenes and carried it over the finish line
Sounds like concern trolling. Let the man make the films he wants to make.I just really wish James Cameron was directing anything other than 2-4 more Avatar movies. I'd love to see him do something else.
Then you can't have been around at the time.
Endgame will never be better than Avatar as long as it requires you to have watched Thor: The Dark World.
Time has hurt that film.Antihype? I think worldwide there's a majority that will see this movie regardless of how people negatively felt about the first one (and that's a small group of people by comparison)
He nor the studio will be worried coming from a $2.7b movie.
Initially that was the assumption. It did end up pushing it over the line.
It's Flubber tyvmIt's also Dances with Wolves regardless of what good ol' JC says
Sounds like concern trolling. Let the man make the films he wants to make.
You would be happier if he make something he was less enthused about, so long as it was "something else"?
Avatar will never be better than Endgame as it requires me to watch Sam Worthington attempt to act.
I think that James Cameron will tell all the stories and build all the setpieces that he would have done in a bunch of other franchises or original ideas, within the world of Avatar.No, I don't mean that at all. I just mean that I really enjoy his movies in general and I'd like to see him directing something other than a sequel to Avatar. I enjoyed the first one but am just not interested in more stories in that universe. Obviously he should make what he wants to make and he knows more than I do about what is gonna sell obviously.
Well I think that's what he's getting at though: anything else Cameron would've done in another movie, with different characters and different environments, are now going to be put through the Avatar prism instead.I think that James Cameron will tell all the stories and build all the setpieces that he would have done in a bunch of other franchises or original ideas, within the world of Avatar.
And as long as we get Cameron's vision, i will be happy, regardless of where it resides.Well I think that's what he's getting at though: anything else Cameron would've done in another movie, with different characters and different environments, are now going to be put through the Avatar prism instead.
the praising of Avatar's action has always been a little odd to me... won't knock the craft of it, because you can't; it's all composed and executed really well. But it's also, imo, not particularly memorable, especially compared to other setpieces Cameron has done. Like, Jake throwing the bag of grenades into Quarritch's chopper motor looked cool (for some reason this is the bit of the last act that my memory always goes to lol). But come on, nothing in Avatar comes close to something like the sinking of the Titanic!And as long as we get Cameron's vision, i will be happy, regardless of where it resides.
The action setpieces in the final act of Avatar were some of the finest of his career.
I'm going Day 1, 2, & 3 to see the new Avatar movie to spite everyone who keeps saying this.
My man 💪 lolI'm going Day 1, 2, & 3 to see the new Avatar movie to spite everyone who keeps saying this.
That final action sequence is pretty long. There's a lot of good stuff in it.the praising of Avatar's action has always been a little odd to me... won't knock the craft of it, because you can't; it's all composed and executed really well. But it's also, imo, not particularly memorable, especially compared to other setpieces Cameron has done. Like, Jake throwing the bag of grenades into Quarritch's chopper motor looked cool (for some reason this is the bit of the last act that my memory always goes to lol). But come on, nothing in Avatar comes close to something like the sinking of the Titanic!
I think that James Cameron will tell all the stories and build all the setpieces that he would have done in a bunch of other franchises or original ideas, within the world of Avatar.