I like them. I think they're fun and entertaining and they're a fuckin joy to watch because of how gorgeous Pandora is. I'm excited for the 4th and 5th movies to see how this series will end up playing out. I also liked this third one the best.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You have to turn your brain off and just enjoy the eye candy. I think some people struggle to do that, which is fair, the films had terrible plots.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean... Generic maybe, but not terrible imo. I enjoy the story.

And tbh I fucking love Quaritch in the sequels. They honestly made him a pretty compelling character, and I'm really enjoying his evolution.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago

That's fine, but what is a terrible plot if not a generic, predictable one? In the second film, an entire army just disappears, I'd say that alone is pretty terrible writing.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

I agree, the hate boner that people have for the Avatar movies is bizarre. Of the two movies this post is about the third Avatar was so much more entertaining.

I am stoked for the fourth and fifth ones.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 months ago

I thought the first two movies were very boring but I understand why people find a movie series about 10 foot tall almost naked cat people appealing. We've all dreamed about it.

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

IMO, the Avatar movies are art projects. People go in expecting something with a better story, but James' movies are artistically astounding and pushing the limits of current technology.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Pretty much. I still like the story, as I enjoy world building and nerdy shit like that, but I recognize that they're more kind of tech demos. Absolutely gorgeous and immaculate tech demos.