Post #3145297
2026-05-20 15:46 UTC
Replies (10)
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@brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 15:56
I mean, 1 didn’t make me crave sequels, even if they were soon available. It was a fun action movie, sure. A visual spectacle. But not a world I felt invested in.
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@DrBob@lemmy.ca 2026-05-20 16:07
Number 1 was a retelling of Ferngully the Last Rainforest. https://spotlightonfilm.com/2012/05/13/avatar-vs-ferngully-the-last-rainforest-a-case-of-plagiarism/
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@chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 16:50
The end action sequence was just the end action sequences from the first 2 films stacked on top of each other. The thing is, it was still visually gorgeous, and I loved watching it in the theatre. Avatar is eye candy, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Oh - and I do think the idea of trees with shared root systems forming a planet-wide distributed consciousness is actually pretty awesome sci-fi.
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@Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-20 17:02
They are stellar if you like worldbuilding and pretty worlds. They are ok to good story-wise. In terms of worldbuilding, for me, they stand on the same level as the LotR movies (not the books mind you).
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@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 17:11
I made it through maybe 10 minutes of the second one before turning it off because the plot was just that fucking dumb.
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@THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 17:43
Oh yeahhh, they made a third one too. I forgot about that.
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@ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 2026-05-20 19:19
Amazing VFX though 🤌💋
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@Carrot@lemmy.today 2026-05-20 20:30
I didn’t even know there was a 3rd one, I thought everyone was talking about the second one this whole time.
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@BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 02:42
3 was a waste of money and I’m saying this as someone who liked 2
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@CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 03:03
My understanding is that it was an unexpected success and it was used as a technology demonstration for Alita. However Alita was much less successful.