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Avatar is about capitalism (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

i think i'm one of like 10 people in the world who thought that movie was meh af

it reminded me of dances with wolves, which was also a snoozefest, not helped by moving everything to outer space

[–] Telodzrum 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess you missed literally almost everyone when it came out saying “Looks amazing, but is just a longer Fern Gully in space.” I have never heard anyone call it good, excepting those who praised the legitimate achievement it was for visual effects.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

missed literally almost everyone when it came out saying “Looks amazing, but is just a longer Fern Gully in space.”

i guess so

I have never heard anyone call it good

i guess you missed all the things i've seen since the day it came out

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/avatar-james-cameron-15-year-anniversary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_box_office_records_set_by_Avatar

https://movieweb.com/avatar-highest-grossing-movie/

https://screenrant.com/james-cameron-avatar-success-positive-right/

i guess "literally almost everyone" just can't get enough of space fern gully?

[–] Telodzrum 7 points 6 days ago

Paid publicity and novelty of visual effects are the same as people saying something has artistic merit. Ya got me!

[–] kat_angstrom 3 points 1 week ago

I actually enjoyed Dances with Wolves, but Avatar was Pocahontas in space. Pretty to look at, but not much below the surface.

I couldn't even finish the second one. It started out as a Movie, then turned into "save the whales" with extra silliness.