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I watched Avatar 2 in theaters without watching or reading anything but the title. Sorely disappointed in the movie. I guess if I expected a Rambo shoot-em-up

by jvm___ 4y ago

I watched Avatar 2 in theaters without watching or reading anything but the title. Sorely disappointed in the movie. I guess if I expected a Rambo shoot-em-up I would have been satisifed, but a plot based on revenge, with 75-100 on-screen deaths by shooting, drowning, burning, impaling or dismemberment (loss of arm). Torturing of kids, threatening of pregnant women, targeting mothers of new-born animals, burning of innocent villages, scantily clad children, killing animals to make a point (instead of killing the pregnant lady). There were almost no positive relationships. Parents yelled at eachother, Parents yelled at kids, kids yelled at eachother, people on the same team yelled at eachother. No one showed empathy, love or respectful communication. Out of the 50-75 characters in the movie, I think 4 (including a whale in that number) showed a positive relationship, everyone else was selfish and yelling when others didn't meet their expectations. I guess I went into it expecting a happy adventure and found a hate-based blood-bath instead. 1/10 happiness/empathy/love 9/10 visuals/graphics.

TeMPOraL 4y ago
I'm yet to watch the movie (reconsidering after reading this), but now I have to ask: does the sequel involve humans, and if yes, does it explain why the original antagonists didn't do the obvious thing, which is to drop a thermobaric bomb on that stupid tree, or otherwise sterilize the whole area from orbit, and then get back to their mining operations?
- mac01021 4y ago
  If you liked the first one you'll probably like the second one too. It sounds like the GP probably hadn't seen an avatar movie before?
  - jvm___ 4y ago
    We watched them back to back over two days. The first movie had a romantic couple and lots of characters exploring the beauty of Avatar and discovering it's world. It felt like that part was missing from Avatar 2.
- jvm___ 4y ago
  The plot of the movie is that a human wants to kill the Avatar who killed him in the first movie. Except dead-human got reanimated as an Avatar creature. That's the first 5 minutes so it's not really a spoiler. There are other humans, but they're just assistants to the revenge-fest. The main driver of the plot is revenge, the 'we want resources from planet Avatar' isn't a main plot point, or at least it's not what the story is about - it's about one man/Avatar's bloodlust against another Avatar (and kill anyone who gets in the way Rambo style)
midoridensha 4y ago
Is all this dysfunction you describe in Avatar 2 with the humans in the movie, or the aliens? If it's the humans, I don't see the problem: the original movie depicted humans pretty poorly too, that was kinda the point.
- jvm___ 4y ago
  Both. The humans are secondary characters to the revenge plot, they're just helpers to the main revenge theme. Neither human not Avatar groups are functional in a family sense. When there's time to be a loving family, no one is (unless someone died). They do work together during battle, but there's almost no friendship, empathy or unselfish love in the movie. The four of us who saw it could think of 3 relationships that were positive or had any sort of positive element to them. One relationship was only a nostalgic scene included so it could be referenced at the end of the movie.

by jvm___ 4y ago

TeMPOraL 4y ago

I'm yet to watch the movie (reconsidering after reading this), but now I have to ask: does the sequel involve humans, and if yes, does it explain why the original antagonists didn't do the obvious thing, which is to drop a thermobaric bomb on that stupid tree, or otherwise sterilize the whole area from orbit, and then get back to their mining operations?

mac01021 4y ago
If you liked the first one you'll probably like the second one too. It sounds like the GP probably hadn't seen an avatar movie before?
- jvm___ 4y ago
  We watched them back to back over two days. The first movie had a romantic couple and lots of characters exploring the beauty of Avatar and discovering it's world. It felt like that part was missing from Avatar 2.
jvm___ 4y ago
The plot of the movie is that a human wants to kill the Avatar who killed him in the first movie. Except dead-human got reanimated as an Avatar creature. That's the first 5 minutes so it's not really a spoiler. There are other humans, but they're just assistants to the revenge-fest. The main driver of the plot is revenge, the 'we want resources from planet Avatar' isn't a main plot point, or at least it's not what the story is about - it's about one man/Avatar's bloodlust against another Avatar (and kill anyone who gets in the way Rambo style)

midoridensha 4y ago

Is all this dysfunction you describe in Avatar 2 with the humans in the movie, or the aliens? If it's the humans, I don't see the problem: the original movie depicted humans pretty poorly too, that was kinda the point.

jvm___ 4y ago
Both. The humans are secondary characters to the revenge plot, they're just helpers to the main revenge theme. Neither human not Avatar groups are functional in a family sense. When there's time to be a loving family, no one is (unless someone died). They do work together during battle, but there's almost no friendship, empathy or unselfish love in the movie. The four of us who saw it could think of 3 relationships that were positive or had any sort of positive element to them. One relationship was only a nostalgic scene included so it could be referenced at the end of the movie.