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- movies@lemm.ee
James Cameron shared on Friday that the upcoming “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” set to release Dec. 19, 2025, will be even longer than its predecessor “The Way Of Water.”
James Cameron shared on Friday that the upcoming “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” set to release Dec. 19, 2025, will be even longer than its predecessor “The Way Of Water.”
The first one was definitely a massive cinematic event because of its visuals and the second one was also an event in itself because it was the sequel to the first film. If the third is released any time soon then I might reconsider going to see it. The gap between the first two was sort of what interested me but the second wasn’t as visually impressive for its time as the first. I would be surprised if there were many Avatar “fans”, though. It just doesn’t have anywhere near enough depth to its characters or their world and a lot of its themes about spirituality and indigeneity feel like some borderline cultural appropriation white guilt stuff. The people who are really into that aspect of the films are revealing quite a lot about themselves and their own insecurities, I think.
I feel this is more telling on you tbh. Honestly as an adult I appreciate it and it’s world building. It’s does portray colonialism and does go into many other interesting topics and world values, unfortunately none of those messages hit you, I’m truly not surprised.
I don’t think it’s them, Avatar is pretty commonly regarded as a classic example of the White Savior trope.
It’s not about whether or not they “hit” me - they are just extremely superfluous and lacking in any depth. If you like the film that’s nice, but its take on colonialism is objectively at a primary school level with its one-dimensional bad guys and noble savages.