I haven’t seen the last two Avatar movies after I found the first one kinda meh. But I’m surprised at how well they do at the box office. I know of nobody that actually saw those (where many people saw the first one). If it comes up, most people will say something like: “Oh they made another? Didn’t know that”.
Am I just so far out of the target audience? Do a lot of kids like these movies?
They’re sci-fi movies for people who aren’t sci-fi nerds. Most people go see it in theaters, have a good time, and then move on with their lives. The kind of people these movies appeal to aren’t the type to get caught up in fandoms and Comic-Con.
And apparently, Avatar is REALLY huge in China.
This is it. I had this conversation on Bluesky the other day; they make a fortune in theaters because everyone knows you MUST see them on the biggest possible screen and then nobody watches them on home media because it looks like dog shit on most TVs.
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I enjoyed the first two well enough. The biggest draw for me is not the story telling, but how visually gorgeous I find them.
My SO watched and liked the second Avatar movie.
I haven’t even seen the first one. I win!
I went to see Avatar not because they’re amazing films, great plots, or because I’m not a serious sci-fi (like unbelievably someone suggested down in the comments).
I went because it had HFR 3D which is rare. I love HFR and think it drastically improves visual films and so I went because it was a scifi spectacle. I’d even go so far as to say I went because in a huge sci-fi nerd, I wanna support all sci-fi films because I like those worlds and stories.
