Avatar - biggest movie, least impact?

[Showdown]

There will be a sequel to it, eventually. And it's airing on TV a lot (is seen on streaming services/rented a lot), so there should be people who remember it and like it enough. Not everything is immediate only a few years after.

I agree. Terminator 2 and Aliens were made 7 years after their originals.

 

[WiredPlanet]

Cameron is a better George Lucas.. King of Summer blockbuster who is able to build worlds and amaze people but whose stories are pretty generic and just serve the visual spectacle (but he at least gets decent quality out of the actors and the story is watchable).

What about other huge hits, Sound of Music, Pretty Woman, Fast n Furious 7, National Lampoon's Animal House, Sixth Sense, Armageddon, the Sting, Love Story and ID4 Independence Day all of these movies made massive money for their time
Can you tell me any of the main characters names in the Sting in Love Story?

 

[dahj]

Avatar 2 has been delayed again.

The last scheduled release date of December 2017 is now inhabited by Star Wars episode VIII, no new date was announced.

 

[WiredPlanet]

'Avatar' is simple, it is simple scifi, Avatar = 'Smurfs' or 'Pocahontas' In Space but I think its 'world building' production and fx did have an impact. You don't need to go to far back even the 80s and 90s you see lame B-movies. Today people are investing big in scifi when they do it and you no longer have cardboard cut outs of some bridge on a spaceship or an Ed-Wood style set. Impact? The movie also help launch actors like Sam Worthington, Joel David Moore and others into mainstream that itself is 'impact', the recognition thing 'I know that girl' or 'I know that guy' and you check out the new movie because you know the actor from somewhere else. Avatar helped set off that whole 3-D thing maybe for the good, maybe for the bad, movies did it before Avatar but its mainstream because of Avatar...I can think of many big movies that had far less impact.

 

[suarezguy]

I remembered the protagonist's name but just barely. I think even people who liked it when it was released felt it had a pretty derivative story and I also wasn't real impressed by the style.

 

[Showdown]

I can think of many big movies that had far less impact.

I think the discussion is about how Avatar is the highest grossing movie as of now, (meaning lots of people saw it, many saw it multiple times) but have a relatively small cultural impact despite its huge box office earnings and millions watching it.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

'Avatar' is simple, it is simple scifi, Avatar = 'Smurfs' or 'Pocahontas' In Space but I think its 'world building' production and fx did have an impact. You don't need to go to far back even the 80s and 90s you see lame B-movies. Today people are investing big in scifi when they do it and you no longer have cardboard cut outs of some bridge on a spaceship or an Ed-Wood style set. Impact? The movie also help launch actors like Sam Worthington, Joel David Moore and others into mainstream that itself is 'impact', the recognition thing 'I know that girl' or 'I know that guy' and you check out the new movie because you know the actor from somewhere else. Avatar helped set off that whole 3-D thing maybe for the good, maybe for the bad, movies did it before Avatar but its mainstream because of Avatar...I can think of many big movies that had far less impact.

Most people would agree that Avatar had technical impact. It raised the bar for visual effects.

The story is where people would dispute the impact. The story is an escape fantasy that is dramatically told, but ultimately forgettable.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Seven years between Alien and Aliens as well.
So at least Cameron has a lot of experience with doing a late follow-up of a popular movie

Oh, I'm not saying there wouldn't or shouldn't be a sequel, even one far apart, Actually, I find I enjoy sequels more the longer it takes for them to appear, as it's part of the anticipation. I'm arguing more on the context of tech between any of the sequels since they're foremost tech spectacles, ie make it quicker and the tech gap won't be quite as big. Can you imagine BttF if it hadn't been filmed back to back as it was?

 

[Reverend]

I always found it curious how frequently people level the charge "the story is straight forward!" as if this is some fundamental flaw. Where exactly in the marketing were these people promised a twisty mystery tale with a massive twist to look forward to? I ask because all I saw in the marketing was "hey, look at all the pretty effects! Come watch in 3D!!!" As far as I'm concerned it delivered what it promised and that the plot happened to the coherent and the story competently told is a resounding plus.

Anyway, the least these people could do is get their analogies straight. It's not "Dances with Wolves meets The Smurfs" it's "Dances with Wolves gets hired by The Medicine Man, who's also Diane Fossy in The Last Rainforest with Smurfs".
I thought having Sigourney Weaver playing Sean Connery while simultaneously reprising her role from 'Gorillas in the Mist' was a hilarious touch.

 

[dahj]

Actually, I find I enjoy sequels more the longer it takes for them to appear, as it's part of the anticipation.

You'll love Avatar 2 then!

But on the whole there doesn't seem to be any anticipation for Avatar 2 from anywhere.
It just got delayed again and nobody even noticed.

 

[lurok]

Scully rather than Sully came to mind...but close enough considering haven't seen in X years.

Really couldn't give a toss about its impact. Mildly interested in next instalment (I am a big Cameron fan though, and seen everything he's made...as well as met him)