James Cameron's Avatar Sequels Possible Titles Revealed

[Markonian]

Found Avatar toys by McFarlane and LEGO at Smyths in Manchester, England!

Might’ve bought some…
Vehicles has the Commander Nathaniel Taylor BattleTech suit, and the helicopter.

I’m hoping somebody makes the Valkyrie shuttle.

Now that I got toys, I will watch the sequel in the cinema.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

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Early reactions appear to be generally positive.

 

[JD]

This will be the first movie in ages I've seen in 3D. I'm assuming like the first one, that's really the way it's meant to be seen.

 

[Awesome Possum]

I'm going to an IMAX 3D screening, once the edible kicks in I'll be meeting James Cameron on Pandora.

 

[theenglish]

This will be the first movie in ages I've seen in 3D. I'm assuming like the first one, that's really the way it's meant to be seen.

I'm assuming that it is meant to be in 3D as well. I quickly stopped paying money to see films in 3D that were not filmed with the intention of being seen that way. Something about films intended to be seen in 3D is that (and maybe this is just my imagination and poor memory) you feel really immersed in the world like your attention is drawn to other parts of the screen other than where the action is focused.

 

[Markonian]

If Watervatar turns out to be as much of a success as its predecessor, perhaps it can safe the surviving cinema chains from closing.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I'm assuming that it is meant to be in 3D as well.

Will it really be, though? I haven't seen mention of 3D via Cameron or otherwise, stating that it would be 3D. None of the trailers mention it, and I think that if it did, it would feature prominently at the end of the trailers. Clicking on the movie at my theatre's website where they're selling advance tickets shows no mention of 3D either. Even if it does have 3D, it might be limited to the IMAX technology which uses lasers for its projection, which also limits where it can be shown. For instance, there's one IMAX theatre in my city, and it's not at a multiplex, but rather at our science centre where they periodically show Hollywood movies, but its main objective is for showing nature and science documentaries, and any hollywood movies it does show is usually shown later and less frequently.

 

[Prometheus59650]

If Watervatar turns out to be as much of a success as its predecessor, perhaps it can safe the surviving cinema chains from closing.

It's not going to save cinemas when the problem has been a profound lack of steady content this year. There was nothing to hype. There's an oasis of frenzy between long stretches of desert this year. Take fall. The only thing with any hype in August was Bullet Train. After that, there was nothing to speak of until Oct and Black Adam.

Then nothing until Wakanda.

Then basically nothing until Avatar.

After Avatar the BO is basically dead until February with Ant-Man.

'23 is the big test because it's basically a return to pre-pandemic normal in terms of a regular stream of something to see. And when it comes to that, I just don't know that cinemas will recover because, while they are still important to the film's bottom line, with streaming windows so shortened there isn't a huge incentive to rush to the theater.

Even for myself, Avatar looks like the same film as the first one and, while I'm curious, I can absolutely wait for it to show up on Disney+ in two months for the price I'm already paying for D+.

 

[JD]

Will it really be, though? I haven't seen mention of 3D via Cameron or otherwise, stating that it would be 3D. None of the trailers mention it, and I think that if it did, it would feature prominently at the end of the trailers. Clicking on the movie at my theatre's website where they're selling advance tickets shows no mention of 3D either. Even if it does have 3D, it might be limited to the IMAX technology which uses lasers for its projection, which also limits where it can be shown. For instance, there's one IMAX theatre in my city, and it's not at a multiplex, but rather at our science centre where they periodically show Hollywood movies, but its main objective is for showing nature and science documentaries, and any hollywood movies it does show is usually shown later and less frequently.

There is a TV add I've seen a few times that says that it's better in 3D.
Here it is:

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[Owain Taggart]

Hmm, interesting. I wonder if that means some some regions/countries are simply not getting that version.

 

[valkyrie013]

Haven't done 3d in quite awhile, will do it for this one.

 

[Markonian]

I’ve seen a trailer where the image is super-wide because the movie plays on 3 screens, side by side.

 

[David cgc]

I’ve seen a trailer where the image is super-wide because the movie plays on 3 screens, side by side.

I saw Star Trek Beyond in that format. I was unimpressed. A lot of the "extended" shots were actually just cropped in to spread over the side-screens and were super-grainy. On Reddit's VFX forum, there's some discussion about the kinds of corner-cutting used to expand screens for that format, with one person calling out specific places in the trailer where the side-screens are noticably lower quality than the main frame. I mentioned in that thread that I might download the ScreenX and normal versions of the trailer and do a side-by-side comparison (EDIT: I did, but a comparison would be pointless; the center screen is identical to the normal movie, there's no cropping or reframing, at least in the trailer).

Honestly, I was shocked the format survived more than ten minutes, and when I found out, I assumed it was just hanging on as a gimmick that was more popular outside of the US, similar to 3D post-conversion, so I was doubly shocked a few weeks ago when I saw Glass Onion at a theater I don't normally go to and saw they had a ScreenX theater.

 

[Ethros]

Looking forward to seeing it, but I'm not a big fan of going to see "family" movies in December. I just hate cinemas/theatres when they're busy. And not because of Covid, just the amount of annoying people is multiplied ten fold. Talking, using their phones, getting up to go for a piss every 3 minutes, munching loudly on their popcorn, slurping their drinks. And it's all even worse when there's children involved, and once the schools close around mid December you can't escape them.
Each to their own but it just personally does my head in. I'll have to try see this at a very early in the day or very late showing.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I eventually saw all the options listed at my theatre. Had to actually click on the 'buy tickets' to see everything listed and there's a whole swath of options. But i'm more likely just to see this in 2D or HFR or whatever it's called as I can't do 3D due to a medical condition at the moment.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Got my ticket for Thursday night.

 

[Starbreaker]

I want to go soooo bad but I think the baby is due any day now.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

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[JirinPanthosa]

The ads are swearing it's the "Movie event of a generation" but they haven't released it to critics yet. Suggests maybe the producers know something we don't. Historically speaking, "Movie events" that expect critical hype get it to critics earlier, and those that don't get it to them later.

I'll probably try to see it in the theaters unless it gets bad word of mouth.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

The ads are swearing it's the "Movie event of a generation" but they haven't released it to critics yet. Suggests maybe the producers know something we don't. Historically speaking, "Movie events" that expect critical hype get it to critics earlier, and those that don't get it to them later.

I'll probably try to see it in the theaters unless it gets bad word of mouth.

There have been a couple of professional movie critics like Kristian Harloff who were at a critics' screening of the film. What is going on is that reviews aren't allowed to be released yet, which is standart with most major movie releases these days, as the studios don't want spoilers to spread too early. A lot of critics who are mostly active on Twitter and YouTube have created the "early reaction" or "social reaction" subcategory, which isn't a full review, keeps plots and story twists out (thus avoiding the studios cracking down on the practice), and simply giving a "first impression", most often directly after seeing the film.

Here are some for The Way of Water:

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