Movie: Avatar: Fire and Ash
Running Time: 3:17
Nominated for: Visual Effects, Costumes
How I watched: AMC
When it had me: Nope
When it lost me: The first Avatar
What systems does it challenge: Militarized Colonization and/or indigenous people's sovereignty.
How is this nominated for costumes when the costumes are all CGI? I realize someone had to design them but it's like we are trivializing the entire act of bringing the costumes to life. It seems kinda fishy to me.
Anyway, three hours and 17 minutes is too long. You know how I feel.
Jake Sully continues to bring his culture to the Na'vi which means more guns and emotional unavailability.
Jake Sully continues to ask Na'vi to trust him and then immediately gets them all killed or their homes destroyed.
The white saviorism is uncomfortable.
Good news! I did meet another witch! I was hoping I would but they kept everything she did a mystery so I didn't learn any new tricks.
The visuals are beautiful, like the screensavers they use to sell TVs at Costco.
The dialog is stiff and unnatural. The visual effects even seemed spotty and not that great. Did we just have an off screening?
The action and pacing of the film actually move along pretty well. It carries forward logically from one scene to the next with a good balance of action and reflection. Look, this is a bare minimum kind of compliment but I actually see a lot of films that don't manage this.
How many times will James Cameron be allowed to make this movie? I think his plans include about 7 right now...am I really going to have to do this four more times???
Major Upside: there are some really cute CGI otters!
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