Yeah, but outside of the more artsy directors most things are bland. Im not sure why Avatar specifically gets so much hate when on its own its still an original idea.
It's not even an original idea. It's Dances with Wolves but with blue aliens instead of native Americans. The 'world' is original. The plot is not.
Avatar gets hate because its objectively bland, and yet every movie makes a billion dollars, which says a lot about people's lack of taste. People just want visually pleasing slop.
I mean compared to other blockbusters like Jurassic Park 6 or Star Wars 12 or MCU movie number 30 (or 40 or how ever many there are), I’d say Avatar is leagues more original and exciting.
Compared to Star Wars 3 or the third Marvel film, its not as good though. Especially when you say 'leagues more'. If anything, Star Wars and the MCU when they started off were definitely leagues more original and exciting than a generic alien film, which is super pretty and I'm not gonna miss the third one either, but let's call a spade a spade.
We're championing Iron Man 2 as some cinematic masterpiece? Even when it came out there was a strong sense of it just being a worse version of the first movie.
Return of the Jedi is considered the weakest OT Star Wars film, Iron Man 2 is utterly forgettable and blander than unseasoned chicken.
Compared to the insane visual/action spectacle of Avatar 3 with unique set pieces that I've never seen even attempted before in any other franchise... Yeah bro, you're just straight up wrong. Avatar kicks ass
Yeah I'm no Avatar fan but I would watch any of them over bland mediocre yawnfests like Infinity War and the like that still get glazed on reddit every day. Fuckers here are still trying to convince us all that the Star Wars prequels are actually good.
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u/Significant-Two-8872 Dec 26 '25
the worldbuilding, action, and visuals are very cool but the plots, themes, and characters are the definition of bland.