Someone showed me an article why James Cameron's movies don't work like normal movies. These movies are basically built to gain views and purchases over months. Most movies make nearly the majority of their money on opening week, but James's movies are designed to slowly collect money over time. People go see it over the weekend, over the holidays, because the kids are on break, etc.
This tends to suggest that that analysis has some merit.
Release window and spectacle kind of films is a better way of describing it. His films are more like amusement park rides. Stories kind of lame but it looks pretty. What Avatar as a series suffers from is a ham fisted political narrative trying to take center stage in what should be a roller coaster.
That just feels like cope because Cameron hasn't released enough movies in his career to make a trend like that. He has directed 10 movies over 45 years. 13 if we include ones he wrote but didn't direct. Is Rambo 2 the same type of movie as Titanic? Do Aliens and Avatar share the same type of marketing appeal?
Avatar has little FOMO discussion to rush people into seats, so that's probably the case. But that's because its a spectacle where the only purpose is to look pretty enough to entrance you. There is nothing in the characters or plot worth talking to other people about.
Someone showed me an article why James Cameron's movies don't work like normal movies. These movies are basically built to gain views and purchases over months. Most movies make nearly the majority of their money on opening week, but James's movies are designed to slowly collect money over time. People go see it over the weekend, over the holidays, because the kids are on break, etc.
This tends to suggest that that analysis has some merit.
Well, not good, more like, "normie palatable", but yes.
Release window and spectacle kind of films is a better way of describing it. His films are more like amusement park rides. Stories kind of lame but it looks pretty. What Avatar as a series suffers from is a ham fisted political narrative trying to take center stage in what should be a roller coaster.
That just feels like cope because Cameron hasn't released enough movies in his career to make a trend like that. He has directed 10 movies over 45 years. 13 if we include ones he wrote but didn't direct. Is Rambo 2 the same type of movie as Titanic? Do Aliens and Avatar share the same type of marketing appeal?
Avatar has little FOMO discussion to rush people into seats, so that's probably the case. But that's because its a spectacle where the only purpose is to look pretty enough to entrance you. There is nothing in the characters or plot worth talking to other people about.