
(This is very funny until the end when he starts doing alternative titles, but funny up to that point)
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 12:11, Reply)

Don’t recall actually watching it through to the end.
I’m sure the sequel will be equally missable.
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 12:59, Reply)

Of all the issues with it, character design is an odd one to pick.
The writing was abysmal. I couldn't name a single character in the film they were all so forgettable. Sigourney Weaver was seemingly only in it so you could say "Oh look, there's Sigourney Weaver". I couldn't even tell you who played either of the lead roles.
The plot was incredibly simplistic. Army bad, trees good.
The world design was incredible... to anyone who's never played a video game.
Was there music?
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:25, Reply)

But what you say doesn't make me want to rush out and see either. Barbie, on the other hand...
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:32, Reply)

variety.com/2022/film/box-office/avatar-2-box-office-opening-weekend-1235464497/
Edit: here's a bonus Variety link variety.com/vip/streamers-fortunes-unlikely-to-improve-much-in-q4-1235447338/
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:05, Reply)

Week 2 is where the real judgement happens. If it sustains that performance then fair play. A huge amount of week 1 will have been pre-books and people who didn't get to see the reviews until the embargo ended. I'm expecting a precipitous drop-off for week 2 as the word gets around.
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:28, Reply)

( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 14:09, Reply)

That's a whole other level. I had to turn it off.
It was worse than having to sit through one of the films that Kermode actually likes.
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:44, Reply)

( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 13:59, Reply)

opines man on internet for free.
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 14:15, Reply)

Mayo is a black hole of charisma, too.
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 17:23, Reply)

Does anyone have any credible film reviewers on YT? Not because I disagree with Kermode on this, but because I can't fucking bear him any longer. British ideally
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 19:09, Reply)

Moviebob? HA!
No. But seriously, I don't think there are any good ones on youtube. Empire's website seems to be tolerable, but I'm not sure what differentiates it from the rest of them.
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 19:49, Reply)

Actually, scratch that. They gave the GotG Holiday Special three stars, so they clearly haven't a clue.
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 19:54, Reply)

I watch two film critic teams, both comedy/semi fictitious parody stuff:
Red Letter Media and On Cinema At The Cinema (though the latter seem to have gone behind a paywall since Adult Swim dropped them).
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 20:34, Reply)

The Weekly Planet covered it this week and seemed pretty even handed.
Have a link.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwPACVQRyGY
( , Mon 19 Dec 2022, 23:27, Reply)

The relevant part is from 57:00 to 1:32:00, I perhaps should have said.
edit: A standalone version of just the Avatar2 review is now available www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlgEaXi-d8U
( , Tue 20 Dec 2022, 12:34, Reply)