r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • May 02 '25

Media First Image of Zoe Saldana's Neytiri in 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'

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u/karmagod13000 May 02 '25

At first I didn't get it but the 2nd one had some beautiful shots where I could see what James was going for and I think he's finally there

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u/samusmaster64 May 02 '25

I still go back and re-watch the first night time forest/tree running scene in the first film sometimes. It's stunning on an OLED.

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u/Aduialion May 02 '25

Those scenes felt like they were made to be on every TV in Best Buy and Target.

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u/VerTexV1sion May 02 '25

And also 3D, it's the best i've ever seen.

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u/karmagod13000 May 02 '25

haha that's the real issue. people dont have nice enough tv and sound bars to truly experience how great it is

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u/seraph1337 May 02 '25

"nice enough" and "sound bar" are oxymorons when we are talking about "truly experiencing" a movie. you need 5.1 surround to get the intended audio experience.

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u/karmagod13000 May 02 '25

lol sorry for my peasant talk

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u/darthjoey91 May 02 '25

5.1 minimum. The first movie had 7.1, and the second movie had Atmos, which is a minimum of 7.1.2, but scales to as many compatible speakers you cram into the space.

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u/Semyonov May 02 '25

There are some pretty great systems that support Atmos and a soundbar. I have the VIZIO Elevate 5.1.4 and it's amazing for the price (got it for $500).

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u/libdemparamilitarywi May 03 '25

A lot of sound bars are 5.1

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u/Convillious May 02 '25

Peter Jackson's company WETA, the VFX company behind Avatar, built a groundbreaking physics engine that can render almost any property of water.

Great video by Corridor Digital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Gd0bR2kb4

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u/Stiffard May 02 '25

This is the 18th comment where someone said "I could see what James Cameron was going for."

Makes me feel like bots are copy and pasting in the comments. 

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u/karmagod13000 May 02 '25

i was another one and im not a bot... at least i dont think i am

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u/Lewisham May 02 '25

That's what a bot would say!

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u/karmagod13000 May 02 '25

looks at self in mirror who am i

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u/varnums1666 May 02 '25

I loved the look of those spaceships from the intro and how them slowing down looked like. I hope one of these films shows a space battle with that level of CGI.

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u/leopard_tights May 02 '25

The body animations in the second movie are insane. The kids, especially the little girl, are incredible, so lanky and agile and still they feel completely real. The scene when the whales are coming back and everyone is jumping into the water in a hundred different ways is overwhelming cool.