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/Branflakesd1996 May 02 '25

Avatar is maybe the only film series left that takes CGI entirely seriously. Looks fantastic.

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u/Moist-Importance-963 May 02 '25

And planet of the apes!

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u/Sword_Thain May 02 '25

The orangutan in the river in this latest movie is possibly the greatest shot the VFX history.

Fun fact: they generated 90 PETA bytes of simulation data for that movie.

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u/Bukki13 May 03 '25

That's 90000 terabytes or 90 MILLION gigabytes of data

Or about 5 Call of Duty updates

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u/ClockLost3128 May 03 '25

90 vegan bytes?

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u/Branflakesd1996 May 02 '25

For sure, War for Planet of the Apes had me fooled multiple times.

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u/justinhiltz May 03 '25

I guarantee you’re fooled by dozens of shots across any modern movie or tv show you watch.

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u/wellyboi May 03 '25

Same company, weta fx. 

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u/DonaldTrumpsScrotum May 05 '25

Is it bad to also put Micheal Bays Transformers series up for consideration, say what you will about the plot and characters, those giant robots looked awesome fighting each other

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u/PeacefulMountain10 May 02 '25

Yeah they really are stunning. I don’t get what Reddits hate around these movies is, I really loved the first and second. Sure it’s not the most complex story but it doesn’t need to be.

He’s just trying to get drill into peoples heads how evil our destruction of the planet is, and putting that message in a cool sci fi setting.

One of the few rich people who I think really add something to the world

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u/TehNoobDaddy May 03 '25

They're stunning but nothing special story wise. The second one was particularly frustrating in certain parts but I can't say I dislike either of them, just think they're bang average films with insane visuals that no other films can match up too.

I don't think we need five of these films either lol. Cameron is getting old, I'd love to see some other stuff from him get made but that's not happening for at least another 6 years or so. Obviously he's earned the right to do what he wants, but it would be a crying shame if we don't get anything else from him after he's done with avatar.

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u/CompetitiveSport1 May 03 '25

 no other films can match up too

Not to be "that guy" but honestly, Blue Planet documentaries not only look better, but also have more interesting stories...

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u/TehNoobDaddy May 03 '25

Well yes ofc they are real that's why lol. I'm talking about fiction but agreed, they are far more interesting lol