cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26492957

James Cameron shared on Friday that the upcoming “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” set to release Dec. 19, 2025, will be even longer than its predecessor “The Way Of Water.”

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    I mean sure whatever but at the end of the day you’re just remaking pocahontas poorly for the third time.

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      People keep saying this kind of thing, without understanding there are only a couple dozen stories. Literally, every good story is a version of something else. Maybe at best, a mash up of a couple.

      Edit: here is a decent page that covers them all.

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          Plot and story are overrated.
          If that’s what really made a movie, a synopsis would be just as good. And way cheaper to make.

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        I bet Pocahontas itself is also a version of something older, but I’m not versed enough in classical literature to know what it might be.

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    I generally believe most movies should be shorter and that there’s a lot of room for addition by subtraction. That said, if a movie earns its runtime then I don’t think there’s an upper limit to how long it can be. Lawrence of Arabia is 3 hours and 45 minutes and it’s incredible, I don’t think I’d cut anything in it besides the long black intro screen which is a relic of its time. I would say justifying that run time gets exponentially harder past a certain point.

    With Way of Water sitting at 3 hours and 12 minutes I do think Avatar 3 needs an intermission if it’s going to be longer. Asking people to sit and be fully engaged for 3 and a half hours is a big ask and having a chance to go to the bathroom, get snacks, stretch your legs, etc is needed for something that massive

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    Don’t particularly care about the length. Just make it better than the last one, because it fell a long way down from the first one.