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</i>. Think back to the rest of movies James Cameron has made.</p><p id="a74a">| The Terminator (writer/director) | Rambo: First Blood Part II (writer) | Aliens (writer/director) | The Abyss (writer/director) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (writer/director) | Point Break (uncredited writer) | True Lies (writer/director) | Titanic (writer/director) |</p><p id="3124">I’ve seen all of those movies a million or so times. How about you?</p><p id="c3bc">Now ask yourself another question.</p><p id="4a93">If you knew you were going to get an experience from <i>Avatar: The Way of the Water</i> on the same level as any of the movies on that list…wouldn’t you be the first in line on opening night?</p><figure id="6a79"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*48jrgnEFEadiwbVmsB77Qw.png"><figcaption>Aliens and Avatar (20th Century Studios)</figcaption></figure><p id="b34a">Because aside from <i>Avatar</i>, Cameron’s movies are bangers. The scripts may not always be as innovative as Christopher Nolan’s younger brother Jonathan’s, but they make James Cameron culturally relevant in a way Avatar doesn’t have to be.</p><p id="4525">That last thought illuminates why we’re still asking whether <i>Avatar</i> is culturally relevant. The answer is so hard to answer because it’s asking the wrong question about the wrong thing.</p><p id="e575">Or rather, about the wrong person.</p><p id="0c9a">The question isn’t whether <i>Avatar</i> is still culturally relevant. It’s whether James Cameron is still culturally relevant. It’s whether the auteur who has more than once revolutionized the film industry still has anyt

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hing left in the chamber.</p><p id="fef7">Because I gotta say…if you agree with me that a great script would have made <i>Avatar</i> into a perfect movie?</p><p id="5f4c"><i>Avatar: The Way of the Water</i> will probably be the best movie you’ve seen since the last James Cameron banger you couldn’t stop rewatching.</p><p id="0ec4">Just in time to potentially see this at least a dozen times before Christmas, <i>Avatar: The Way of the Water</i> is scheduled for release in theaters on December 16, 2022.</p><div id="4d5f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/ranked-ten-worst-tom-cruise-movies-according-to-rotten-tomatoes-8da810d83cd4"> <div> <div> <h2>Ranked: Ten Worst Tom Cruise Movies (According To Rotten Tomatoes)</h2> <div><h3>Tom Cruise has made 42 movies. These 10 are cloaked in failure.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*CYojAtTBwwKaa61BEKywHg.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="8c89"><i>If you like my work and want to support it, <a href="https://ko-fi.com/stephenieedits">send me a tip</a> or become a subscriber for Queer History on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/translatingeverything">Patreon</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/@TransgenderSoapbox">Medium</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@translatingeverything101">YouTube</a>, or <a href="https://cooltransmom.substack.com/">Substack</a></i></p></article></body>

Response To The Filmcast: Is “Avatar” Still Culturally Relevant?

Was it ever? And even if it wasn’t…why am I so excited for “Avatar 2"?

Graphic by author, elements from Avatar (20th Century Studios) and photo by Lucy Nicholson from Vanity Fair

I’ll be honest with you. There is nothing interesting about the story or script for Avatar.

Having said that, literally everything else about the movie is awe inspiring. The 3D stands the test of time as one of the premiere experiences so strong, it resurrected a 3D-craze for other movies that’s still slowly fading. Zoe Saldana remains the greatest actress to rarely show her true face, and I’ll watch anything with Sigourney Weaver at least once. Oh yeah, and a horror icon played the bad guy.

Fact: has any other movie been mentioned more times than Avatar on The Filmcast? I rest my case.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Paramount Pictures)

But the script. Good lord, that script. What more is there to say?

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s discuss why we should all be excited for Avatar: The Way of the Water. Think back to the rest of movies James Cameron has made.

I’ve seen all of those movies a million or so times. How about you?

Now ask yourself another question.

If you knew you were going to get an experience from Avatar: The Way of the Water on the same level as any of the movies on that list…wouldn’t you be the first in line on opening night?

Aliens and Avatar (20th Century Studios)

Because aside from Avatar, Cameron’s movies are bangers. The scripts may not always be as innovative as Christopher Nolan’s younger brother Jonathan’s, but they make James Cameron culturally relevant in a way Avatar doesn’t have to be.

That last thought illuminates why we’re still asking whether Avatar is culturally relevant. The answer is so hard to answer because it’s asking the wrong question about the wrong thing.

Or rather, about the wrong person.

The question isn’t whether Avatar is still culturally relevant. It’s whether James Cameron is still culturally relevant. It’s whether the auteur who has more than once revolutionized the film industry still has anything left in the chamber.

Because I gotta say…if you agree with me that a great script would have made Avatar into a perfect movie?

Avatar: The Way of the Water will probably be the best movie you’ve seen since the last James Cameron banger you couldn’t stop rewatching.

Just in time to potentially see this at least a dozen times before Christmas, Avatar: The Way of the Water is scheduled for release in theaters on December 16, 2022.

Ranked: Ten Worst Tom Cruise Movies (According To Rotten Tomatoes)

Tom Cruise has made 42 movies. These 10 are cloaked in failure.

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