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Blue_Popo posted...

Makes sense 70% of the money is from international. I think the lack of plot/character developmwnt helps, just lets people see visuals for 3 hours

I mean sure the story is simple and it relies on typical family movie clicheds, but saying it has no character development is a flat out lie. I saw the movie and I can instantly tell what James Cameron was going for, simple story but full on immersion with its world building. I'm just fucking impressed how well the CGI blends so well with the human characters when they are side by side with each other. I'm used to abominations like She Hulk or the Dinosaurs from the recent Jurassic World franchise just standing out like a sore thumb with the terrible CGI that it's nice to see it well implemented. Also sometimes less is more. Simple stories to elevate other aspects of the movie sometimes helps it as well. His other iconic movies like Terminator 2 and Aliens all have cliched simple stories that been done to death but yet are considered Iconic because of how well done the movies are made. On the opposite end of the spectrum, sometimes you make your story too Complex you get stuff like Tenant that it becomes "exposition" the movie or it being a convoluted mess like with the Kingdom Hearts series.

I'm not 100% defending the movie though as I do have gripes with it like the editing from scene to scene sometimes, the movie length (especially the third act), and the dialogue being forgettable (which is weird because James Cameron is known to have iconic lines as well). It's still a solid 8/10 movie from me.