Trap Jesus
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- Feb 13, 2012
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I just think he's such an interesting figure in the movie industry. From 1998 to 2020 he will have directed a grand total of 1 feature length film, Avatar in 2009. Assuming a later in the year release date for Avatar 2 in 2021, that's 1 movie in a 24 year span. Avatar was one of the biggest financial successes of all time, but nobody really seems to bring it up as a great movie, and it's generally a pretty "meh" reception when people reflect back on it. It was seen as a big thing for 3D movies, but people grew out of that after a while, and when looking back it doesn't seem to be as important as it was when it came out.
Who knows what will happen with all of these Avatar movies that will be released next decade, but I think it's interesting that he still has this aura about him as one of the biggest directors today, when he's barely released anything in the last 20+ years, and the one movie he did release had a mixed reception. Do you think how infrequent his releases have been adds to a mystique around him? Basically that he can just swoop in out of the blue and drop these massive blockbuster movies.
Who knows what will happen with all of these Avatar movies that will be released next decade, but I think it's interesting that he still has this aura about him as one of the biggest directors today, when he's barely released anything in the last 20+ years, and the one movie he did release had a mixed reception. Do you think how infrequent his releases have been adds to a mystique around him? Basically that he can just swoop in out of the blue and drop these massive blockbuster movies.