Hey everyone! Thank you for your patience with this one considering it was supposed to be out two weeks ago for the release of The Way Of Water (the greatest movie of all time) before I got sick. All okay now though 🙌 There's a huge 2023 on the horizon for this channel now that my output is speeding up, so keep it locked here for more WHY I LOVE videos (as well as some new surprises) going into the new year. Keep safe, keep loving, and I'll see you all again soon ❤
I love how some people can get over the imperfections of something and just loving it for what it is Not everything has to be perfect for it to be really freaking good Although, i have to disagree with you on saying that Avatar 2 is the GOAT, i have to give that title to LotR
the clip of James Cameron saying he wanted to be so far ahead no one could ever catch up actually is so absurdly confident and made so much more funny by the fact that he did it not once but twice
@Daniel Shakespeare I agree Titanic is visually stunning and leagues ahead of its time but other movies have more than caught up to it in detail imo. Avatar is different because in 13 years the only person who's proven they could beat or even meet where James Cameron was at in 2009 is James Cameron in 2022
Mad respect for James Cameron, the whole world think they’ve got the jump on him, he always has a plan to do something greater and he’s always one step ahead of the entire world. And the movie Avatar was a genuine dream of his, he literally said that when he was in uni, he saw a dream of a bioluminescent forest and when he woke up he immediately made a sketch of it on a piece of paper, and decades later he achieved his dream by making avatar.
I'm so glad that amongst all of the, in my opinion, misplaced hate for Avatar, there are so many amazing fans and creators online coming out and showing their love for this franchise. When I saw Avatar in 2009, I was thirteen, and quickly became enamored with Pandora and the universe James Cameron created. As the hype died down, I felt like I was one of the only remaining fans, but it's so nice to see how much this film meant to everyone. And The Way of Water is amazing, too. I can't wait to see what Big Jim has in store for us in the future.
Oddly I only saw it once in the cinemas, but I did fall asleep to it every night for a long, long time. I also bought the 3 hour extended cut disc set with like 4 hours of behind the scenes footage lol.
the biggest issue with avatar is that’s it’s so hard to demonstrate how great it is anywhere but a cinema… in 3D. I’m very aware of the irony of saying “LOOK HOW AMAZING THIS LOOKS” but in a UA-cam video it looks like a PS4 cut scene 😂 great job on this!
It does not look like a PS4 game. Just look at Ubisoft's Frontiers of Pandora, an upcoming PS5 game, and compare it to Avatar (2009). You can immediately tell the differences in realism, details, and believability. 3D format mainly contributes to the immersion aspect of the experience. It does not require 3D to see the world building, the rendering, the animation, the immense amount of details. The Avatar films may look like games because it's so vibrant and colourful, unlike most other "realistic" CGI movies which look very grainy, foggy, monochromatic, or sometimes straight-up bland.
I've always watched movies in 2D standard format, since 3D never 'spoke to me'. I love, and loved avatar since 2009, and always think it looked great. Watched Avatar 2 now in Cinema twice now, and I love it just as much, And it gives me the feeling of amazing and all that goodie stuff with that :)
As a person whose brain keeps analysing the technical filmmaking aspects while watching a movie, the sheer overwhelming mastery of Avatar 2 made my brain give up and I was more immersed in that film than I've ever been in a movie. That was what James was going for and he succeeded. I was so awed by the perfection of every single effect in the movie that I didn't even think about the perfect comping of Spider until I got home and started replaying the movie in my head. Every little thing in Avatar is a filmmaking achievement and Avatar 2 made me finally realise that I was foolish for ever doubting James Cameron.
@@LukeLovesRose I should explain myself more. The storyline in the first avatar is great, it fits, it works, nothing to say about it. SImple but effective. The second movie though, has basically the same storyline over again. It's technically outstanding and it looks amazing, but the writing is pretty lazy and doesn't work near as well as in the first movie.
Avatar is a magical film, one of the most immersive I’ve had the pleasure to lay my eyes upon. You summarised that feeling of visiting Pandora again perfectly Bailey!
Something that I realized (at least imo) about the "what are their names???" is that: if you watch a movie like once & never again for years, it isn't a part of a series or collection of media (comics, shows, etc), the movie's name isn't the name of a character, & it isn't constantly being brought up, yeah you're not gonna remember anybody names. Coupled with the fact that many of the characters have difficult names to pronounce. Name a character from The Great Gatsby that isn't Gatsby (heck, what's his real name?), name a character from the revenant, basically any horror movie (except of course Jason, Michael, Freddy, Chucky, & similar), & way more movies. Remembering a name doesn't mean the movie is good. There are plenty of movies that are considered good & well liked and people can't remember a single name. At this point, can you name, lets say 15, characters that arent from the marvel or DC movies & that isn't super well-known to the point where you don't need to see the movie to know about em?
Yeah, I haven't watched Gladiator in a long time so when I was talking to some friends about it I just said "the gladiator" because Maximus Decimus Meridius wasn't a name I could recall super easily. Still a fantastic movie
The number of my film snob friends who have been dismissing Avatar 2 because it’s “just effects” or “just a video game cutscene” are driving me ffffnnnn crazy.
Guys, unobtainium is a thing that predates Avatar. The word was coined by engineers in the 1950s to refer to a theoretical, costly material that has the exact properties needed for a particular use. Unobtainium in Avatar references this concept. Unobtainium isn't dumb. Just look up the term on Wikipedia.
Missed 'Avatar' in theaters back in 2009, and finally getting to watch the 4K remaster in IMAX 3D this year changed me. I get it, I wanted to go back immediately, I completely understood why people went back 5-6 times and the movie has made nearly 3 billion dollars.
I was one of those people. Then, I did it again with TWOW. It is very difficult to describe in words how these films "feel" as a cinematic experience. Somehow JC has managed to create a sense of immersion that almost resembles a waking dream. Perhaps it doesn't work on everyone, but I'm a very empathetic experiential person by nature and clearly wired for it.
This was fantastic! I really didn't want to leave Pandora after the Way of Water ended (plus I didn't want people seeing me crying). I need more from this franchise, comics video games, funko pops...etc I'm all in on Avatar.
I just don't know why anybody living in the era of the MCU should complain about the name "Unobtanium" when they celebrate such patently ridiculous superhero flicks. If they also complained about superheroes who are always posing as if for a cover photo in suits that look made for movies, not for real life, and complained about the "infinity stones" I'd say fair game, but people aren't doing that. It's super aggravating that it's acceptable to criticize Avatar, everybody covering the movie seems to have to say, "Yeah, I know it's got problems, but I still like it", out of fear of rejection for liking Avatar, yet James Cameron and other filmmakers can't call out superhero flicks for their shallowness. People are so stupid in propping up the superhero space and shooting down Avatar it's unreal.
This video gave me such a deep appreciation of the artistry behind Avatar that I’d honestly naively overlooked. The passion in what you’re saying just deeply resonated with me. This is a banger of a video.
I couldn't have said it better. Avatar franchise is just peak escapism, everything is so well thought out to put you in this extremely immersive world, not just the visuals, but the world-building, the story, the symbolism, the details, I trully think Avatar is the quintessential movie theater experience, there's nothing quite like it. As someone who also loves playing videogames, I never had realized how the experience of watching Avatar is very similar to gaming, I just had this feeling I couldn't explain as to why I love this movie so much and you just put it perfectly.
Your love for the mediums that I create, consume, and cherish is revitalizing. Thank you, Bailey, for all the effort and time you put into reminding us why these stories matter and how our lives are changed as an audience.
Watching this develop on Twitter + Patreon has been a very fun and interesting journey. Glad it’s finally done, I can tell this is about to do numbers.
"Avatar" has a special place in my heart because, at 14 years old, I saw it with my dad and fell in love with the world. Now, I have a Master's degree in natural resources and can watch it with a new lens.
To the people to claim that “Unobtanium” is a dumb name for a metal… have you ever heard of TITANium? THORium? or Californium? Americium? Einsteinium? Bohrium? These are all real names for elements. Say what you will about scientists, but they aren’t very original with naming.
I’ve been a fan of Avatar since the first time I saw it in theaters 13 years ago at 5 years old. It has *always* been my favorite movie, and I mean always. I’ve never loved something more. However I have never been able to actually put in to words just *why* I love the movie. I could say the visuals, the world, the immersion is the best answer I have, but I’ve never been able to fully explain. When I try to, I always get this full feeing of passion and adoration in my chest, but there are no words to put to the feeling. These are the words I’ve been looking for all this time. I’ve been searching for this for 13 years; this is my ‘why.’ Thank you.
This is wonderful. Thanks for making this video. As a OLD dude who's NEVER played an immersive video game in his life...I understood your examples and truly believe you hit the mark. Thank you.
i’d never seen avatar until a friend recommended it to me last march and i’m so glad they did because, until this video, i’ve never really been able to understand why i loved it so much, but now i do. amazing vid❤
I know story-wise Avatar is not some masterpiece, nor is it James Cameron's best movie but this is Cameron's most personal work😌❤️ and you can tell man, you can tell!! The amount of work gone in rendering is environments, the na' vis, filling the world with insane number of details and the list goes on!!🤯🤯 The sheer scope and scale of this movie really overwhelms you in such a way that there is nothing other than "you, your avatar and the dream that you're living"🤩❤️🔥🔥
James Cameron is the master of 3D cinematography and Avatar is the purest and simplest example of his craft. Avatar didnt become the No. 1 movie of all time simply because it looked pretty. Cameron has been immersing audiences the same way since 1984 with The Terminator.
I know it’s peoples opinions on whether to like something or not, but I’m extremely baffled by all the hate on Avatar, like u said people forget about the characters, people keep saying it’s a generic hero and villain story, people keep saying that it’s like Pocahontas or dancing with wolves. Like come on it’s impossible to hate a movie like Avatar where you’ve got everything that was carefully studied by James Cameron, like the near future technology used in the film, and the alien wildlife having 6 limbs since pandora has light gravity compared to Earth. This is one of many reasons Avatar is my favorite sci fi movie, and I’ve literally become somewhat of a nerd, like ask me what type of vehicle or animal in the movie and I might either know it or need time to remember it. If we look at Avatar 2 we can see some new helicopters like the Kestrel which replaces the Samson and the Sea wasp replacing the Scorpion, etc.
Really loved this one! It's a great angle to come at the movie from, and goes a long way to expressing why some of regurgitated criticisms of it feel a bit short-sighted (and after following along on Twitter a bit, I appreciate all of the effort you put into the VA and editing - it shows).
I've never understood people's need to be the hipster that hates on Avatar as if it were some sort of badge of individualism when it's just the latest bs trend. I saw Avatar in glorious IMAX, and it was, well, glorious. I 'only' saw the Way of Water in Real 3D on a screen that wasn't nearly large enough, but it was still a wonder to behold. It was better paced and much more relatable than the first, and I consider it a stronger film all around.
Another absolute BANGER from King Bailey 😎. Seriously, one of my favs you’ve done in a while. F the haters Avatar rules, always has. Cameron understands what people REALLY care about with blockbusters even if THEY DON’T!
I adore this video, though I have one main criticism. There has been a film that’s both caught up with and surpassed the experience of this film. It’s called Avatar 2.
i actually still think the first movie handles this concept better, but 2 is definitely the more expansive and absorbing movie. seen it three times already!
@@LoverboyMedia I’m hoping to see it a third time before it leaves cinemas with a fat wad of cash. You know, from all the people that apparently don’t care about Avatar lol
Yessss been patiently waiting for this one! Can’t wait to watch this and probably cry by the end lol. I absolutely love the content bailey! You literally never miss!
Avatar was my favorite movie as a child, I couldn't have told you why back then. I was 9, I didn't know nothing about filmmaking, and I didn't have a critical bone in my body. But every time it was on, I tuned in completely for 2 hours and 41 minutes. My mother utilized this when she wanted time to herself. All this to say, I don't love Avatar like I used, ever since Endgame I've never loved any blockbuster more than a creative independent movie. I don't think I'll ever again prefer an immersive experience over a purely innovative experience. But I am going to see The Way of Water with my family on New Years, and I am still excited. So in honor of you, I'll make sure to clean my glasses beforehand, so no smudges will get in the way of Pandora.
I think "Unobtainium" is a perfectly realistic name. Think about who usually will discover new chemistry or elements or biology. Its nerds - people who name some of the oldest microorganisms found "Asgardians" and the subgroups "Lokiarchaeota", "Thorarchaeota", "Odinarchaeota" and "Heimdallarchaeota". If they found a new powerful element they very well "Kryptonitium" or "Unobtanium"
Spot on brother! James Cameron is a classical storyteller/filmmaker, and he's also the epitome of how great 80s and 90s film-making was. He understands the philosophy of classical story telling chronicled in Joseph Campbell's A Hero with a Thousand Faces. New film makers can try to be edgy and deviate from it, but if they deviate too far, it's nothing short of artistic failure _(Ryan Johnson... Cough... Cough The Last Jedi)._ Just re-watched Avatar and my jaw still dropped.
You know what's most funny? James Cameron's Avatar The Game was released BEFORE the first movie, so you *could* unironically say that Avatar is a Video Game Movie. x'D
Let's go! I've only recently boarded the Avatar train seeing the first one in IMAX only a month ago, about to see The Way of Water next week and you couldn't have timed this more perfectly.
I'll never understand the comparisons between Avatar and FernGully. Last time I checked, FernGully is about fairies and a shrunk human fighting against Hexxus, a physical manifestation of nature's dark side.
I remember the first time I saw Avatar, I was 7/8 years old, i wanted to live in that world, the connection with the nature was so pure, Pandora was stunning. Now that I saw Avatar 2 I'm 18 and my inner child is screaming. I remember every single character, animal and I can't wait to see Avatar 3.
I like to think that the subtitle "The Way of Water" is a hoax and the true subtitle is "The Only Good Video Game Movie." Every time the true subtitle is acknowledged, an angel gets its wings and/or James Cameron ascends to the next level of vegan.
I remember feeling so awed when I watched Avatar, but everyone around me was all meh, so I followed suit. Boo me back then, coz now I'm so glad there's been a resurgence in love for this movie and I can say I freaking love it as well for all the reasons you just mentioned, Bailey. After watching Way of Water and rewatching this film, I fell in love all over again with the world, the characters, and the incredible (like really how the hell did they do it???) artistry and passion on display. A lovely video for a beautiful film! ❤️
I had a similar experience. I saw avatar back in 2009, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Over time i hear a ton of criticism about how its a boring, dumb, unoriginal story, and is over all a mediocre, or even bad movie. I started to believe and even repeat many of these criticisms. Seeing it again years later, i can honestly say that avatar is a genuinely great movie. The plot may be full of cliches, but its plot is solid, and the over all premise speaks to me personally. I LOVE avatar. Im finally willing to admit it may be one of my all time favorite movies, and i think james cameron is a genius. He has a vision, and he manifests it for us to enjoy. I look forward to the next 3 movies, and i hope it doesnt stop there. ♥avatar ♥
Fr thank you for making this video bro. I think you make us all understand how deeply we have to go to understand what avatar really stands for. Fr James Cameron changed the world from 2009 and keeps changing it with all these technics
That was a great analysis! Definitely agree with everything you brought up in this. I did an analysis of Avatar too, and what inspires me most about what James Cameron did, is getting us all thinking about possibilities in turning dreams to reality. 🌟
I was going to go on a rant about how Ready Player One is a good video game movie, but you made a wild good point in this. Great video! I love avatar so much, I'm glad there's others with the same passion for this film/now franchise
Well done! Also, I would highly recommend to people to go see the making of AVATAR. Jake Sully running as an Avatar for the 1st time, the bio-luminescent forest sequences and Banshee rides are what make the film an experience and one I seek to go back to, periodically. Since the notion of a video game movie has been brought up, look at an interview with Jordan Vogt-Roberts as he describes: Kubo and the Two Strings, Snowpiercer (movie) and Edge of Tomorrow as the best video game movies that aren't based on any video game. Hope you cover HBO's The Last of Us. Cheers mate!!
I love the movies as well. I just watched avatar 2 a few days ago. 3d, isense, etc. I was so immersed into the movie. I could totally flash out the Theater… something only few movies did to me. the underwater world was breathtaking…. I will totally watch it a second time in the Theaters and I will buy it for home
Extremely well done. This also ties into why this is the greatest magic mushroom movie ever made, you just have to let go and you will have an experience that you have never had with any other movie. I'm so happy other people have discovered this as I keep hearing reports of tons of people watching Avatar 2 on mushrooms, and the mushroom scene has gotten huge since the Pandemic so I think it's really going to give this movie legs at the theatre
bit strange for them to make the movie before the game, either way I'm excited for Frontiers of Pandora next year! /Sarcasm aside Avatar is incredible, and Avatar The Way Of Water is even more so. I was lucky to catch the rerelease of Avatar a few months ago, naturally I watched it in IMAX 3D.
When the whole world think they’ve got the jump on James Cameron, he always has a plan to go one step ahead, a freakin legend. He’s always a risk taker, that’s why we all respect him
Great video! Just found it, and loved this as both a movie lover and a gamer. It's great that Avatar is getting more attention now that it's gotten a sequel. Us fans have felt quite alone for so long.
i saw the movie in german and i didnt even notice that "unobtanium" is a silly name and means impossible/Hard to obtain cause when you pronounce unobtanium in german it sounds like a legit name for a metal XD
Incredible INCREDIBLE video. You’ve compressed my subconscious love and appreciation for this film and found the words to describe it all in such an eloquent and deeply thoughtful way. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Wonderful job. Hope this blows up.
I don't think I'll ever be able to describe or explain how much your passion for the things and media you love infects and inspires me. HECK YES to the incredible things Avatar did and is. And thank you for being unabashedly enthusiastic about how much you love it. Because I feel like there's a chance it could fall into a memed disdain, where everybody is convinced it sucks cuz that's just what everyone talks about. So again, heck yes to this movie and franchise, and an even more vehement heck yes to you who sings its praises. Thank you for pointing out the beauty we might occasionally overlook, and for finding the glorious real in the unreal. And a Happy New Year to you! :)
And this feels even greater at avatar 2. I'ts more than three hours of completely made up EVERYTHING (with the expection of Spider i guess) and not for once i doubted any of that was real. It just feels real. That shit is insane!!!!
Dude this was a very well done video. From the voice the character and emotion within that voice and genuine time and effort into the topic of the video compiled beautifully. From the editing to the score I love it all. You got my sub and I can’t wait for more. Also I love your music taste
I don't know I feel really conflicted watching this but can't really put my feelings to words... first of all a video game movie in my mind is just a movie that's set in the world of a existing video game with characters from the game, for me avatar doesn't feel like a video game, from video games I want good gameplay and having a good story is a nice bonus that acts as motivation or a breather between gameplay sections. And for both movies and games visuals aren't that important its a nice icing on the top but for movies I want an engrossing and thought provoking story with interesting characters and world, avatar did have amazing visuals and world but it felt too 'safe' of a movie I guess, still enjoyed it though. Love your videos and maybe I just was hoping for more focus on defending the movie's script, characters, story structure etc. And calling the movie a video game movie confused me a bit.
@@RolandTechnicalDesigner agreed, I enjoyed Way of Water more as well. I know it's a popular argument point, but I fully agree with most of this video about how mind-blowingly phenomenal Pandora is, it is beyond words how beautiful it is. I understand the argument made in the video that the human characters and the plot with the military wasn't where Cameron's priority laid, and that's a fair enough point, but for me personally that just dragged down the original so much for me, no matter how incredibly insanely beautiful the movie is. I adore Pandora and the Na'vi don't get me wrong, but that doesn't mean anything when I'm bored with the humans, the military that sets up and acts as a framework for the whole thing. I'm glad someone else felt as equally conflicted as me with this whole video. I understand and agree with a lot and even most of it, but I felt similar to you in some of the ways you mentioned and I just talked about.
And funnily enough the movie will most likely be a better “Video Game” than the actual video game that’s coming later this year thanks to Ubisoft’s incompetence (If it were being developed by Guerrilla, it would be a different story).
I not even going to say how much probably have collected so far, so by the LAST time I check...lets see........1.708 BILLION and number 7 in the highest grossing films of all times of the Avatar 2 that everyone of those aholes that spend 14 years claiming NO ONE CARES ABOUT AVATAR.....have to feel pretty damn stupid today, don't you think XD. oh and the name of the main character, Jake Sully, Neytiri, Miles Quarich, Dr. Augustine Grace, Trudy, yeah I think we REMEMBER THE NAMES for the idiots who keep saying that, amazing video man, we just have to laugh now at how dumb this 14 years of wait for the sequel have now show that the first Avatar film was not just pretty graphics or a FLUKE, I never understand.....why people KEEP Betting against James Cameron.....they never learn....I just want to see what now they plan to say for Avatar 3 when ever it comes.
Wow, I have always wanted to make a video essay channel and I thought that I would title the videos why I love blank because I’m not an expert in anything and all I have is a ton of passion for film 😂😂 But you stole my thunder before i even started, you made a whole series with the exact same title I was planning to use and you have covered all of my favorite movies already !! How dare you!! (I love this content-)
Great video, I love your positivity and insight. When Avatar came out I was pretty cynical about it and didn't watch it until a few years after release on DVD. I enjoyed it, then pretty much forgot about it. Friends got me hyped for The Way of Water and I rewatched the first one before catching it in IMAX 3D. I now love this franchise so much. The Way of Water is the only movie that's moved me to tears, maybe I'm just getting soft with age. Anyway I've just found your channel and given you a subscribe and recommended to a few friend. I'll definitely be checking out some of your other video's, and look forward to seeing what you cover next.
And yet, in spite of all these truths, the original movie actually spawned a very mediocre video game, EVEN THOUGH the aliens franchise has spawned THREE fantastic games, two covering the second movie on the SNES and Genesis, and one about the original movie more recently. WHY hasn't Avatar gotten a decent actual video game ??? Why ?
I always find it funny how I remember Tsutey and Neytiri’s names better than Jake’s 😂 I always feel like I can connect with the culture of the Na’vi by the music and environment compared to typical modernistic environments.
I kinda agree to that guy, but the story is really just too flat and predictable - it was the same issue and even the same story in the second movie - which is leaving at least 80% of the movies potential unused. When someone like Christopher Nolan tells us a story, he doesnt use 3D unfortunately, but his stories are just so insanely deep and still understandable, that they are still interesting and exciting to watch. SPOILER for Avatar 2 CONTAINED in the following text: When watching Avatar 2 in the cinema, I literally predicted this whale thing coming in the end and preventing Jake and No'ak from downing. It was so obvious, this was gonna happen - it wasnt surprising me even in the slightest.
Hey Loverboy Media, are you going to do a avatar the way of water analysis vid like this 1, thanks for this video! I agree with everything you said about James Cameron’s tour De force of a masterpiece.
Hey everyone! Thank you for your patience with this one considering it was supposed to be out two weeks ago for the release of The Way Of Water (the greatest movie of all time) before I got sick. All okay now though 🙌
There's a huge 2023 on the horizon for this channel now that my output is speeding up, so keep it locked here for more WHY I LOVE videos (as well as some new surprises) going into the new year.
Keep safe, keep loving, and I'll see you all again soon ❤
I love how some people can get over the imperfections of something and just loving it for what it is
Not everything has to be perfect for it to be really freaking good
Although, i have to disagree with you on saying that Avatar 2 is the GOAT, i have to give that title to LotR
the clip of James Cameron saying he wanted to be so far ahead no one could ever catch up actually is so absurdly confident and made so much more funny by the fact that he did it not once but twice
@Daniel Shakespeare I agree Titanic is visually stunning and leagues ahead of its time but other movies have more than caught up to it in detail imo. Avatar is different because in 13 years the only person who's proven they could beat or even meet where James Cameron was at in 2009 is James Cameron in 2022
Mad respect for James Cameron, the whole world think they’ve got the jump on him, he always has a plan to do something greater and he’s always one step ahead of the entire world.
And the movie Avatar was a genuine dream of his, he literally said that when he was in uni, he saw a dream of a bioluminescent forest and when he woke up he immediately made a sketch of it on a piece of paper, and decades later he achieved his dream by making avatar.
He's been doing that in every movie he's directed since Aliens.
I'm so glad that amongst all of the, in my opinion, misplaced hate for Avatar, there are so many amazing fans and creators online coming out and showing their love for this franchise. When I saw Avatar in 2009, I was thirteen, and quickly became enamored with Pandora and the universe James Cameron created. As the hype died down, I felt like I was one of the only remaining fans, but it's so nice to see how much this film meant to everyone. And The Way of Water is amazing, too. I can't wait to see what Big Jim has in store for us in the future.
I've been an undying Avatar fan since seeing it five times in cinemas. There are dozens of us. Dozens!
Oddly I only saw it once in the cinemas, but I did fall asleep to it every night for a long, long time. I also bought the 3 hour extended cut disc set with like 4 hours of behind the scenes footage lol.
@@LoverboyMedia thousands my brother, thousands of us!!
the biggest issue with avatar is that’s it’s so hard to demonstrate how great it is anywhere but a cinema… in 3D. I’m very aware of the irony of saying “LOOK HOW AMAZING THIS LOOKS” but in a UA-cam video it looks like a PS4 cut scene 😂 great job on this!
oh hey thank you dude! loving your videos atm 🙌
It does not look like a PS4 game. Just look at Ubisoft's Frontiers of Pandora, an upcoming PS5 game, and compare it to Avatar (2009). You can immediately tell the differences in realism, details, and believability. 3D format mainly contributes to the immersion aspect of the experience. It does not require 3D to see the world building, the rendering, the animation, the immense amount of details. The Avatar films may look like games because it's so vibrant and colourful, unlike most other "realistic" CGI movies which look very grainy, foggy, monochromatic, or sometimes straight-up bland.
I've always watched movies in 2D standard format, since 3D never 'spoke to me'. I love, and loved avatar since 2009, and always think it looked great. Watched Avatar 2 now in Cinema twice now, and I love it just as much, And it gives me the feeling of amazing and all that goodie stuff with that :)
As a person whose brain keeps analysing the technical filmmaking aspects while watching a movie, the sheer overwhelming mastery of Avatar 2 made my brain give up and I was more immersed in that film than I've ever been in a movie. That was what James was going for and he succeeded.
I was so awed by the perfection of every single effect in the movie that I didn't even think about the perfect comping of Spider until I got home and started replaying the movie in my head. Every little thing in Avatar is a filmmaking achievement and Avatar 2 made me finally realise that I was foolish for ever doubting James Cameron.
Makes you wonder how much we really know about filmmaking doesn't it?
And then there's the storyline...
@@brozfranz4814 LMAO. And you know the perfect storyline to use for this content??
@@LukeLovesRose I should explain myself more. The storyline in the first avatar is great, it fits, it works, nothing to say about it. SImple but effective. The second movie though, has basically the same storyline over again. It's technically outstanding and it looks amazing, but the writing is pretty lazy and doesn't work near as well as in the first movie.
@@brozfranz4814 I hope the 3rd and other movies to come have more unique/interesting stories
Avatar is a magical film, one of the most immersive I’ve had the pleasure to lay my eyes upon. You summarised that feeling of visiting Pandora again perfectly Bailey!
Something that I realized (at least imo) about the "what are their names???" is that: if you watch a movie like once & never again for years, it isn't a part of a series or collection of media (comics, shows, etc), the movie's name isn't the name of a character, & it isn't constantly being brought up, yeah you're not gonna remember anybody names. Coupled with the fact that many of the characters have difficult names to pronounce.
Name a character from The Great Gatsby that isn't Gatsby (heck, what's his real name?), name a character from the revenant, basically any horror movie (except of course Jason, Michael, Freddy, Chucky, & similar), & way more movies.
Remembering a name doesn't mean the movie is good. There are plenty of movies that are considered good & well liked and people can't remember a single name. At this point, can you name, lets say 15, characters that arent from the marvel or DC movies & that isn't super well-known to the point where you don't need to see the movie to know about em?
Yeah, I haven't watched Gladiator in a long time so when I was talking to some friends about it I just said "the gladiator" because Maximus Decimus Meridius wasn't a name I could recall super easily. Still a fantastic movie
The number of my film snob friends who have been dismissing Avatar 2 because it’s “just effects” or “just a video game cutscene” are driving me ffffnnnn crazy.
Guys, unobtainium is a thing that predates Avatar. The word was coined by engineers in the 1950s to refer to a theoretical, costly material that has the exact properties needed for a particular use. Unobtainium in Avatar references this concept. Unobtainium isn't dumb. Just look up the term on Wikipedia.
Missed 'Avatar' in theaters back in 2009, and finally getting to watch the 4K remaster in IMAX 3D this year changed me.
I get it, I wanted to go back immediately, I completely understood why people went back 5-6 times and the movie has made nearly 3 billion dollars.
I was one of those people. Then, I did it again with TWOW. It is very difficult to describe in words how these films "feel" as a cinematic experience. Somehow JC has managed to create a sense of immersion that almost resembles a waking dream. Perhaps it doesn't work on everyone, but I'm a very empathetic experiential person by nature and clearly wired for it.
@@tronam Well put. Me too.
This was fantastic! I really didn't want to leave Pandora after the Way of Water ended (plus I didn't want people seeing me crying). I need more from this franchise, comics video games, funko pops...etc I'm all in on Avatar.
I just don't know why anybody living in the era of the MCU should complain about the name "Unobtanium" when they celebrate such patently ridiculous superhero flicks.
If they also complained about superheroes who are always posing as if for a cover photo in suits that look made for movies, not for real life, and complained about the "infinity stones" I'd say fair game, but people aren't doing that.
It's super aggravating that it's acceptable to criticize Avatar, everybody covering the movie seems to have to say, "Yeah, I know it's got problems, but I still like it", out of fear of rejection for liking Avatar, yet James Cameron and other filmmakers can't call out superhero flicks for their shallowness.
People are so stupid in propping up the superhero space and shooting down Avatar it's unreal.
This video gave me such a deep appreciation of the artistry behind Avatar that I’d honestly naively overlooked. The passion in what you’re saying just deeply resonated with me. This is a banger of a video.
I couldn't have said it better. Avatar franchise is just peak escapism, everything is so well thought out to put you in this extremely immersive world, not just the visuals, but the world-building, the story, the symbolism, the details, I trully think Avatar is the quintessential movie theater experience, there's nothing quite like it. As someone who also loves playing videogames, I never had realized how the experience of watching Avatar is very similar to gaming, I just had this feeling I couldn't explain as to why I love this movie so much and you just put it perfectly.
Your love for the mediums that I create, consume, and cherish is revitalizing. Thank you, Bailey, for all the effort and time you put into reminding us why these stories matter and how our lives are changed as an audience.
I see you, Bailey.
The goosebumps i got reading this, lol
Just by seeing some parts of the Avatar movie get goosebumps. Such beautiful films!
I love Avatar 💙
I swear, i can rewatch the scenes and still get goosebumps, definitely my favorite movie of all time!!!
Way of Water crossed a billion in 12 days. Someone clearly cares about Avatar. 😂 (oh, it also outgrossed every 2022 marvel film and the batman.)
Watching this develop on Twitter + Patreon has been a very fun and interesting journey. Glad it’s finally done, I can tell this is about to do numbers.
"Avatar" has a special place in my heart because, at 14 years old, I saw it with my dad and fell in love with the world. Now, I have a Master's degree in natural resources and can watch it with a new lens.
To the people to claim that “Unobtanium” is a dumb name for a metal… have you ever heard of TITANium? THORium? or Californium? Americium? Einsteinium? Bohrium? These are all real names for elements. Say what you will about scientists, but they aren’t very original with naming.
I’ve been a fan of Avatar since the first time I saw it in theaters 13 years ago at 5 years old. It has *always* been my favorite movie, and I mean always. I’ve never loved something more.
However I have never been able to actually put in to words just *why* I love the movie. I could say the visuals, the world, the immersion is the best answer I have, but I’ve never been able to fully explain. When I try to, I always get this full feeing of passion and adoration in my chest, but there are no words to put to the feeling.
These are the words I’ve been looking for all this time.
I’ve been searching for this for 13 years; this is my ‘why.’ Thank you.
This is wonderful. Thanks for making this video. As a OLD dude who's NEVER played an immersive video game in his life...I understood your examples and truly believe you hit the mark. Thank you.
i’d never seen avatar until a friend recommended it to me last march and i’m so glad they did because, until this video, i’ve never really been able to understand why i loved it so much, but now i do. amazing vid❤
I know story-wise Avatar is not some masterpiece, nor is it James Cameron's best movie but this is Cameron's most personal work😌❤️ and you can tell man, you can tell!! The amount of work gone in rendering is environments, the na' vis, filling the world with insane number of details and the list goes on!!🤯🤯 The sheer scope and scale of this movie really overwhelms you in such a way that there is nothing other than "you, your avatar and the dream that you're living"🤩❤️🔥🔥
Reasons for no one caring about Avatar are more generic, unoriginal and repetitive than the movie itself.
James Cameron is the master of 3D cinematography and Avatar is the purest and simplest example of his craft. Avatar didnt become the No. 1 movie of all time simply because it looked pretty. Cameron has been immersing audiences the same way since 1984 with The Terminator.
Turning movies into semi-game movies is a concept I think would be great.
I know it’s peoples opinions on whether to like something or not, but I’m extremely baffled by all the hate on Avatar, like u said people forget about the characters, people keep saying it’s a generic hero and villain story, people keep saying that it’s like Pocahontas or dancing with wolves.
Like come on it’s impossible to hate a movie like Avatar where you’ve got everything that was carefully studied by James Cameron, like the near future technology used in the film, and the alien wildlife having 6 limbs since pandora has light gravity compared to Earth. This is one of many reasons Avatar is my favorite sci fi movie, and I’ve literally become somewhat of a nerd, like ask me what type of vehicle or animal in the movie and I might either know it or need time to remember it. If we look at Avatar 2 we can see some new helicopters like the Kestrel which replaces the Samson and the Sea wasp replacing the Scorpion, etc.
Really loved this one! It's a great angle to come at the movie from, and goes a long way to expressing why some of regurgitated criticisms of it feel a bit short-sighted (and after following along on Twitter a bit, I appreciate all of the effort you put into the VA and editing - it shows).
I've never understood people's need to be the hipster that hates on Avatar as if it were some sort of badge of individualism when it's just the latest bs trend.
I saw Avatar in glorious IMAX, and it was, well, glorious. I 'only' saw the Way of Water in Real 3D on a screen that wasn't nearly large enough, but it was still a wonder to behold. It was better paced and much more relatable than the first, and I consider it a stronger film all around.
I always love Avatar no matter what not only because I think it's a genuinely good movie, but also because it makes capeshitters seethe. lol
Another absolute BANGER from King Bailey 😎. Seriously, one of my favs you’ve done in a while. F the haters Avatar rules, always has. Cameron understands what people REALLY care about with blockbusters even if THEY DON’T!
Everything is backwards now, like out there is the real world, and in here is the dream.
Im glad Avatar is finally getting praise
I adore this video, though I have one main criticism. There has been a film that’s both caught up with and surpassed the experience of this film.
It’s called Avatar 2.
i actually still think the first movie handles this concept better, but 2 is definitely the more expansive and absorbing movie. seen it three times already!
@@LoverboyMedia I’m hoping to see it a third time before it leaves cinemas with a fat wad of cash. You know, from all the people that apparently don’t care about Avatar lol
@@LoverboyMedia 4 times here lol
Holy shit! I think this guy figured out a huge piece of the equation here!!
Yessss been patiently waiting for this one! Can’t wait to watch this and probably cry by the end lol. I absolutely love the content bailey! You literally never miss!
Avatar was my favorite movie as a child, I couldn't have told you why back then. I was 9, I didn't know nothing about filmmaking, and I didn't have a critical bone in my body. But every time it was on, I tuned in completely for 2 hours and 41 minutes. My mother utilized this when she wanted time to herself.
All this to say, I don't love Avatar like I used, ever since Endgame I've never loved any blockbuster more than a creative independent movie. I don't think I'll ever again prefer an immersive experience over a purely innovative experience. But I am going to see The Way of Water with my family on New Years, and I am still excited. So in honor of you, I'll make sure to clean my glasses beforehand, so no smudges will get in the way of Pandora.
Perfect video, thank you Bailey
This video is amazing bro... how does this not have more views
I think "Unobtainium" is a perfectly realistic name. Think about who usually will discover new chemistry or elements or biology. Its nerds - people who name some of the oldest microorganisms found "Asgardians" and the subgroups "Lokiarchaeota", "Thorarchaeota", "Odinarchaeota" and "Heimdallarchaeota". If they found a new powerful element they very well "Kryptonitium" or "Unobtanium"
Spot on brother!
James Cameron is a classical storyteller/filmmaker, and he's also the epitome of how great 80s and 90s film-making was. He understands the philosophy of classical story telling chronicled in Joseph Campbell's A Hero with a Thousand Faces. New film makers can try to be edgy and deviate from it, but if they deviate too far, it's nothing short of artistic failure _(Ryan Johnson... Cough... Cough The Last Jedi)._
Just re-watched Avatar and my jaw still dropped.
You know what's most funny? James Cameron's Avatar The Game was released BEFORE the first movie, so you *could* unironically say that Avatar is a Video Game Movie. x'D
Let's go! I've only recently boarded the Avatar train seeing the first one in IMAX only a month ago, about to see The Way of Water next week and you couldn't have timed this more perfectly.
Amazing video!! Well said. It was and is INCREDIBLE 🤩 avatar 2 was just as good!! Do a video of that when it's digitally realised!
I'll never understand the comparisons between Avatar and FernGully. Last time I checked, FernGully is about fairies and a shrunk human fighting against Hexxus, a physical manifestation of nature's dark side.
I remember the first time I saw Avatar, I was 7/8 years old, i wanted to live in that world, the connection with the nature was so pure, Pandora was stunning. Now that I saw Avatar 2 I'm 18 and my inner child is screaming. I remember every single character, animal and I can't wait to see Avatar 3.
I like to think that the subtitle "The Way of Water" is a hoax and the true subtitle is "The Only Good Video Game Movie."
Every time the true subtitle is acknowledged, an angel gets its wings and/or James Cameron ascends to the next level of vegan.
I remember feeling so awed when I watched Avatar, but everyone around me was all meh, so I followed suit.
Boo me back then, coz now I'm so glad there's been a resurgence in love for this movie and I can say I freaking love it as well for all the reasons you just mentioned, Bailey. After watching Way of Water and rewatching this film, I fell in love all over again with the world, the characters, and the incredible (like really how the hell did they do it???) artistry and passion on display.
A lovely video for a beautiful film! ❤️
I had a similar experience. I saw avatar back in 2009, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Over time i hear a ton of criticism about how its a boring, dumb, unoriginal story, and is over all a mediocre, or even bad movie. I started to believe and even repeat many of these criticisms. Seeing it again years later, i can honestly say that avatar is a genuinely great movie. The plot may be full of cliches, but its plot is solid, and the over all premise speaks to me personally.
I LOVE avatar. Im finally willing to admit it may be one of my all time favorite movies, and i think james cameron is a genius. He has a vision, and he manifests it for us to enjoy. I look forward to the next 3 movies, and i hope it doesnt stop there.
♥avatar ♥
Fr thank you for making this video bro. I think you make us all understand how deeply we have to go to understand what avatar really stands for. Fr James Cameron changed the world from 2009 and keeps changing it with all these technics
I don’t understand why people hate Avatar, it makes absolutely no sense to me.
Why can’t people just like a movie
That was a great analysis! Definitely agree with everything you brought up in this. I did an analysis of Avatar too, and what inspires me most about what James Cameron did, is getting us all thinking about possibilities in turning dreams to reality. 🌟
I was going to go on a rant about how Ready Player One is a good video game movie, but you made a wild good point in this. Great video! I love avatar so much, I'm glad there's others with the same passion for this film/now franchise
Well done! Also, I would highly recommend to people to go see the making of AVATAR. Jake Sully running as an Avatar for the 1st time, the bio-luminescent forest sequences and Banshee rides are what make the film an experience and one I seek to go back to, periodically. Since the notion of a video game movie has been brought up, look at an interview with Jordan Vogt-Roberts as he describes: Kubo and the Two Strings, Snowpiercer (movie) and Edge of Tomorrow as the best video game movies that aren't based on any video game. Hope you cover HBO's The Last of Us. Cheers mate!!
I love the movies as well. I just watched avatar 2 a few days ago. 3d, isense, etc. I was so immersed into the movie. I could totally flash out the Theater… something only few movies did to me. the underwater world was breathtaking…. I will totally watch it a second time in the Theaters and I will buy it for home
Extremely well done. This also ties into why this is the greatest magic mushroom movie ever made, you just have to let go and you will have an experience that you have never had with any other movie.
I'm so happy other people have discovered this as I keep hearing reports of tons of people watching Avatar 2 on mushrooms, and the mushroom scene has gotten huge since the Pandemic so I think it's really going to give this movie legs at the theatre
Great video! We need more videos saying how epic avatar is, I’m convinced people who don’t like avatar are either npcs or don’t have a soul 😅
bit strange for them to make the movie before the game, either way I'm excited for Frontiers of Pandora next year!
/Sarcasm aside Avatar is incredible, and Avatar The Way Of Water is even more so. I was lucky to catch the rerelease of Avatar a few months ago, naturally I watched it in IMAX 3D.
this also makes me realize how excited i am for ubisoft’s frontiers of pandora and to go see way of the water!!! excellent video
Great review! I think Avatar is underestimated by the haters because they not able to see above they small minds and that’s not James Cameron fault 😅
When the whole world think they’ve got the jump on James Cameron, he always has a plan to go one step ahead, a freakin legend.
He’s always a risk taker, that’s why we all respect him
Very interesting perspective, I agree with the way you compare it to a video game through feeling.
Great video! Just found it, and loved this as both a movie lover and a gamer. It's great that Avatar is getting more attention now that it's gotten a sequel. Us fans have felt quite alone for so long.
i saw the movie in german and i didnt even notice that "unobtanium" is a silly name and means impossible/Hard to obtain cause when you pronounce unobtanium in german it sounds like a legit name for a metal XD
Incredible INCREDIBLE video. You’ve compressed my subconscious love and appreciation for this film and found the words to describe it all in such an eloquent and deeply thoughtful way. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Wonderful job. Hope this blows up.
I’m pretty sure avatar can be considered a cyberpunk film
I don't think I'll ever be able to describe or explain how much your passion for the things and media you love infects and inspires me. HECK YES to the incredible things Avatar did and is. And thank you for being unabashedly enthusiastic about how much you love it. Because I feel like there's a chance it could fall into a memed disdain, where everybody is convinced it sucks cuz that's just what everyone talks about. So again, heck yes to this movie and franchise, and an even more vehement heck yes to you who sings its praises. Thank you for pointing out the beauty we might occasionally overlook, and for finding the glorious real in the unreal. And a Happy New Year to you! :)
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please bailey can we get a way of water vid
if this one does great, then hell yeah!
God, your editing and writing is so crisp and sharp man! Love this! Excellent video as always
And this feels even greater at avatar 2. I'ts more than three hours of completely made up EVERYTHING (with the expection of Spider i guess) and not for once i doubted any of that was real. It just feels real. That shit is insane!!!!
I saw both films 5 times each in theaters. I regret nothing!
Bailey, can we get a Forbidden West vid. That game is underrated as hell.
may be a little something soon
I haven't been this excited for a Loveryboy video since your Macbeth one!! And what a great framing device to talk about this film from.
Dude this was a very well done video. From the voice the character and emotion within that voice and genuine time and effort into the topic of the video compiled beautifully. From the editing to the score I love it all. You got my sub and I can’t wait for more. Also I love your music taste
much appreciated !
Ayee this dropping on my birthday is a present for sureee💯
happy birthday! 🥳
Thank you bro💯👏🏾
I don't know I feel really conflicted watching this but can't really put my feelings to words... first of all a video game movie in my mind is just a movie that's set in the world of a existing video game with characters from the game, for me avatar doesn't feel like a video game, from video games I want good gameplay and having a good story is a nice bonus that acts as motivation or a breather between gameplay sections. And for both movies and games visuals aren't that important its a nice icing on the top but for movies I want an engrossing and thought provoking story with interesting characters and world, avatar did have amazing visuals and world but it felt too 'safe' of a movie I guess, still enjoyed it though. Love your videos and maybe I just was hoping for more focus on defending the movie's script, characters, story structure etc. And calling the movie a video game movie confused me a bit.
Watched Way of Water and liked that one much much more. Just more of the same but much improved, can see that there were other writers.
@@RolandTechnicalDesigner agreed, I enjoyed Way of Water more as well. I know it's a popular argument point, but I fully agree with most of this video about how mind-blowingly phenomenal Pandora is, it is beyond words how beautiful it is. I understand the argument made in the video that the human characters and the plot with the military wasn't where Cameron's priority laid, and that's a fair enough point, but for me personally that just dragged down the original so much for me, no matter how incredibly insanely beautiful the movie is. I adore Pandora and the Na'vi don't get me wrong, but that doesn't mean anything when I'm bored with the humans, the military that sets up and acts as a framework for the whole thing.
I'm glad someone else felt as equally conflicted as me with this whole video. I understand and agree with a lot and even most of it, but I felt similar to you in some of the ways you mentioned and I just talked about.
Incredible video, such a unique take on this
I notice everything! ❤️🔥
Shame the writing takes me out of the immersion.
You get me. This is why i love avatar.
its a bit sad that doing something like this in book form is hard.
This is so fucking good and spot on!
I dunno how but you keep one-upping yourself. You distilled my feeling exactly. Always hella inspiring!!
How are all your video essays S-tier?
13:20 Blood Machines and Arcane
This video made me subscribe. Please more Avatar content like this, not enough creators are doing it on the level you are.
best film i've ever seen mate, period
And funnily enough the movie will most likely be a better “Video Game” than the actual video game that’s coming later this year thanks to Ubisoft’s incompetence (If it were being developed by Guerrilla, it would be a different story).
I not even going to say how much probably have collected so far, so by the LAST time I check...lets see........1.708 BILLION and number 7 in the highest grossing films of all times of the Avatar 2 that everyone of those aholes that spend 14 years claiming NO ONE CARES ABOUT AVATAR.....have to feel pretty damn stupid today, don't you think XD. oh and the name of the main character, Jake Sully, Neytiri, Miles Quarich, Dr. Augustine Grace, Trudy, yeah I think we REMEMBER THE NAMES for the idiots who keep saying that, amazing video man, we just have to laugh now at how dumb this 14 years of wait for the sequel have now show that the first Avatar film was not just pretty graphics or a FLUKE, I never understand.....why people KEEP Betting against James Cameron.....they never learn....I just want to see what now they plan to say for Avatar 3 when ever it comes.
It's not a video game movie tho!! 😔
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Wow, I have always wanted to make a video essay channel and I thought that I would title the videos why I love blank because I’m not an expert in anything and all I have is a ton of passion for film 😂😂
But you stole my thunder before i even started, you made a whole series with the exact same title I was planning to use and you have covered all of my favorite movies already !! How dare you!! (I love this content-)
Great video, I love your positivity and insight. When Avatar came out I was pretty cynical about it and didn't watch it until a few years after release on DVD. I enjoyed it, then pretty much forgot about it.
Friends got me hyped for The Way of Water and I rewatched the first one before catching it in IMAX 3D. I now love this franchise so much. The Way of Water is the only movie that's moved me to tears, maybe I'm just getting soft with age.
Anyway I've just found your channel and given you a subscribe and recommended to a few friend. I'll definitely be checking out some of your other video's, and look forward to seeing what you cover next.
And yet, in spite of all these truths, the original movie actually spawned a very mediocre video game, EVEN THOUGH the aliens franchise has spawned THREE fantastic games, two covering the second movie on the SNES and Genesis, and one about the original movie more recently. WHY hasn't Avatar gotten a decent actual video game ??? Why ?
I always find it funny how I remember Tsutey and Neytiri’s names better than Jake’s 😂
I always feel like I can connect with the culture of the Na’vi by the music and environment compared to typical modernistic environments.
Great video brother ❤
I kinda agree to that guy, but the story is really just too flat and predictable - it was the same issue and even the same story in the second movie - which is leaving at least 80% of the movies potential unused.
When someone like Christopher Nolan tells us a story, he doesnt use 3D unfortunately, but his stories are just so insanely deep and still understandable, that they are still interesting and exciting to watch.
SPOILER for Avatar 2 CONTAINED in the following text:
When watching Avatar 2 in the cinema, I literally predicted this whale thing coming in the end and preventing Jake and No'ak from downing. It was so obvious, this was gonna happen - it wasnt surprising me even in the slightest.
Hey Loverboy Media, are you going to do a avatar the way of water analysis vid like this 1, thanks for this video! I agree with everything you said about James Cameron’s tour De force of a masterpiece.
I will if this one is popular enough!