Agreed cinematography, set design and costumes were top notch, same as with part 1, but i agree with you that pacing was an issue. Imo the root cause was a change they made from the books

Yeah, i am kind of having a hard time with the choice because there are still so much gaps like Anora, the Burtalist or Nosferatu.

Another issue is how to decide which year some movies belong to. For example “Perfect Days” from the rolling stone list.

Perfect Days premiered on 23 May 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d’Or and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. It was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards

Wikipedia. I assume it made the 24 list because the US release was in February this year, but it debuted last years in other markets and was even nominated for an Oscar.

Personally i find it easiest to just go with whatever year Letterboxd uses, which in this case is 2023. But if for this poll we decide it to be a 2024 movie, then it might get my vote over Dune II.

I only saw it once, so i am a bit hesitant to voice an opinion, but i’m inclined to agree that it really didn’t do much for me. Even though i’ve seen it be praised on a number of occasions online.

No reason to be bothered. But i think that if a scale exist that measures how much a movie benefits from being seen on a big screen with the right projection technology, the avatar movies have to be on the extreme end of benefiting a lot. Because imo they are maybe the only big blockbuster movie that is specifically made for the 3D technology, rather than it just being bolted on. This goes especially for the first one, when you compare it to other movies of that era.

I can definitely see how it is non-immersive when watched at home, because the the narrative is nothing to write home about. But to me the story more or less just serves as a non-offensive background to the visual spectacle.

And while the progress of TVs has closed the quality gap between home theaters and cinema, it really hasn’t done anything for the 3D aspect. On that note i do wonder how avatar 1 and 2 look when using a VR headset.

as non-immersive a movie as I’ve ever experienced.

I assume you didn’t watch it at a cinema in 3d?

but it’s gotta be good if they’re willing to post clips of it online

Don’t think it says that much about the quality, although they are at least confident that those 8 minutes are good enough to not scare people away.

Imo it is mostly a reaction to recent flops, particularly Joker 2, which might make casual movie goers (which this probably aims at) more cautions. Kraven isn’t some household name, so they want to take out as much uncertainty as possible.

people find a lot of value in the products and services they offer

This is definitely true to some degree, but there imo is also another side to this.

Yes, they there are underlying problems/demands that they solve, but they definitely also create and shape those since psychology sadly works extremely effective. And they really try their hardest to manipulate customers.

Another aspect is that they might have originally created that value and given the users what they wanted, which got them in the position they are in now. Sometimes even operating at a loss to bully competition out of the market. But once they achieved this dominant position enshittification commences. Which wouldn’t be that much of an issue, if they wouldn’t also often prevent competition from growing enough to be able to compete.

Example Google search: The demand for a way to navigate the web is real and google fulfilled it best, which made them huge. Timejump to the present: the demand is still the same, but now google shows you what they want you to see and pay billions to be the default search engine to hinder any competition from gaining any traction.

And even then they’ll think of the most malicious way to comply:

Forced to change the connector to USB C? Better only give it USB 2.0 speeds on the regular and Plus model.

Forced to allow third party app stores? Better give it as many restrictions and limits as possible. I assume/hope they’ll eventually be forced to open up more, but they’ll fight it for as long as possible.