“As the film ended, I went, ‘Hmm, I don’t know.
I’m not worried about the new film.
It looks pretty amazing.
Among those rediscovering the film in theaters were Cameron’s own children.
We judiciously used high frame rates to smooth out some of the 3D.
So it looks better than I’ve ever seen it.
I was sitting there going, ‘We did that?
“Certainly, water is much more difficult to realize in CG,” he noted.
“And our water is mostly CG water, but you won’t be able to tell.
It looks like we just went out to the ocean in Pandora and shot it.”
“And that’s what I wanted to accomplish with the new film.
That’s what I wanted to accomplish with the firstAvatar, and what I think we did.”
you’re free to see every leaf on the tree.
You feel like you’re able to reach out and touch it.
But it’s a new story with new characters, new stakes, new jeopardy, et cetera.”
As important as the visuals are to Cameron andAvatar, the most important element to any film remains storytelling.
“It’s all about: Do I care about these people?”
“It doesn’t matter how beautiful the film is, how breathtaking the visuals are.
Am I having an emotional reaction?
Resonating with their sense of loss or tragedy or love or whatever it is?
That’s what movies are all about.
A remasteredAvatarhits theaters worldwide Sept 23 beforeAvatar: The Way of Watersplashes down Dec. 16.
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