There was a lot of wasted potential in Avatar. Why did they cut all of that stuff? They could have trimmed some of the scenery porn, gorgeous as it is, and shown us decent characters instead of cardboard cutouts.
And Cameron can also handle romantic motivations, too, damn it. So why do we have no real idea why Jake falls for Neytiri other than that she's exotic and right there. We have no clue at all why Neytiri falls for Jake. And with that cut background you talk about, it makes even less sense! I did get that something awful had happened involving Grace's school, but no more than that. So why would someone who has every reason to hate humans fall in love with Jake? There's got to be more than just proximity and we never saw anything other than that.
I love that little bit with Rosie! And Frodo referring to Sam talking to Rosie as the bravest thing Sam had ever done. And then when Sam comes back home to Rosie in the end, with the kids. There's a love story told in essentially three tiny bits of scenes (four if you count Sam talking about Rosie to Frodo before the Eagles come save them) and yet you see the motivations - Sam's been watching Rosie for ages, probably most of his life, and been too afraid to say anything. But he's been watching her and he knows her so it's not just proximity to a pretty girl. And Rosie's had her eye on Sam and been hoping he'll make that move but she needs to see that he's willing to make that move himself. And in the end, he's willing to say goodbye to Frodo who means so much to him and come back to Rosie and the kids. Just the way Sean Astin handles that, when Sam comes back, it's believable.
Only a tiny bit of screen time in three massive movies was devoted to Sam and Rosie's love story, but it's believable. A lot of screen time out of one (admittedly long) movie was devoted to Jake and Neytiri's love story, and you still have no idea why they fell for each other.
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And Cameron can also handle romantic motivations, too, damn it. So why do we have no real idea why Jake falls for Neytiri other than that she's exotic and right there. We have no clue at all why Neytiri falls for Jake. And with that cut background you talk about, it makes even less sense! I did get that something awful had happened involving Grace's school, but no more than that. So why would someone who has every reason to hate humans fall in love with Jake? There's got to be more than just proximity and we never saw anything other than that.
I love that little bit with Rosie! And Frodo referring to Sam talking to Rosie as the bravest thing Sam had ever done. And then when Sam comes back home to Rosie in the end, with the kids. There's a love story told in essentially three tiny bits of scenes (four if you count Sam talking about Rosie to Frodo before the Eagles come save them) and yet you see the motivations - Sam's been watching Rosie for ages, probably most of his life, and been too afraid to say anything. But he's been watching her and he knows her so it's not just proximity to a pretty girl. And Rosie's had her eye on Sam and been hoping he'll make that move but she needs to see that he's willing to make that move himself. And in the end, he's willing to say goodbye to Frodo who means so much to him and come back to Rosie and the kids. Just the way Sean Astin handles that, when Sam comes back, it's believable.
Only a tiny bit of screen time in three massive movies was devoted to Sam and Rosie's love story, but it's believable. A lot of screen time out of one (admittedly long) movie was devoted to Jake and Neytiri's love story, and you still have no idea why they fell for each other.