‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’: James Cameron explains why it’s so long and talks about the discarded sequel

James Cameron made interesting revelations about the announced duration for ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’, as well as providing important details about the script that he excluded for a possible sequel to the saga. In an interview with Total Film magazine, the director explained that the film lasts more than three hours because it focuses more on the stories of its protagonists, allowing the characters to develop better than the original.

“The goal is to tell an extremely compelling story on an emotional basis. I would say the emphasis in the new film is more on the character, the story, the relationships, the emotion. We didn’t spend as much time on relationships and emotions in the first film as in the second, and it’s a longer film because there are more characters to deal with. There is more history to serve “, Cameron explained.

‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’ ran for 3 hours and 10 minutes, while ‘Avatar’ (2009) lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This difference, which apparently isn’t very big, has led many people to get involved Twitter in the debate whether this duration is appropriate and whether it would be a good idea to go to the cinema with this long film. But Cameron’s justification for this long duration can convince audiences that this film is worth seeing on the big screen, as we will be able to enjoy more character development than we encountered in the first and see how the universe of the saga is explored even better. the narration.

As for the rejected script for the sequel entitled ‘The High Ground’, the director has also made important revelations for Total Film Magazine. In September we received news that Cameron spent a year writing the script for this sequel, which ended up discarded and in the trash. “I was working with a writing team. We had a lot of ideas. We tried to put them together, but it never went well. So at one point, I said, ‘I’ll finish it and see if it’s a movie.’ I did it. I think 130 pages came out. It was like, “Dude, this is a great story. This is an amazing read.”explained the director of ‘Titanic’.

Pandora in the graphic novel

“Avatar: The High Ground” was discarded because, according to Cameron, “I haven’t explored the unexpected enough”. In addition, the director explained that he does not get in touch with the world of dreams, which is essential for the saga. However, the director and his team took some elements of the discarded sequel and included them in ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’, as well as intending to get ideas for the third film in the franchise.

“There are some things that are great in this script. You have the Na’vi fighting with bows and arrows in zero gravity. Go with it! I want to see that movie. But it didn’t capture enough of the story and objective themes what I had. in mind. So, we’re turning it into a Dark Horse graphic novel. You will be able to see the intermission battle that took place between the first and second films “Cameron explained. Apparently, ‘Avatar: The High Ground’ will never come to light as a feature film, but all the work that had already been done on its script is not to be ruled out, it will be used for subsequent films and for the new graphic novel of the saga, which will hit shelves, at least in the United States, next December 6th. “Anatar: The Sense of Water” will debut in theaters on December 16th.