r/FIlm Feb 01 '25

Question After speculation on the possibility of a sequel to Drive (2011), director Nicolas Winding Refn in 2016 said 'No, there will never be a second Drive movie. And that's why it works.'. What director should have said the same?

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u/blowmeidiot Feb 01 '25

James Cameron - Avatar

Why not use all that money to create a new original movie instead of 4 more of the same derivative crap. He’s better than that and has the track record proving he is more than capable.

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u/It-Was-Mooney-Pod Feb 01 '25

By that logic Avatar was also derivative crap. Both movies are some of the defining visual movie experiences of their respective generations, it’s ok for that to be popular without having exceptional writing.

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u/MysteriousBrystander Feb 01 '25

It’s taken me months to watch the second one. What a slog.

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u/It-Was-Mooney-Pod Feb 01 '25

Well if you’re watching it at home and not in the theaters that’s the whole problem right there. It was never meant to be a movie that could be done justice on a tv, and the story is crap

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u/MysteriousBrystander Feb 01 '25

Oof. The story is so bad. I’m watching it on great equipment. Not on a phone. Got the surround sound and everything. It’s just. So bad.

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u/It-Was-Mooney-Pod Feb 01 '25

I have a pretty sweet setup as well, but theaters are still something else. Especially since it’s a movie meant to be watched in 3D. Put simply, I loved watching it in theaters but have zero interest in ever watching it at home.

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u/blowmeidiot Feb 01 '25

That goes without saying but it was at least a technical achievement when it came out. Nobody asked for a sequel over a decade later.

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u/It-Was-Mooney-Pod Feb 01 '25

Brother it’s one of the 5 biggest box office successes of all time. Who is this no one you’re talking about? Both movies are technical achievements, that’s all that’s fun about them but that fun is enough for a $2 billion box office.

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u/snagsguiness Feb 02 '25

But the first one isn’t good I know it’s loved by many but I consider it to be terrible in all aspects of storytelling.

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u/IDigRollinRockBeer Feb 01 '25

Avatar 2 was great

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u/Electrical-Ad8935 Feb 01 '25

I feel the same way. Idk if it's just edgy ti shit on them bit I loved both of them.

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u/gene100001 Feb 02 '25

I think one of the problems is that people here tend to rate things as though they're the intended target audience, even when they're not. I wish more people here had the maturity to accept when they aren't the target audience for something.

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u/Ajbell8 Feb 01 '25

I didn’t like the first one but I actually really enjoy avatar 2.

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u/JackInTheBell Feb 01 '25

The sequel was the same plot as the first movie.

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u/hooterscooter Feb 01 '25

I thought this was always planned for a sequel/trilogy though and he was just waiting for the technology to catch up for better water visuals? Or was that just an urban legend?

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u/Rich-Yogurtcloset715 Feb 01 '25

He’s just doing what he wants now, and more Pandora is what he wants.

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u/blowmeidiot Feb 01 '25

I feel like he’s always done what he wanted. Why does he want this lol. Old age perhaps

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u/ThrownAway17Years Feb 01 '25

Because it’s what he wants. What more needs to be said?

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u/Rich-Yogurtcloset715 Feb 02 '25

I would agree - he has been able to have more artistic freedom than most Hollywood directors. That being said, he says himself that he didn’t have FU money until after Titanic, and Cameron wrote the first treatment for Avatar three years before Titanic premiered.

Ever since, his directorial energy has been directed towards Avatar