Director James Cameron is planning multiple follow-ups to his box-office blockbuster Avatar, perhaps the most overrated movie of recent decades. Cameron says he is not accepting scripts or proposals for any other film projects, as he intends to film at least two Avatar sequels- and possibly a third. Sigourney Weaver, whose character was killed off in the first film, will somehow figure into the sequels, with Cameron explaining that the stories may jump back and forth in time in a non-linear format. Personally speaking, I've always felt that much of the enthusiasm relating to the film revolved around the stunning and impressive special effects. Strip that away and you are left with a rather heavy handed social message movie in which the good guys are virtually flawless and the villains are from the Snidley Whiplash school of mustache twirlers. I also found Cameron's political statements in the film to be hypocritical: he uses the story to denounce big business, yet goes to major corporations to finance the most expensive movie ever made. It will be interesting to see if Cameron can craft enthusiasm for a series of these films that extends beyond the special effects, which may be considered old hat by the time he cranks out the first sequel at his usual glacial pace. On the other hand, Cameron may well have a plan for introducing the next generation of special effects, as he did the first time around. He is not to be underestimated. - Lee Pfeiffer
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