Not everyone can be James Cameron

That's MY Best Picture winner!

Thirteen years after James Cameron's ambitious Avatar was released, people are finally getting to enjoy (or rag on) the film's long-awaited sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. The film, which reunites us with the friendly and unfriendly faces of Jake Sully, Neytiri Sully (did she take his name?) and Colonel Quaritch cost a whopping 250 million dollars to make. It's already raked in almost a billion dollars since its release - an impressive number to be sure. Figures like this always get us wonder…

Some say that all Hollywood is these days is unoriginal sequels and remakes , and they aren't entirely wrong. However, not all franchises are created equally, and there are some crappy remakes that I will always be willing to see. My favorite franchises that have been repeatedly rehashed are Batman and Willy Wonka. I'm still conflicted over whether the OG Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) is better than the remake Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). The remake came out when I w…

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