8 Mistakes That Will Ruin Upcoming Movies

8. Having The Same Villain - The Avatar Sequels

The Mistake: Having Miles Quaritch as the villain (again).

Avatar is widely regarded as a phenomenal visual treat, a stunning blockbuster experience that demands the biggest HDTV and the most expensive sound system you can afford (and cram in your living room).

But its characters and its story are not praised as highly. It's basically Dances With Wolves in space - director James Cameron even admitted as much - and feels a little too predictable as a result, with Jake Sully's turn from military pawn to Na'vi saviour one of the most obvious plot developments in recent memory.

The story wasn't helped by the addition of a generic, military grunt villain either, with Colonel Miles Quaritch consistently spouting dialogue that felt ripped from a bad video-game cutscene and never rising above his position as a one-dimensional obstacle for the hero.

And unfortunately, he's going to be the bad guy in every single one of the Avatar sequels.

It would be far better for these movies to feature a different, more interesting antagonist - or multiple different, more interesting antagonists. Quaritch is such a cardboard-cutout that having to watch him flex his guns and carry the same angry look on his face for the next few movies won't help in the slightest.

Plus, he died in the original. Doesn't bringing characters back from the dead lower the stakes quite a bit?