Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

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   chunkylefunga

   Visualise this a good movie and pretty much pushes what we can do with today's technology, at present it's the best movie I've seen where the CGI doesn't look clunky.
   
   Storyline wise it definitely lacked depth. It was an interesting angle to bring back powered up old villains and introduce a new water clan but it definitely felt like a national geographic feature in parts with the storyline pretty much being look at the pretty animals, mostly for no particular reason. Whilst the film is long by today's standards it didn't feel like a 3 hour movie but you could easily cut an hour and the story wouldn't suffer.
   
   Ending felt like a bit of a cop out, would have preferred the sequels to go in a new direction as I felt the next one might suffer from too much repetition. 2 years 1 month ago
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   Torgo

   The visuals here make the latest Marvel productions look like point-and-click adventures. Insane. Sometimes (underwater world, animals) sheer wonderful.
   Although I will, for the love of God, never understand why James Cameron refuses to root the next-gen CGI technology of Avatar in a compelling story. Twice, and perhaps also for a third time. Do the blue men just have to come with mediocre, stretched out plot lines? It's a waste of resources for otherwise definite top 10 material. 2 years ago
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   KuroSawWhat

   In technical aspects, Avatar 2 is a near-impossible marvel. Run!! Don't walk, to your local Dolby Cinema 3D theater. It's worth it! I really enjoyed the pace of the story, which took its time and wasn't in a rush to get to the bang-bang-pow scenes. They really let the viewer slip into the world of Pandora and get to know the characters before putting any of them in dire stakes. Other modern blockbusters should take notes in that aspect!
   
   The character of Neytiri was severely underutilized, reduced to little more than an angry mom, which was a bit disappointing. But all of the other new characters in this very large cast each got their moment to shine.
   
   More than anything, though, what I was reminded of was the kind of big blockbusters which we had in the mid-1990s.. From the bright colors, to the corny on-the-nose dialog, to the steady non-shaky cam, and simplistic cackling villain. It felt really nice to see a major blockbuster which wasn't afraid to get back to basics. There are no swirling loop-de-loop camera angles, no muddy CGI fogbank antagonist, and NO MODERN POLITICS. It's just a solid story, with solid filmmaking, told in the best traditions of the Hollywood blockbuster..and it just so happens to be a mind-bending marvel of digital filmmaking.
   
   What's so impressive about Avatar 2 is just how mundane it manages to appear, like you are watching actors on a physical set. It allows you to forget that 99% of what you are seeing is fake. 2 years 1 month ago

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