Avatar: The Way of Water (December 16, 2022) Twentieth/Disney

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

In other words, it has zero competition.

Ehhh that Puss in Boots 2 has been getting rave reviews, so it’s definitely completion especially on the family front. Those Shrek movies always do numbers.

 

[Brozay]

Okay

i'll tell you now this movie is gonna age like milk

because its already turning in my brain

looks great, good adventure.

Spoiler

• So, "Unobtainium" just doesn't matter anymore? That was already an embarassingly lazy mcguffin, but the first movie was about this mineral and its ability to be sold for billions and also somehow...save earth? And now its about a mystery goo that is from Mesozoic Sperm Whales' brain stems that 'stops aging' and that is explained in literally one line...? And their best way of getting it is the same level of sea-based poaching we do on earth now?
• The storyline with the daughter having a seizure when she connects to the planet's god cloud...this was like 20% of the movie...just not explained, bailed on really...i guess that helps her speak to fish and breath water better? Unexplained. Why was she just looking in a hole in the sand?
• Why are these different tribes very familiar with each other but still like low tier racist? 4 fingers is wild exotic and alien but you literally have fins for arms and we both have different tails??
• Spider make up your fukkin' mind
• Spider acts like and lives with Na'vi...sure but like...he knows about and is around a lot of humans right? I mean, Mowgli never really lived with humans...he is acting like a jungle boy for real...he is in a science lab all the time
• Was Quaritch doing a Merle from Walking Dead impression?
• Why are we still calling humans sky people? They know the deal right?

The future entries in this series might have to tighten up the story. We give technical marvels a lot of passes in story telling we really should reconsider...word to Christopher Nolan

I thought the same thing about Unobtainium, it was THE focal point of the first movie. I guess Edie Falco's character explained that away by just saying they now want to conquer the entire planer since Earth is dying - so rather than extract all the Unobtainium, just taking the planet? I dont know, it was such a emphasis in the first one, I did think it was funny, but I guess this one just got more personal with Quaritch / Sully

they need to make better villains for 3, hopefully its some civil strife on Pandora because that could be more interesting than just battling humans again, they can aways come back to that larger plot in 4/5

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Ehhh that Puss in Boots 2 has been getting rave reviews, so it’s definitely completion especially on the family front. Those Shrek movies always do numbers.

Maybe. My kids don't know nothing about it and I ain't trying to take them to see no Puss in Boots.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I thought the same thing about Unobtainium, it was THE focal point of the first movie. I guess Edie Falco's character explained that away by just saying they now want to conquer the entire planer since Earth is dying - so rather than extract all the Unobtainium, just taking the planet? I dont know, it was such a emphasis in the first one, I did think it was funny, but I guess this one just got more personal with Quaritch / Sully

they need to make better villains for 3, hopefully its some civil strife on Pandora because that could be more interesting than just battling humans again, they can aways come back to that larger plot in 4/5

Yeah is the mission imperialism, revenge, or getting the key to long life / fountain of youth / shangri la type motivation?

 

[Roid Jones]

Saw this at a Dolby cinema, GOAT Cameron has done it again, the 3D and HFR were on point, what an absolute spectacle.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

they need to make better villains for 3, hopefully its some civil strife on Pandora because that could be more interesting than just battling humans again, they can aways come back to that larger plot in 4/5

Yeah, I agree I think Cameron is dropping the ball on the villain front. I really thought he would go that route in this flick but he pulled a T2 (beat wise) which is basically T1 but updated, however both of those flicks have classic villains that upped the overall quality.

 

[semicko82]

'Avatar: The Way of Water' failed to live up to box office expectations on its opening weekend, reports say — putting pressure on Disney's $2 billion bet

'Avatar 2' has come in under expectations on its opening weekend. But, like its predecessor, it may end up being a longer-term hit.

www.yahoo.com

U can have all the beautiful scenery and tech u want, if the story is , ppl will notice

It's just the opening weekend numbers, the 2nd and 3rd weekend always tell how a movie is really going to hold up

 

[Roid Jones]

This shyt was entirely too long. Jesus christ.

Yeah I definitely felt the 3hrs

 

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Spoiler

• So, "Unobtainium" just doesn't matter anymore? That was already an embarassingly lazy mcguffin, but the first movie was about this mineral and its ability to be sold for billions and also somehow...save earth? And now its about a mystery goo that is from Mesozoic Sperm Whales' brain stems that 'stops aging' and that is explained in literally one line...? And their best way of getting it is the same level of sea-based poaching we do on earth now?

Unobtanium 10 million per bit. Goo 80 per bit. Goo > Unobtanium

• The storyline with the daughter having a seizure when she connects to the planet's god cloud...this was like 20% of the movie...just not explained, bailed on really...i guess that helps her speak to fish and breath water better? Unexplained. Why was she just looking in a hole in the sand?

That girl is their jesus / NEO. she is going to ...

• Why are these different tribes very familiar with each other but still like low tier racist? 4 fingers is wild exotic and alien but you literally have fins for arms and we both have different tails??

Just like humans they cannot handle non-normal differences.

The future entries in this series might have to tighten up the story. We give technical marvels a lot of passes in story telling we really should reconsider...word to Christopher Nolan

 

[NobodyReally]

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

if it has a decent hold and crushes during the holidays it'll cruise well past a billy for sure @semicko82

And how many movies do that these days?

 

[semicko82]

if it has a decent hold and crushes during the holidays it'll cruise well past a billy for sure @semicko82

And how many movies do that these days?

That's why I said second and third weekend tell the story
Dr Strange 2 had a big opening weekend, but couldn't get a billy

 

[Mike Nasty]

I did it's job. The 3D looked awesome. I agree with all the meh comments, but I went with wife and kids and the 3 of them thought it was the greatest movie, especially my wife who only saw the first one once.

The regurgitated villain seemed lazy. Why would you recreate someone who got smoked by a navi?
Who was Spiders mother?

 

[Roid Jones]

This is one of the few films were where the kids are arcuately portrayed, they were not insufferable or caricatures and they did not bring the film down. I wonder how Spider eventually gets his own Avatar

 

[Deltron]

wait, they really got some shyt called unobtainium in this universe? (sorry never seen the first one...)

that's some rocky and bullwinkle ass name: