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frcxDec 16, 2022

Once the hype is gone, all that will remain of this film is an immersive experience devoid of narrative. If the first feature film was compared to Pocahontas (and I was criticizing that comment) Avatar 2 seems to have stolen the plot fromOnce the hype is gone, all that will remain of this film is an immersive experience devoid of narrative. If the first feature film was compared to Pocahontas (and I was criticizing that comment) Avatar 2 seems to have stolen the plot from Peppa Pig, borrowing villains from Small Soldier. We are light years away from a masterpiece, and as soon as the social enthusiasm wanes, we will lucidly begin to agree with the press that demolished this film. Because a movie cannot be just Disneyland+3D. Avatar 2 is a good playground, with decent direction and music that didn't do enough. The cinematography is excellent and some images, especially the symbolic ones (few) save this film from a 0.… Expand

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johnnyboy53Jan 21, 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water is like a rehashed version of the first film, but with even more cliche dialogue and a plot that makes less sense. The special effects are impressive, but they can't save this mess of a movie. It's like James CameronAvatar: The Way of Water is like a rehashed version of the first film, but with even more cliche dialogue and a plot that makes less sense. The special effects are impressive, but they can't save this mess of a movie. It's like James Cameron took all the good ideas from the first film and left the bad ones in, resulting in a cinematic experience that is both boring and frustrating. In short, it's like taking a sip of water and realizing it's just more of the same old, recycled swill.… Expand

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GTXMikeJan 21, 2023

Copy and paste movie, brings nothing new to the table. Way too long and absolute borefest. Nearly nodded off couple of times in the cinema. I regret spending £9 for a ticket. Visuals are slightly better. The whole movie looks like a techCopy and paste movie, brings nothing new to the table. Way too long and absolute borefest. Nearly nodded off couple of times in the cinema. I regret spending £9 for a ticket. Visuals are slightly better. The whole movie looks like a tech demo. Plot is simple and stretched out. Awful movie.… Expand

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raybassFeb 5, 2023

Absolute trash - nothing more to say. Don’t waste your time and money on this garbage.

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jayman69Dec 16, 2022

Avatar 2= Avatar 1. Rinse. Repeat. Rerun. Hated the villian the first time.

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GiustoperDec 17, 2022

People who can ignore the huge flaws in the story (which is not only simple or trivial but totally ramshackle) are lucky, because they will be able to enjoy Pandora without too much worry. The effect I received for 95 percent of the film'sPeople who can ignore the huge flaws in the story (which is not only simple or trivial but totally ramshackle) are lucky, because they will be able to enjoy Pandora without too much worry. The effect I received for 95 percent of the film's running time was much like that of a TV department in an electronics store: lots of visual quality, lots of fish, lots of water, but no credible story to hold up the images, no characters to really empathize with except for Jake's two sons who occasionally, with their “bro", managed to squeak out some feeling in me that could break the apathy of a film with an 80s script that was caricatured and almost identical to that of the previous film. The story is didactic, explicit, always guiding you as if you were a 5-year-old child who constantly has to be told what is happening and what emotion he should feel. The problem is that if you are a bit of an adult with a handful of good films behind you, you understand that this story, once you understand it, falls apart. Good 3D, nice photography and direction, but is not enough to consider this a memorable movie or a masterpiece. From the soundtrack, I expected a few more winks.… Expand

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fraccixDec 17, 2022

If you are a viewer who likes great scripts, with multi-dimensional characters, good jokes, this movie is not for you. The plot is not, as many people say simple. If so, it would not be a flaw, since many masterpieces have simple plots. TheIf you are a viewer who likes great scripts, with multi-dimensional characters, good jokes, this movie is not for you. The plot is not, as many people say simple. If so, it would not be a flaw, since many masterpieces have simple plots. The problem is that the plot is unstable, inconsistent, not solid, the characters have surreal motivations, and all this prevents Avatar 2 from being a good entertainment film.… Expand

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OvatsugDec 17, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. That movie was bad.

I felt like I was watching a discovery documentary. Beautiful scenes with no content. If it were a serious movie, those 3 hours would be summed up in 30 minutes and the rest of the movie would be what Avatar 3 will probably be.

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Jake is an **** the entire movie. Everyone dying around him and he doesn't care, he just wants to stay hidden.

The humans' motivation is that Jake is the leader of the resistance. He destroys production routes, attacks strategic bases, etc. But 10 minutes into the movie, he stops with all that and GONES. Soon, humans have their routes re-established and theoretically can do whatever they want without resistance. So why waste resources going after the guy they KNOW went into hiding?

The final fight scene is ridiculous. Out of nowhere ALL the navi disappear and it's just Jake's family fighting. It has no explanation. One hour they're there, then it's as if everyone turned around and only the 5 of the family stayed there fighting.

I also thought it was lazy to invent a clone of the villain from the first film instead of creating a new villain.

And speaking of a villain, what a ridiculous way for Jake to defeat him. Navi don't breathe underwater.

The whole fight is underwater and jake takes him down with a rear naked choke? Well, but the guy was no longer breathing, what difference would the lion choke make lol

Anyway. It doesn't make sense only after 3 hours does jake decide to counterattack… Expand

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BomBom05Dec 17, 2022

A film with no meaning. With slow narration. With the idea of father and son. With an ending referring to the continuation. This movie doesn't need your attention.

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ThejaywhipDec 18, 2022

James Cameron continues his record of being the most overrated director in existence. If you ever see “written by James Cameron” run far far away. The guy can’t create a decent plot to save his life. The real heroes of the movie are theJames Cameron continues his record of being the most overrated director in existence. If you ever see “written by James Cameron” run far far away. The guy can’t create a decent plot to save his life. The real heroes of the movie are the actors and cgi team who worked countless hours to deliver James Cameron’s half baked version of the cats musical in the FernGully Rain forest. Cameron constantly borrows and stitches together ideas that have already been done, and done much better I might add in their originals counterparts. Cameron is becoming more and more like George Lucas…where no one is speaking up to tell him he is past his prime. Sure make an almost 3.5 hour movie about nothing. Totally the people will love being bored out of their minds. And he wants to make more of this overhyped boring, half baked, and borrowed idea of a world? Please just don’t…… Expand

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The_Man_With_NoDec 16, 2022

It's disappointing that James has made another boring film, at over 3 hours long and the audacity to think people would see this multiple times, James has lost it. The visuals are great, but besides that, nothing else stands out. Avatar: WayIt's disappointing that James has made another boring film, at over 3 hours long and the audacity to think people would see this multiple times, James has lost it. The visuals are great, but besides that, nothing else stands out. Avatar: Way of The Water is about as fun as watching actual water after the first hour and shows off how it has little substance and mostly flash. I don’t know how he managed to make Jake even less interesting in this one and how he’s managed to waste Zoe’s talent, again. I don’t recommend seeing this multiple times or even once, if I didn’t use a gift card to purchase the ticket, I’d be even more upset.… Expand

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GardoversausageDec 31, 2022

Same story inside a big green room. 3 hours of boring storyline. Should have skip this and waited on TV

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era82Dec 31, 2022

I have no idea what I just watched. Blue people swimming around for over 3 hours. No story, bland forgettable characters - a copy paste of the original one. Even CGI can't save this one. I'd give this a 3/10 if it weren't for the blatantlyI have no idea what I just watched. Blue people swimming around for over 3 hours. No story, bland forgettable characters - a copy paste of the original one. Even CGI can't save this one. I'd give this a 3/10 if it weren't for the blatantly obvious bot posts everywhere, so it's a 0/10… Expand

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jsavage21Dec 31, 2022

After the first one broke ground with new and exciting visuals, cutting edge cgi and an intriguing world that emerges the viewer, the sequel “The Way of the Water” comes across as a cheaper copy and paste of the original with a very thinAfter the first one broke ground with new and exciting visuals, cutting edge cgi and an intriguing world that emerges the viewer, the sequel “The Way of the Water” comes across as a cheaper copy and paste of the original with a very thin story, many cliche and tropie characters and just not that compelling of a story. Unbelievable amount of money spent on a somewhat forgettable experience.… Expand

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chrisvbDec 16, 2022

basically a tech demo. story is boring and kind of preachy. the graphics aren't enough to justify the theater price

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PH-BSBDec 29, 2022

Such a disappointment, after the first avatar being so good. The movie is three hours long, but feels like a decade. It feels like they wanted a long movie, but there is just not enough there for three hours, so it gets boring, with lots ofSuch a disappointment, after the first avatar being so good. The movie is three hours long, but feels like a decade. It feels like they wanted a long movie, but there is just not enough there for three hours, so it gets boring, with lots of nonsense jumps. But if you are looking for beautiful eye-catching visual effects, and don't really care about the story, this is for you.… Expand

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BarnyDec 27, 2022

Let's be honest here, most people who voted 5 or above did it for the VFX, they missed the rest. The problem is a movie is first and foremost a story brought to life by actors. Here the story is more than lacking, it's pompous, childish andLet's be honest here, most people who voted 5 or above did it for the VFX, they missed the rest. The problem is a movie is first and foremost a story brought to life by actors. Here the story is more than lacking, it's pompous, childish and ridiculous. Should the absence of a story (and with massive inconsistencies) supported by gorgeous computer work be rewarded? In my opinion, the answer is no and as long as we rate highly these kind of products, we will only be served this kind of garbage.… Expand

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egoBorderDec 23, 2022

I'm being extra harsh on this movie because after an uninspired first entry this sequel needed to be something more, but it fails to rise to that call. What we have here is a serviceable but very forgettable continuation of Pandora's drama.I'm being extra harsh on this movie because after an uninspired first entry this sequel needed to be something more, but it fails to rise to that call. What we have here is a serviceable but very forgettable continuation of Pandora's drama. I found myself often thinking back on those crappy WB shows because the writing here really is that basic. So while this might be a decent hangover/flu rental it will disappoint anyone trying to engage.… Expand

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MeGa909Dec 16, 2022

No plot, just effects. The first part is much more interesting!!!

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acekingkingDec 16, 2022

Movie is meh, but since James Cameron is beyond full of himself, I give it a 1

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fantasyDec 16, 2022

Warning in that this movie is not suitable for children! The visual effects are breathtaking. That's the good news. The bad news is that the movie is 3 boring hours long and plays out like watching a bloodthirsty video game. The white manWarning in that this movie is not suitable for children! The visual effects are breathtaking. That's the good news. The bad news is that the movie is 3 boring hours long and plays out like watching a bloodthirsty video game. The white man is bad as he destroys the environment, innocent animals and children. Yes children. It reminds you of cowboys killing the red men Indians but in Avatar substitute blue for red. That pretty much sums it up but why not throw in some bad whale hunters without compassion who torture and kill a mother whale with her calf alongside. All for a test tube of magic elixir so why not make whales extinct. And what would a James Cameron movie be without the Titanic sinking as he even incorporates that into his farce. I was waiting for Celine Dion to start singing the heart will go on.… Expand

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vgmkyleDec 16, 2022

James Cameron was great at making movies at one point, but now he panders to the woke and the brain-dead with his extremely simplistic scripts and boring characters. Not only that but his obscene and almost pompous fetish with water hasJames Cameron was great at making movies at one point, but now he panders to the woke and the brain-dead with his extremely simplistic scripts and boring characters. Not only that but his obscene and almost pompous fetish with water has overtaken the quality of his movies. We get it. You want to drown your talent.… Expand

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sirensynapseDec 17, 2022

Pretty crap. Pretty boring. Pretty pointless. Cowboys and blue indians again, all woke and preachy for you. It's kind of disgusting watching something that is 60% CGI; creepy.

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mickrussomDec 19, 2022

they are spending massive money sending brigades of people to shill this total mess of a movie. the navi look like mentally retarded inbred idiots.

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JYDOT77Dec 19, 2022

9 for the effects effort, but HFR is still horrible and is not helped by constant switching between that and normal FR. Negative points for story - the cast is let down massively by it, but I don't believe the foundations are good. Soft soft9 for the effects effort, but HFR is still horrible and is not helped by constant switching between that and normal FR. Negative points for story - the cast is let down massively by it, but I don't believe the foundations are good. Soft soft sci-fi (read - don't think about it). Like the equivalent of lift music - sci-fi for people who don't like sci-fi. 'Look! Really tall blue human tribes and whales that talk and everything is connected and nice humans try to make it better but bad humans are selfish and want to smash everything, etc. etc. If you're between 8 and 16 you may absolutely love it though? Just watch Prey instead. Says everything Avatar tries to without even trying. Someone put Cameron out to pasture now. Cynical box office grab.… Expand

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Satanski666Dec 19, 2022

Pregnant woman fighting... Yeah, giving immature girls ideas such as this, is totally not gonna end with some tragedy at some point. Hollywood is getting stupider from movie to movie.

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Alternative4Jan 1, 2023

Sanctimonious drivel filled with plotholes and assspulls galore. Narratively **** with the only thing carrying it the animations. Might as well have watched a movie without any dialogue driven forward by beautiful set pieces and a sequence ofSanctimonious drivel filled with plotholes and assspulls galore. Narratively **** with the only thing carrying it the animations. Might as well have watched a movie without any dialogue driven forward by beautiful set pieces and a sequence of gunshots and explosions going off at different times during the 3 hour drag.… Expand

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viroodiemDec 16, 2022

Terrible.

You can really feel the disney oozing from every pore. Cameron should have refused to make the film and just started over with a new setting and characters and let Avatar film remain dead, rather than parading its corpse around forTerrible.

You can really feel the disney oozing from every pore. Cameron should have refused to make the film and just started over with a new setting and characters and let Avatar film remain dead, rather than parading its corpse around for the plague rat.… Expand

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enut_butterDec 16, 2022

It’s pretty bad. Cameron’s unique disgust with testosterone becomes really obvious within the first few minutes of the film; sappy, emotional, nonsensical. And I say, ‘film’ but let me be totally clear: this is a video game cutscene. A 3+It’s pretty bad. Cameron’s unique disgust with testosterone becomes really obvious within the first few minutes of the film; sappy, emotional, nonsensical. And I say, ‘film’ but let me be totally clear: this is a video game cutscene. A 3+ hour video game cutscene. If you’re the kind of adderal-popping zoomer who is only capable of paying attention to tiktok you might be low IQ enough to get something out of this. If you’re not? Avoid this like the plague.… Expand

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FatmanduDec 16, 2022

If you seen the first movie you seen this. James Cameron has been exposed as a hack.

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SintelarisJan 9, 2023

It was not the second movie. It was the first movie with new graphics. Let me explain: we got almost nothing new in terms of the overall, global plot. Same "bad" humans, same "good" people of Navi. A lot of scenes were basically copy-paste ofIt was not the second movie. It was the first movie with new graphics. Let me explain: we got almost nothing new in terms of the overall, global plot. Same "bad" humans, same "good" people of Navi. A lot of scenes were basically copy-paste of the first part. Miles Quaritch, as well as a lot of other characters, did change a lot in their character - they do not feel the same as in the first part, except, maybe, Jake Sully. To sum up, I do not understand how people can call such a pathetic continuation good - I would like it not to exist at all and not defile the first movie.… Expand

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stark00zJan 8, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Com tanto tempo pra produzir essa obra eu esperava muito mais do filme, me decepcionei com os momentos que as soundtracks foram inseridos, em todo momento tinha música no fundo mas a maior sensação que eu tive foi de que o filme podia ter sido muito menor!.
A história é bem inferior ao primeiro, e se for pra pontuar algo bom que seja os designs e trabalho artístico do filme.… Expand

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Paddy--RMJan 9, 2023

It would be better to watch this film on mute or in an alien language without subtitles. More use as a 3+ hour screensaver than trying to connect with such a nonsensical yet extremely predictable, formulaic story line. I was just waiting forIt would be better to watch this film on mute or in an alien language without subtitles. More use as a 3+ hour screensaver than trying to connect with such a nonsensical yet extremely predictable, formulaic story line. I was just waiting for it to end.… Expand

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theoftime12Dec 18, 2022

Visualmente es impresionante, pero el guión es predecible, aburrido es una película que para ser sinceros no repetiría ir a ver la nueva vez

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alexegiyanDec 18, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a mess! Confused plot, first they want to kill everyone then only Jake for revenge, a senseless film full of stupid moments, and all this with the triple duration of what it was supposed to last in fact. Here's why the movie makes absolutely no sense: In the first, humans lose to the Avatars using the most advanced weapons, giant robots and an army of marines. In this film the villain returns in the form of Avatar with some of his companions to hunt down Jake, with what logic?! Cameron's logic that he wants to make a cinema series at all costs? It's not a good reason, so the film was rejected a priori. 3 more things to note: There is no way the water tribe can be as civilized as the woodland ones who have had an education from humans, they should be savages but no. The water tribe disappears completely during the final battle leaving the protagonists alone, at random. And what's the point of the human boy saving him "father not father" after what he did to his family?! I put 3 and not 2 for the special effects which are excellent.… Expand

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zexxxDec 20, 2022

Not much matters from the first movie. it's a new experience which looks amazing but get dragged down due to the silly story.

Sadly, instead of expanding and improving Avatar the movie just doubles down on action and drops any attempts at anNot much matters from the first movie. it's a new experience which looks amazing but get dragged down due to the silly story.

Sadly, instead of expanding and improving Avatar the movie just doubles down on action and drops any attempts at an interesting story.

Can't stress enough how beautiful it is and how amazing is the advancements in CG but it doesn't make this movie any less boring or shorter.… Expand

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LuisguerreroaDec 17, 2022

No me gustó,tiene una historia muy simplona, por lo general es una secuela innecesaria en la cual hay nulo desarrollo en los personajes, lo mas destacado es lo visual Yaque se ve muy bonito y la acción, pero en general me parece una películaNo me gustó,tiene una historia muy simplona, por lo general es una secuela innecesaria en la cual hay nulo desarrollo en los personajes, lo mas destacado es lo visual Yaque se ve muy bonito y la acción, pero en general me parece una película muy mala y muy larga… Expand

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PeterL111Dec 20, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not as epic as the first one. Movie is setup for future sequels since there’s no proper conclusion. New plot device in this movie is some goo from a fish. Human should have thought about cloning that fish instead. Too many kids with each their own problems. A little bit too much montages of swimming and bounding with fishes. Anyway, biggest disappointment for me is no proper conclusion of sky people and the main vilain.… Expand

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ares1138Dec 21, 2022

This movie offers nothing new, its effects at times border on the uncanny valley. The plot is bland, boring and predictable. A nonsense. A waste of time.

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exenDec 20, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Characters and story were boring. When I was watching this I fell asleep. Also the death of one of the main characters was so predictable. Only thing that saves this movie are visuals but they also weren't beautiful.… Expand

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computerkobraDec 17, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Guter Film mit fantastischen Aufnahmen. Unbedingt in 3D und im Imax schauen. Und ja er ist sehenswert, denn schon lange gab es eine Film der so schön aussah. Aber erwartet keine packende Story. Wird es emotional? Ja absolut aber es gibt so viele Logiklöcher als im früheren Teil. So ist der Grund warum sie überhaupt fliehen und zum Wasser gehen absolut lächerlich. Auch der ganze Schluss macht kein Sinn, trotzdem die Bilder muss man gesehen haben. Leider funktioniert dieser Film nur im kino. Im fernsehen wird diese bildgewalt nicht rüberkommen und die story ist zu banal.… Expand

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PetelernerDec 25, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The film was too long with a poorly devised plot. Most disappointing was that the powerful character of Neytiri Sully from the first movie had no significant role in this one. Her character could have been dropped from the second script with no consequence. The Sully family was too entitled, just showing up in a distant land knowing the trouble they would bring to their hosts. The short-sighted plan to protect the forest natives ignored what we learned of the "sky people" in the first film. The humans would have used a scorched earth method of clearing the forest anyway to bring the Sullys back.
The movie started with talk about some kind of bracelet with beads that represented life events. Really? A charm bracelet from Pandora? That sure has a commercial tie-in. Later when the ship was sinking, Cameron used imagery straight out of Titanic. Characters were trapped underwater behind a locked mesh door. That nod was just a distraction.
The man who led the hunt against the whale-like creatures lost his arm in the fight. The same creature that once lost a fin to him fought back and the hunter's arm was severed. That parallel would make a great five-paragraph paper in high school freshman English class. It was otherwise another example of drivel in the script. The teen angst that drives the movie gets tiring. Dumb teenage behavior brings near-death consequences, and the adults state their disappointment without significant recourse. Then the kids do it again. This behavior even leads to the teens being used as hostages after they go out where they've been told not to go. Again.
I didn't like any of the characters in this script except the daughter Kiri. The first movie had me rooting for their win over evil forces but in this second movie they seemed to be battling their own poor choices.
I wish James Cameron could return my three hours and ten minutes. I had better things to do with it.… Expand

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sp4rkst0rmDec 16, 2022

I'm giving this movie 1 point for every scene that would have merit without cg

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LinkdonDec 20, 2022

Garbage. just like the first one. How is this even relevant? Peppa Pig much? Phony bad movie that never should have been released.

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Midget007Dec 18, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very bad movie even worse than the first one. The review for this movie is that it is a bad movie. That is all, I think it is a bad movie. How many ways can I say it's a bad movie. I just think it was a bad movie. It was not a good movie. I think it was a bad movie. Not a good movie but rather a bad movie.… Expand

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MikefromAngusJan 8, 2023

I seen the movie in 3D AVX and high frame rate. Technically, the movie has the best 3D effects I ever seen, CGI was the best I seen as well. Cant wait to see it on 4k. But the movie was terrible. It had 3 acts, 1 was the intro. Which was notI seen the movie in 3D AVX and high frame rate. Technically, the movie has the best 3D effects I ever seen, CGI was the best I seen as well. Cant wait to see it on 4k. But the movie was terrible. It had 3 acts, 1 was the intro. Which was not involving and boring. 2nd was the documentary where the characters were swimming in the ocean, this part was my favorite. Just amazing! 3rd act was the action, it was poorly written, non sense. Nothing is more dangerous then a beached whale. LOL. I feel like this movie was made to make only money, yes the CGI is incredible. But its just like a video game where you need the gameplay to make a product a masterpiece. Presentation is a 10, But the movie is lacking a soul.… Expand

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Alex2011Jan 7, 2023

Dumb, foreseeable, uninspired story. Too long. I feel this is more a teenager movie. It felt very shallow to me. I am 32 years old.
Visuals are really great though.

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GrumpyParrotJan 9, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What can i say? It's all about the CGI. 13 years in the making and still they can't come up with an original story. Just the same "skypeople's vs. avatars" war story. A one hour story told by a 3 hour movie. Only the nature scenes were worth watching, that's it. Enough said. If you need to go sci fi and upload the original bad guy's memory into an Avatar for a revenge movie, your writers are really lazy. Next movie they'll probably use him again, because his "son" saved him..really?… Expand

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metacritiqueurMay 26, 2023

The white bad guys hunt whales, while the nice diversity plays marbles. This has been the Disney productions scenario for 10 years.

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dantesq0Jan 2, 2023

Most people are hype about every new movie that comes out. I'm curious about the average age and iq of the people who liked the movie. I didn't think I'd be this much bored.If it was made by another director and it was a Russian(etc) movie,Most people are hype about every new movie that comes out. I'm curious about the average age and iq of the people who liked the movie. I didn't think I'd be this much bored.If it was made by another director and it was a Russian(etc) movie, it would have a maximum score of 4.
Too many logic errors,bonds,dialogues between the characters, main villian, the extreme dead seriousness that is tried to be given with CGI, etc. The whole scenario is disgraceful.The script itself stolen from pocahantes,dance with wolves,peppe pig.13 years later James hasn't brought anything new, its a joke.… Expand

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GregbJan 2, 2023

Save your self time it's basically free willy only it's in space and the people are blue

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DusterbergDec 19, 2022

Basically, it's a rehash of the first part that doesn't have much to tell. The framerate changes are sometimes extremely annoying and the dialogues do the rest. Overrated trash

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RonathDec 26, 2022

I want to explain my low score. I'm usually a very middling scorer and this was very much a middling movie. The visuals are nice, but it's not enough to carry the story, which... well most of the time when you tell similar stories, it wouldI want to explain my low score. I'm usually a very middling scorer and this was very much a middling movie. The visuals are nice, but it's not enough to carry the story, which... well most of the time when you tell similar stories, it would take half the time, and there would be more... something afterwards. This is of course because they want to give a greater visual experience, but that's not why I'm seeing the movie. So for me, the yellow ratings from 4-6 implies that I would would watch it again, if it happened to say be on TV, but wouldn't seek it out. The plot though is so dull I would never be able to sit through it again. Even the visuals, while nice, are missing something. The way they're arranged they could be done in a way that enhanced the movie better and just highlighted the CGI better.… Expand

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FinzGamingDec 24, 2022

Caged dolphins were tortured for the premiere. There simply shouldn't be anything like that.

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praneelrajaDec 24, 2022

The film bored me the first two hours. The film had no story. There is no reason why the military has to go after Jake after he left for the ocean islands.

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Billyb123Dec 29, 2022

This movie Could really use some gun violence despite what James incompetent Cameron thinks

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dan1elbra1aJan 4, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ich bin im Kino eingeschlafen nach 10 Minuten. So etwas habe ich noch nie gesehen...… Expand

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dahurtbiznessJan 14, 2023

overrated copy and paste plot except in reverse roles this movie is just visual glorification. the story is flat and an uninspired avatar one 2.0 resurrecting dead characters its turned a simple concept into another fast and furious when theoverrated copy and paste plot except in reverse roles this movie is just visual glorification. the story is flat and an uninspired avatar one 2.0 resurrecting dead characters its turned a simple concept into another fast and furious when the stakes doesn't even matter anymore.… Expand

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PreyingOcelotDec 17, 2022

Rubbish, just watcha Marvel film instead...................................

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imthenoobJun 9, 2023

People massively overrated this one as much as they did the original. It's purely a visual spectacle with a paper-thin plot that proceeds at a snail's pace.

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BLADELINGApr 2, 2023

Violence is the solution. Hollywood's word.
At least they used to put more effort into manipulating the masses.

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ErimudApr 4, 2023

Bro, the graphics looks like season 1 of the animated series 'attack of the clones'. The plot holes and retconning are all over the place, bro. On the plus side, the script is so bro, the most bro, you can't even bro as much as this bro bros!

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wesseldjJan 11, 2023

Avatar The Way of Water is basically the same as the first installment but with more characters that unfortunately aren't fleshed out well enough for you to care for them. The storyline of this second version of Avatar was basically almostAvatar The Way of Water is basically the same as the first installment but with more characters that unfortunately aren't fleshed out well enough for you to care for them. The storyline of this second version of Avatar was basically almost exactly the same as the first movie 13 years ago. It even seemed that it didn't know which direction it wanted to go and just mashed up different events and ideas randomly together into a 3 hour movie, which eventually left you with an unsatisfying feeling. The 3D effect is however yet again top notch, you feel as if the characters were real and alive on screen, however I am afraid that the 3D gimmick has worn out over time, that 3D alone wont contribute significantly enough anymore to make a film watchable.… Expand

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hnestlyontheslyMay 22, 2023

It took James Cameron 13 years to plagiarize the plot of one beloved young adult book series and the cinematography of Wakanda Forever, which is to say, either he spent the first twelve and a half of those years spitballing failed ideasIt took James Cameron 13 years to plagiarize the plot of one beloved young adult book series and the cinematography of Wakanda Forever, which is to say, either he spent the first twelve and a half of those years spitballing failed ideas before discovering Tamora Pierce or he had never once considered the fact that the audience who went to see the groundbreaking 3D, motion capture spectacle of his first film might have changed in its tastes, sensibilities, and politics in the intervening time. Much has been written about the cringe nature of having Kate Winslet and Sam Worthington hoot, holler, and ululate alongside a race-blind cast of blue Na’vi. I don’t have much to add except for the exquisite weirdness of seeing Kate Winslet stick out her tongue in displeasure takes me back to the days of witnessing the discovery of a local football team’s pregame warm up dance by the rest of the country, and the way that fetishcization of Pacific Island culture for Western masculinist culture felt so uncomfortable, even while so many other aspects of Pacific Island masculinity were mocked and criticized as effeminate and/or obscene.

But that’s what we do, right? We pick and choose the things that we like and ignore the things that don’t fit into our preferred vision of what the world should look like. It’s why James Cameron can feel so bold about depicting pregnant Na’vi hunters while also prompting the question, why is everyone in Pandora so straight? There are so many aspects of representation and racial tropes that one could find themselves mired in while discussing this movie, that it seems more useful to just assume that we’ve all turned our brains off for three hours about the oddities of such a big budget franchise assuming no development around concepts of colonization, presenting no self-critique, and doubling down on a lot of the stereotypes that were maybe forgiven back in a time when not every video game had the same quality as Cameron’s SFX. Today there are fewer excuses.

Avatar: Way of the Water takes the original **** plot of Company-Wants-to-Extract-Nondescript-Natural-Resource-So-It-Invents-Cloning/Mind Control-Technology by adding (spoiler) the ostensibly brilliant complication of Humanity-Has-Ruined-Earth-and-Needs-A-New-Planet, but this movie is not actually about that, because if it were, it would have to pit the native Na’vi against the remaining survivors of climate catastrophe, a band of innocent women and children who have no where else to go, two equally sympathetic sets of stories which necessitate coexistence or genocide. That plot would require some delicacy. Instead, this movie is more about rehashing the literal final battle scene from the first movie, but spread over a couple hours, with the character development of several youngsters to set up future films. And weirdly, talking whales?

The uncanniness of experiencing full conversations in voice over, or, as is the case in WotW, subtitles–which is even more confusing because it’s unclear whether the subtitling is for the Na’vi sign language that the youngster is signing or the… whale…talking–was the first true WTF moment of this movie. The audience was palpably disturbed. Friends and I leaned out of our lounge chairs to confirm that we had all just shared the same moment. I whispered to Friend about how she was going to have to explain this deeply disturbing moment to her husband when he got back from the bathroom (the first bathroom break he had taken in a movie in the entirety of 2022). “I was on board for everything until this moment,” she said to me, or everyone in the theater, unclear, because at this moment it was obvious that everyone was reassessing their motives for having come to see the movie.

Paolini’s Eragon was supposed to be a morality tale in the hubris of allowing a spoiled child publish without edit his unadulterated thoughts and feelings through the prism of fantasy. But Cameron took both of these notes presumably and then doubled down hard on talking whales. The use of telepathy as communication between rider and beast was widely described as clumsy and stupid (and I have my own preferences for why it doesn’t work). The problem is that James Cameron didn’t invent the concept of talking whales. What’s worse is he didn’t invent the concept of hyper intelligent talking whales who’ve taken a vow of pacifism which leads to an outcast. For that, you’d have to go to the author Tamora Pierce.

Daja Kisubo (right) is marked as unlucky after a tragic event kills the rest of her people through no fault of her own and she fights the stigma of her misfortune throughout her story, and in yet ANOTHER Tamora Pierce book series whales are featured with the gift of speech and internal politics that prevent them from attacking ships, I am told by Tamora Pierce fan, Wife. So so much more to say but I'm hitting the character limit.… Expand

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TeslaBrownMay 14, 2023

as soon as a musical comes in a few minutes later, you can tell that something is wrong.
it's another pro "join the army" movie - with heliocentric touches that are already too crude, but hey, it's the sequence ...
good visual effects, theas soon as a musical comes in a few minutes later, you can tell that something is wrong.
it's another pro "join the army" movie - with heliocentric touches that are already too crude, but hey, it's the sequence ...
good visual effects, the hero already smokes joints, and lets his kids swear... surely, for the 4th/5th installment as well as King Kong, the blue beings will be taken or will have to go to New York. at some point I already felt like I was watching one of those 1998 Hallamark series.… Expand

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oznollaMar 28, 2023

This movie was so very underwhelming and unnecessary that I truly wish I had folded my underwear and ironed my socks instead of watching it.

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VioletStitchJun 7, 2023

For as good as the CGI is literally everything else in the movie is equally as terrible. The lore building, story, and script have to be some of the worse I have seen in a long time. For someone like James Cameron to constantly crap on MCU isFor as good as the CGI is literally everything else in the movie is equally as terrible. The lore building, story, and script have to be some of the worse I have seen in a long time. For someone like James Cameron to constantly crap on MCU is rather funny as the man could have learned a lot about building a franchise by simply watching them, everything in this movie felt forced, confusing or even cringe worthy. Would never recommend.… Expand

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PaulyyMay 25, 2023

The only good thing about this movie is it's outstanding visuals. Otherwise it sucks, the plot isn't good the characters are even worse and it goes on for way too long.

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Quint23Jun 9, 2023

This movie is not for children. It shows graphic killing of a whale-like creature and her calf. The scene really bothered me and I am an adult. Beware.

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TomHugApr 19, 2023

What a tiresome, insulting, pandering movie. Yes, the special effects are shiny and perfect, but if you look past the effects, the script is terrible. Too many overused tropes draw out this thin story. Predictable and cliched character turnsWhat a tiresome, insulting, pandering movie. Yes, the special effects are shiny and perfect, but if you look past the effects, the script is terrible. Too many overused tropes draw out this thin story. Predictable and cliched character turns and plot twists run throughout this movie. I guess if you make 3 billion on the first movie, no one can tell you, "not quite there" on the second.… Expand