A Visual Spectacle With Basic Storyline - MAC Reviews When I walked into the theatre I genuinely had high expectations from Avatar : The Way of Water. Well, the films does not disappoints me in the action department or visual department but the plot of the film felt like too basic for a James Cameron movie.
+ves : As expected, it was a larger than life experience watching Avatar in 3D. Direction was amazing. Action sequences were well shot much better than the first one. VFX, CGI & BGM were bang one. I felt as if I was right there in Pandora with those Navis. I loved the characters of Kiri & Spider.
-ves : The length of the film was a major negative or turn off for me in this movie. I felt as they were just trying to drag things. Especially those repeated sequences of Little Sully with that Tulkun. 30-35 mins of the movie can be easily chopped. Screenplay was way too slow considering it's a 2022 movie. Next thing is introducing lot of new characters. Although I loved some of those characters, but its shifts our entire focus from the main protagonist, Jake Sully. Unlike the first part, Jake Sully has just been limited to the Climax of the film. That took the main focus of the audience away from Sully. Moreover, in the first part, whenever Col. Miles Quaritch came on screen, he had his own aura which always felt dreadful. But in this sequel, that has not been the case. As a result, we don't feel that tension & rivalry during the final faceoff. Moreover, another thing which I heavily criticized in Jurassic Park : Dominion was that the movie had no proper ending. Same is the case with this film. At the end, things went back to Ground Zero. So it felt like I just wasted 3hrs 10mins on watching a motion ride having no proper ending. I know that they are keeping some things for the upcoming instalments of Avatar, but still they could have tried to make its end a bit meaningful. For Example, killing Colonel & bringing a new Villain who's more powerful etc. Like Marvel maybe. I do not know, that my own opinion however you can differ.
To conclude, I would say go and watch it as you could only enjoy it in a theatre. Witness the glory of Navis but don't forget that this movie requires a lot of patience especially during 1hr to 2hr time slot.