Review of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) by Tubey — 17 Dec 2022
There's a weird throughput of complete arrogance to this movie - a director with a ridiculous budget doing things just because he can, rather than because he should.
Cameron would have been better served leaving out the wondering what CGI trickery he could weave in and instead spending that time working on a script.
This is turgid stuff that drags on and on and on. A CGI tech demo for a PlayStation 6 rather than a serious movie that seriously tests your patience towards the end. Yes, it looks visually very good throughout, but it's overkill - CGI is at its' best when it compliments the movie, not when it IS the movie.
The sole appeal is to see this in 3D/IMAX or whatever for the visual spectacle. There's zero reason to watch this at home or even on a standard cinema screen, because narratively this is as shallow as a puddle.
I found the original Avatar OK. I thought it showed promise with what could be done with technology, and I went into this one genuinely open-minded, wondering if Cameron could fulfil that promise. He hasn't. He didn't even come close, and I hope this is the end of the big budged CGI adventure in Hollywood.
This review of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) was written by Tubey on 17 Dec 2022.
Avatar: The Way of Water has generally received very positive reviews.
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