Review of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) by Nnogohko — 17 Dec 2022

I really enjoyed Avatar: The Way of Water. I think it is visually stunning, which is ofcourse what everyone says but it's true. People who say this movie isn't good because it is just spectacle with no substance, I think that is unfair to the film.

The underwater sequences especially were detailed, I couldn't catch everything even after watching the movie twice. I saw it first in Reald 3D. I wasn't particularly impressed by the 3D with that format but wow I saw it in the laser ultra 3D with the high frame rate the second time and it was simply jawdropping.

The images were so crisp, bright, and detailed and the 3D was so immmersive especially during the water sequences and the final battle, it was the best 3D experience I've ever had. The action sequences are truly fantastic and I haven't seen any sequences like this before.

I was alittle bit bothered by the high frame rate which gave some of the earlier action sequences a really unnatural video game like feel, but I got used to it. I think the whale thing went on too long and that is when the film drags.

15 to 20 minutes I think could have been shaved off. The story is one we have seen many times before but I didn't really care because it's not the point of this movie or the previous one. I was honestly sad to leave Pandora when the film ended.

I wanted the next chapter to start immediately. I cared for the characters more in this movie I genuinely felt emotional in some scenes. I am planning to see it the third time on IMAX 3D and I am definitely seeing it again on the laser ultra screen which just had stunning picture quality.