‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Footage Debuts in 3D High Frame Rate at D23 to Mixed Results

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“Avatar 2” (out this Christmas!) and the cast (on stage in Anaheim) revealed a good chunk of footage from the new movie. It was overwhelming, in every way possible, as Cameron debuted the footage in 3D HFR to a noticeably muted response in the room.“Since everybody’s together there, all our film fans and we’ve got the cast right there, why don’t we show you some scenes from the movie?” Cameron said, via satellite (or whatever high tech contraption he undoubtedly designed in a lab). “We’re going to hand out 3D glasses and you are going to be the first audience to get a sneak peek from a few scenes from ‘Avatar: The Way of Water.’” (Cameron also just remastered the original film for a splashy theatrical re-release next month.)The footage that they screened does give a rough approximation of the story for “Avatar: The Way of Water,” as well as showcasing the technological advancements that Cameron and producer Jon Landau have been toiling away on for the past five years. (Cameron said they’ve filmed the next three movies and the first half of the fourth movie.) 3D glasses were indeed passed out and partitions were put up so that you couldn’t see more than one screen at a time (depending on where you were seated).

It was very theatrical, perfect for a movie that demands to be seen on the largest possible screen.We’re going to run through the scenes that were shown as part of the presentation, and since the scenes were presented without commentary or context, they could very well constitute plot reveals.

If you don’t want to know anything about your return trip to Pandora, turn back now. Consider this a slight spoiler warning.The first sequence that was shown was done so for obvious reasons.