Film Review: James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’
deadline.comJames Cameron always swings for the fences — no singles, doubles, triples or even stealing home for him — and he’s hit a grand slam with the long-awaited Avatar: The Way of Water.
This second installment in a five-film series of Avatar features from 20th Century Studios/Disney (with three more to open at two-year intervals through 2028) more than fulfills the promise of the original, which was released in 2009, before some of its fans were even born.
The film is beautiful, obsessive and eventful, a depiction of a veritable Eden threatened by voraciously destructive forces both natural and man-made.
No one who enthused over the original would think of missing this follow-up, which ups the ante for all that is to come, creatively and financially.
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