Director: James Cameron. Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Edie Falco. 192 min. Rated PG-13. Fantasy/Action.
- You can say James Cameron's (first) sequel to his epic 2009 movie is too long, you can say it's a reiteration of the original film combined with a Titanic ending, and you can say the multitude of new characters makes this episode slightly confusing. But you cannot doubt one thing: James Cameron is the grandmaster of his craft. The movie is long, but you can sit there watching those stunning underwater scenes with their mind-blowing fantasy creativity ... forever.
- One criticism I've had for George Lucas' fantasy worlds, is that in a battle between two alien species (in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, for instance), you don't care much about the casualties of the good guy aliens. Here, in a movie where almost all characters are non-human, you cry for the death of one of them. Show me a scene where Lucas has ever made you shed a tear for a space alien.
- To top it all, rarely does anybody choreograph action sequences as good as Cameron does (remember Terminator 2, or Aliens?). Your eyes are glued to the screen for the entire last hour of this movie. In the era of easy, boring computerized action movies, that is a grand achievement.
- But it's not all just razzle dazzle. There are some hidden messages: the first movie was a Dances with Wolves in space (one of ours joining them to become one of them), this one touches on the hardships of immigration, and the resulting xenophobia. And the environment-friendly vibes exude throughout.
- Avatar: The Way of Water is the ultimate movie entertainment experience. I dare you name a movie as visually stimulating as this one. Watch it on as big a screen as possible.
- (And Jim, we love your movies, but can you do it a little shorter next time?)
MoGo's rating: 8/10
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