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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
I've waited 9 years not disappointed. I appreciate it isn't for everyone tho
I've waited for this movie for 9 years, and I am not disappointed.
First of all I actually love Quaritch. The first film he was crude, unapologetc, a typical hard head soldier who wants nothing more than to execute his task. The second film he comes back as an avatar, and is slightly nostalgic to Jake; cocky, has gained humor, and overall seems to have softer expressions than old Quaritch. It seems hes also trying to rival Jake especially going the hard way like Jake did with his banshee. Spider was a necessity in this film and I'm not having it otherwise (even if he did piss me off). He also opened another side to Quaritch, and I think opened him to the world of Pandora. Quaritch didn't seem overly entertained by the Tulkun hunt, and even hesitated killing the Na'vi. He wouldn't have done this in the past.
Parallels. I found them very fascinating. The movement of the Sully family to the Metkayina tribe, and them having to learn new ways mimiced Jakes entry to the Omatikaya, Lo'ak being attacked in the water, but also how they dealt with the movement. Neytiri had already lost her home once, and the others had probably never moved before. Jake was being Jake as he had already experienced dislocation a few times. Music wise - the Eywa theme showed Kiri's connection just like it did with Jake, and you saw similar motifs which reminded me of the heartbreaking scenes of the first film and brought up those emotions. Also how Quaritch reacted with being in an avatar body like Jake did, Quaritch said he would need to ride Na'vi - and it shows how Jake and Quaritch had similar aims but then Jake broke off from Quaritch who stayed the same.
Another parallel that I realised was during the Tulkun hunt you saw the marine biologist sort of mimiced Grace, however he was not as outspoken and Grace would definetly not have harmed animals in pursuit for knowledge - or at least of what we knew of. The hunter obviously mimiced Quaritch in his hunt for the Tulkun but was contrasted against Quaritch next to him (mentioned earlier)
the little details: CGI improvement to the dots that reacted with emotions and Kiri with her connection with Eywa, the scene with Lo'ak and the Tulkun where his body mimiced the tail of the Tulkun, the bioluminescence in the water, Zoe's acting once Neteyam had passed absolutely killed me - but you could see all of them had no time to process the greif, and Neytiri transferred this into absolute anger which would be percieved as being savage. Their performance during that scene was impeccable. There are other details I love such as the ears reacting to sound/emotion etc, including their tails
I appreciate the scenes that may seem like fillers becasue it helps take you to the world of Pandora, I've seen criticisms about the Unobtanium being replaced by the Tulkun spit stuff and I sorta understand it but at the same time it reflects what the human race already does - can't get one thing, oh yea we will go onto another thing that harms the world just as much.
Leaving the forest I'd say was a pretty damn good choice - it was a creative decision, but the RDA were already targeting the sea so ig it would eventually lead somewhere around that story wise
And the constant action, well there isnt? Theres like a 30min-1hr block of little action, and even to the very end for me it felt very short lived (not a complaint just an observation). I would say that in contrast to avatar there is little build up, but that's the nature of the story - it happens quickly. Its not like a tsunami slowly coming up over the horizon the threat is there and the RDA want it over quickly.
Overall I forgot I was in the cinema watching it. I nearly turned up late and was prepared to leave even if I was one minute late bc I wanted to see it right as it started. I cant thank the whole team enough for providing this film, everyone did an amazing job. I kinda hope Quaritch eventually leaves the film or another threat or smth comes along, maybe even in the 5th it becomes more of an adventure less action. I cant wait to see where it goes and hopefully theyre jsut as good as this one.
Braking for Whales (2019)
Underrated
Whilst I have to admit that this film has pretty bad dialogue at times, I do think that it has portrayed it's aim well. People may think that the scenes are over acted and yes - many of them are, but it is definitely a film that should be given a chance.