Thanks to the two legendary films Aliens from 1986 and Terminator: Judgment Day from 1991, James Cameron has a stellar reputation when it comes to sequels. I'm delighted to report that he has now produced a third sequel with Avatar: The Way of Water.
Everything in the follow-up is better, including the scale, visual effects, and story. Despite the scepticism of many, including myself, Avatar 2 takes it to the next level.
Jake Skully and Neytiri are raising a family of five kids in the narrative, which takes place ten years after the events in Avatar. However, when the humans go back to Pandora, their beautiful lives are upended.
Jake and his family were forced to abandon their tribe and seek refuge with the coastal tribe known as the Metkayina when the humans dispatched a murder squad lead by Colonel Miles Quaritch's Na'vi clone to hunt them down.
The movie's bloated screenplay, which featured a few too many plot arcs and didn't offer all of them acceptable resolutions or do a good job of balancing between them, was the only serious problem I had with it.
James Cameron, just like he did with Avatar in 2009, exploits the stunning graphics on show to distract you from these problems. This does result in a few editing decisions that don't make much sense and are startling.
