Avatar: The Way of Water was... EXHAUSTING!
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- čas přidán 16. 12. 2022
- My review of the new Avatar movie, Avatar: The Way of Water!
It's a great looking movie, but it has a bunch of issues and it's WAY TOO LONG!
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Honestly idk how you could be bored when it’s 3 hours of mind blowing cgi. I was entertained throughout the entire movie, partly because of the cgi. Yes the story is basic af, the villain is generic, and there are lots of plot holes, but I genuinely don’t care when it comes to avatar. The thing I liked was the family aspect of the movie and I think that kinda carried the story. It’s just a good experience to see in theaters.
This was first non positive review ive seen. Lol totally agree with you
so... how does James Cameron's meat taste bruv?
This entire channel is contrarian for the sake of being contrarian for views.
Sheesh. Sounds like you fell asleep towards the end... The characters changed drastically by the time the credits rolled. Even Quatrich (the decision bring him back I was initially against) felt more interesting this time around. Yeah, the simplicity of the story was a bit underwhelming, but I was satisfied with it by the end, and I'm actually interested to see where it goes now.
I agree that they made Quatrich slightly more 3-deminsional in this one, I agree. But the entirety of the third act felt more like set-up for the next installment, rather than a meaningful conclusion of something.
SPOILERS:
I didn't care about the son dying, it was perdictable and it was the son the film made less of an effort to make us care about anyway. The film begins with Quatrich chasing Jake, and it ends implying that he'll just continue chasing Jake. Jake changes from "We have to run to protect our family" to "We have to fight to protect our family". Doesn't feel like a meaningful change to me.
Basically, just not that great of a film, but it wasn't terrible and I didn't hate it either, so 5/10 for me.
@@IaMD.B. That's a fair opinion. To me at least, Cameron's films have always had a predictable quality about them, even his best ones (Aliens, T2), but they are great at being emotionally effective... Predictable or not, I DID feel something in that death scene, largely due to Saldana's performance. The last hour is pretty much the only time I felt any investment in the characters in either Avatar film, which is why I came away feeling alright about the movie overall. To each their own and all that...
I honestly really loved the movie because it allows you to just bask in these gorgeous environments. My My only issue was that is was so obviously setting up a sequel so nothing really comes to a close. I'd give it a 8.5/10.
Avatar 2 was extraordinary, my 11 year old daughter enjoyed every minute of it in 3D. Lovely film for the entire family.
Exactly! This film felt soo long. I was uncomfortable in my chair near the end and I just wanted it to end.
The best movie of the year hands down. Everybody should see THAT at the cinema!
Best movie of the year? I don't know about that:) But yes, this is a movie that needs to be seen on the big screen.
@@IaMD.B. One of the best movie :p in my opinion!
Hmm... The movie was... interseting, it felt like just one big setup for upcoming sequels. I feel like my opinion of the movie will be finalised in the light of the bigger picture later on. It had it's flaws but it was beautiful and I didn't get bored for the entire runtime. I gave it a 7.5/10 with my friends after walking out of the cinema. Noting great but definitely not a bad movie.
Yeah, my opinion could chagne after the next installment is released, sure. But something major needs to happen in the third one in order for my assesment of this one to change.
I totally agree with you that the movie was exhausting. Amazing visuals do not make a story. About 30 minutes of seeing Pandora was enough for me to not be impressed by visuals alone, and then I needed some real story to happen to actually enjoy the world that was being presented. Spectacle vs substance, I personally don't care much at all for spectacle. Seeing explosions and robots vs blue people doesn't matter to me if it's not backed up by some great story design and understanding some believable and well thought out motivations.
I think that the movie was far too long and kind of a rehash of the first movie. Honestly, none of the characters have very interesting or memorable personalities and seem like they are exactly the same as the first movie, if not worse. Really can't believe the brought back the caricature of a drill sergeant back for this movie. He was overused in the first movie and here they tried to develop him a bit with having a son, but he still feels like a ridiculous cartoon character of a villain. Not going to see Avatar 3 at this point, was very disappointed.
Avatar 1 and 2 Story explained (spoiler):
Avatar 1: Too much Forest, Humans vs Pandora Forest people
Avatar 2: Too much Water, Human vs Pandora people featuring Sea people and whales and middle fingers.
As a big fan of both movies... this is completely accurate.
Bro I literally can't recall what happened in the third act of the movie especially the fight with the colonel. It was so long that I just completely lost track of what's happening. I think the first movies final fight was better than this one's.
Summed up my thoughts exactly. I literally lost interest in the last 45 mins :P
Because of social media I feel like peoples attention spans won’t allow them to make it through the whole movie
I love it how as a human beings rather to connect with more our roots and spirits, we are getting mechanical every single time! Of something is of slow paced and let us teach about that, we mock that in an effortless way, despite of being to sit calmly put our patience and to feel the point of view of that and later to bring all together what that want to convey or say! As someone who is visionary and letting us to teach or project that vision infront of us is not anykind of joke or mocked thing that is done in simply casual way!
We are so and so materialistic that we are the feeders of the availability of instance and quick!
No waiting, no keeping patience, no urge to feel another's portrayls!!!!!
Well i would say Disney plus series and other series ruined me
Ever since Dr strange multiverse of madness I'm not satisfied with any movie because they kept feeling so short this was the first film after that which satisfied and made me feel like i watched a movie rather than just one episode of any series
I barely watch TV shows, so... For me it's different
This is actually refreshing. I did not like the first Avatar either and wanted to give this a chance but I just did not enjoy it that much. I thought the dialogue was cringey and honestly Jake's kids getting in trouble constantly got on my nerves and I did not like any of the kid characters. I think all the whale stuff was fluff that could have been cut unless the whale is now a main character we'll see in future films. The only times I felt anything was when Zoe Saldana was emoting pain/sadness
I probably should not comment here, since I have not seen Avatar 2, and don't plan on it. But the reason is because I DID see Avatar, and that's why I wasn't interested in seeing this one. And since you mentioned it, I think it's fair game. For me, I was less impressed with the visuals of Avatar. Yes, I recognized it as really great CGI and it was pretty to look at. But I never felt I was watching a real place. It had a similar effect on me to watching something like Toy Story, where the animation is great, but your brain knows you aren't watching anything but a computer generated environment. It has no substance. It was a big difference with something like LOTR. Jackson made use of CGI also, but it was mixed in with practical FX and real sets. The CGI was mainly to extend sets and created backgrounds. He did use extensive CGI in some of the large battle scenes, granted. But since those scenes are between other scenes with real sets and real actors, you felt like you were seeing a real place. For me, watching Avatar was like watching a high-end video game. Cool to look at, but it never immersed me in a way that I felt like I was really there. Plus it was too long and I was bored with it in about 30 minutes. I have assumed Avatar 2 was more of the same, so I've never bothered. Maybe I'll watching on Amazon streaming one day just for curiosity, but only if I don't have to pay for it, or maybe renting it for 3.99. I'm not paying a theater price for it.
I liked the run time but maybe its because it means i get to disassociate and escape reality for 3 hours. Also my favorite movie is about 3 hr so 🤷♀
My favorite movie is also 3 hours, but it never got boring or repetitive or preachy.
This one did, for me.
MOVIE IS AMAZING WOULD LOVE IT FOR ONE MORE HOUR
you must have amazing levels of endurance to be able to withstand a 4.5 hour movie in theaters! Did you theater have a break in the middle of the movie? Mine didn't, maybe if we had a break my thoughts would be a bit different.
@@IaMD.B. you never watched Netflix series back to back four episodes ...
I did a whole season of mentalist ...Dr house ..Mr robot ...shameless ..many
As far i am know I'm pretty sure you may ght have done ....
Yeah I have a powerful brain and eyes to consume
@@aravindmaddini6348 there's a difference between watching 4 Netflix episodes back to back in the comfort of your own living room with the ability to pause and go to the bathroom whenever you want, and watching a 4.5 hour movie in a crowded theater with 3D glasses in front of a giant screen in a dark room where you can't even catch a break every 50 or so minutes.
I don't think it's an apt comparison.
@@IaMD.B.👍
It was long to establish more connection so if you go in not caring for the characters to begin with of course you're gonna be like meh
This movie was amazing
Meat ride it some more
im flabberghasted that the indepth natural geographics shit made the movie LESS good for oyu, for me it made me fall in love with the franchise and one of the reasons the last movie was so high up on my list of favorite movies was because when watching it, it wouldnt be over in an instant because the movie is longer than most short fucking movies where its over instantly
Eh, this is an alright review, I watched it, then went to see it, loved the movie. Feel like this review is innacurate...
I mean.... It's a matter of tastes and opinions...
Someone can come and tell me he thinks the movie looks like crap... I'll disagree with him, but there's no right or wrong in art.
So you may feel it's inacurate, I'll just call it a difference of opinion.
I had a really good time with this movie
Nobody cried when top gun made a sequel 30 years later lol. All I can hear is man babies lol
The rise of toxic human character has already started.
Who the hell even watches these boring blockbuster movies 😭
A lot of people, more than those who watch films like The Northman for example...
Super boring movie. Uninteresting characters and three acts each more bloated than the next.
Pretty much, yeah. This is a movie strictly for the big screen. After that there's almost nothing about it.
Mhmm it’s funny. You criticized the movie as if you could’ve done a better job.
I believe I could've done a better a job in like one or two departments, yes. As a whole? Not a damn chance lol
wrong.
OK
You are exaggerating! I think the movie is at least 3/10 max!
totally disagree......best part of the movie was 2nd half. Could and would sit for another hour. This is a BS review.
I just didn't find the second half to be that interesting. When it devolves into the preachy messaging, the incessant world building, and the mindless action... that's when it loses me.
Mind blowing visuals and ppl say they’re bored? The second half was world building. I genuinely don’t understand how you could be bored watching the greatest cgi you’ll ever see
@@morbincentral3607 because after 3.5 hours I want more than that. The CGI as impressive as it is will always be nothing more than exactly that... CGI. I need some story and characters to keep me going.