Posted on 12/14/2022 1:52:40 PM PST by Rummyfan
It's been 13 years since James Cameron's Avatar beat his previous blockbuster, Titanic, to become the highest grossing film ever released. But now at long last he has returned to the jungle moon of Pandora - and roughly 13 years have passed there, too. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), his mind now permanently installed in a blue alien Na'vi body, is the chief of his clan, and he and his wife Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) have four children.
They spend their time lolling around in skimpy loincloths, thinking about how happy they are, but inevitably their Edenic and slightly risqué tranquility ends when spaceships from the planet Earth roar down from the skies. The invaders raze miles of jungle in a fiery apocalypse, much like the one at the start of Terminator 2. Then they stomp around in massive robotic exoskeletons, much like the ones in Aliens. It's clear pretty quickly, then, that Avatar: The Way of Water, is a James Cameron's Greatest Hits: as the "Water" in the subtitle might suggest, several sequences come straight from The Abyss and Titanic.
Anyway, with the humans intent on total conquest, Jake wages a guerilla war against them, blowing up railway tracks and stealing weapons. He is a stripy-blue Robin Hood - and he has a stripy-blue Sheriff of Nottingham to contend with. The villainous Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) was killed at the end of Avatar, but his memories were transferred to a Na'vi body, so now he is just as super-strong and super-tall as Sully. He's also understandably bitter about the small matter of his own death.
...
But then Cameron takes the film in a new direction - and The Way of Water becomes a damp squib.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
And let’s not forget “The Shape of Water”. Yeah, it won best picture (which has become meaningless anyway), but it was another absolutely awful film.
what do all these avatars poop?
they are all over the place riding flying animals, but there are no poop piles...
the reason native american tribes were nomadic is not so much they followed the herds, but they had to leave the area because of the stench.
I have to confess I was wondering about their sewage treatment and disposal. But then I wondered about that in Game of Thrones also.
And how is it that they understand natives biology well enough to transfer minds in, but can't just develop a plague to wipe them out?
Or just push an asteroid into colliding with the planet, producing a winter which will destroy all life so they can land later and strip mine in peace?
the jungle moon of Pandora
...............
How shameless! Ummm, are there any Ewoks there? What a lazy rip-off.
I’m rooting for the white military guys to kill all the savages.
This is what others are rooting for, right?...
Pre-dates, and with a differing meaning.
Waterboy is awesome and was successful.
I’m rooting for the white military guys to kill all the savages.
This is what others are rooting for, right?...
I got pushed to go see ‘Billy Jack’ by a former GF. By the end I was rooting for the rednecks.
Maybe. Never been a fan of Adam Sandler myself.
I like Waterworld! Watched it several times.
HATED The Water Boy.
I’ll watch it when its FREE. I’ll decide for myself if it is any good.
I liked the first one. Although Sigourney Weaver was miscast for the role.
“And how is it that they understand natives biology well enough to transfer minds in, but can’t just develop a plague to wipe them out?”
Simple: Lord Fauci is long since dead.
Or just push an asteroid into
The first one was pre-woke garbage.
Sandler's career peaked with Happy Gilmore.
Me personally -— I am staying away in droves from this boring eco-jive movie. I watched the first one for 20 minutes, then drifted in and out of napping for the rest of it. Those blue critters with tails are annoying.
How '70s.
I liked Billy Madison, Waterboy, and Happy Gilmore.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.