Avatar: The Way of Water

It would be missing the point to call the proceedings indulgent to the point of self-infatuation: Cameron has built a new world from the remixed bits of this one, and he seems determined that we should not simply visit Pandora, we should live in it.

It’s more than you can possibly imagine. A fantasy world so vivid and real it commands your full attention for 3h 12m. And when it’s done, you’ll still want to linger in this heightened state of make believe.

We get a story this time... that part of it was great, but at 3 hours and 15 minutes, it's just too long.

If you go just for the escape and spectacle, you will be in awe.

The film’s focus is split in so many directions that none of its characters feel whole, even after three full hours.

[James Cameron] remains very much at the center of his obsession. He may not be a great artist, or a visionary, but in its look, and its feeling for family, this behemoth enterprise still has an ardent, cornball grandeur to it.

The preservation of our woods is the central topic of the first Avatar film and the topic of Avatar: The Way Of Water is ocean preservation. To summarize, don’t doubt James Cameron.

The special effects are breathtaking...Like all sequels, the original was a bit better.

Technology used to make the film is so compelling and masterful that everything else is an afterthought.

Whatever may be wrong with it, Avatar: The Way of Water is pure, unabashed cinema, with some of the most glorious visuals ever put to screen and an endlessly absorbing soundtrack.