Avatar : TWOTW
It was alright. It entertained but that’s it.
I think it was a victim of the success of the first one and that they decided to do 2&3 at the same time. It’s a total rehash of the first one story wise but has even less to say that the simplistic moralising of that one for various reasons.
The most interesting things in this are only given lip service and seem to be getting kept for 3 (and 4 and 5) and the actual ‘Avatar’ aspect is completely removed from things. (you could make the same movie with only humans and get the same results)
There’s no denying the technical artistry on screen but I felt detached from it all. Only really got invested in the last hour so some of the events kinda felt like emotional manipulation. Really well done and good looking emotional manipulation but still.
A watered down (pun intended) rehash of the first one. A charitable 7 whales / 10