Article: "Avatar 2" will take viewers underwater

cerebus said:
You watched it?
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Nope unfortunately we don't have an Imax, or suitable alternative, close by.

Comes from a spoiler free "review" from some of those that were invited to the early screenings. I trust their opinion for the most part, especially as it pertains to movies that their family will enjoy.
 
www.theringer.com

Doubt James Cameron at Your Own Risk

The director’s ‘Avatar’ sequel faces skepticism over its bloated budget and lack of a cultural footprint, but Cameron has demonstrated time and again that his movies are box office gold
www.theringer.com
You don’t need to be a studio executive to know that green-lighting a sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time is a sound business decision, but as James Cameron told GQ, his long-awaited Avatar follow-up, The Way of Water, is “very ****ing” expensive. So expensive, in fact, that Cameron claims The Way of Water would need to become one of the highest-grossing movies ever made just to break even. While Cameron might be somewhat overexaggerating how well the sequel has to perform at the box office, The Hollywood Reporter does put The Way of Water’s production budget in the $350 million to $400 million range, which is extremely rarefied air. (Only a handful of movies—two Avengers sequels and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides—have crossed the $350 million production threshold.)

All told, The Way of Water is saddled with massive expectations ahead of its theatrical release on Friday. How audiences respond to The Way of Water will determine the future of the franchise, or whether it even has one beyond what has already been finished in post-production on the sequels. Throw in the perception that Avatar has little to no cultural impact—a blockbuster reduced to a punchline by everyone from critics to the makers of BuzzFeed quizzes—and suddenly The Way of Water feels like it’s on very shaky ground. But while the odds appear to be stacked against The Way of Water, there is one undeniable force working in the movie’s favor: the man who created it, and who also happens to dress like half the members of my uncle’s motorcycle club.
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wbot said:
Critics see movies before they are released.
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While the dialogue may be terrible I'm betting it does better at the box office than all the other movies except for maybe Top Gun.
 
So will it be as bad as the first one?


Princess Mononoke is so much superior.
 
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