Brillfury Review of Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

James Cameron's Awful Vanity Project

[3/10 · 4 January 2024]

I admit I could not finish this. I made it about an hour but I had like two more hours to go and I could not torture myself any longer. I admit when I saw the first Avatar in theaters, I was mesmerized. When I watched it again later on DVD I was less impressed. It kind of sucked and didn't make a whole lot of sense. I avoided seeing The Way of Water because frankly I just don't care about this franchise at all, even though I think Cameron is a masterful director. But finally I decided to try and watch Avatar 2 and man, it is a stinker. I mean yeah the effects in these movies is great but really James, you were away for all those years and this is the best you could think of for a story? The same villain comes back? The humans are once again trying to invade? This is the EXACT same movie except even worse than the first one. Sadly it made a lot of money and there seem to be no limit to how many people think this movie is great so now we have to endure the sequels as well. It just saddens me so much that James Cameron has made some of the greatest movies of all time but will likely end his career on these dumpster fire Avatar movies.