Avatar Movies
Review for both Avatar and Avatar: Way of Water
Recently, I shared that I wanted to watch both of the Avatar movies, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water. A few weeks ago, my family did indeed watch these two movies, and I have some thoughts I would like to share about both of them. I will talk about each of them separately before talking about the franchise collectively (and future Avatar movies).
First up, the original Avatar movie that came out in 2009 (about 14 years ago). This movie was actually really good, and I truly enjoyed it! The plot was excellent. I found myself caught up in the action and plot of the movie and sympathizing with some characters. Being someone who loves sci-fi, I was fascinated by the plot of this movie! Plus, the graphics were astonishing and way ahead of their time! The creators and cast of this movie certainly did an impressive job putting it together! It was definitely long (2hr 40min), but I don’t remember feeling like the movie dragged. Overall, it was a really great movie!
Now, the newer movie, Avatar: The Way of Water, which is the one that most of you probably want to hear my thoughts on. While I did enjoy this movie, there are two things that I didn’t really like: 1) It was too similar to the first Avatar movie and 2) It was FAR too long! Even though the plot of this movie wasn’t bad, it felt very similar to the first movie. The characters, plot, and everything else weren’t much different. It got better as the movie went on, but especially at the beginning it seemed to be the same. The second reason is that this film is extremely long! The length of the movie is 192min (3hr 12min)! This was unnecessary, and personally, I think the first hour of the movie could have been done in 20min. I felt like there were some parts in the movie that were unnecessary and didn’t need to be included to make it a great movie. Otherwise, this was a great movie!
Which Avatar movie did I like better? For me, the answer isn’t too difficult. I liked the first Avatar movie better!