The spectacle of James Cameron’s long-awaited sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time was, against all odds, worth the wait. The Way of Water improves upon the unique Avatar on each degree—not simply within the spectacle, which was a given, however within the story, the characters, and the drama, too. The story of the Sully household, pressured to flee throughout Pandora and adapt to a brand new, wetter life, permits Cameron to discover a blinding new world, whereas the battle with a Na’vi-fied Miles Quaritch provides the battle a depth lacking within the authentic. But actually, The Way of Water’s most superb achievement is that exhilarating last act, an unparalleled spectacle that places the motion of total Marvel motion pictures to disgrace.
