I saw the first Avater in Imax 3d long ago. I remember it as a remarkable experience, simply for the visuals. I've never been sure I would even enjoy it without those amazing visuals.
So of course, I probably would have skipped this one unless it was Imax 3d. And after some 12 years, I had absolutely the same reaction. With this screen and the 3d, all the decade long work and hundreds of millions of dollars has resulted in a completely realized artificial world, down to the smallest lifeforms that fill every corner of the screen. In this case, most of the action takes place under water and it is pretty incredible.
As to the plot, well it is pretty simple good versus evil with a lot of action and fighting, and as much as it's nothing new, it's an old formula that works, at least it did for me. The end result was immersive and engaging. I kind of dreaded a 3 hour+ movie, but I was with it all the way...as I told the others I was with, I've seen much shorter movies where I was checking my watch, this one I did not. I think this would be fairly uninteresting on a small screen. But amazing in 3d Imax IMO.
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Topic - Avatar Way of Water in Imax 3d - tunenut 11:02:12 01/03/23 (38)
- In the history of the cinema only one great film had the word water in the title. Nt - geoffkait 13:09:28 01/13/23 (11)
- Knife in the Water NT - Rod H. 08:09:47 01/14/23 (8)
- That's a good one! - geoffkait 10:20:06 01/14/23 (7)
- Like Water for Chocolate...been so long I don't remember much, but high Metascore. NT - Rod H. 11:07:38 01/14/23 (0)
- So that makes two anyway! NT - Rod H. 11:00:42 01/14/23 (5)
- The Shape of Water, but I never saw it. Nt - geoffkait 11:16:13 01/14/23 (4)
- On the Water Front (NT) - tunenut 10:59:42 01/26/23 (3)
- Is there an echo in here? Nt - geoffkait 08:32:29 01/27/23 (2)
- RE: Is there an echo in here? Nt - tunenut 13:05:33 01/27/23 (1)
- RE: Is there an echo in here? Nt - geoffkait 13:59:40 01/27/23 (0)
- Thanks! Had almost completely forgotten about "The Water Boy"... - musetap 23:06:03 01/13/23 (1)
- You're very close, it's The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water nt - geoffkait 04:27:57 01/14/23 (0)
- RE: Avatar Way of Water in Imax 3d - Steve O 06:32:15 01/07/23 (3)
- Could be people who intensely disliked the first film... - Rod H. 16:27:16 01/07/23 (2)
- Could be - Steve O 18:06:45 01/07/23 (1)
- The reason for not liking the first - Bill the K 08:20:13 01/08/23 (0)
- Avatar review - RGA 17:35:28 01/04/23 (4)
- Manipulative and simplistic pretty much sums it up. nt - dancingseamonkey 11:11:09 01/13/23 (0)
- Funny, and to the bone. Thanks. - free.ranger 15:31:51 01/05/23 (0)
- OMG! That was funny - Sondek 10:34:07 01/05/23 (1)
- You should see Mr. Plinkett Star Wars and Star Trek review - RGA 17:10:54 01/05/23 (0)
- RE: Avatar Way of Water in Imax 3d - dgaapc7 15:01:30 01/04/23 (0)
- Thirteen years between sequels is nuts. - free.ranger 07:46:37 01/04/23 (13)
- Just saw on Central that History of The World Part II is released soon... - musetap 23:11:13 01/13/23 (0)
- Tell that to Indiana Jones... which, BTW is more nuts soon... N/T - musetap 14:11:00 01/04/23 (0)
- Between Alien and Prometheus was much longer nt - geoffkait 09:45:08 01/04/23 (9)
- Different though - grantv 10:28:31 01/04/23 (8)
- Yeah, but - geoffkait 12:21:44 01/04/23 (3)
- Yep... taking the "Alien" concept in a VERY different direction... - musetap 14:07:54 01/04/23 (0)
- Dunno - grantv 13:19:12 01/04/23 (1)
- No worries - geoffkait 14:16:24 01/04/23 (0)
- Yeah, but - geoffkait 12:20:34 01/04/23 (3)
- RE: Yeah, but - RGA 17:55:21 01/04/23 (2)
- Alien vs Aliens - grantv 06:56:14 01/05/23 (1)
- +1 - geoffkait 08:47:14 01/05/23 (0)
- RE: Thirteen years between sequels is nuts. - Hornlover 08:43:11 01/04/23 (0)
- Maybe Waterworld should be in 3D IMAX. Nt - geoffkait 04:57:28 01/04/23 (0)
- RE: Avatar Way of Water in Imax 3d - grantv 16:57:06 01/03/23 (0)