Film & Television
Beautiful but bloated Avatar sequel drowning in empty mythology
It’s been 13 years since Avatar broke box office records, and with cinema audiences down and Marvel movies dominating the landscape, director James Cameron has his work cut out if The Way of Water is to recoup its huge production budget
Avatar: The Way of Water
Directed by James Cameron
Nationwide, 12A
Rating: ***
Remember Avatar? That’s okay, I don’t either. Arriving at the height of the 3D boom, 13 years ago, James Cameron’s visually stupendous sci-fi fantasy epic went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time, amassing €3 billion internationally.
But for all its record-setting box-office and technical spectacle, all anyone recalls is that the aliens were ten foot tall blue cats, had ...