As well as the blue-skinned Omaticaya, and the various other similar tribes we met in movie one, there are the greener-tinged Metkayina clan, an ocean-dwelling race who have thicker, fin-like forearms and paddle-like tails that are perfect for swimming. We learn early on that there is more than one species of Na’vi. The baddies who have returned to take down the Na’vi and steal all the verdant forest moon’s valuable resources are up against an entire planet of sentient alien species, gods and superpowered beings (enough to make even the Marvel Cinematic Universe a little jealous). The Way of Water has something of The Empire Strikes Back about it, in that while a lot less seems to be going on than in the first movie – this is a minor skirmish rather than the full-scale battle that ended with most humans returning to Earth last time out – we start to get a much deeper understanding of the sheer breadth of Pandora and the power of its metaphysical infrastructure. Does it do enough to keep us all interested? Is the 3D as mind-boggling as it was the first time around? And does the decision to bring back Stephen Lang as a new, all-blue avatar version of big meanie Colonel Quaritch (who we all thought was dead) pay off? What do we think of Cameron’s shift from the forests of Pandora to its breathtaking oceans? This is only the second Avatar movie in a proposed seven-film saga that the 68-year-old film-maker admits may well be completed after his death. If the first movie, the highest-grossing film of all time, was Dances with Wolves in space (with a side-order of FernGully: The Last Rainforest), then part two is a family affair, with Cameron digging into his experiences as a father to imagine what battling to save your planet from evil humans would be like if you had a bunch of giant blue space elf sprogs in tow, constantly putting themselves in harm’s way. James Cameron’s 3D space fantasy spectacular has opened to a staggering $441m (£362m) across the globe, but its US bow of an estimated $134m (£110m) is down on expectations, if only just. Avatar is back, and the jury’s still out on whether sequel The Way of Water is going to make quite the splash its predecessor did.
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