Some people say that there are only 2 types of people who go to watch "Avatar: The Way of Water" at this time:
One is a movie fan, the other is an audiophile.
The civilization they dream of is taking place in the larger Pandora world in front of them.
I still remember that in 2010, there were long queues in movie theaters, and "Avatar" was hard to find.
The box office record of "Avatar" is still the global hegemony. With a box office of $2.9 billion, it topped the film history.
It is not surprising that Cameron was canonized.
But on the other hand, "The Way of Water", the box office and the number of moviegoers at that time were embarrassing.
With the premise, premise and background ahead, only then can we understand the thirst for the rescue of "Avatar: The Way of Water", and the box office accounted for nearly 98% in the three days of release, which is also natural.
"Avatar: The Way of Water" is not only the "beautiful spiritual and cultural needs" that the audience is eagerly looking forward to, but also how far the golden signboard of "Cameron" can go.
He did not launch a sequel to make money immediately after 2009's "Avatar" (fans must have been willing to pay for it, so there was a 3D version of "Titanic" in 2012).
Even if it is announced that the five-part series will be filmed before 2028, the audience's greatest expectation is still on "The Way of Water".
You can think that "Avatar: The Way of Water" hammered for 13 years, and more sequels, are also on the way. After life is normal, the task of general mobilization is none other than it.
There are always many people who will compare "The Way of Water" with the previous work, in my opinion, just like Xing Ye's "Mermaid", there is actually nothing to say.
"The Way of Water" integrates the characteristics of Cameron's previous works, such as various bizarre alien creatures, and humans driving various mechanical warframes, including the shadow of "Alien 2", in addition to the shipwreck of "Titanic", and even the underwater adventure of "The Abyss", not to mention the future sci-fi, heavy weapons and military style of "Terminator".
In fact, this is a very simple story, but the integration of rich elements such as science fiction, mythology, and environmental protection issues makes the 3-hour script have execution.
But the occasional undulating cough inside the cinema was Cameron's first shadow.
As for the dizzying selection of projection versions (IMAX, 3D), this time, I am afraid that it will not hit much splash.
That's what I call "sighing."
In addition, I feel that Disney can launch a new "play project"...
Environmental protection and anti-war awareness
In the universe of "Avatar", because of the main story of another planet, human beings are basically mostly a group of ugly creatures.
In the words of the film: termite is disgusting.
It is as if this group of people has experienced a version of history without geographical discoveries, or they have evolved (or degenerated) to the point of forgetting this piece of American history. In short, they appear to have no experience of encountering "barbarians", so there is no lesson and compassion. Among the large number of worker ants and soldier ants, you will not see the shadow of missionaries and anthropologists.
However, they brought whaling ships.
The Tu Kun in the movie is larger than a whale and looks similar to that of cetaceans, in short, it is regarded as a whale.
Why must a whale began, then imagine if it were a behemoth in Dune... As for what humans do, it's similar to killing whales, sharks and dolphins. After all, the smell of blood is the same.
A model story of a noble barbarian, "Avatar" has told.
Cameron's emotional projection object this time, ostensibly family affection, the child's growth and family reunion, is actually a tukun (whale).
In the film, cruelty and wonderful, efficient and cold and ruthless, the most streamlined and highly organized killing interpretation takes place on the hunt of Tu Kui.
From start to finish, the division of labor was carried out, and the whole process was displayed with commentary, music and a Japanese pilot of a humanoid torpedo boat.
And this undoubtedly alludes to and satirizes the Japanese whaling culture, the country with the largest whaling volume in the world.
An action genre movie with hot and cold weapons, birds of prey and combat machines alternately, and main scenes and spectacles, if the pursuit of truth, it is inevitable to be cruel, it is inevitable that bones will burst and limbs will fly.
Thanks to the graded protection mechanism and to avoid overly scaring the audience, Hollywood blockbusters do not give close-ups and close-ups, or cut quickly and flash by. Choosing a whale as the main body, whether it is pierced by a harpoon, strafed by a bullet, chiseled, or sucked, is a predictable cruelty.
Physically-related killings also come from the revenge of Tu Kun. The film lays the groundwork for the hull and the human body, before it is about to be cut by steel cables. The indiscriminate slaughter of revenge for human beings came painfully, but more often it made me think: that brave big guy is just flesh and blood, fighting for his life.
The appetizer of the prologue is the arrival of the main course of sea and water. Cameron's painstakingly created blue sea and blue sky water world has more than two hours before and after. The final climax is presented only as a small team encounter. The main battlefield is still the whaling ship - it seems that he really hates the indiscriminate killing of whaling.
"Avatar: The Way of Water" still follows the setting of hot weapons crushing cold weapons, and the Na'vi choose to hide and hide. The protagonist, Jack, doubled his caution and fled farther and took refuge in the Sea Tribe.
The barbarian is tall, covered by a piece of cloth, as agile as a cheetah, as intelligent as a dolphin, and good at using a bow and arrow harpoon.
On closer examination, this kind of barbarian image who can fight a good war is more like a direct from an American Western.
It's like when the protagonist's aura opens, and he instantly learns and masters a new language.
But at the beginning, the Native American mount beasts were just spit alpacas.
The possession of firearms and iron horses is already a matter of lateness.
As for combat effectiveness ... It has to be said that Westerns have repeatedly maliciously enhanced the combat effectiveness and threat of the aborigines. Their real combat power is not better than the mount killed by the villain in the movie, but is equivalent to a piece of fish meat.
If you insist on presenting a good drama of overcoming the weak and strong (the Ten Thousand Beasts Galloping Skill has been used in the first part), the film is really unconvincing.
But with the madness of "killing not only one of him, but also his whole family", to plate up two plays.
The villain's hatred of the unsolvable routine performance is no longer a joke of "how did he get tied again" that can be eliminated.
Avatar: The Way of Water repeats two or more routines, including but not limited to:
The little friend on the deck was tied twice.
The child went out twice to run into enemies and was kidnapped.
The villain leader can't die once, and the second and third times, of course, are also ...
Strangely, even with details such as tail size, diving breath holding, and jellyfish-type breathing wings, Cameron still believes that in the end, the battlefield should not take place underwater, and instead the surface and the ship fight.
As a result, the marine tribes, which have many people and horses, have not been able to play an active role.
The movie forcibly becomes a heart-to-heart drama of a family fighting against the big devil, first gun, then knife and then meat grinding. It's not that it's wrong to do so, but there's no doubt that the chessboard layout is also smaller. Add and subtract the count, the forces on the card are opposed, the human race is just a whaling ship, and the ocean tribe has the right time and place, and has more superb combat skills. Jack's family did not need to die many times.
Tilting, overturning, sinking... Another wreck scene, the whaling ship made the tragic atmosphere of the Titanic, but it would only be dull and suffocating.
To exaggerate, the sense of fracture in "Avatar: The Way of Water" led to a three-hour movie, which seems to consist of three films: "Avatar", "Secret of the Whale", and "Titanic".
One of them, " Secrets of the Whale " , is a National Geographic documentary series that was produced last year by Cameron .
"Avatar: The Way of Water" will tell the meaning of it, no less than this 4-hour documentary!
Looking at the film, it is a belief in fists, not tongues, and goes for the motive purpose of fighting dead or alive.
On one side are empty-eyed and unreasonable fighting machines, and on the other are aborigines who grin under provocation, communicate with lips, whistles, sign language and humming, have long braids or reggae dirty braids, have a smooth body as leather, have tattoos and tattoos, and make friends with whales.
If we talk about the first part, the earthlings and the Na'vi of the planet Pandora, it can be interpreted as a struggle between civilization and barbarism.
This time, the issue was essentially downgraded, returning to the resistance to dialogue and internal strife within civilization.
"Human beings" who do not grow up continue to do stupid things on other planets.
Cameron who loves to play in the water
"Don't touch small children, animals and water." This is a Hollywood superstition that has been circulated.
Basically, these things are not easy to control.
Shooting water in the movie is really difficult.
Solving the difficulty means spending money, spending a lot of money, and easily creating a budget disaster.
In the history of film, the first to challenge water was the silent film master Buster Keaton. He first waded through a series of short films, eventually buying a giant ship for $25,000 and filming The Voyager in 1924. The director personally went into battle, put on a 90-kilogram diving suit, and used a special underwater camera to shoot the classic diving scene.
And Spielberg's "Jaws" is nearly three times overrun, and Cameron's masterpiece "Titanic" also has a lot of recycling pressure before its release. Its budget, higher than that of the negative textbook "Future Water World", reached 240 million US dollars (the global box office eventually doubled 10 times). Fortunately, Cameron, who loves the abyss and the underwater world, has repeatedly broken the rumor curse of water.
Then there is the capable Ang Lee, a "Fantasy Drifting of Youth Pi", not only breaking the spell of water, but also sweeping away several shadows.
The problem of water does not come from the fact that it is the source of all things.
In addition to representing difficulty and challenge, the appearance of water in a movie will add textures such as warmth and mystery.
Specifically, make a movie feel like Andrei Tarkovsky and Wong Kar-wai.
As in real-world experience, water is transparent, and the camera needs backlighting or special treatment to capture the changes and flexible forms of water.
In the era of silent films and studios, how to shoot water has created many problems for world-class directors.
In the digital age, movies are blooming, computer technology is changing rapidly, and Cameron is especially good at this.
So, this file was simply written in the title this time.
The concept of "The Way of Water" is actually Cameron's "Be Water" derived from Bruce Lee's famous phrase.
He said: Empty your mind and become invisible, invisible, like water. Pour water into a cup to become a cup, and put water into a jug to become a jug. Water can flow, meander, drip or collide. Make water, my friend.
This is a philosophy of spirituality, a technical science, or a strategy for young people.
The sea water under the hands of the water master, surging bubbles, the ocean created by studio photography and green screen, churning water foam, almost chaotic.
No, it should be said that it is more beautiful than the real thing with the naked eye.
Those who study geography should know that the tropical ocean, it is illuminated by different light, not to mention cloudy, rainy days - the water seen the day before is clear and sandy, the next day will also be sad wind howling, just morning, noon, evening, the visual experience of the sea will be different - the sun shines best at noon. "Avatar: The Way of Water" maintains the clarity and transparency of the sea water under the best lighting conditions, and also maintains the audience's aesthetic experience in the best condition.
Like Pandora, the jungle has been purified, purified and treated ideally.
The ocean of movies, safe as a womb and as comfortable as a cradle dream.
Several scenes of the movie, just like a real landscape painting.
Cameron in the past, like he piloted a submarine, broke into the Mariana Trench for exploration. A few hundred meters below sea level, light cannot penetrate.
And Cameron's beloved underwater world, as well as the strange deep-sea creatures that can be seen in elementary school textbooks, are more like dark planets and exotic space.
Cameron is good at dreaming, but always carries nightmares and dark journeys, lurking dangers and constant suspense to keep the film intense.
This sequel under the strong light, colorful, but appears with no shadows, almost no suspense, warm conservation.
Dreams are dispelled and broad daylight is visible.
There are several solar eclipses in the film, and it is impossible to understand the meaning - or Cameron believes that he is not only the master of water, but also the master of light.
If you say that "Avatar" still has an original worldview - even if it has yet to be filled in (in fact, there are many references).
With the arrival of more earthlings, "Avatar: The Way of Water" presents a fake "earth view".
On the other side of the mountain, on the other side of the sea, the blue Na'vi repeat the fate script of the little blue planet.
The male protagonist Jack's family escaped from the Amazon rainforest to the Polynesian Islands.
The experience program went from jungle leaping to scuba diving.
Compared with the current "Way of Water", it is also appropriate to change its name to "Avatar: Theme Park". Theme park rich in educational meaning, the ticket price is hundreds, otherwise it is impossible to remind friends of all sizes of the depth of this education. This film is really suitable for splitting into many play items and becoming a complete paradise.
This is not in a pejorative sense here.
On the personality spectrum, Cameron separates the Na'vi and humans at opposite ends.
What the film does again and again is to push them to their respective limits, rather than to merge in the middle. There are no shadows, resulting in the inability to deepen the personality.
Acting on different characters, the brave, will only be braver, such as the Jack family.
Contradictory, lack of transformation, like a lead spider. His character intentions and behavior deviations are purely embarrassing to walk all the way.
Extremists, you might as well expect the villain to make stupidity next time.
What's more ambiguous is that in the world of Avatar, there are already new Na'vi people like Sally, and it also has half-blood descendants with human fingers.
It is clear that there are already so many new things, the movie repeatedly points out, and emphasizes strangeness, differences and differences, but the Earthlings and the Forest Na'vi default to the existence of borders, whaling and killing far away from the sea tribes, they know each other, but do not want to understand each other.
Without the Communique Feud Hunt Squad, Sully can continue to enjoy a new life in the New World.
And the movie doesn't mind telling the audience before entering: one side is absolute truth, goodness and beauty, and the other is absolutely stupid human beings.
However, the nature worship and non-violence embodied in the Na'vi, and even the Tu Ku, are still detached from "human nature", including the fatherly and maternal love portrayed in the movie, which is far greater than their "Na'vi" (such as soul connection).
The Na'vi become like the good kind of human beings, fighting against the greedy, depraved, stubborn evil humans.
Whether it is the Na'vi or the earthlings, their similarities are far greater than their differences.
"Avatar: The Way of Water" is very reluctant to admit this consensus, and only makes a momentary, vague, unforeshadowed identity swing on the spider's recognition of the father.
Of course, Cameron knows that the things that the six relatives do not recognize must be boring in every pore. No amount of light or pure water can dispel this fact of human nature.
In the end, what you get is still "Avatar" 13 years ago, or rather, no more than "Avatar" back then.
Interrupted, ominous psychic dreams, and echoing, short, warm and sentimental parent-child memories.
It is also said that enough is enough. In 13 years, the protagonist has offspring. They lost a child and are about the same age.
The Soul Tree has an extra fruit that is young but does not fall.
As long as the memory remains, the dead will always live, which is the greatest solace that "Avatar: The Way of Water" gives to the world.
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