What You Need to Know Before ‘The Way of Water’

The rap on the primary Avatar — although it’s the highest-grossing movie within the historical past of cinema — is that nobody remembers it. Supposedly, James Cameron’s magnum opus left behind no cultural footprint in any way. I have a tendency to disagree; no person who noticed Avatar forgot the characters’ distinctive look, or the superior 3D aerial sequences. I actually didn’t.

Still, it has been 13 years since Avatar first opened in theaters. That’s a very long time. (Marvel has launched 28 motion pictures within the intervening years. 28! Plus tv exhibits!) So even in the event you did see Avatar and do bear in mind its broad strokes, you could be somewhat fuzzy on the main points. And with the sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, lastly coming to theaters, you undoubtedly may need to brush up on some of the specifics. Plus, the brand new film options lots of returning actors, however some are taking part in the identical characters, and others are taking part in new characters. At least one or two are taking part in a personality who died within the first film! So it might probably get somewhat complicated.

To that finish, I ready this primer on all of the essential characters and plot factors from the primary Avatar. This is the important stuff you want to know earlier than the you head again to Pandora.

That’s the place Avatar left issues for The Way of Water, which opens in theaters on December 16. And in order for you to revisit Avatar for your self, it’s presently streaming on Disney+. Whether you bear in mind it or not, you could be shocked to see how effectively it holds up 13 years later.