There are many words one could use to describe the heightened visual quality of James Cameron’s original “Avatar” words like incandescent, immersive, bedazzling. But in the 13 years since that movie came out, the word I tend to remember best is glowing. The primeval forest and floating-mountain landscapes of Pandora had an intoxicating fairy-tale shimmer. You wanted to live inside them, even as the story that unfolded inside them was magnificent.In “Avatar: The Way of Water,” Cameron’s bigger, longer and even more dizzyingly spectacular sequel the technology that Cameron uses to take us back to Pandora has been sharpened in every way. The 3D images have an uncanny tactility; if you had to describe them in just one word, it might be hyper clear. The film also has the eerie present tense quality peculiar to high frame rate shooting. It’s a rather soulless feeling, as it was in Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” films. But it can make you feel like you’re sharing the same space with the characters. And that’s something of a feat given that most of them are tall, blue skinned Na’vi warriors with the eyes of mountain lions and the speed of gazelles.
Title:Avatar The Way of Water
Director:James Cameron
Starring:Sam Worthington
Studio:20th Century Studios
Release Date:December 16
Available: Hulu, Amazon Prime Video
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