Avatar: The Way of Water | 16 DEC 2022 | Don't worry guys, critics like it

[Maggie]

 

[IronJimbo]

2 minutes ago, XXR 4 Modsident said:

These reactions are as expected. At least as I expected. Seems like an 80’s RT, 72-77 Metacritic type of film. In the end though, that means nothing. Audience WOM is the end all, be all. 

 

A visual feast better than the first movie, with incredible 3D + visuals and a richer story

 

 

 

Edited December 6, 2022 by IronJimbo

[TheDude391]

 

First negative

[IronJimbo]

 

[stephanos13]

5 minutes ago, Grebacio said:

Lackluster reactions

Cameron didn't deliver this time

All the wait wasn't worth it

The 3bn dream is over and 2bns are in risk

5th movie is cancelled 

 

 

Maybe the should just stop production on A4 right now and cut their losses. Release A3 and end it.

[XXR & Friends]

2 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

A visual feast better than the first movie, with incredible 3D + visuals and a richer story

 
Like I said, it’s as I expected. 

[NCsoft]

Seemingly slightly below what I expected, but definitely good; but I'm also seeing multiple reactions (at least 3 now) claiming it's better than the first both visually but also emotionally, I think we need to see a few more waves of reactions to determine if these very first ones are somewhat skewed.

Review wise, I think these may be good enough to not negatively affect box office, we just need audiences to respond emotionally and be in awe of the spectacle, and so far it seems to definitely deliver on those fronts. 

 

[interiorgatordecorator]

2 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

 

A visual feast better than the first movie, with incredible 3D + visuals and a richer story

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/avatar/critic-reviews

 

read the reviews which give it a 100, this clearly isnt better than avatar 1 was in 09

lots of praise thrown around, but not seeing much "changing cinema forever" this time around

[IronJimbo]

 

 

 

 

[Ozymandias]

3 minutes ago, Fanboy said:

I don't know I was expecting people to be blown away more. Having too many subplots can also hurt its appeal to audiences. Yeah pretty much all the reactions are still good, but I'm not sure it's going to have people in awe like the first did. 

 

first reactions for big movies are almost always "ZOMFG amazing best movie eva!" because folks want that dopamine hit from all likes/RT but these ranging from "just okay to pretty good"

 

i'll probably catch this on D+ in early Feb

[IronJimbo]

1 minute ago, XXR 4 Modsident said:

 
Like I said, it’s as I expected. 

 

Yeah, me too! I was agreeing with you...

 

 

 

[Lucas]

2 minutes ago, TheDude391 said:

 

First negative

And as a response to that tweet

and another

 

[Grebacio]

2 minutes ago, stephanos13 said:

 

Release A3 and end it.

Straight to Disney +

[adaros]

1 minute ago, Ozymandias said:

i'll probably catch this on D+ in early Feb

good luck

[SchumacherFTW]

3 minutes ago, TheDude391 said:

 

First negative

He writes for The Sun though, safe to disregard it 😜

[IronJimbo]

 

[Lighthouse]

All those comicbook bloggers (shocking they liked), zero relevant reactions by big critics has been posted in the previous page.

Edited December 6, 2022 by Lighthouse

[NCsoft]

2 minutes ago, stuart360 said:

 

The reactions so far would all be classed as positive reviews on RT, so i'm expecting critic reviews to at least match the 83 of the first film.

 

True but probably not matching that 83 Metacritic score though, which always seemed surprising to me considering the RT %, those all-time level WOM from audiences ultimately carried its box office though. 

[adaros]

3 minutes ago, stuart360 said:

Just a couple of things to remember guys.

First off Cameron supoposedly bad mouthed Marvel (i didnt see the quotes), which pissed off Marvel fans who according to Reddit were going to bad mouth the film.

People forget how many Avatar haters that just didn't like first movie will watch this too.

[Nikostar]

Just now, Lighthouse said:

All those comicbook bloggers, zero relevant reactions by big critics has been posted in he previous page.

Critics are usually harsher than bloggers so maybe it’s a good thing we haven’t heard from them.