Avatar: The Way of Water introduces new faces

By Timothy Moss Arts Writer

The long-awaited sequel to the 2009 blockbuster movie “Avatar” opened in theaters on Dec. 16, 2022.

The aptly named sequel, “Avatar: The Way of the Water,” includes many of the same elements that enthralled fans in the first one film that hit the screen. There are numerous storylines that conflicted with each other in a good way but it all comes together at the end.

At the same time, director James Cameron lets viewers know at the end of the film that they story is not over. Stay tuned for another offering in the future. The sequel, which was produced for $250 million, has returned a box office of $2.26 billion for 20th Century Studio. By comparison, the original film cost $237 million to make and returned $2.92 billion at the box office.

Meanwhile, this film begins with the discovery of addition characters. Jake Sully returns as chief of the tribe, accompanied by his wife Neytiri. The new additions to the tribe are their two sons and one daughter, Neteyam, lo’ak, and Tuk, respectively. Then there is Grace’s mysterious daughter, Kiri.

Kiri is an odd addition to the family simply because she is the offspring of the original cast member Grace, but there is no recollection of a father figure being present to lead up into Kiri’s birth. Also, Grace never woke up from the end of the first movie. So, Kiri is claimed by Jake and Neytiri’s family throughout her entire life and throughout the film. Another addition to the cast is the Colonel’s son, “Spider,” who proves to be a very courageous and brave human throughout the entire film.

At the end of the first movie, humans led by the infamous Colonel failed in their mission to capture the new home world for their existence to strive all thanks to Jake Sully and the tribe. So, for this film, they return with serious opposition against the tribe, but specifically targeting Jake Sully and his family. The humans have learned that the best advantage they would have against Jake and his family is to fight them on their grounds, as in turning themselves family gets into some conflict with the Sully family before they can even fully accept them as new members of their tribe, fights between their children, getting to a point where even the Water Tribe leader’s son took lo’ak out to dangerous waters to try and purposely abandon him. into the blue people species as well. They gain the strength, senses, and full abilities of the species, and they use that to try and complete their domination and hunting mission.

During this time, the Colonel and his group are steadily hunting down the Sully family going to different tribes killing and burning anyone who has any knowledge of where the Sully family could be located. While this is happening, the Sully family themselves are overcoming the trials that deal with the water tribes customs and ideologies towards how they intake the concept of war.

The film, meanwhile, met with criticism from some that didn’t appreciate the direct correlation to the Native American tribes that was referenced through certain events.

I loved the film. I feel like it as a perfect sequel to the original movie and I can’t wait to see what is released with the third part of this trilogy.

Eventually, as the fight continues at the beginning against the humans, it gets to a point where Sully and his family have to covert to another location for safety of their original tribe and themselves. They find new reconnaissance in the water tribe miles and miles away from their forest tribe. With this environment change, the Sully family has a lot of adapting to undergo if they want their life in this new civilization to keep their peace away from the Colonel. The water tribe leader’s own

Timothy Moss is a senior mass communications major and member of the March Wildcats Band, who calls Jacksonville, Florida home.