Avatar： The Way of Water： The visual effect bursts, and the motif of man and environmental protection continues.
In 2009, Avatar, with high reputation and box office, ushered in a new era of 3D movies, and James Cameron also became a technical madman to a higher level. Thirteen years later, Avatar: The Way of Water (hereinafter referred to as Avatar 2), which kept skipping tickets, arrived late, still bringing wonderful technical scenes, but there was an unmatched rhythm at the narrative level. On December 22nd, Avatar 2 was released for seven days, and the total box office in the Mainland exceeded 500 million yuan.
No audience can ignore the technological progress of Avatar 2. The film has moved from the upper forest to the ocean, presenting a dazzling future alien water world and shaping a civilized interaction mode with the ocean as the carrier. After all, Cameron is an extraordinary marine explorer outside the film. For him, the ocean has a divine charm. In his films, magical marine life and exciting underwater flight are so beautiful that every frame is refreshing, and the natural ecology different from the earth’s ocean constitutes a very beautiful Pandora water world.
"Avatar" series of stories took place on Pandora in outer space, which was brutally invaded, exploited and killed by earthlings and colonists. Avatar fully stunts it, which not only renders the magnificent scenery of aliens, but also creates a magical link between man and nature. Through the indigenous people and human "rebel" Jack fighting against aggression together, it presents a wonderful and touching narrative. For the audience, it is very easy to realize the immersive empathy. Avatar 2 continues the motif of man and environmental protection, and carries out the resistance to the end.
Ten years later, Jack Sally and Neytiri have a large family, and their children have gathered the essence of human beings and Nami people. However, the carefree life will eventually come to an end, and Quaritch, the earth’s armed aggressor, has also achieved "rebirth". The clone takes the colonel’s memory and returns to Pandora as an avatar. Quaritch also learned to "link" and fly, and started a revenge plan. Sally’s family chose to seek refuge in the distant islands and reefs, where the children of Jack’s family and tribal leaders’ family changed from conflict to reconciliation. The film lost no time in introducing the mysterious marine beast Tukun to the audience, which is similar to whales and has an IQ higher than that of human beings. In particular, the Tukun named "Payakan" can be said to be James Cameron’s love letter to nature. The confrontation between human beings is a cliche in the history of world movies, and the resistance of intelligent animals to human invaders is the ingenuity of Avatar 2. Tu Kun, who is hundreds of meters in size, is like Kun Peng described in Zhuangzi Xiaoyao Tour. They have the most magical "immortal" substance in their brains, which is a crime for greedy earthlings, and Quaritch’s motivation as a villain lies in this. Tukun has his own language, art, mathematics and music, but he never takes the initiative to attack human beings, but only looks at "the world" with a positive defensive attitude.
The plot of Avatar 2 enters the third act, which is similar to Titanic. The two groups of characters are in the depths of the capsized ship, and the oxygen is exhausted at any time. This time, the director was kind. With self-help and the help of others, everyone escaped from the world. Jack finally chooses to trust children again at the end of the film, realizing that family is an eternal fortress. Quaritch’s duel with Jack didn’t live or die, and Quaritch didn’t even need to be "killed" as in the first movie. And the son of Quaritch’s predecessor, Spider, who was adopted by Jack, also recognized Quaritch. In the next three sequels, the drama of loving each other and killing each other is unknown.
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