The movie Avatar: The Way of Water is already a reality, at least as far as Disney and James Cameron release plans are concerned, since a few hours ago they announced more details about what awaits us on December 16, 2022, revealing the official name -which you just read- and even the existence of a trailer that will be released in theaters taking advantage of the (presumable) success of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . That will be the moment in which we begin to glimpse what has been the work of the famous director of Titanic and who has been preparing nothing more and nothing less than 13 years. Although everything should already be more than assembled, we have decided to do a little exercise in imagination and dare to list what we want to ask of this second part.
What do we ask of Avatar 2?
13 years have passed since the premiere of a first installment that seemed closed to us then: the Na’vi devastated the humans who, sunken and unarmed, ran to their ships to leave the planet. So we couldn’t imagine that the thing would stretch too far without any sense. Luckily, it seems that James Cameron had already planned all the scenarios and in one of them, the one that is taking place now, the story might not need the presence of the same contenders that we saw a little over a decade ago.
Taking as good the approach that the new installments of Avatar planned between now and 2028 get to be shot, we are going to make a series of requests to the director hoping that he pays attention to us, to see if that way we can make the second part of the franchise as huge as the first that, for almost a decade, has remained the highest grossing film of all time. Here we go.
James, we want to see it all in the cinema
James Cameron is very fond of, first, shooting material to make movies of three or more hours without disheveled but, also, of rationing that material between the cinema and the home versions (now digital or on Blu-ray) thanks to his editions specials or the director. Well, for Avatar The Way of Water we hope that it will give us the opportunity from the very day of the premiere to see the only and most complete montage possible, even if it lasts four hours. And if someone doesn’t want to sit down for so long, then go see the session where they put the normal version, cut down, also for cinemas. Wouldn’t that be great?
What will be the new enemy?
Once the humans who went to Pandora to fleece her have been defeated, it remains to be seen who will be the new enemies of the Na’vi and, seeing the cast of confirmed actors and the roles they play, it seems that, in some way, we will have a repetition of what we already saw in Avatar in 2009. Even so, hopefully James Cameron has given a twist and found a way to confront the protagonists with newer and more justified dangers and obstacles than those of the first installment. Because going back to the same would be a bummer, right?
Don’t force things
If you remember, in the first film it was quite clear to us that characters like Colonel Miles Quaritch died in the final battle on Pandora. So, at least, it seemed to all of us, but taking a look at the confirmed cast on IMDB we still have Stephen Lang present in the same role. The same thing happened with Sigourney Weaver, who was unable to transmute his human body to turn him into a Na’vi and who is within the planned cast. Fear gives us what may happen with the way to recover these two protagonists of the first film. Will the plot of Avatar: The Way of Water begin to unravel there ? Let’s hope not.
The soundtrack, which is up to the task
And finally we want to make a very special request. In 2015, James Horner left us in a tragic plane crash, the mythical composer of the soundtracks of many of James Cameron’s most important films , such as Titanic or Avatar. His work for the first film of 2009 was anthological and one of the elements that best defined the hallmarks of the saga. We hope that the director has been able to find a musician with enough talent to soak up that essence and reproduce it, respecting the masterful work of the composer from Los Angeles, author of other incredible works such as Braveheart , Willow , Leyendas de Pasiónand dozens more that are part of the history of cinema.
And you, what do you expect from Avatar 2?