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Critics in both the United States and United Kingdom have gotten the first look at the highly-anticipated Avatar: The Way of Water, with the reception largely quite positive.
The long-awaited sequel to director James Cameron's 2009 Avatar held press screenings in America on Tuesday with the U.K. premiere also held in London.
While the full film reviews will be under embargo until December 13 - just three days before it opens December 16, critics heaped praise on Cameron for another visual masterpiece.
Positive: Critics in both the United States and United Kingdom have gotten the first look at the highly-anticipated Avatar: The Way of Water, with the reception largely quite positive
Embargo: While the full film reviews will be under embargo until December 13 - just three days before it opens December 16, critics heaped praise on Cameron for another visual masterpiece
The film has been in the works ever since the original Avatar broke box office records, taking in $785.2 million domestic and $2.9 billion worldwide.
While some had wondered if the sequel would still command attention at the box office, 13 years after the original, Uproxx's Mike Ryan perhaps said it best: 'Never bet against James Cameron.'
'Trying to spare hyperbole, but I’ve never seen anything like this from a technical, visual standpoint. It’s overwhelming. Maybe too overwhelming,' he added.
Never: While some had wondered if the sequel would still command attention at the box office, 13 years after the original, Uproxx's Mike Ryan perhaps said it best: 'Never bet against James Cameron'
Ryan continued that he re-watched the original Avatar before the screening, and concluded it was 'fine' but added the sequel it, 'much better' and has, 'deeper character development.'
Entertainment Weekly's Yolando Machado called Cameron, 'a technology master,' while praising the immaculate visuals.
'His direction is at its most precise here. The film as a whole, while a technological marvel with a breathtaking world,' while joking viewers should, 'Pee beforehand,' alluding to the sequel's hefty three-hour-12-minute runtime, 29 minutes longer than the original Avatar.
Rewatched: Ryan continued that he re-watched the original Avatar before the screening, and concluded it was 'fine' but added the sequel it, 'much better' and has, 'deeper character development'
Master: Entertainment Weekly's Yolando Machado called Cameron, 'a technology master,' while praising the immaculate visuals
Collider's Perri Nemiroff said she, 'had faith' that Cameron would raise the bar in terms of visual effects, 'but these visuals are mind-blowing.'
'But the thing I dug most is how the technical feats always feel in service of character & world-building,' she added.
CheatSheet's Jeff Nelson called the sequel, 'a visual marvel with mesmerizing beauty in every frame,' adding, 'James Cameron’s sequel thrives when it explores new terrain, crafting bigger and better emotional stakes. The definition of epic.'
Faith: Collider's Perri Nemiroff said she, 'had faith' that Cameron would raise the bar in terms of visual effects, 'but these visuals are mind-blowing.
Mesmerizing: CheatSheet's Jeff Nelson called the sequel, 'a visual marvel with mesmerizing beauty in every frame,' adding, 'James Cameron’s sequel thrives when it explores new terrain, crafting bigger and better emotional stakes. The definition of epic'
IndieWire's David Ehrlich added the sequel was, 'light years better than the first & easily one of the best theatrical experiences in ages.'
He admitted he wasn't, 'exactly champing at the bit for an Avatar 2' but, 'now I can’t *wait* to see Avatar 3,' adding it, 'delivered in a big way.'
People's Kara Warner, a self-admitted 'Avatar stan,' said she had 'high hopes' for the sequel and
