"Avatar: The Way of Water" is almost here, and the first reactions call it, well, exactly what you'd expect from James Cameron's follow-up to his 2009 sci-fi epic. It is often said that one should never bet against Jimmy Francis Cameron, and that's with good reason. He thrives on proving people wrong, on having the odds stacked against him, and then blowing audiences away with some of the most purely entertaining blockbusters of all time. With a week to go before the film's release, the...