Why ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Isn’t Worth the 13-Year Wait

Dec 13 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
20th Century Studios

James Cameron intended Avatar to usher in a grand new age of 3D. Yet 13 years after the movie became the all-time box-office champ, that glasses-required revolution turned out to be merely a fad. For all its fiscal success, Avatar’s cultural and cinematic impact remains shockingly small, influencing few other works and inspiring little lasting critical or public adoration; its prime legacy, in fact, appears to be simply augmenting blockbusters’ reliance on CG...

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