The Avatar Franchise Is Built On Radical Acts Of Empathy

Dec 17 2022 by /Film

 

This post contains spoilers for "Avatar: The Way of Water."

I am hardly the first writer to point this out, but the state of the "Avatar" franchise is strange. The original film, released in 2009, quickly became one of the biggest box office juggernauts of all time. There's a Disney theme park land dedicated to it. Online fandoms for the film exist in surprisingly large numbers, and yet, right up until today's release of its sequel, "Avatar: The Way of Water," the debate on whether or not...

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