[Andrew NDB]

Saw it.

Spoiler:

Yeah, I didn't want to believe it would be a retread but beyond a lot of the character arcs it pretty much is. Structurally it follows the beats of Way of Water and when it doesn't then it is following the beats of the first movie. There's the big battle towards the middle that sends all the good guys into dissarray, there's the new animals who seem like a threat who unite to help the good guys in the end, will Quaritch have a face turn or won't he (they still don't give an answer), there's prayers to Eiwah that get answered at the end and it all ends up on ANOTHER burning sea-ship like the end of the last one. Same exact model and all.

The big new ingredient is the fire clan people. That's like the only new thing here. And nobody dies except the pregnant Kate Winslet character. I thought we were at least going to get a grand fight with Neytiri vs. the crazy fire clan lady like they were clearly setting up but it never happens. No, if Avatar ends with this movie it isn't a remotely satisfying ending because nothing changes. The military is still there and are sure to be enraged into retaliation even further, the fire clan will surely come back for revenge after this... nothing at all is "wrapped up."