Avatar 2 is the Worst Movie Ever Made

Here’s why

20th Century Studios, still from The Way of Water

James Cameron has officially jumped the shark, or, erm, jumped the whale. His extravagant three hour sequel to his landmark 3D film of thirteen years ago is nothing short of a vanity project, one that is much more interested in showing audiences what it CAN do, rather than breaking any kind of new cinematic ground. It’s the most expensive ego-trip ever conceived. It practically oozes laziness in its lack of originality and presumptive reasoning that spectacle can make any audience forgive a plot hole.

Well, James, this is something I just can’t forgive. This film feels like one giant insult to my intelligence.

There were four writers on this train wreck of techno-masturbation. Four writers, including Cameron, with thirteen years to produce an original concept. Instead, we get the lamest excuse for a revenge plot you can possibly imagine. It’s basically three hours of one character, a clone of the previous villain, running around saying, “We must kill Jake Sully!” And to accomplish this task, we must kidnap his children fourteen times. How see-through thin do you like your plot?

Better yet, how dumbed down do you like your character motivations and dialogue? And how much do you wish to relive the final act of Titanic?

It’s funny (and kind of ironic) that a scientist in this film feels morally conflicted about killing a whale in order to harvest one chemical from that creature’s brain. A chemical worth about 80 million dollars for one vial. Because James Cameron appears to have been so consumed with greed after successfully directing three of the world’s top grossing films of all time, that he has chosen to attempt that feat over and over, by marketing audiences derivative, CGI-laden spectacle, rather than producing original, thought-provoking content.

And what many will consider to be the saving grace of the movie business is in fact killing independent theatrical production, in favor of guaranteed tentpole projects cut from the same generic cloth.

Speaking of that whale chemical, there’s no explanation given for how the scientists discovered it. Isn’t that an interesting plot hole? One might even say it is whale-sized. Because there’s literally zero reason for the humans to have went…