AVATAR
"Avatar" first appeared on theatres back in 2009 as an intriguing and believable look at the future of films. Thirteen years later, James Cameron's first of numerous eagerly anticipated sequels, "Avatar: The Way of Water," evokes nostalgia.
When you unfold your 3-D glasses before the movie even starts, you can have a flashback. The last time you donned a pair of those was when? Even the excitement of going to the theatre to see something genuinely fresh seems like a relic of a previous era, before streaming and the Marvel Universe took control.
The first "Avatar" united Cameron's belief in technical advancement with his adherence to the fundamental joys of traditional storytelling and the visceral pleasures of big-screen action.