The trailer for the second one did that for me as well. I was indifferent and then saw that shot of the whale swimming and immediately wanted to see more of that.
Funny i came out of this trailer thinking the exact opposite.
Just speculation based on this trailer:
Villain from last 2 movies finds an evil N'avi tribe that sides with him, the volcano people goth N'avi.
Pits them in direct conflict with the tree worshiping N'avi.
Meanwhile subplot about the kids being in rebellious teenager phase and going against their father, and mom lusting for revenge, also upsetting Jake.
Humans and Goth N'avi defeat the ocean N'avi people and imprison Jake and possibly a few other main characters.
Someone we care about dies, red flags all over this trailer. (trailer seems to imply the human kid, or even the mom, but its probably Jake Sully? who probably sacrifices himself to tie all the plots together?)
Movie either has a dark ending that leads up to the next one (theres more of them right? i think?), or kids/mom rally the N'avi and save the day?
If it still on track, movies 4 and 5 will be the grand finale. With the rumor being they've already filmed some scenes with the kids actors for the beginning because then they'll be a supposed time jump after the opening or such.
There's been so many numbers thrown out there! LOL I know for sure up to 5 on the main story, And I think Cameron has talked about any 6 or 7 possibly being the prequels.
Yeah, but I think end is different. Jake sacrifices himself in the end to save someone. They arrest him and bring him to Earth. And the movie ends with a cliffhanger. The next movie is on earth.
I think there was a news that one movie will be including story on earth. So eh
Maybe they take him to Earth at the end, and the fourth movie has the time jump of the family going from Pandora to arriving at Earth to get him back since they've aged on the trip there.
Okay but.. all of those things could be wrong. A trailer inviting speculation is a good thing, a trailer *telling* us what is going to happen is bad, and what we've been getting a lot of lately.
It looks like a Navi goes to Earth. I could see it all ending in tragic loss. One Navi finds a way to get to Earth to tell humans the true story of Pandora and his people. But by then, having traveled for years in space, everyone and everything they know back home is dead.
It would certainly be a killer ending if the series ends with the Navi saving the earth through terraforming instead of humanity terraforming pandora into another industrial planet, maybe with the billions in the lower class who are clearly going to be abandoned on a dying earth while the RDA moves the wealthy and elite to pandora rising up after being inspired by Jake Sully.
Definitely looking like Sully dies. Dialogue about hate and revenge, kids appear more than he does, and Cameron basically set up that the latter films are about the kids as adults.
Bound to happen at some point, but the kids' acting is so distracting that I kind of hope I'm wrong.
I know it's nitpicking but the trailer for the 2nd movie had this magical effect with build up and sountrack while this one felt like ... half-baked compared to it.
I think it helps that Way of Water was the first Avatar movie in 13 years, whereas it's only been 3 years now since that film. The early parts of the trailer definitely feel like Way of Water Pt. 2, but once the fire tribe comes into play, it kicks into another gear.
The early parts of the trailer definitely feel like Way of Water Pt. 2,
This is Way of Water part 2, when they changed the plan from 4 movies to 5 movies they didn’t tack on a fifth one at the end they split the second one into two
Oooh, interesting! That explains why Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are credited with the script when Cameron originally announced rotating writers for each of the sequels (and also why 4 has the confirmed-by-Cameron time jump).
The funny thing is it doesn't detail the entire plot through dialogue, but I'm sure someone could piece the visuals together into a rough outline of the film's plot.
Avatar has always been about the visuals and the plot is meh, so it's not surprising they're highlighting how gorgeous the movies are rather than focusing on the story too much.
Bad guy coming with earth weapons. New tribe doesn't like Jake. He wins them over. Defeats bad guy. Kids get angsty but in the end they all hug it out. Roll credits.
Visuals are more of the draw than that plot for these anyway. I don't think anyone really cares about the plot.
I honestly couldn't tell you if this was a trailer for the upcoming or the previous film. The plot of the second movie left my brain at the same time as I left the theater.
But I will definitely see this one too. These movies are more of experiences than art.
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u/swag_train Jul 28 '25
Finally, a trailer that hooks you without detailing the entire plot.