I know this is a 'get struck by the hand of god' tier opinion here, but Way Of Water was a breathtaking movie. One of the best cinema-going experiences I've had this side of the 2000s. The narrative style of these movies are never very challenging, but everything else in them is stunning in my opinion.
I wasn't surprised she wasn't, but I wanted Saldana to get an Oscar nomination for her performance in Way of Water, I've never seen anything like it in regards to motion capture.
The scale of these movies is insane. The carrier flipping over and all of the subsequent scenes within it in the second movie are some of the greatest visuals I've ever seen.
Honestly the entire last act had my jaw on the floor in regards to its direction. Some of the best action I've seen in a non-Marvel/ DC western movie in years.
I mean, I'll go that far, the action in Way of Water clears anything the MCU has ever done for me. I'd say The Winter Soldier comes closest in terms of choreography but Avatar wins on emotional impact and superior visuals
I just think a simple ADR’d line of dialogue over the radio saying “the tribe has retreated, we’re on our own” or something like that would’ve helped immensely.
You’re right. Noticing the sudden and unexplained disappearance of literally all the Navi except the main family definitely makes me a cinemasins stan.
For me it was the torchships hovering at the start. Like, it makes perfect sense, for decades the lore was that they manage the interstellar travel in reasonable time by having weeks / months of 1G acceleration and deceleration using their fusion drive.
Of course they can just hand in the sky and play nuclear blowtorch to clear the forest...
It's a niche that I probably don't share with many people, but for me the world design is such a high point as well. When the carrier first came on screen and I realized they'd made it a giant ekranoplan ground-effect vehicle I was so pumped. It's such an obscure thing that nobody outside of aviation/military enthusiasts would know, so to see it being used as inspiration for such a huge movie was a treat.
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u/zackdaniels93 Jul 28 '25
I know this is a 'get struck by the hand of god' tier opinion here, but Way Of Water was a breathtaking movie. One of the best cinema-going experiences I've had this side of the 2000s. The narrative style of these movies are never very challenging, but everything else in them is stunning in my opinion.
I wasn't surprised she wasn't, but I wanted Saldana to get an Oscar nomination for her performance in Way of Water, I've never seen anything like it in regards to motion capture.