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Matt Biedrzycki (195 KP) rated Avatar: The Way of Water (2021) in Movies

Dec 25, 2022 (Updated Feb 7, 2024)  
Avatar: The Way of Water (2021)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2021)
2021 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
7
8.7 (10 Ratings)
Movie Rating
The storyline is held together nicely but one thing is a lot of going on (1 more)
The character development.
Maybe not bad but the movie has a lot going on. (0 more)
Good sequel
I went in with high expectations because of the first movie being very great. And this one the story was good. It just had a lot of different parts going on that became a little difficult to follow and a little out of pieces that had to fit together. I would suggest the movie and I think my problem was I just had really high expectations for it and then didn't meet those high expectations the way I thought it would. And that's the only thing I would say is not great about the movie.
  
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David McK (3895 KP) rated The Old Guard 2 (2025) in Movies

Dec 21, 2025 (Updated Dec 21, 2025)  
The Old Guard 2 (2025)
The Old Guard 2 (2025)
2025 |
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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It only took 5 years.

Which, for an immortal, is nothing.

For us mere mortals, however, it's a long enough time to wait for a sequel to the 2020 original, with this following on from that and again following Andy of Scythia (Charlize Theron) and her fellow immortal warriors, who never know when they are going to lose said immortality (she already has).

I do have to say, though, I didn't find this *quite* as enjoyable as the first - I also have to say, ending on a cliff-hanger, as it does (somewhat reminiscent of the end of The Empire Strikes Back), I do hope we don't have to wait another 5 years for those loose ends to be tied up!
  
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
1997 | Adventure, Sci-Fi
"Something has survived"
1997 sequel to the original Jurassic Park, loosely based on a book that itself was written (again by Michael Crichton) after the first film, that moves the action from Isla Nublar to Isla Sorna, aka Site B, where it transpired the original dinosaurs were created before being shipped off tonthe park.

Said facilities shut down after the accident in the Park.

And is where Goldblum's returning Dr Ian Malcolm finds himself, on what he believes to be a rescue mission as his hastily-creared paleontologist girlfriend is already on said island.

While not as good as the original film, this is still enjoyable (and takes inspiration from both the second novel as well as from unused portions of the first novel).
  
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David McK (3895 KP) rated Avatar: The Way of Water (2021) in Movies

Jan 8, 2023 (Updated Jan 13, 2026)  
Avatar: The Way of Water (2021)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2021)
2021 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
9
8.7 (10 Ratings)
Movie Rating
2021 sequel to the 2009(!) original, which was the first movie - I felt - to really make 3d feel like part of the experience rather than a gimmick.

The less said about 'Unobtainium' the better, however.

That might be why that resource is NOT mentioned at all in this, with the humans again returning to Pandora but now in search of a new resource instead, and with Jake Sully and his family initially fleeing from those settlers (to join a tribe of sea-people) before events lead them to fight back.

Yes, the story (this time around) is perhaps even more basic than the first time. That might be because this is part 2 of (projected) 5.

The effects, however?

Absolutely mind blowing.