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Avatar: The Way of Water VS. Avatar – Spectacle and Structure

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We're Breaking Away From Jake Sully

"There's not a really strong want driving him. He's our main character, but he's actually just being reactive," says director Tom Hanks. "He's reacting to the new dangers that happen and his want is already completed at the moment he arrives" The movie has some beautiful stuff with toolkoon and stuff like that,. But really what’s happening is the kids are playing for about an hour and a half. And so again, we kind of have this feeling like we're watching and it feels beautiful, but it feels slow."

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