James Cameron spent more than a decade making sure “Avatar” was an elevated film in every way. And then gave his teen characters dialogue from a ’90s sitcom.
isn’t a movie meant to be watched so much as experienced. You have to kick back in one of those massive reclining theater seats, bolt 3D glasses to your face, and stare at the oversized screen straight-on, shoving popcorn into your mouth to remind yourself that you don’t actually live on Pandora.The first filmThis sequel forces Jake Sully , Neytiri , and their family to abandon the forest for the sea, where they take refuge from the humans hunting them down.
But nothing can make up for the worst part of Pandora, no matter how beautiful it looks. On Pandora, much like on Earth, the teen boys are little shits. This is a movie full of shitty little teen boys fighting with each other, fighting with their dads, fighting with themselves, and fighting against all the emotional upheaval of puberty. Even if you’re only half-human, like Jake and Neytiri’s kids are, you are apparently still liable to experience the horrific awkwardness of being an adolescent. Their sons may not have terrible mustaches or acne, but they have a predilection for stressing everyone out and doing the opposite of what they’re told.
Lo’ak , the problem child, keeps getting into trouble with the other members of the sea tribe. He’s horny for the princess, but her brother and his friends are also teen boy assholes. And like any classic teen boy, Lo’ak tries to prove that he’s a strong, cool guy to them—by instigating a fight that leads to him nearly getting killed.What really gets me about this scene isn’t that this is peak dumb-kid behavior.
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