Let’s unpack everything that happened in that climactic ending.
Warning: This article contains major spoilers forAvatarandAvatar: The Way of Water.
“What we saw in the first film were people who were fearless,” Cameron had previously said.
I’m thinking probably not, because they have a duty to survive.
It doesn’t mean he’s a coward, but it means his priorities change."
Against their father’s wishes, Lo’ak rides down on banshee-back into the heat of the action.
The RDA are attempting to kill Payakan, a lonely tulkun who bonds with Lo’ak.
One member doesn’t make it through to the end: Neteyam.
Jake is forced to watch as Neteyam’s eyes droop with his last breath.
He doesn’t mean to.
He obviously has a good heart, and Jake realizes the stakes that they’re playing for.
‘This is not a game, guys.
We are at war.
People will get killed.
You could get killed and it’s possible for you to get other people killed.'"
They could know where they were going."
The ceremony also introduces the idea that Na’vi can commune with their deceased loved ones by connecting to Eywa.
Neteyam’s death forces a realization upon Jake.
He spent the entirety of the movie attempting to recede from battle.
He thought it best to remain hidden with the Metkayina, but Quaritch and the RDA found him anyway.
As he faces camera in the final shot, Jake seems determined to actively fight back.
Tell it to the Marines
The firstAvatarcouldn’t get rid of Quaritch.
Neither can the sequel.
And once again, Quaritch fails.
“Spider doesn’t have a family,” Cameron says.
He paints himself blue and they make fun of him.
Then he recoils from that tentative relationship formation."
Neytiri already saw Spider as other.
“There’s a long, long way to go.”
Na’vi Jesus?
One of the lingering questions left open at the end ofAvatar: The Way of Waterconcerns Kiri.
It’s unclear how Grace’s Avatar got pregnant.
As Kiri says, she would “drink acid” if that were true.
Perhaps there’s another explanation.
Could this be an immaculate conception?
But it’s more than that, as we learn over the course of the film.
All Weaver would tell EW is that “Kiri’s origins are a bit complicated and mysterious.”
For now, we’re going to call her Na’vi Jesus.
The problem, of course, are the natives.
However, there seems to be another mission forming within the context ofAvatar: The Way of Water.
Quaritch and his team, with Spider in tow, rides along their boat as they hunt them down.
This substance, they say, stops human aging.
In what cinematic universe did anyone just forget about the secret to immortality?
“Each movie is going to introduce audiences to new clans, new cultures on Pandora.
Once we introduce a character, they stay a part of the ongoing evolution.
We just add to it.
Avatar 3will take place close in time toAvatar: The Way of Water.
Cameron filmed both movies back-to-back, sometimes simultaneously.
He’s a genius, a walking genius.
And I really enjoyed the experience and I can’t wait to go back soon, I hope.”
Cameron notes there’s “a couple of years of post-production” ahead of them beforeAvatar 3is ready.
