“Avatar: The Way of Water” (“Avatar: the path of water” in Spanish) lasts for more than three hours, but, believe it or not, James Cameron cut 10 minutes from the film. The director of titles as “Titanic” it took 13 years to launch the sequel to the story on Pandora, where the struggle for the planet’s resources continues.
On this occasion, the second installment of “Avatar” focuses on the return of humans to the satellite and the flight of the Sully family to the maritime zones together with a new Na’vi tribe known as the Metkayina.
One of the positive aspects of the film is its incredible special effects both in the action sequences and in nature of Pandora. Given the change in location, now you can see more of the wildlife in the sea.
Director James Cameron recently confessed that, initially, they had 9 hours of tape that were cut to introduce the visual effects. However, there was 10 minutes worked in detail that were also eliminated before its theatrical release. Here we will tell you what these scenes consisted of and why they were deleted.
Before continuing, take a look here. trailer for “Avatar: The Way of Water”.
WHAT WAS NOT SEEN IN “AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER”
Recently, James Cameron commented that he cut 10 minutes from the movie “Avatar: The Way of Water”, which means that, originally, it lasted 3 hours and 22 minutes. This fragment consisted entirely of action sceneswhich in themselves abound in the “long film”.
In an interview with Esquire Middle Eastthe filmmaker explained that he decided to remove this portion, to decrease violence displayed on screen. Despite being an action movie, I wanted create a balance between environmental conflict and battles.
“In fact, I cut about 10 minutes out of the film to focus on the shooting action. I wanted to get rid of something ugly, to find a balance between light and dark. You must have conflict, of course. Violence and action are the same, depending on how you look at it. This is the dilemma of every action filmmaker, and I am known as an action filmmaker.”explained Cameron, 68.
Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch in “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Photo: 20th Century Studios)
WHY DOES JAMES CAMERON NOT WANT TO SHOW A LOT OF VIOLENCE?
The search for this balance does not come only from making an attractive film, but also the social context, especially the American one, greatly influenced his decision. Within the interview, James Cameron shocked everyone by confessing that, in retrospect, he would not have liked to make titles like “Terminator” in the same wayin which the use of weapons is glorified.
“Remembering some movies I’ve done, I don’t know if I’d like to do them now. I don’t know if I would like to fetishize guns, like I did in a couple of “Terminator” tapes over 30 years ago, in our world today, what’s happening with guns in our society makes me sick to my stomach.”, he narrowed.
However, I would not abandon these projects completely, but rather I would try to twist the plot, in which more reflection is made on other aspects. He also broke the news that a “reboot” of the Arnold Schwarzenegger franchise is being discussed.
“If I were to do another ‘Terminator’ movie and maybe try to launch that saga again, which is up for discussion but nothing has been decided, I would make it much more about the artificial intelligence side of things than about the bad robots being They go crazy”, he added.
