‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ and the James Cameron Rankings

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

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🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Big Jim! We’re goin’ back to Pandora, baby! James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ is here, 13 years after the original dominated the movie world. Sean and Amanda discuss the film in depth, from the extraordinary technological achievements to its familiar-seeming story (1:00). Then, Chris Ryan joins to put Cameron’s filmography in context by ranking all of the director’s films, many of which are among the most successful and significant of the past four decades (44:00). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Chris Ryan Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Would you bet a few thousand dollars that you could sink an eight foot put?
0:05.0	What about ten grand that you could win a drag race against a Camaro with a thousand horse power?
0:10.0	If you had two million dollars, could you bet it all on one football game?
0:15.0	Maybe you wish you could, but you probably wouldn't.
0:19.0	Gamblers is about the people who did.
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0:37.0	I'm Sean Fennese.
0:38.0	I'm Amanda Davins.
0:39.0	And this is the big picture a conversation show about Big Jim.
0:42.0	We're going back to Pandora, baby.
0:44.0	Avatar the Way of Water is here 13 years after the original and a decade in the making.
0:50.0	It's the sequel to one of the biggest movies of all time.
0:53.0	It opens around the world today.
0:55.0	It is without question one of the movie events of 2022 to celebrate.
0:59.0	We're going to break down this movie in a largely non-spoiler fashion, though it's pretty tough to spoil.
1:03.0	Then we're going to put Avatar's creator and father, James Cameron's Filmography and Context for you by ranking all of his films.
1:11.0	Amanda and I are and Chris is going to join us, Chris Ryan to rank those films.
1:15.0	But first let's let's submerge into the way of water.
1:18.0	See what you did there. You really are getting good, good with the segues.
1:21.0	Thank you. Yeah.
1:22.0	Sort of like the end of the word play.
1:23.0	Yeah.
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