Avatar: The Way of Water Pitch Meeting

Step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Avatar: The Way Of Water!

2009’s Avatar was the highest-grossing movie of all time. Naturally, that meant sequel-time, and FAST. Okay maybe not fast. Maybe not even slow-paced. Maybe THIRTEEN YEARS LATER James Cameron has brought us back to the world of Pandora, along with all the characters whose names we definitely remember.

Avatar: The Way Of Water definitely raises some questions. Like why spend so much money bringing back Colonel Quarritch to life, the guy who famously failed the last time he attempted something similar to this mission? Why does Jake suddenly decide that it’s suddenly time to run away after literally heading into battle regularly? Where did all the ocean people go in the third act? How many decades until the next movie?

To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Avatar: The Way Of Water.

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[mattheweurt]

I like how the kids keep going back to the ship and getting captured to the point where the youngest one even says "I can't believe I'm handcuffed AGAIN"

[zlIWCARIlz]

My favorite part was the decision to leave their home and friends to avoid endangering them so they could go endanger a bunch of peaceful strangers instead.

[cheekyshekel]

You're the first person that's highlighted the fact the water tribe straight up disappeared during the final fight. I thought I was going crazy. Where'd they all go?!

[callumdodsley]

I enjoyed that literally every bit of conflict in the movie is started by Jake's kids doing something they are not supposed to. Every single time.

[RahidenChan]

“…and there are these creatures let you breathe underwater”
“Wow, they must be pretty useful given that most of the film is underwater!”
“They will only be used once, in the final scene”
“Well okay then”

[everettharris]

"Unobtainium? They were unable to obtain it." That's gold Ryan. Gold!

[christopherverdery]

"So how long's this movie gonna be?"
"Over three hours!"
"Wow, so you're not leaving *any* details out!"
"Actually, we had to get Sam Worthington back into the sound booth to add numerous voiceovers regarding plot point we forgot to animate."
"Maybe you shouldn't have planned so many nature scenes that don't advance the plot."
"I'm gonna need you to get *all* the way off my back about this."

[thehiddenninja]

The worst part was that after Kiri had her seizure, Jake called for a helicopter to help her, and a few hours later they arrive and fail to help. Then they get the island's own healer and her help works.
So they called a useless helicopter without letting the healer help first, even though they had time, and it was this exact useless helicopter that showed the bad guys where they were.

[richrenken]

"They were unable to obtain it." BEST LINE! I am not sure why studios don't hire you to go over scripts and work with directors on their blind spots.

[urzaktv]

Why did Quaritch tell Spider he better not try to escape because there was a tracker in his mask? Like, wouldn’t it have been easier to purposefully let Spider escape and then just track him back to Sully?

[atillathehungry]

This guy hates when sea vessels float as intended. CLASSIC

[kylebaxter]

Can't believe you didn't talk about how rather than have the local healer revive Sigourney Weaver in 5 minutes as the first option to save her, they opted to magically get in touch with the friendly scientists who took at minimum a full day to get there only to be shoved aside to be replaced by the healer who then healed Sigourney Weaver in 5 min... So that the bad guys would have a way to get to their location for the last 3rd of the movie.

[DeadPressed]

That "Whoopsie" rejection moment is very strong, enough to destroy the usual routine even

[superhunksickle]

It's funny to me that they were so focused on killing the villain despite knowing he can just be recreated. They barely even focused on how he was literally back from the dead.

[justini.]

Ryan saying, "Hey shut up!" when other Ryan says something sensible is becoming my favorite part of these videos.

[thinicer]

I like how Neyteri holds a knife to Spider’s neck, threatens to kill him, cuts him across the chest, and then ends up adopting him with Jake as if nothing happened.

[atomicviking]

I love how the good guys retreat when they're winning, but the bad guys never retreat even with >90% casualties.

[rockosmodurnlif]

“Because that’s the plot of the movie” the best explanation yet, better than “that’s what I have written here” which was my previous favorite

[yanwinaung]

When you think about it. I think the pitch meeting has the greatest character development. Even though they are performed by the same person, they act diffent. They even sound different. I get used to them so much that they even feel like they are played by different actors. They have diffent personalities.

[ExoNova]

I just find it hilarious how the culmination of the entire 3 hour movie was they took down a singular fishing trawler