James Cameron sincerely hopes you will. He wants you to think that time-traveling cyborgs can be defeated, aliens are murderous robots, and a movie can take you to a major historical catastrophe. His most ambitious attempt to convey his faith in the potential of film has become the planet of Pandora in "Avatar." Can you put everything in your life on hold to watch a movie in a way that's getting harder and harder to do in a time when there are so many distractions? By experimenting with 3D, High Frame Rate, and other toys that weren't accessible when he started his career, Cameron has further stretched the bounds of his capacity for belief. Yet, one of the many aspects that makes it so intriguing possibly not immediately. At initially, "Avatar: The Way of Water" has trouble getting going since it abruptly returns viewers to the Pandoran planet. Cameron rushes through some of the set-ups in order to get to the world-building middle of the movie, which is one of his best achievements, so it is clear that he really cares about it. Prior to that, we catch up with Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a former human who is now a full-time Na'vi. He is Neytiri's (Zoe Saldana) partner and has a family together. They are the guardians of Kiri (Sigourney Weaver), the child of Weaver's second marriage, and they have two sons, Neteyam (Jamie Flatters) and Lo'ak (Britain Dalton), as well as a daughter named Tuk (Trinity Jo-Li Bliss).The main conflict in "Avatar: The Way of Water" revolves around the same dilemma Sarah Connor faces in the "Terminator" movies: should I flee for my family or fight? Do you turn away and battle the crushing evil, or do you flee and try to hide from the strong enemy? Jake initially chooses the first option, taking them to a different area of Pandora, where the movie begins with Cameron's longtime obsession: water. In a location controlled by Tonowari (Cliff Curtis), the head of a clan known as the Metkayina, airborne stunts from the first movie are replaced by aquatic ones. Tonowari, a family man himself (his wife is portrayed by Kate Winslet), worries about the risk the new Na'vi guests might pose but is unable to keep them away.As Jake's lads learn the customs of the water clan, the movie's central conflict turns from Sully/Quaritch to the local youth. Finally, "Avatar" feels like it is expanding the universe in ways that the original movie did not. Cameron knits together several stories in this movie in a much more ambitious and ultimately satisfying way than he did in the previous one, which was more narrowly focused on one. The overall project is richer by providing a bigger canvas for its storytelling, even though some of the ideas and storyline developments—like the relationship between Kiri and Pandora or the journey of a new character named Spider (Jack Champion)—are largely laying the stage for subsequent movies. While one might contend that a movie that doesn't use protagonists and antagonists needs to have a strongerAlthough there are a few lines that will cause unintentional laughter, viewers should be warned that Cameron's dialogue skills haven't improved. Nevertheless, there is almost something endearing about his approach to character, which marries traditional storytelling with cutting-edge technology. Huge blockbusters frequently overcrowd their settings with superfluous mythologies or backstories, yet Cameron manages just enough to keep this fantastical universe grounded in reality. The way he appropriates aspects of Indigenous culture may be viewed as problematic, and I wouldn't argue against that. However, for some viewers, his more complex themes of environmentalism and colonisation may be understandably too shallow. Yet, if a family utilises this as a springboard for discussions about those subjects, it provides a greater net benefit than most blockbusters, which offer little cause for reflection.