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AVATAR

By Alexa Habermann

THE WAY OF WATER

To say that Avatar: The Way of Water was breathtaking would be an understatement. The movie included a perfect mixture of tense battle, familial love, and informational lessons that everyone should know. Like how important it is for families to trust and help each other during significant life struggles. Additionally, the writers displayed extreme strength in women and children as well as the strength of blending people with different backgrounds together. 

The movie was directed by James Cameron, the screenplay was written by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver, and the story was created by everyone listed above as well as Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. The astonishing cast includes Sam Worthington as Jake, Zoe Saldana as Neytiri, Sigourney Weaver as Kiri, Stephen Lang as Quaritch, and Kate Winslet as Ronal along with many more actors as well. 

One little known fact about the making of the movie is that most of the cast members had to do extremely long and dangerous breatholds during filming. required serious training and practice from the cast. Many of the cast members were very successful in this, Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana both stayed underwater for about six minutes! However, the ultimate breath holding champion was Kate Winslet.