5 Things in Avatar 2 You’ll ONLY Catch on a Rewatch

to be completely honest my first viewing of avatar: the way of water wasn’t all that great—meaning, I enjoyed the movie and found it entertaining, but I had issues with the plot + subplots, however my second viewing definitely changed my mind (I still have some issues with the plot and order, but I can forgive them to an extent) I paid attention to the dialogue, the story, and I took in details, which made me appreciate this movie so much more. It’s so easy to get lost in the visuals—I mean let’s face it this movie is a spectacle, so I understand if people don’t get it the first, but that’s why I recommend everyone to at least watch this movies twice, because trust me you’re missing out on so much if you don’t. 💙

this is just a minor one but when Lo'ak first sees tsireya emerging from the water, he looks at her with lovestruck eyes right? now look at Neytiri while he is looking at tsireya, she knows here son has a crush, she even smiles a bit.

This movie deserves every penny

The part you mentioned about Payakan's disbelief of Lo'ak asking to be friends, man I really didn't notice that until now. Its a really beautiful moment. Loved this video.

I think Spider's saving Quaritch proves that he is not his father's son. He has empathy and a conscience that Quaritch, at this point, is lacking... though it is hinted at when Quaritch shows some apparent feeling for Spider, though he said he had none. People are saying Spider is going to be the next villain, but it would make more sense to see him in a hero arc. Being a human, but having great sympathetic feeling for the Navi and Pandora, Spider could be who brings the storyline full circle back to Earth, perhaps with Kiri by his side.

One detail I can add is that when Neteyam and Lo'ak were hurt in the first battle (with the train), Jake quickly checks under Neteyam's back to see if he had been shot through, but it was fine. Then when he actually dies, Jake checks under him again, and sees the exit wound. I remembered the latter scene from the first viewing, but only noticed the former on the second viewing.

I do love Payakan. Lo’ak’s relationship with him is gong to be a growing story arc. They’re now brothers. Payakan to me is a character not a creature. His eyes are so soulful and expressive.

Although Neteyam and Lo'ak's relationship haven't been fully fleshed-out in this movie, there are some subtle moments where Neteyam is always affectionate to Lo'ak by touching him especially in the head until the scene of Neteyam's funeral where it is now Lo'ak who is touching his brother's head as a farewell. There is also a scene in the movie where Neteyam and Lo'ak had a quarrel on saving Payakan, Lo'ak's response on Payakan being his brother made Neteyam annoyed in which my guess is that Neteyam kinda misunderstood that literally. We know that the tulkuns and the Metkayina tribe have a kind of spiritual bond with each other in which they called each other as their spiritual brothers/sisters just like Ronal and her deceased tulkun sister Roa and Tsireya with his sister tulkun.

I can't wait to watch the extended cut. I feel there must be an intimate scene between Neteyam and Neytiri, because his death just didn't hit me as hard as it was supposed to. Neytiri's outrage was understandable - but from a story telling standpoint the set-up was missing. In a talk between Robert Rodriguez and Cameron it was brought up that he saw a cut of the film that was 30minutes longer than the theatrical cut. So, I'm hopeful we get to see it.

Something i really liked is that Quaritch is terrified of Neytiry. He could probably kill her in hand to hand but he's genuinely afraid of her, and specially her arrows. Is like a primal fear he can't hide, we can see his face of anguish when he knows he's in the ship and he looks at one of the arrows. This same fear is why he let's go her son. Because he's very aware she's not bluffing.

I've watched the movie 6 times now and I watched the cause and affect of different character's actions throughout to see how differently things could have played out and one in particular especially hurts. Neytiri had an opportunity to try to save Spider. But she chose not to. Kiri called out to her to get her attention that he was down there in danger and being taken, but Neytiri chose to run instead. This one decision led to her having to leave her home. And it led to Neteyam's death. Because her children don't feel the same about Spider as she does and would not leave him like she did. This decision is also where Quaritch and Spider get the opportunity to bond and so they save each other later on. Neytiri's blind rejection and discrimination towards Spider cost her so much and will likely continue to until she learns to let it go.

Don't forget that Quaratch also halted Spider's torture to "try a different approach" and he told Spider to "just ride along...I'm not asking you to betray Jake. I admire loyalty."

The thing about the digits with with Lo’ak and Kiri this is probably why they get along sooo well with Spyder because he doesn’t look at them like they a freak he just loves them for who they are.

There is an interesting and touching detail in the scene at the shack when the kids are being held prisoner by the Recoms. Neytiri calls out to her children with a sound that the Recoms take to be a Pandoran animal or bird or something. The kids notice it immediately. You can see their ears perk. Pay close attention to Lo'ak and Spider right after Neytiri starts calling out to them. They exchange a knowing look and a very slight nod. Neytiri is basically tell her children that Mom is out there, coming to their rescue and to be ready when the time comes. And they were ready.

Something that came to mind during Payakan's "arm for an arm" maneuver during the battle was how the marine biologist aboard the Tulkun hunting ships spoke to Spyder of the Tulkun's intelligence and their understanding of complex systems, such as those of maths and physics. I love this, because it switches up roles we are familiar with on earth in a way that is not so human-centric. We have mammals here that are capable of an enormous amount of emotional intelligence and awareness but humans on earth seemingly engage with complex abstract systems like mathmatics and measurement more so. On Pandora, it is at first glance, reversed. The Tulkun have an adept understanding of such things and the Na'vi lean more towards more practical arts. I believe this intense understanding of physics and calculation ability is how Payakan (and perhaps all Tulkun if they wanted) could execute his guerilla strike with such precision despite his size and mobility adversity while out of water. Tl;dr The Tulkun are highly intelligent in a way that would be considered genius on Earth, and I love that it was shown in a creature that wasn't a bi-pedal humanoid for once. Conciousness comes in all forms, and I love how normalized and integrated this understanding is on Pandora and among the Na'vi.

For me the 2nd viewing only revealed how many times Neteyam came close to actually dying and I was white knuckled, clutching the armrest, knowing that he's gonna die anyways! That was my biggest takeaway from the re-watch!

A parallel I noticed the third time I watched this movie is when kiri sees Neyiteri is trying to pull Tuk from going into the ships but gets pulled in from the water as it’s flooding. Kiri had a certain similar reaction earlier in the movies. when kiri had been connected to the Spirit Tree, sees Grace and gets sees her mom get “sucked into the void” and seizes.

1. If you remember, Quaritch told Spider his exomask is a tracker. So wherever Spider goes, Quaritch goes. 2. Neytiri crying over the RDA burning the forest happens sometime during Avatar Highground Issue #3 (but you cannot see her cry in that issue). 3. Bridgehead is similar to Jamestown. Jamestown (the first colony with a wall) was built to protect the English from the Native Americans back then. 4. Pandora's Fauna can perform some sort of telepathic communication with those they bond with. Either this or the bonded Na'vi can understand the Fauna's language.

I think we really need the directors cut to fully experience what Avatar: TWOW was trying to convey without some plot issues

A detail about the Matkayina that isn't discussed and as far as I'm aware is only shown once is that they have nictitating membranes on their eyes so they have better eyesight under the water. I didn't even notice until the Youtuber "Bryce Edward Brown" stated it in his "The Metkayina Clan Explained" video, but you can see it when Tsireya comes out of the water once the Sullys land. As she blinks, you can see a translucent film move off of her eyes. Really cool detail!