• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    8 hours ago

    I’ve seen both. Happy to talk about them if you want. Way of Water had a lot of really cool moments but a lot of weird visual choices. They swapped between 24 and 48 fps (idk if it was 48 but it was definitely higher) seemingly at random. You’d think it would be something like 24 for dialogue and 48 for action, but it wasn’t that straight forward. Some scenes looked like they needed more time to look good. A boat crash in particular stands out. Other scenes were incredibly gorgeous. The young one (name escapes me) swimming to rescue her family stands out there.

    I think my biggest gripe about Way of Water was that they said they get this valuable thing from the whales. But the number was orders of magnitude less valuable than the material they were mining from the first one. It made it seem silly. They could’ve just given a bigger number and it would all make sense. Maybe it’s something about the initial investment to get to Pandora being the biggest cost so now they can pursue things that make less money.