Avatar: The Way of Water 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		5.0
Audio		5.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		4.5

Avatar: The Way of Water 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Disney / Buena Vista is (are?) offering fans of the Avatar franchise some gorgeous repackaging editions with some actual new content to boot, one assumes as potential holiday gifts. This release features Avatar: The Way of Water in both 1080 and 4K UHD versions, along with a glut of bonus material, including some new features.

Avatar: The Way of Water 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality is assessed in the above linked review.

Avatar: The Way of Water 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Avatar: The Way of Water 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

The 4K UHD Disc and 1080 Disc One offer the feature film. 1080 Disc Three repeats the supplements detailed in my Avatar: The Way of Water 4K Blu-ray review and Avatar: The Way of Water Blu-ray review, while 1080 Disc Two offers the following new supplements:

• Behind the Scenes Presentation Hosted by Jon Landau (HD; 36:56) has a lot of fun information and background data, but this is another weirdly directed featurette that alternately has Landau directly addressing the camera and then staring off at an angle for no discernable reason, something I find kind of distracting.


• Memories from Avatar: The Way of Water (HD; 19:10) features Jon Landau, with Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang.


• Production Design Panel Hosted by Jon Landau (HD; 32:09) features Aashrita Kamath, Ben Procter and Dylan Cole.


• Deleted Scenes (HD; 32:52) follows the "tradition" of supplements for the first film by offering some unfinished shots.


• Scene Deconstruction (HD; 24:49) also mimics an extra on the original film which offers 11 scenes in various levels of completion, able to be viewed either picture in picture or by toggling using the color buttons on your remote.


• Production Materials (HD; 1:10:27) offers a fantastic aggregation of featurettes that offer everything from James Cameron insisting the cast and crew "go vegetarian" for one meal a day (something this near lifelong vegetarian heartily approves of), to 3D technology to a really sweet piece devoted to sign language used for the underwater scenes.


• Beyond the Big Screen (HD; 53:10) offers another collection of featurettes, with pieces devoted to Disney's Animal Kingdom, James Cameron and Jon Landau getting their hand and feetprints immortalized in cement, and more.


• Archives: Script, Artwork, Marketing

  Monday Night Football TV Spot (HD; 2:02)

  
  

  Original Script (HD)

  
  

  Artwork Gallery (HD)

  
  

  Set Stills Gallery (HD)

  
  

  Russell Carpenter Gallery (HD)

  
  

  Advertising Gallery (HD)

  
  

  Fan Art Gallery (HD)

Avatar: The Way of Water 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

As I've joked in some previous reviews of Disney releases, the studio is certainly not averse to "recycling" titles again and again (and again), in what I'm sure strikes some people as unrepentant cash grabs, but at least in this instance the packaging is rather gorgeous (as can be seen in the photos I've uploaded to this review), and there is some new content. Whether or not the packaging and new items are enough to warrant a double dip will of course be up to the individual consumer, but on its own merits, this new release comes Highly recommended.