Avatar: The Way of Water miraculously avoids the MCU streaming curse as it finally hits Disney

For as much as movie fans with Disney Plus subscriptions constantly badger the Mouse House’s streamer to drop the studio’s latest films on the site, they always seem to complain about the thing once it’s finally on there. In particular, this has frequently happened with Marvel movies — Thor: Love and Thunder‘s reputation seriously tanked once it started streaming, the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania backlash only got worse and there were even complaints over Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

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Luckily for the MCU’s number one nemesis James Cameron, though, his own franchise-furthering sci-fi blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water is now finally on Disney Plus, and it’s managing to avoid this same curse. After many long months, the eye-popping sequel is available to stream for D+ users everywhere. And, you know what, they actually couldn’t be more positive about it.

Many wasted no time in sticking the movie on ASAP.

the way i’m already watching it

— Mona (@RealMona_) June 7, 2023

And I’m watching right now

— Ar/Atla era pt 2#Bluebeetlebattalion 🪲 (@Th3Charm3rr) June 7, 2023

Others took the time to praise The Way of Water as even better than the 2009 original.

Amazing movie. Much better than the first one imo.

— CineMattic_Multiverse (@Webheadmania14) June 7, 2023
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Jake Sully simps, your time has come back around.

guess who’ll be a simp for jake sully https://t.co/sne3jZFi5j

— roxy🥀 (@corpsebridey) June 7, 2023

Schedules are already been made.

Top tier filmmaking. I'll be rewatching it later this week. https://t.co/WPhxBrxioe

— Jake Wood (@BoStaffTurtle) June 7, 2023

Time to break your own rewatch record!

Time to see how many times I can watch this movie in a week https://t.co/77Bo0Ijcbd

— Delta (@DeltaSwag101) June 7, 2023

Somewhere, Martin Scorsese is leaning back in his sofa and hitting play.

absolute cinema pic.twitter.com/OmQEZ3iu2A

— bebop95 (@just_bebop95) June 7, 2023

Although, of course, this is Twitter so naturally some couldn’t let this golden opportunity to mock the film for its 3-hour runtime slide past them.

i will be watching when i need help falling asleep 😴😴😴 https://t.co/YBmXdK9Q1l

— Zac⚡️ (@zacidk) June 7, 2023

Now I can watch it with the 10 toilet breaks I need. 😂

— Paul-B Loves Movies (@Paul_Berney) June 7, 2023

This generally genial reaction to Avatar 2‘s streaming arrival sits in sharp contrast with its digital release earlier this year, which saw all the haters swim up to complain about its meandering storyline and alleged lack of cultural impact. Maybe all the critics used up all their air on that occasion so now its Disney Plus premiere is being seized by its ardent fans instead.

Whichever side of the divide you’re on, you can catch Avatar: The Way of Water on Disney Plus — not to mention Max — now.

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