“Avatar: The Way Of Water” (***1/2 out of four) was an extravagant sequel to the 2009 classic about the continuing adventures of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) who continues to live with his family (Zoe Saldana, Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver) and others on the moon Pandora but their life is once again threatened by the return of the RDA and the vicious colonel (Stephen Lang) who has now returned as an avatar himself. Undeniably (and excessively) long at nearly three-and-a-half hours but never stops moving and never stops giving you things to look at as film is a virtual candy store of lush images and is packed with wall-to-wall dazzling visuals and effects. Underwater sequences in particular are a wow! Story is somewhat similar to original and doesn’t quite have the same intense punch but it’s masterfully told from writer/director James Cameron with his usual riveting virtuosity.