Avatar: The Way Of Water - 22 WTF Moments

2. Spider Saves Quaritch

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Easily the single most infuriating moment in the film occurs after Jake chokes Quaritch unconscious in the depths of the sinking whaling vessel. It seems like Quaritch's goose is cooked (again), until he's discovered by Spider and rescued.

Sure, Spider does so with tremendous reluctance and leaves Quaritch alone after saving him, but it's still a supremely stupid thing to do, even accepting that Quaritch is kinda-sorta his dad.

Really it's just a spot of lazy writing on Cameron's part, to write himself out of a corner and keep Quaritch alive for the sequels to follow. For anyone already on the fence about Spider as a character, it sure didn't help endear him to anyone.

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