Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)★ 7.4/10

didn't know Eywa was the baby from 2001:

It’s so much fun oh my god

Gorgeous visuals, yet the story feels repetitive, lacking depth in its characters. The idea and universe are amazing, while this part is a bit overstretched in pursuit of commercial success — a lengthy (and wonderful) 3D experience over strong storytelling.

This movie really worked for me. The action was amazing. The IMAX 3D was spectacular. I loved the framing of the story -- it was simple yet effective. Jake Sully is in full boss mode. Meanwhile the villains were top notch. Even if I didn't understand entirely the purpose behind the conflict, I was fully engaged and enthralled by the film. Might be the best of the series (but I need to rewatch the original).

Back in 2009, legendary director James Cameron gave us AVATAR, a movie that blew our minds and our eyeballs with cutting edge 3D visuals and a new alien world to explore, Pandora. Then he had to literally invent new technology to create the sequel THE WAY OF WATER in 2022. He had also filmed his newest installment simultaneously, which has now released, FIRE AND ASH. Following the aftermath of THE WAY OF WATER, the Sully family is in mourning. Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) is taking it the hardest, blaming all “pink skins”, even their adopted human son Spider (Jack Champion). He has a much larger role in this movie. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) is still alive and kicking, still on the hunt for Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). This movie introduces another Na’vi tribe called the Mangkwan, a fiery and savage group who have shunned the goddess Eywa. Their leader is Varang (Oona Chaplin), a badass wildcard of a character. Both Varang and Spider are great characters, but they’re a little underwritten. Same goes for the new tribe itself. They do flesh out some of the characters we already know, such as Quaritch and Kiri (Sigourney Weaver), the eldest daughter. The more I think about it, the more the story feels like the most expensive soap opera ever. The action, while repetitive, is top-notch. The visuals are the main reason to see this on the big screen in 3D. It’s a spectacular spectacle. Pandora is a fully realized world like none other. It helps if you think of this movie’s story as the second half of THE WAY OF WATER. That being said, there are quite a few things here that are overdone and repetitive. There is one aspect that they introduce in the third act that intrigues me, but they don’t really dive deep enough here. I probably need to wait until the next one for that. The high frame rate could be jarring for some, but my video game mind liked it. It was very immersive, making me feel like I was on Pandora. Despite the run-time being a self-indulgent 3 hours 17 minutes, I was never bored. As I may have said about THE WAY OF WATER, visuals can only take you so far. Yes, they are world-class and deserve awards, but we’re now three movies in. At this point, I need more from this franchise. I need a compelling story that makes me care about these characters. I need more variety in the action. I need the kids to not get kidnapped anymore. I need these movies to be shorter. AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH doesn’t really have any of these, but I still recommend watching this in 3D, the way it was made to be seen. Even if this is the final movie (yeah right), what James Cameron has done here will be talked about for decades.

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Esta fue la primera vez que realmente conecté con la franquicia. Los conflictos internos de los personajes fueron relacionables y pude empatizar fácilmente con la mayoría. El cómo abordan la depresión, la culpa, el luto, el deber y cómo luchan por permanecer unidos es el corazón de esta entrega.
También, destaco a los nuevos antagonistas. Son visualmente imponentes y proponen ideas medianamente novedosas.
Lo mejor que hace es avanzar su historia y expandir su mundo. Mantiene lo que funcionó, pero repite varios puntos que ya se sienten cansados. Le hizo falta centrase más en sus personajes, los cuales ya empiezan a funcionar.

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