The Movie: Avatar: Fire and Ash
The Director: James Cameron
The Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, David Thewlis, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet
The Story: Pretty much same as the last one.
The Rating: 7 / 10
The Review:
Okay, so James Cameron has had this story bouncing around in his head for literally decades and long before he ever started to actually make the movies so why in the heck is this one, part three of a planned five part series, pretty much the same story as part two? Seriously, it was like the basic outline of the two movies are the same just with a few tweaks here and there and the fire people thrown in to kind of move the story forward a bit. Fortunately, the movie is such a fantastically rendered big screen spectacle that you're still going to want to see it in a theater and probably multiple times, just like the first two.
Yes, it's really worth it. The visual effects are unrivaled and like nothing anyone has seen before, even raising the bar significantly from the first two films. From what I understand, filming for parts two and three had some overlap so a lot of time was spent in post production working on all the crazy visual effects and the payoff is pretty spectacular. The press screening I attended was in an AMC Dolby theater and the presentation was really impressive, even the 3D upgrade was pretty much perfect. One thing about Cameron as a director, he is very meticulous when it comes to every detail you could ever think of so, from a technical standpoint, this has to be the best looking movie I've ever seen.
Seriously, if you want that ultimate big screen spectacle then look no further, this movie is constantly filling your eyes with beautiful scenery and epic action scenes although just be ready for that three hours and 15 minutes run time, I felt every minute of it. There are definitely times where I felt scenes were drawn out a bit too long and maybe the filmmakers were a little too happy with some of the visuals so they gave them more time than they needed. Still, that shouldn't take away at all from this being a mandatory theatrical experience.
Storywise, I really don't have much to say. It almost qualifies as a soft reboot than a direct sequel which may sound weird, but you'll understand when you see it. My first thought walking out of the theater was that I could just copy and paste my review for part two and be done with it but you know I've got to bring more to the table than that. Oddly enough, Cameron even doubles down on the whole white savior thing which is something that always bothered me about Jake Sully in the first place. It's different this time although not any better and too spoilery for me to get into.
My overall rating for the movie of sevon out of ten is basically splitting the difference between a ten on the visual and technical side and maybe a four or five, if I'm being generous, on the story side of things. I've already been asked if the movie is worth seeing in the theater and I would hate to keep anyone from seeing it on a large format screen, even with a subpar and redundant story. It's just too much of a spectacle and feast for the eyes to pass up on so please get out there and support your favorite theater.
On a side note, the first four weeks of release will feature four different trailers for Avengers: Doomsday which hits theaters December, 2026. This is everyone's first look at what will surely be another biggest movie of all time contender coming down the pipeline and, to clarify, each trailer will show for one week during that four week run.
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