Let’s get the rating out of the way first, because it frames everything else.
If Avatar was a 4.5/5, and Avatar: The Way of Water landed at a solid 4/5, then Avatar: Fire and Ash sits at a 3/5 for me.
That doesn’t mean it’s bad.
It does mean it didn’t stick with me.
And notably, my two teenagers were even more disappointed than I was. These are kids who watched the first film over and over again, and who happily went to see the second Avatar film twice on IMAX (they were much too young to see the first in theatres).
This time, walking out of the theater, the reaction was basically: “Yeah… that was fine.”
Which, for Avatar, feels telling.
**Warning: spoilers ahead!**
