Open Channel: What’d You Think of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’?

There’s a Big Shock This Weekend in the 2025 Holiday Movie Season Avatar: Fire and Ashes, The third entry in James Cameron’s long-running sci-fi series. After the first film was released in 2009, a 13-year wait helped make 2022 water way Became one of the biggest films of that year, made a lot of money and even won a few awards. How does this new film fare with a standard time lag of only three years?

reactions to fire and ashes Generally feels in line with the first two films: gorgeous visuals, set pieces and scale, everything else is kind of perfect. (And, you know, it’s long as hell.) The biggest selling point for the threequel is the introduction of the Ash People, the first evil Na’vi clan to grace the films. Said clan is led by Oona Chaplin’s Varang, who strikes up a romantic relationship with series villain Quaritch (Stephen Lang), who is apparently too charming to play with on screen when they’re not trying to kill the Sully family. Meanwhile, Sulis is still coping with the death of Netaim, his eldest son, from the last film and learns that there may be a way for the human race to live on Pandora.

While we all wait to see how Avatar: Fire and Ashes What does it do at the box office level, tell us what you thought about the film. Loved it, hated it, do you think Cameron will get the chance to make the next two films? Let us know in the comments below.

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