A spectacle without a story
Film critic Jason Evans has made it his mission to tell you everything you need to know about movies quicker than it takes to learn a word or two of Na’vi. His reviews are exactly 100 words long (99 is too short while 101 is just excessive). Here is his 100-word review of Avatar: Fire & Ash.
The Premise: The Sully family is despondent about the death
of oldest son Neteyam at the end of the last film. Middle son, Lo’ak, feels
responsible for his brother’s death. Meanwhile, Kiri (voiced by Sigourney Weaver)
is trying to figure out why the Earth god Eywa no longer responds to her calls.
And then there is Spider, the human who lives with them who must use a mask to
survive in the Pandoran atmosphere. Jake (Sam Worthington) and Netiri (Zeo
Saldana) know that Col. Quaritch (Stephen Lang) is still after them but that
isn’t even their biggest problem as they find themselves attacked by a clan
that lives near a volcano and wants to burn everything
in the world. The film was written and directed by James Cameron (Titanic,
Terminator 2).
The 100-Words: From the moment you put on your 3D glasses, you
can see why this film cost $400 million to make. The audience is transported to
the spectacular world of Pandora. Sadly, aside from the visuals there is little
else to enjoy here as the plot is a jumbled mess of disparate storylines and even
the action scenes have a “been there, done that” feel to them. I think James Cameron
is no longer inspired by the world of Pandora. Spending 3+ hours here gets very
tiresome. It is probably time for us, and him, to be done with Avatar films.
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