Avatar: Fire and Ash

"Endless subplots, scattershot character development and borrowed story beats backfire."

"Better than the second film — bolder and tighter — and still has its share of amazements. But it no longer feels visually unprecedented."

"Sound and fury signifying nothing. Or at least nothing excitingly new."

"Difficult to convey just how little dramatic urgency there is in a film that’s effectively a computer-generated diorama."

"Feels so overwhelmingly real that it circles back around to surreal."

"The crushing heft can be felt far too often, pushing the entire endeavour past the brink of exhaustion."

"Has all the breakneck oomph you’d expect from an Antiques Roadshow marathon."

"Feels like something you’ve seen before."

"Clunky dialogue, baggy plotting and hippy-dippy new-age spirituality."

"As gigantically uninteresting and colossally impervious to criticism as ever."

"About the most spectacular spectacle you could ever ask for -- utterly transportive, technically masterful."

"Eye-popping action."

"A cinematic marvel but not much else."

"Mind-numbing third film in mega-franchise proves he’s stuck in a creative cul-de-sac."

"You can feel Cameron’s deep devotion to the dynamics of his central characters, even when his interest outstrips our own."

"Great sequels don’t just repeat; they build. This one treads beautifully rendered water."

"Largely content to play the same tunes again."