James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash has drawn sharp criticism from BBC Culture reviewer Nicholas Barber, who calls it the “longest and worst” entry yet in the blockbuster franchise. The 197-minute epic is dismissed as “screensaver graphics, clunky dialogue, baggy plotting and hippy-dippy new-age spirituality.”
Avatar
Barber argues the film feels outdated, shifts focus to annoying teenage characters, and fails as a standalone story, assuming deep fan investment. Despite stunning visuals, it resembles a “Californian soap opera” with surf-dude banter. With two more sequels planned, the review warns of increasing self-indulgence. (102 words)
Why is BBC saying this is the worst in the series?
BBC critic Nicholas Barber rates it 1/5 stars, arguing each Avatar film has been longer and worse than the previous one. He finds the visuals now feel outdated and unimmersive (like an old arcade game), the dialogue clunky, plotting loose, and spirituality overly hippy-dippy. The shift to teenage kids makes characters annoying and indistinguishable, turning it into a soap opera rather than a thrilling eco-thriller. It doesn’t stand alone, relying too heavily on franchise knowledge, and lacks the futuristic excitement of the original.
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