Concept art by Dylan Cole for Avatar: Fire and Ash When I left the AMC Indianapolis 17 in 2022 after watching James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water , I distinctly remember turning to an old friend and telling her, “I didn’t like that.” I went on to write in my Letterboxd diary that the film was visually stunning and the action was designed appropriately, but the story was “the part where the picture truly fails.” For the past 3 years, that sentiment has only grown stronge
