avatar, movie review

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everything everyone has said about the movie being a feast for the eyes is totally true. i do recommend that you see it in 3D, but im sure it is still beautiful flat. pandora, the moon where the tall blue native americans live, is basically a movie makers wet dream. everything is glowy and swishy and colorful. the movie experience starts to fall apart when you look past the spectacle and consider the story. its like they took jurassic park, independence day, and fern gully and squished them all together. the evil corporation and the trigger happy military are easy villains, and the granola-eating scientists and tree-hugging natives make for simple heros. there is also generous use of one of my pet peeves, voice over narration to explain plot details. when the audience is wondering, why doesnt our paralyzed hero just get his legs fixed since this is the future... james cameron is ready with a voice over ready to tell you that he cant afford the operation and has to go to pandora collect some sort of reward. nifty.

however, im not the kind of movie lover who always needs to be challenged by every film, and i will say that i enjoyed every minute of avatar. it is the perfect complement for a coke icee and movie popcorn. the special effects are perfect, and compensate for whatever weaknesses there may be in the all too familiar story.

11 biscuits

craig's avatar review : "It was too blue."

thanks craig!