Thank god Avatar is pretty, because I ended up feeling like that's all it had for it. It had so much potential to generate wonder and be a great movie, and it was squandered by clunky dialogue and a plot that was, quite frankly, horrible and heavy handed. The allegory for Native Americans versus white men was just painful to watch- it was as if James Cameron had just taken my 'intro to Native American religion' class, boiled it down to stereotypes, and decided to make the movie about everything Native Americans hate. The plot was predictable beyond that, and the lines were just painful to hear at times.
Oh yes, the planet design was beautiful, as were the creature designs, but don't think I don't have complaints about that either. The creature designers didn't seem able to make up their mind on whether or not Pandora had a six limbed or four limbed evolutionary scheme. It bothered me that it was so widely varied. They could have created more animal species too- should I really believe Pandora only has like seven species of animals, and the Na'vi?
Oh yes, and the Na'vi wear feathers in their hair- where the hell do they get the feathers? Only the rhino creatures had feathers, and it was established that it would be impossible to collect them- besides, those feathers were the wrong color and size. At no other point were creatures with feathers shown.
Honestly, I do think the movie is worth seeing for the visual effects, but don't get your hopes too far up for the greatest movie ever, or you'll be sorely disappointed.
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