Effects great - Story - ho hum.

Rating: 5/10 (17 December 2009)

When James Cameron gets the synergy right between special effects and story his films make billions.
With AVATAR he has the special effects at such an amazing level it's like the difference between colour and black and white.
The story though is what lets down AVATAR.
The moon Pandora has an amazing biodiversity. The creatures, the plants, the fluroscent colours that appear in it's nature.
The 3D has such fantastic depth you are looking one hundred feet down a waterfall.
The movie does play as a nature documentary of Pandora.
If you are expecting a movie that is full of action. AVATAR is not an action film. Outside of twenty minutes at the end. Very little action.
The characters - forgettable.
The wildlife and fauna - memorable.
The best movie i saw this year was Star Trek. AVATAR is not better than Star Trek.
How will go go at the box office? It will go okay - it will make a small profit. It won't do Titanic business.
Where does this rate with James Camerons' previous films.
1. Titanic. 2. Aliens. 3. Terminator 2 4. Terminator. 5. AVATAR. 6. True Lies

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