Saw the visual effects, Don't See the Excitement of the Movie

Rating: 2/10 (17 January 2010)

Two stars is for the CGI effects. There really is very little story here and it is not original. The effects are very good just like in anything state-of-the-art at the time like Star Wars, Titanic, etc. The movie is 30 to 45 minutes too long and without a story, the experience begins to border on tiresome. Suspension of disbelief is fine so long as a story abides by its own internal logic. Avatar does not. No doubt, the hype is out there and driving ticket sales but I just don't see the big deal. I was thinking during the movie that whoever green-lit this enormously expensive project had to have been worried upon seeing the final product. The public is buying into the hype, but I could easily understand how this movie could have been received by the public as absurd and resulted in a huge financial turkey. The gamble paid off as the box office is huge and I can see many sequels totaling a 10+ billion franchise. As for me, I'll cut my losses and stop after seeing this first movie.