CGI bubble

Rating: 2/10 (10 February 2010)

(this post is an extension of my own review I posted on other film related site)
Effects: Astounding technically, yes, but 3d experience was weird. I mean, first you get nice feel of new dimension, but with every second you get used to it and it doesn't make you "wow" later. Maybe the film was too long? Maybe number of 3d shots was too small? Or they were used badly?
Story: The film was painfully predictable, probably to make all 10-year olds capable of understanding the plot (alhough "the plot" is a way, way too big word). From the first minutes the main "plot" was like "connect 4 dots to form a square". Not that I expect "Usual Suspects" or "Primer" type of plot, but hey... James, you spent bazillion years on that story? How about some not good/bad cliché characters? How about casting not-wood-like-one-angry-face-actor as the main protagonist? How about adding more interesting features of "new" animals other than that idea they get extra pair of limbs? How about explaining why those marines even cared about waiting for scout mission, they had equipment to basically eradicate whomever they wanted. And I really miss wasted opportunity to develop (only slightly touched) idea of blending a person with one's avatar. That would possibly add some depth to this story of clichés.
Summing up - yeah, in terms of effects film is worth seeing, shows that CGI of the main female character plays better than main human male actor, but I expected story which is less "fairy tale/clichés-ful" or has characters I would care about. "Game-changer" James? Only if we assume that your technique will be used in the future for films like "Hulk" in which we will get an opportunity to add a bit of human emotions or actor's face features to animated version of himself. Otherwise the film is yet another overrated CGI bubble. Let me end with a quote I heard somewhere: "Nice that the film is made in three dimensions, but apart from effects, the film is one dimensional".