Overrated!

Rating: 2/10 (25 December 2009)

I think it is pretty much accurate and fair to say that anyone who watches a movie, does so for entertainment. Avatar was only entertaining for about a hour. The first problem is that this movie is pushing 3 hours, but why? The last movie I watched that was that long was The Lord of the Rings, but the difference between LOTR and Avatar is that LOTR has a reason to go on for 3 hours - story. Avatar has one of the most pathetic and generic story lines you have ever witnessed and that will become apparent when you are guessing exactly what will happen next. The characters are so generic and you really don't care much for them, so why must the movie trudge on for 3 hours? Every single aspect of the story/characters is so clichéd that you will grind your teeth whilst watching Avatar. The storyline does not even need 2 hours to play itself out, there are no epic plot lines or any reason for the movie to keep going on and on. Perhaps it was all just to show of the CGI effects and the visuals which everyone is going on about. Was I watching the same movie? I found the visuals average at best with some very unimpressive shots especially during close ups on the aliens faces to show pain/sadness. The movements of characters feels fake and inhibited in some way and I really question why so much CGI must be used! CGI should be used as a tool to enhance sections of movies, not as a tool to create the majority of the movie. It just isn't entertaining to me to watch computer generated landscapes and battles when they seem so unrealistic and fake that I find myself falling asleep. If I wanted to look at computer graphics, I'd play a computer game. But Avatar is just pushing it with the endless parade of silly forests, animals, explosions etc etc just to show off the so called amazing visuals.
Add to that stupid one liners and names like 'Unobtanium' and 'Pandora' and this movie is a joke! I cannot understand why people enjoy it. Why is this 'Unobtanium' so valuable for the humans? Avatar is clearly just an excuse to have a massive CGI fest from start to finish, and even that isn't impressive at all!