Smurfs in space.

Rating: 9/10 (28 February 2018)

Sound: Excellent orchestral score. Good sound effects. Nice use of Navi religious music.
90/100
Technical: Excellent seamless CGI. Top notch camera usage, shot selection, and great color palette.
95/100
Narrative: Just enough exposition to set the story up. Good dramatic curve. Utilizes Avatar disconnection too much to keep story from peaking to early.
80/100
Character/Acting: Competent acting, but the CGI takes away from it. Some good character arcs. Run of the mill villain; he has no real motivation.
70/100
Did I enjoy it: Yes, very much so. The themes of our environment and criticism of the current state of America everyone says is overt in this film; I saw too. But, I also saw use of St. Sir Thomas Moore's Utopia as an ideological basis; "unobtanium" indeed. I also saw Leni Riefenstahl's work with the Masai also as an influence; maybe a National Socialist agenda in mind since racial purity was a point of order for the Navi.
Artistic merit: A well constructed film showing the possibilities of CGI.
95/100
Total score 93.8/100