Could have been great...

Rating: 5/10 (20 December 2009)

Avatar was well filmed, had groundbreaking special effects, a great cast, and a great soundtrack (although Horner still made parts of this sound a little too much like 'Titanic'). Unfortunately, this film was almost ruined by its political overtones and predictability. The amount of references to politics (i.e. "shock and awe" and "your either with us or against us") transformed what could have been greatness into a predictable bunch of Bush bashing, with a predictable ending. Also, the predictability factor seemed even higher with the blatant copying of the forest battle in "Return of the Jedi" and perhaps a little from the "Dragon Riders of Pern" novels. Yes, it's still worth seeing, but it's just too blatant of a political soapbox and too predictable to be great. Too bad, but still fun.