Politics aside, great movie

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2009)

Though a little predictable and unrealistic, the plot was OK, the acting was good, the direction was good, ..., but where this movie really shines is the animation/affects. Pandora was gorgeous, the native flora had dazzling colors and was interestingly animated, the native fauna had just the right amount of alien'ness vs. earth'ness and ferocity. All round, the movie was very well done.
That said, the one small thing that detracted from the overall enjoyment of the movie was the addition of an environmental political agenda. Someone decided that this movie was the perfect chance to push their save-the-world environmental message. The message took the form of "humans have destroyed their own world and now are looking to destroy Pandora", w/ a bit of "the evil Americans drove the indigenous Am-Indians from their land", combined w/ "the one'nous w/ nature of the indigenous population" (again similar to the Am-Indians).
But even w/ the environmental crap, the movie is a must see...and make sure to see it in 3-d!