So overrated

Rating: 7/10 (31 July 2010)

Some say that Avatar is one of the most amazing movies of the decade... I don't think so... For me, the most important part of a movie is its story. The reason why some movies become timeless and unforgettable (The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, Forrest Gump...) is because they are so well- written and so well-directed that you can't imagine how it is gonna end. And what happened when I saw Avatar?? I had the story all figured out before it even started: The good guy infiltrates the NaVi's world by the command of the bad guy in order to find a weak spot so that they can destroy the blue people. Good guy falls in love with girl and finds out that the aliens are good people, then she gets her heart broken when she finds out about his original intentions, they have a big fight, and then good guy decides to protect the NaVi community, they win the fight and live happily ever after... Don't get me wrong, it is visually stunning, it takes creativity to come up with a world like Pandora, but if you take away all of that artwork and technology there's nothing left but a Pocahontas story, but instead of Native Americans you get blue aliens. I also understand that it has an ecological message, but come on, tell us something we don't know.
It is a good movie, but it's not THE movie of the decade like some people say it is.