One dimension presented in 3D

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2009)

A game changer visually. This is by far the most visually pleasing movie experience of my life. From a technical point of view, this movie is perfect. However, a story cannot be carried by visual imagery alone, and aside from the visual, there are aspects of the story that are fussy at best. It's quite clear that the movie is trying to deliver a message, but at the same time I believe there are moral issues that get pushed aside and remain unanswered.
There's no question that there is darkness to be found in humanity, but is there no hope? It seems that goodness was only to be found in our human heroes when they parted with their human origin. An origin the main character eventually left behind entirely, both physically and emotionally.
When the humans began to destroy the home of the Na'vi, there wasn't much mercy to be found in the heart of our hero. They never even got a warning before our heroes began slaughtering them. What was the message here? I find that the movie painted a very black and white picture of the moral dilemmas humans are faced with. In this story, violence and death was both the problem and the solution.