NICE GRAPHICS, Awful story.

Rating: 3/10 (10 January 2010)

The graphics are nice in this movie!
I haven't seen a 3D movie in a while and I enjoyed that for about 15 minutes and then for some reason your brain sort of forgets the movie is in 3D. Only to be reminded 3 or 4 times, when something seems to enter your private space.
There ends the positive part of this movie (but still worth a 3 out of 10!) So if you are more into visual effects than storyline, character development, originality and unpredictability (if that is a word) or any other part of story telling, than you should scale this 3 (out of 10) up to any value you like to give it.
There is just nothing good to tell about the story... - It's a rip-off of other stories (and the wrong parts were ripped off) - The characters have AT LEAST 2 dimensions less than the image. - The dialogue they spewed was unimaginative (there doesn't seem to be any humour in 2154!) - I don't even understand the need for Avatars on that planet. The natives even speak perfect English most of the time (but only when it's convenient)... -The ending is clear the moment you see the beginning (even the way, it all 'develops' can be plotted out quite easily after seeing any new characters appear: He will fall in love with her- They are enemies now, but will become friends- They like each other, but will eventually become enemies - that person will live- that person will die- to win the hearts of the people he will do that- she will hate him-but love him... Or will they? Could there be an unhappy ending? (I will NOT contain spoilers in my verdict!) - The moral of the story (Yes, I spotted one!) is shuffed down your throat with such force, that a gag-reflex is unavoidable. I did get influenced by it though: I haven't killed/deported any wise blue monkeys since I saw the movie, even though I really love/ need/ want to get me some unobtainium (for some reason) - The movie tries to invoke emotions, but it's just not happening for me. Perhaps because all the characters are just unlikable. (Except perhaps for the evil (and thus rightly scarred (how else would we keep him apart from the good guys? Thanks Mr Cameron!)) military man.)
I saw in another review somebody say: "Now we are the aliens, for once!" I really liked that notion! Too bad it was executed so terribly, that I didn't even see the movie like that. I was reminded too much of other stories, that this movie resembles (quite poorly). The natives looked too much like humans to overlook the (far too obvious) colonists vs natives allegory.
(And if you happen to be an exo-biologist/geologist, don't watch this movie at all, unless you want to become VERY angry/disappointed!)