Old plot, new effects

Rating: 1/10 (8 January 2010)

Obviously the effects were breathtaking, and one really should see it, especially in 3d. The plot was nothing new; basically it was Pocahontas in Star Trek land. There were a lot of unrealistic situations in the film that kind of bugged me (the NA'Vi accepting Jake, being able to remotely control a body, tribal aliens defeating technologically advanced humans). I would compare it to Star Wars: Episode 4, in that it had the next level of effects, but Avatar falls in Star Wars shadow. I also believe that if the film was made with all of the same characters, dialogue and plot but without the great effects, than most people wouldn't think anything of it. I'd say that it deserves an Oscar for effects, but nothing else (directing, acting, screenplay). Overall, the film had the greatest effects of any film in the past, needs to be seen, but doesn't deserve to be praised for an original screenplay.