Fantastic cinematography marred by simplistic screen writing

Rating: 7/10 (23 January 2010)

The planet of Pandora is a visual wonder, and the 3-D effects mesmerizing. I found myself alternating between bring stunned by the images and angered by the way Cameron drew on every cliché in the book. Me - G.I. Joe Six-Pack, You baby-blue Noble Savage. My guys bring you Apocalypse Now. I may be dumb, but I have heart and a good body. The guys in charged are corporate capitalist rapists of paradise, and they think YOU're the primitive ones. I'm sorry, but I'm the hero, so I'd rather wipe out my side's technology, along with the poor slobs who are hired to run it.
Is this REALLY the intellectual level our audiences operate on? I'd rather think that it was the rush to make the most of the special effects that forced the director to give the back-story such short shrift. Can't we have three-dimensional characters and credible moral ambiguity along with the 3-D camera-work?