Once you get past the impressive visuals, it's just an okay movie

Rating: 6/10 (31 March 2010)

Maybe the fact that my friends and family were gushing about the movie on our way to see it (they had seen it once before) added to my disappointment. Avatar is amazing visually, and I'm sure it would be even more so in 3D (I saw it in 2D). But once you get used to how the world, creatures, and Na'vi look, it starts to lose some of it's pizazz. The storyline is pretty predictable, preachy, and just not that exciting. The heroine is vaguely annoying, and the end battle is just way too long. The humans (us) are made out to be the bad guys, and while the captain guy is a jerk, their cause is a good one. They're trying to get enough fuel to evacuate the earth; they have a good reason to invade Pandora. Overall, this movie is okay, but predictable and not worth the hype. If you missed your chance to see it in 3D, it's not really worth a buy. Maybe a rent.