Great special effects and visuals... and then what?

Rating: 6/10 (2 May 2010)

Are looks all that matters?
I did not expect very much from Avatar. There was no fear of the hype letting me down in other words. I knew there would be special effect, CGI and all in all an amazing world created. And the visuals were great, there is no question about it. But the film simply failed to capture me! And it is simply because... well what else is there in this film?
It is not original or at least creative. The acting is at best average, not one single actor delivers anything close to a good/great performance. The involved characters are also very one-dimensional, uninteresting and completely lacked complexity. The dialogues are not even trying to be remotely good. Was it all just written in a hurry? The story is very thin and unoriginal. Blue Indians living in space, getting pillaged by man. This isn't even close to being something new. The plot is very thin. I also found it quite uninteresting.
The film was furthermore unnecessarily long, it could easily have been shortened. It did bore me, and I did not expect that to happen. As mentioned already, I did not have high expectations. All in all, take away the good looks, and the film really is poor. I do not expect very much from films of this type or pure action movies, but there has to be some quality in acting, the script, story, dialogue, complexity, depth... This film has nothing except for the visuals! The moral and story has been done way better is numerous film titles. Except, the people will not be blue or made with CGI.
Very disappointing, unless looks are the only thing counting for you! Hollywood we know has this view. But it is scary to see that so extremely many share it.
6 stars - and as you have understood by now, it is almost purely based on the effects and visuals.