Amazing Visuals, Tired Story

Rating: 7/10 (19 December 2009)

First off let me say that this was one of the best visual movies I have ever seen. I have never seen a movie with so much CGI look so realistic. I found myself forgetting that what I was watching wasn't real. The scenery, the fight scenes, and the creatures all looked amazing.
The acting in this movie was all very good. No one really awed me with great acting, but there was definitely no bad acting.
My main issue with this movie is that I have already seen it multiple times. This was one of the most predictable movies I have ever seen. After about 20 minutes you can pretty much guess everything that is going to happen. I feel like they took the story straight out of a Disney movie. This story particularly reminded me of Atlantis and Pocahontas, with even some elements of Tarzan. The story focuses on one member of a group who is encroaching onto the land of another group with supposedly good intentions. The main character actually keeps his good intentions while the rest of the group doesn't and fighting breaks out. Those movies literally have the same storyline. Also I felt the ending was a bit too perfect. It was one of those everything turns out OK and they all live happily ever after endings.
;It's not that I don't like this movie, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a very original movie in all aspects except for the story.