CGI Extravaganza and then...

Rating: 5/10 (8 April 2011)

OK. I finally saw the much-hyped Avatar. Currently has an IMDb rating of 8.6. Really?!?! 8.6?!?! Yes, the special effects are cool, but without the effects, this is barely watchable. The story is truly predictable. Once you see how they can turn a human into one of their own, you know how the movie will end, even though you have a feeling about it 20 minutes in, anyway. All the machines and ships look like things from other movies or TV shows, like Aliens, Robotech, and Star Trek. James Horner does the music and it sounds like a mish-mash of a bunch of his other scores (especially Star Trek ones he did). I had left the room a few times for bathroom breaks and whatnot and did not miss a thing. Also, I would not let a little kid watch this movie. There is plenty of violence where people get skewered and blown up.