Very Disappointing all of the great CGI in this world could not save this film

Rating: 2/10 (18 April 2011)

I finally saw this film over the weekend. I am a huge fan of the sci-fi genre, so why did I wait to see it? After all the Hollywood hype I figured (correctly) that this film was all bark and no bite. The story started off great, but once the forest scenes started it was seeming all to familiar, Dances with Wolves all over again, just with blue aliens. Except in repeat mode it was even worse. It became very evident that the intent of this film was to box up all of the "evil" ideologies of our society and wrap them up in a kid flick to further brainwash our society. There were so many "unbelievable" ideas (even in a Hollywood fantasy) that I could not take any more. A networked environment of beings, plants and animals like some sort of living internet? Floating pieces of earth with waterfalls that come from no where, I guess gravity does not exist there? Some mineral (unobtainium? give me a break) that we have no idea what it is. They did not even show this stuff and we are supposed be believe that it is worth exterminating an entire race for? What was happening on earth that demanded this war? I felt like I was back on Endor with the Ewoks. The General even had scars like Anakin Skywalker as Darth Vader. Cameron should have just put him in a black cape. There was absolutely nothing original about this film, very unfortunate. James Cameron used to be a pillar in the sci-fi genre. To make it worse it that the CGI was not that great, the mixing of live action made it very apparent what was real and what was animated. This film should have been done 100% in CGI and sold as a kid flick. I just don't get where the great reviews are coming from? I actually fast forwarded through much of the overdrawn "utopian" scenes. James should have just called the planet Utopia instead of Pandora, how original would that be? If you are planning on seeing the film just do not expect to know or care for any of the characters, understand what it is they are fighting for and give up all notions of general relativity as we know it. Just sit back and choke down all of Cameron's blatant rip-offs.