Quick Avatar Review
Avatar was a mixture of Dances with Wolves, Aliens, Dragon Slayer and the Middle East war all wrapped into one and… I loved it. About half way into it I literally felt my 1/8 Cherokee Indian blood boiling. I almost stood up and said f@ck the white man but then I realized I was white and that this is exactly what we did to the Indians. A kid sitting next to me (who looked remarkably like myself) asked how much longer the movie was going to be which made me think, yes….this movie (like Titanic) could be shorter. And speaking of other Cameron movies, was it me or between Sigourney Weaver and the walking robot suits did you also have flash backs of the Alien movies? Also, with bad guy lines like “We need to fight terror with terror” and “shock and awe” you quickly learn exactly what side of the political spectrum the director stands but at the end of the day I have to tip my hat to the king of the world because the movie looked beautiful, the 3d was amazing, and overall I really enjoyed the ride. I’d say we’re about 7 years away from not needing real actors. Will it win some kind of Oscar? You bet your avatar.
Bottom line: Go see it in 3d!
~Capt C
P.S. For all you pervs, yes I found the Na’vi female lead attractive.
Ultimately I just did not care. Since the dawn of cinema Hollywood recycles old ideas every few decades and slaps on a bigger budget / new stars / better effects so you won’t notice. I can see re-doing “Ben Hur” with color and sound, but why do we need “Dances with Wolves” with 20 times the budget and blue Native Americans? No amount of impressive visuals, robo-suits, gunship battles, perfect character CGI or Sigorney Weaver can change the fact that I’ve seen this movie 100 times before. I could even accept the weak story if there were any characters to give a rat’s ass about. This film is also dreadfully humorless, a stark contrast to “Titanic” where humor was one of its many surprises.
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