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THE LOSER: AVATAR REVIEW

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A huge commerical sucsess, Avatar won over audinces with its mind-blowing special effects and 3-D Technology. Im here to tell you why it really is not that good.

When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.

Pros: The movie has the best special effects to date. The world James Cameron has created is simply beautiful. With a lush ecosystem and terrain, it really is a finely crafted world.

Beyond the special effects, the movie has one thing going for it, that being: Epicness. Epicness is a word I will use a lot in my reviews. Basically, it means huge and awesome. That word pertains to this movie because of the scenes where dramatic music is playing and missiles are firing and trees are collapsing and shit. It really is quite the spectacle.

Cons:

I think that explains the plot...

but yes, the movie is an exact copy of Pocahontas. It screams environmentalist, (while not necessarily an entirely bad thing, it does get annoying with the whole "mother tree" fiasco. Also, the 3-D in this movie ABSOLUTELY SUCKED! Not ONE thing popped out at me the whole time. Oh, and Avatar, by the way, thanks for the offer but I don't get turned on by 9' foot blue people doing it in the forest. Also, this HAS to be the dumbest title ever. I know me and a lot of other people thought of that Nickelodeon cartoon The Last Airbender when we first heard of this movie. Not only that, but there actually is a movie coming out by M.Night.Shamylan called The Last Airbender! I can just imagine, some big-box office- assholes sitting at their desks. "Hey, lets name the movie Avatar because maybe more kids will see it!" Yea, if I made this movie, I would have pushed the rating up to R, added a more grim storyline, make the aliens look cooler than 9 foot walking dicks, and add an original story.

Bottom Line: While it may seem like the CONS outweigh the PROS, it is still a good movie. It's special effects really will blow you away, and for some time in the movie, you really get immersed into it. My personal favorite scene was the scene where the aliens teach Jake Sully (main character) to fly one of the native birds on the planet. I just thought it was a nice touch to the movie. All in all, Avatar is a good movie that goes on for WAY too long, has a EXTREMELY SUCKISH ENDING!! Seriously, the ending is terrible. If you like Sci-Fi, see it. Otherwise, don't.

"How entertaining was it?": 7

Did it live up to the hype? : 7

Overall Score: 7