I have mixed feelings about Avatar, the most expensive movie ever made. I'll start with the positives.
Avatar is one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. The planet it's set on is so lovely, especially at night when the plants light up like they were phosphorescent. It reminds me of the setting of this story I wrote about two lovers in a jungle fighting against an invasion. Also, it was funny how all the trees were interconnected like a neural network, because that's exactly what my idea in the story was. Another thing I liked was the anti-imperialist message. Clearly it had parallels to colonialism and genocide, what with the destruction of natives for the sake of mining valuable resources. There were even a few Bush administration media tactics thrown in there. It's interesting that very few movies about colonialism have been produced in Hollywood. I can’t think of any.
I didn't like that it was longer than it had to be, it was predictable, and had a lot of "yeah right" parts. But blockbusters are like that (coughs, 2012). I also had a minor grudge against the title of the film because it stole the one for my most anticipated film coming out next year: The Last Airbender. They could have easily named this movie Pandora or something more appropriate. I'd recommend this to kids and sci-fi/fantasy fans that aren't extremely conservative or greedy. It's a solid 8.
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