I agree with Reasonable that the story didn't match the brilliance of the visual...so needless to say, the movie is a lock to win all the visual effects and maybe even the cinematography awards, but not much on the meatier awards. The story was basically lifted from the colonization of the “New World” and the destruction on Native cultures in the Americas, except this time they fought back early and united…blah blah blah. It would have been nice to have a more profound plot, to match the films visual brilliance.
I do disagree on the cost of the film...with eye popping visuals like that, there is no question where the money when...yes the film was long, but I didn’t want it to end...I wanted to see more and more of Pandora. When they when out to the other tribes to rally them...there was a real sense of wonderment on my part as to what the other parts of the world look like.
"...You can't kill ideas with a sword, and you can't sink belief structures with a broadside. You defeat them by making them change..."
- From By Schism Rent Asunder
