My avatar review

[Johann]

tarheel91 said:

Johann said:

The thing about Avatar it's not that it wasn't good, but it's that it wasn't THAT good and it still went on to take over the world. The story is old and tired, the soundtrack is completely forgetable, the characters are bland... the effects were great though. I guess that's enough to grant repeated viewings for most people.

See, here's the issue I take with this post.  You give several different opinions, fail to back any of them up, and seem to think that's an acceptable argument.

The thing about SMG it's not that it wasn't good, but it's that it wasn't THAT good and it still went on to take over the world. The story is old and tired, the soundtrack is completely forgetable, the characters are bland... the effects were great though. I guess that's enough to grant repeated viewings for most people.

The thing about Halo it's not that it wasn't good, but it's that it wasn't THAT good and it still went on to take over the world. The story is old and tired, the soundtrack is completely forgetable, the characters are bland... the effects were great though. I guess that's enough to grant repeated viewings for most people.

The thing about lolcats it's not that it wasn't good, but it's that it wasn't THAT good and it still went on to take over the world. The story is old and tired, the soundtrack is completely forgetable, the characters are bland... the effects were great though. I guess that's enough to grant repeated viewings for most people.

See what I did there?  Just saying something doesn't make it true.  You need evidence to back it up.

lol evidence of what? Of my opinion? Some people thought the story was fresh, the soundtrack was great and the characters were all memorable. I just happen to not agree with those people.

As Harry S. Plinkett said: "Avatar tells the story of 'Dances With Wolves' in space". Now, I don't mind a derivative story, but all I could think about when watching this movie is that I already knew exactly where he was going with this. Also, the overall colonialism message felt a little too condescending for my taste.

As for the characters, well... they serve their purpose, I guess. There's the big bad military dude, the douchy corporate dude, and the indigenous people are all pure and great... all too predictable. Except for Sigourney Weaver the performances were all flat, too.

I don't need to say anything about the soundtrack. I don't remember anything from it, and to me that's enough to say that it wasn't memorable.

Again, none of those things makes it a bad movie. They do however make it mediocre. I was just surprised that a movie like that could make some people go see it more than once.