One of the problem is, it’s been done before. I’ve heard comparisons to Pocahontas and FernGully. I’m fed up with the tendency to throw the “rip-off!” card nowadays, but really, it would have been nice to see something a little deeper.

If nothing else, it’s a one-shot story… I’m sure there will be some attempt at making a prequel or sequel, but really, I’m not all that excited about returning to the world of Pandora because I’m not sure there’s anything else you can do there to top what happened in this movie. It didn’t help that most of the movie was CGI eye candy that showed just how amazing this world is–I don’t feel like there’s anything left that will surprise the audience.

I think what bugged me the most was the writing. It wasn’t bad… but it didn’t quite make the leap over the uncanny valley between the humans’ hard sci-fi and the Na’vi’s CGI fantasy.

Jake and the rest of the humans were serious, well-trained marines and scientists that wouldn’t be out of place on Stargate or BSG. But put them in a CGI body and they turn into Shrek, complete with the child-like sense of wonder and the 50-point drop in IQ.

“Skip forward to the end of the movie.. the credits roll, the wannabe “My Heart Will Go On” credits song rolls.. and I’m not sure how I felt about the movie.”

THANK YOU. That was my first impression of the song… they took the song from Titanic, rewrote the lyrics, and got a Celine Dion sound-alike to sing it.

I thought it was a pretty nice change of pace not having leitmotifs blaring the entire movie too