Avatar, did it bore you?

The film itself is comparable to any other high budget film. The special effects are something to gawk at and the cinematography is up to scratch but does this forgive the lack lustre acting and generic storyline? In my books, no.

This fantasy storyline is one that did not try to hide the or reinvent the main points needed for a Hero driven storyline, in fact, it obviously put them on show for the audience to see. Examining and explaining every key point to the audience, the dialogue and plot line was just plain patronising. It treated you as an idiot. If you are fine with being treated like an idiot than I am sure you would have enjoyed the story presented in this film. For others that do like to think a little bit or at least be treated with respect by the director, than I'm sure you didn't enjoy the story at all.

Every character within the film was built upon a stereotype and this meant no unpredictability from any of characters. You knew what each characters opinion's clearly were and from this you could tell exactly what was going to happen five scenes before it would happen. This made the film uninteresting and boring. It left me constantly checking my watch for the last hour of the film.

Maybe the special effects did it for you though? This is what allowed many to forgive the film itself but for me it felt nothing new. After playing several hundred hours of video games and watching many movies, the effects within this film were good, granted, but nothing to amaze me. Anyone else may enjoy the special effects within the film and I can understand why. But special effects should never make up the core of the film; they are just the icing on the cake, not actually the cake itself.

Unfortunately, Avatar with it's adequate cinematography, "cool" special effects and mediocre plot; this film is nothing special whatsoever. You aren't missing anything if you miss the film.

Avatar - one of the worst in 2009.