I See You (Yet another Weta visual feast with that phrase) …
Walking into the film I am not sure it could have exceeded my expectations, reason being I don’t know if my expectations have been as high in a very long time. I just had to see it in IMAX 3D to ensure what was supposed to be the maximum eye candy. So did the film deliver? Well yes and no, the story was as I expected very predictable and well honestly dull. Take away the amazing visuals and there were so many thin spots and texture less characters (Michelle Rodriguez WTF?!) that the film would hardly stand up on its own. The grey, dull, metallic bad humans; vs the colorful, vibrant and luminescent natives. What is unobtainiam, why do humans need it? Why are they so hell-bent on getting their greedy hands on it, even when confronted with scientific evidences of greater importance? These ideas fell very flat, but that isn’t important I suppose if all you want to do is provide another picture of gluttonous man, using and abusing all that they touch. The world of Pandora was created beautifully, and most of the creatures were really quite interesting for me, the visuals did emerse me in the that world; much more than any created realm since King Kong (but I was literally sweaty and uncomfortable during District 9 - it made me never when to go do Joberg!). There were only a few elements of the CG that didn’t really work, or where I didn’t find it believable; mainly the Avatar of Weaver, it didn’t have nearly the realism that Sully and the true Na’vi had. I suppose I might still need some time to let the movie sit with me, but overall it was good; but not great, I won’t be seeing it again until Blu. I did find the opening scenes on the transport ship worth the price of the IMAX ticket, I literally got dizzy spinning around in weightlessness.
A fair 7/10 for me.
