Déjà vu

This movie doesn't have a single original idea in it. Every element of this movie is ripped-off from somewhere else. The concept for Avatar, even down to the creature's blue skin as well as the films ending, may have been taken straight from Call Me Joe by Paul Anderson. I could spend all day listing where different parts were, or rather might have been (just in case a lawyer is reading this), copied from to make this patchwork quilt of a movie, but then Star Wars was also constructed in this way and it remains one of my all-time favourite movies. So perhaps this movie should also be judged on its own merits as a finished product and as such its a huge fail for me at least.

The plot and character development are so predictable. Whilst the movie is visually stunning and shown in 3D, it isn't an effects roller-coaster either. What is great about this movie is how effects, animation and real action are seamlessly integrated so you do feel as if you are watching a movie filmed on another planet with real creatures alien to us and just happens to be filmed in 3D. 3D isn't treated like something new and nothing is thrown at your face for effect.

But I'm also confident that no matter how badly I review this movie the majority of people who can will still go and see it, just so they too can experience it, like the first sound or colour movie of its time.

If you haven't seen a 3D movie, don't make this your first. It isn't a great introduction. But if you have and are bored by balls being thrown at you or things floating past your nose, this movie is a breath of fresh air and a glimpse of how 3D can be part of filming, rather than a special effect.

8/10