Movie review: Avatar

One of the biggest blockbuster in 2009 is the Avatar, made by the famous director James Cameron. The movie was released in the cinema and it used the latest visual technology, it is a 3D movie. This movie made quite a stir and is the almost 3 hour long movie worth watching? Well to begin with, let me review the story:

Story: 2.5/5
The story of Avatar is very linear, there is nothing different compared to the standard Hollywood blockbuster plot. You have a good guy, and a very bad guy. The story of Avatar is set in the future, where human beings are mining a strange alien planet. Human can't breath the air on this planet (called Pandora), so the only way for human to survive on the planet is to create avatars of themsevles in the form of Pandorans, it is a mix of genes between the humans and the pandorans and can be controlled by humans through some mind reading machine. The main character of the movie controlled the avatar of himself and become an undercover guy for the humans to find the Pandorans' secrets. Then he fell in love with a Pandoran girl, and realized that the humans are the evil ones who will ultimate destroy everything on Pandora due to their greed. Well, the story is very straight and simple, no twists and turns and there are many inconsistencies in the plot. However, I do like the portrayal of the greedy side of human nature, in the movie it was shown that the greedy nature of human eventually (almost destroyed) Pandora, and finally the planet itself fought back against the destructions human are causing. The Bible said human are supposed to take care of earth, not abusing it. Today we are polluting the water, air and doing all sorts of harm that accelerate the global warming. I know people are saying that the end of the world can only come when Jesus comes back, but I also think that if we continue the way we are, someday our children will suffer the consequences of all the destruction of nature that we are doing right now.

Visual and video quality (4/5):
The 3D effects of the movie was really worth watching in the cinema, things flying in and out of the screeen and it is a immersive experience. However, the aliens looked a bit fake to me, as they look more like animated cartoon characters than real live action characters.

Sound effect (5/5):
The sound effect was really quite good, the sound of the jungle. etc.. it is very well done.


Final verdict: (3/5):
The Avatar is not good, but not a bad movie either. It is a blockbuster but hardly a classic at all. To be honest, personally I don't think it is worth 20 dollars to see this movie. I would say wait for the DVD release and rent it from the DVD stores.