I'm sorry, but wow. I went into this expecting very little and still walked away feeling underwhelmed. This movie is beyond tedious and the pretty visuals only distract you for so long.
The runtime is beyond 3 hours, and it is readily apparent throughout the movie. Everything is dragged out except for the story, which is a distant second on the priority list behind visual effects. Our power couple has a bunch of kids who never do what they're told, ever. Angry soldier man is back in an avatar because Cameron couldn't think of a different antagonist, so he implanted soldier guys memories into an avatar to keep him alive. Humans returned to Pandora to kill Jake and extract goo from whales. I'm sure the goo had a name but I don't recall what it was, hopefully it was more thought inducing than..... Unobtainium. Sigh.
This movie was to the original avatar, what "the force awakens" was to "a new hope". Same story, new names.
The children were mediocre characters that were more annoying than necessary. The new tribe were a slightly greener color, otherwise they were the same as the tree tribes. Some new animals that were virtually the same as the last one, just water based.
Ratings
Special effects - 9 (3d in the Imax version was pretty meh, but the movie is very visually attractive).
Story&characters - 1 (both give mediocre a bad name) Plot - 1 (there isn't one) Ending - 1 (There isn't one, this feels like an episode, not a movie)
Overall - 4/10. 1 star removed due to the runtime which shouldn't have cracked 1.5 hours but is more than double the length, mostly to add more special effects to distract you from the lack of story/plot = 3/10.
The runtime is beyond 3 hours, and it is readily apparent throughout the movie. Everything is dragged out except for the story, which is a distant second on the priority list behind visual effects. Our power couple has a bunch of kids who never do what they're told, ever. Angry soldier man is back in an avatar because Cameron couldn't think of a different antagonist, so he implanted soldier guys memories into an avatar to keep him alive. Humans returned to Pandora to kill Jake and extract goo from whales. I'm sure the goo had a name but I don't recall what it was, hopefully it was more thought inducing than..... Unobtainium. Sigh.
This movie was to the original avatar, what "the force awakens" was to "a new hope". Same story, new names.
The children were mediocre characters that were more annoying than necessary. The new tribe were a slightly greener color, otherwise they were the same as the tree tribes. Some new animals that were virtually the same as the last one, just water based.
Ratings
Special effects - 9 (3d in the Imax version was pretty meh, but the movie is very visually attractive).
Story&characters - 1 (both give mediocre a bad name) Plot - 1 (there isn't one) Ending - 1 (There isn't one, this feels like an episode, not a movie)
Overall - 4/10. 1 star removed due to the runtime which shouldn't have cracked 1.5 hours but is more than double the length, mostly to add more special effects to distract you from the lack of story/plot = 3/10.