Avatar

I saw Avatar tonight (x-mas) with my mom.

It was visually STUNNING. Really gorgeous. Interesting, spooky, haunting, beautiful images.

However, the plot was kind of thin and corny. It seemed a little lazy to me, actually. Like so much energy was spent on the visuals and the concept, but the drama was kind of cut and pasted together. A dash of Lion King, a spritz of Titanic, a healthy helping of The Matrix, etc. (even a wee bit of District 9 --- I mean, basically, in spite of how original and otherworldly it was technically, narrativly it was just so very derivative that you could come up with a long list of influences...)

It was still engrossing, although, also, it was too long. They really needed to have cut a solid half hour.