Stephen Lang (the Colonel) really saved that movie. I knew it was going to be plagiarizing Dances with Wolves, but the Colonel's awesomeness pleasantly surprised me. He was so awesome that Cameron had to resort to plot holes and cliches to kill him
I agree that the CG was pretty awesome, though I didn't bother with the 3d. I knew the humans would be "bad" and "loose" going in, but I still thought it was an OK movie, so since odds are ya'll will have the opposite thoughts as I, you'll like it. IMO sherlock holmes was pretty good as well.
I didn't like the jab at the US Marine Corps the movie made though
(Interestingly, Sam Worthington the main character, had to use MCMAP esque fighting techniques to beat the chief's son)
In the end, the humans ultimately win, since Unobtainium is a room-temperature superconductor, and there's no way humanity will let that go. Again, a plus.
So, here's a question. At the end, when the race traitors take the Hallelujah Mountain base to the Na'vi's stronghold, and Stephen Lang breaks the glass to let the noxious air in, where did the pansy scientist whose avatar was killed go? All the avatar pods were in one spot.
Also, if the magnetic interference of the hallelujah mountains and the tree of life blocked all sensors, how then did the avatar pod's signals work?
And why did the Na'vi arrows, which didn't do jack against the hovercraft in the fight at the tree, magically have the ability to turn the hovercraft into pincushions in the final battle?
While we're asking questions, when Sam Worthington's avatar goes unconscious in the forest when the great tree is obliterated (yeah!), how come he awoke later unharmed? In the real world, when you pull a rip van winkle, animals will eat you.
(Of course, the planet was revealed to have control over all animals on it, so that could answer this)
Lastly, why wasn't the traitorous helicopter chick killed, or at least incarcerated, after she cut and ran from the battle? Deserters get executed last I heard.
