Avatar 3D

Thanks to Second Son for the freebies to see Avatar. Pity it was, on the whole, a disappointment. 3D is amazing of course, and the glasses are quite cool (We wore them in the pub afterwards too; it was amazing; as if the people opposite were in the SAME ROOM!), but the film is so derivative; what happened to a decent plot and script? Every cowboy film, every space adventure, every eco-warrior movie you've seen is in there somewhere. As with Roger Rabbit and a number of other "firsts", one wishes that the same dazzling creativity that was applied to the special effects had been applied to the story. Did they say this when they first heard Al Jolson sing, I wonder?

Mind you, we did watch it with someone considerably younger than ourselves, who commented that some who would never watch news, documentaries or history just might make some connections with experiences such as Vietnam, Iraq, the rainforests, etc? Let's hope so.