Avatar the movie

Well I finally did it.  I broke down and watched Avatar.  I have to say, I hated it even more then I suspected I would.

Granted, it was a beautifully shot flick.  On my non premium flat screen HiDef TV and plain ol DVD player, I could easily see where several things were CGI'd but on the whole it was quite beautiful.

But there was many a spot where I found myself thinking, he did this simply because he could do this.  Made me think of the classic line of Jurassic Park "just because you could do it, doesn't mean you should" several scenes were just way too long, and had I been by myself instead of watching with my hubby, I would have forwarded the living daylights out of the film.

I liked the love story.  The assimilation into the tribe.  I like the research people and what they were trying to accomplish.  I couldn't help but wonder how on earth the clones already had braided hair, and several other little things (like when they "mated for life" what on earth he was thinking, cause how is he supposed to live like that and who was going to pay for him to continue to be beamed into his avatar!!)

But what made me hate (and yes, hate in the true sense of the word) was how the mining company was portrayed.  What human being in the world is going to eradicate a sentient race.  Move, yes, I can see that, didn't much like it, but I could see it.  But when they started amassing an army and other clans came to the aid and started a war, at that point why did almost no one say "um, wait a minute"

Now granted, we have many a culture that believes in genocide, but for the most part they are not ex US military (which is what these guys were implied to be) and most of the human race will not stand for genocide when it does occur. 

Could this movie have been redeemed and still kept the great fight sequence that I'm sure they put in there to lure in the younger male crowd?  probably not.  It is a shame that such a great opportunity for many life lessons to be told in a epic movie type of way was such a horrible mess.

I'm sorry I wasted my time on it.