We had originally planned to go to Tropicana in Atlantic city to watch the movie during the new year weekend. But it didn’t happen somehow and we went there on 10th. There was a huge line even before 40 minutes till the movie’s start time.
There was a couple just behind us lamenting about the frontal nudity and how they didn’t want their kids to watch it. The line opened approximately 30 mins before the start of the film and the theater was packed within the next 10 mins.
Yes, the movie had fantastic visuals and marvelous creativity. But my wife and I were sighing all through the movie because of the clichés. The plot was seriously weak. Of course the humans were greedy et al and the movie has a very nice message. India, one of the culturally and economically pregnant lands during the ancient times was pilfered repeatedly by inconsiderate rulers and colonists for a very long time. We were pushed to the bottom and called poor, ‘third world’, etc. Similarly the humans look at Navis as un-evolved creatures(‘guerillas’ as they say in the movie) requiring knowledge of culture, science and infrastructure, while all they needed was to be left alone in their own territory. I could connect to that aspect of the movie very well.
But then the predictable storyline did wear us out, despite the wonderful 3D effects. I stumbled upon a satire on people’s reaction to Avatar. Here’s the link to an YouTube movie:
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