Greatest movie of all time?

alright, after reading and listening to so many nice reviews and comments about avatar from friends and articles, i finally went to watch it today. took me so long because i heard that some ppl even committed suicide after watching it, i had to ready my heart lol.

but well, kinda disappointed after watching it. not that its not a good movie. its a great one, visual wise. the land of pandora is breathtaking and i personally love the flying part, it was awesome! the ending theme song is good too. i'd like to download it from somewhere somehow. however, the storyline is definitely not new and original. alright, the modern tech and stuffs are new (reminds me of star trek though). but to me, its basically a sci-fi version of pocahontas. the plot is too predictable.

to give a few examples (if you guys watched and still remember the Disney Pocahontas):
  1. the sky people resembles British settlers from the Virginia Company (both went to a foreign land for riches and warring the indigenes)
  2. Pandora resembles the North America (both were beautiful lands and the indigenes fight to protect them)
  3. Neytiri resembles Pocahontas (both are the heroin and fall for a foreign guy, though initially both were supposed to marry the local tribe warrior. and guess what? the place of the romance happens to be around spiritual trees as well. what a coincidence huh?)
  4. Jake Sully resembles John Smith (love interest of the heroin, who betrayed his 'own people' in favour of the indigenes, fought alongside them, and at one time were about to be executed by the indigenes)
The major difference is John went back to England while Jake stays in pandora. and oh, another difference is they make love using ponytails. awesome.

Overall, i would say that the movie is worth watching, though a little bit overrated. its not as moving as some said (had goosebumps when i heard those war-cries, but definitely not feeling suicidal), though it did made me wonder whether killing your own people to protect something and someone you only knew since 3 months ago is morally correct. of course, i wouldn't want some morons to destroy such a great piece of land just because of greed either. so yeah, its a catch-22 situation. but then again, that's human.

P.S: michelle rodriguez is freaking hawt! <3

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