While the film is not without merit, my general reaction was "meh". 
While it's certainly not a /bad/ film, it didn't really capture my 
attention much.

Last night, I watched Avatar. Well, after about ten minutes, I found out 
how it got its rather strange name. So what can I say about the film in 
general? Well, Pandora is very, very pretty. To me, it recalls the style 
of Roger Dean. (It's quite special when you consider buying a piece of 
music just to look at the cover art!) I have literally no idea how it is 
possible to computer generate images of this complexity. The number of 
leaves in a single tree is almost beyond computation...

The scientific accuracy of the whole thing is of course a bit 
questionable. (But so is The Matrix, and that's still a fantastic film.) 
Quite why plants would expend energy glowing is rather unclear. Nor why 
the animals would all have a pair of redundant legs. Or, come to that 
matter, why all the animals (and even plants) are able to communicate 
neurally.

But whatever. Is it an entertaining film? Well, yes it is... It's 
strange, though. It's not exactly a short film, and yet there were parts 
of it that seemed quite rushed and skipped over. The story itself is 
predictable enough, but with sufficient unknowns to make it worth 
watching. Still, the main attraction is just looking at the weird plants 
and animals, and the crazy scenery.

I wonder if there would be any visible difference in HD?

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