so i went to the movies...

and i sat through avatar, because everyone was nagging me about watching it already. considering it's only been like three weeks since it was released, and the lines were still long, i had no rush. but i thought i'd watch it before the awards season started, so i'd know, if avatar won any awards, that it was worthy.
i feel a little bit scammed.
people kept telling me that it was stunning, but just a little bit cliché. a little bit? i don't remember the last time i saw such a corny, cheesy, predictable, stereotypical movie.
i have to admit, whenever the na'vi were on screen, and only the na'vi, it was pretty cool. i loved how they wrote the culture, very reminiscing of cultures like the native australians and the native americans. i loved the whole mythology of the trees and the animals, and i even liked the slightly disgusting fibers coming out of their long braids that would serve as a connection between them and every other living thing.
but the humans? maybe this film was a form of protest against the u.s. army, and this gringo mentality that they can go wherever they want, do whatever they want, and treat people like shit because they think it's okay because they're "ammmericans". i hope that's what james cameron was going for, but for me it just works to remind everyone that gringos fucking suck. i hardly think any movie, even one as world reknown as avatar, is gonna change that.
and with such a huge budget, at least cameron could have found himself a decent scriptwriter. according to a colleague, cameron wouldn't have intended to, that was not his goal. his goal was simply to make the biggest box-office success of all time, to surpass his previous hit, Titanic. and with the 3-D fad going strong, higher-priced tickets and thousands of new movie theaters that have opened all over the world since then, duh, of couse he's succeeded.
oh well, off to watch sherlock holmed now.