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[Muban]

Finally got round to seeing this today. A very enjoyable film I certainly didn't begrudge paying the ticket price (which is saying something as cinema visits are a rare occurence with me - usually 2-3 times a year). However, as mentioned a number of times already the plot was very simple and completely predictable but for this type of film it is I didn't really think that was a problem.

The 3D aspect was spectacular in some areas and distracting and annoying in others (it's early days though so hopefully this will improve in time? or maybe it's just the way it was shot as I've seen no other 3D films to compare it to).

One thing really took me out of the film though....and yes I know it was during an all out action sequence but it still doesn't excuse it for me!
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Colonel Quaritch managing to get from the cockpit down into the belly of the ship into his mech and then run and jump out of the exploding ship and it's blast wave and hit the ground ready to fight? I actually laughed out loud to myself as I couldn't quite believe they had done something so incredibly lame. (It's almost like what your brain does in a dream when you realise halfway through it would be better to do something else as the way it's going will spoil something that could happen later on!)

Then moments later they handle beautifully the suspension of disbelief with the interaction between Neytiri and Jake in his human body. You get one bit so right and the other so wrong.

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I really don't think it's worthy of the Best Picture and Director Oscar nominations. Whilst a very entertaining film I just don't think it's up there in that category. However, the other nominations seem justified, in fact I expect it to win many of them.

Despite my criticisms I think it's a good enjoyable watch and would recommend it to anyone who asked if it was worth seeing at the cinema.