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Old 01-23-2010, 10:26 AM   #7
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Saw it in 3-D. It was predictable, derivative crap, but super-shiny and pretty crap for the most part.

I did find it passingly interesting that Cameron seems to have set out to make the anti-Aliens, right down to the casting of Sigourney Weaver. In Aliens, we rooted for Weaver (and for the Marines). In Avatar, we're asked to root for Weaver (and for the Marines to be slaughtered). I'll leave it for the viewer to sort that one out.

Its biggest sin probably was the fact that there wasn't a single moment when one didn't know exactly what would happen next. Close second: the horrible, horrible dialogue. Plus it was at least a half-hour too long. I admit, I dozed off a couple of times.

All this said, I might have enjoyed it somewhat more if James Horner had turned down the music. The score is overbearing in the extreme, and that shit is on everything. Dial it back next time.
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