Originally Posted by Inaudible-Whisper
The world of Pandora and it's inhabitants are one of the most inspired, imaginative things you could see on screen. It is just gorgeous. And everything is designed to work with the environment; it all makes sense. Even if Cameron doesn't have time in the movie to explain why everything is huge, he'll explain in an interview that it's due to the low gravity. That the Direhorse breathes through it's neck because it has a large ant-eater like snout so it can breathe while it eats. He has really thought it all through (creating an entire language in the process, with some help from a friend). He has an encyclopedia of Pandora written called Pandorapedia which he plans to release as a book.
The story has been told before. It isn't wholly original, nor surprising as I've said. But it's setting is totally original, and the story serves it's purpose; to show the world of Pandora and introduce a reason for fighting and the Na'vi in a way which works as a tutorial for us as well as any character in the movie. The story doesn't necessarily raise the film up, but it doesn't damage it either unless you're going in expecting something more (which nobody should at this point). Seriously, you can't not see this movie on the big screen in 3D. You'll totally regret it later.
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well said. It completely holds up on multiple viewings as well. You would have no idea it was 2hrs and 40minutes. I have been twice and I'm going at least another time this week and potentially a forth when I get back to Hawaii. I don't know how I will feel that many times in, but the movie still had all the wonder and thrill the second time around, thanks to the subtle yet ferocious performance by Zoe. There is just something about her that carried over completely to Neytiri, gave her real life, it was insane.