John Powell (jjjpowell)

I really wish I had one of those mind erase devices from Men In Black. The very first thing I would do is wipe away any memory of the annoying Charlene Yi. There hasn't been someone who has made my eyes water or my ears ache this way since Lori Petty or maybe Cyndi Lauper, when she wasn't singing. A woman-child with a grating laugh and a robotic disposition is just pitiful not entertaining. The nervous nerdy interplay between her and fictitious love interest Michael Cera…is not amusing or cute. It is uncomfortable and embarrassing to watch the over-the-top unease. Michael Cera, your recycled sad sack act is not endearing any longer. A pseudo documentary about love that won't tell you anything you don't already know.

Avatar looks VERY nice. That's about all I can say about this bloated and boring waste. You could fit the plot on the back of a matchbook cover and it has all the complexity of a 70's Saturday morning cartoon. Invading humans bad. Indigenous aliens good. And, yes, James Cameron thanks for beating us over the head with your simplistic Iraq War references. The 3-D presentation really adds nothing at all. It is used for depth perception and nothing more. See it in regular 2-D and save your precious coin. The final battle rocks but it is too little, late at that point.