In Reply to: My impressions (review)... posted by Audiophilander on December 21, 2009 at 00:23:45:
The special effects were fantastic but I wasn't particularly happy with the plot and it's complete indictment of human nature. E.g. the natives apparently had no idea about the offensive capabilities of the humans so the "carrot and stick" approach had no chance of working.... what happened to the intimidation tactics ? the "natives" should have had far more "respect" for human military capabilities prior to the attack on the giant tree.
The "campaign" to attack the planet's "brain" was also less than convincing. Once the decision was made to wipe it out, it should have been done with standoff weapons; but than again, I guess you would not have had such a spectacular battle sequence without a little personal involvement.
A huge effort was made to make it look semi-plausible "technologically" but the "technical" holes still seemed a bit much (e.g. Anti-grav rocks in the sky ????).
I also have to wonder how it would work in 2D on Blu-ray ? I imagine it'll be a while before I have a 3-D capable display and player.....
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Follow Ups
- I saw it in "regular" 3D - (Spoilers) - oscar 14:31:52 12/22/09 (3)
- RE: I saw it in "regular" 3D - (Spoilers) - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 09:30:52 12/23/09 (2)
- agree with you... - tunenut 13:09:17 12/23/09 (0)
- I'm going to give the IMAX a go but I'm going to wait for the crowds to die down first. - oscar 10:29:56 12/23/09 (0)