Avatars and 3D

OK, so I went and watched Avatar with a friend on dec 25th. I wanted to watch Sherlock Holmes, but was convinced to go for Avatar instead. I'm not gonna give an hour long review on it, instead I'm just gonna try to boil my thoughts about the movie down to as little and simple sentences as possible.

First of all the animation is obviously amazing, and the 3D thing is pretty neat. The characters are fairly believable and the actors aren't bad either. But the plot is not good enough for a 3 hours film; had the film been 1-1½ hour it would have worked out OK, but because the plot is stretched over a whole 3 hours, you walk away with feeling that you've just gotten a guided tour of the fantasy planet, and not that you've just watched a movie. All in all the film is pretty all right, but I don't intend on watching it again, and I think it was a bit over prized considering the superficial plot (which would have been perfect for a short film). Go watch it if you want to enjoy the scenery not the story. You will leave with the feeling that you could find your way around the planet anytime, but at the same time with only a vague idea of what the film was really about.

And that's as simple as I can put it.