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AvatarHow to explain this? Fabulous technology; brilliant rendering of an entire world; good, solid but not too deep storyline; entertaining. So why did I not like Avatar?

I really liked the first half; the second half became an assault on my senses and rather than be engaged by it, I got bored. Bored. It was too much, too quickly. I semi tuned out.

The 3D was well done; subtle in fact. And perhaps that is the source of my discontent. Avatar was mostly just excessive. A good movie ruined by such a heavy technical hand and by the need to impress us at every scene.

I will see it again; I suspect my reaction will be different the second time.