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Originally Posted by IheartBB

Well at least we agree that 'Toy Story' is a masterpiece

As far as the formula is concerned, maybe you're right, but I don’t think go can expect anything different from a Hollywood blockbuster. It did have quite strong environmental messages though without coming across as preachy, which is very rare in this day and age. It seems that you can either call it a simple story that‘s just ‘excuse for visuals’ or as a compelling story that utilises its special effects. I’d call it the latter.

‘District 9’, although thoroughly entertaining, again cannot be described as original either. It, like ‘Avatar’, is grouped in with the sci-fi genre, which I do not entirely agree with although it is understandable. ‘District 9’ is closer to a ‘body horror’ than simply a ‘sci-fi’. And if 'Avatar' is criticised for being predictable, 'District 9' can be for the very same reason.

When have you seen a film like District 9 before? Nothing is ever entirely original but District 9 dealt with a theme in a totally new and refreshing way, that was completely unpredictable, whereas I knew what was going to happen in Avatar from the get go. It never tried anything different or interesting.

Avatar was Pocahontas and the Mission combined. It had literally nothing to say... actually, I don't really remember anything they said that was worth remembering. Don't let the visuals blind you to a bankruptcy of thought or intellect in the scriptwriting process. It's still worth watching and a masterpiece on the technical side of things, but the story was pants.