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Originally Posted by setanta

That's not it at all. I've never seen a film like District 9 before, that dealt with certain themes in a sci fi setting, and did so in a totally fresh and exciting narrative style, that challenged me as a viewer. Avatar on the otherhand basically cut and pasted an old tired narrative structure to a fantasy enviroment, without adding anything new to proceedings.

The fantasy environment wasn't adding anything to the proceedings?

I think we're going down the wrong path here. I'm not claiming Avatar to be an original film and can totally see the Pocohontas comparisons. Despite this, I still found it to be a great cinematic experience, and I think Cameron's vison of Pandora and special effects should be given more credit. They are not used mindlessly just for the sake of it. They are used to represent this complex world. All I'm saying is that there have been so many cases similar to this in recent years that the whole argument of originality has become (or is becoming) irrelevent. Avatar, due to it's high profile director, use of new technology and record breaking box office takings has therefore taken the flack for modern day scriptwriting failures. Hence why I called it unfair in the first place.