Postby Nevrmore » 19 Dec 2009, 23:24
I made a list of several things that bothered me about the movie that aren't really important to the plot, since I figured that is getting discussed enough. I've spoilered out any particularly...well, spoilery things, but if you're paranoid about that sort of thing and haven't seen the movie yet you may want to skip anyway.
1) Why do the Avatars have human clothing? I mean, they're all like 9 feet tall, and though humanoid are of a pretty weird shape, so their clothes had to be tailor-made, right? I mean, that seems like such a bitchy thing to do. Did Norm really love his vest and flannel shirt so much that he just had to have it when he was in his Avatar? Did Grace throw a fit because she wanted to show all the Omaticaya her favorite Stanford shirt? I'd just figure that anybody they would have in the crew responsible for making clothes would probably be busier making sure all the marines and such had fatigues and backpacks and what-have-you without a bunch of scientists whining that they refuse to go do their job unless they get a pair of size 60 capri pants.
2) Thinking about this, what was the point of the Avatars at all? I really think I must have missed a vital bit of dialogue in the movie because I had been under the impression from the trailers that the entire reason they came up with the project was so they could infiltrate a Na'vi tribe and learn their ways for valuable information to give to the army. And while this is exactly what Jake did, he did it by accident. All they had been doing before Jake got found by Neytiri was collecting samples. Why did they need to have Avatars for this? I thought maybe it was so if other Na'vi stumbled upon them they wouldn't try to kill them, but that can't be the reason because the Na'vi were able to tell Jake was a "Dreamwalker" right when they saw him, and also they were wearing human-fucking-clothing. So why, then? Did they just have a crippling shortage of oxygen-masks or something? Can someone explain if I didn't pick up on something that was stated or implied?
3) There's one scene where Colonel Quaritch kicks open a door and runs outside without putting on an oxygen mask. Everyone inside has to quickly put theirs on as the room decompresses. Why the fuck was a door supposedly sealed to be airtight so easy to kick down? I mean really, Quaritch was a badass but not that much.
4) In fact there's like five times during the movie where he intentionally endangers himself and others by trying to just hold his breath and fight in the hostile open air of Pandora. It was pretty badass the first time he did it, not caring if he passed out so long as he could get in a few extra shots, but then he does it several more times in under 20 minutes of movie and it just kind of became boring.
5) This one is spoilery, so I'll white it out: When Jake goes to tell the Na'vi about the impending human attack, why did he tell them about his original mission? I mean, I get why he was doing it before, when he was forcefully taken out of the Avatar body and didn't get a chance to say it, but the tribe's chief just said, "Are you sure the sky people are coming?" I think that a "Yeah, I'm sure." would have sufficed, instead of the bullshit that he did.
6) The mechs that the human army have are silly. The pilots control it by moving their arms, and the mech arms move to match, meaning that the pilots just have to hold their hands in the position that their mechs are holding their guns, which looks silly and hilarious. You'd think it would be a lot harder the actually coordinate the robot's arms and legs than it is. Like, the way that Quaritch was able to grab onto a unsheathe a knife that wasn't really at his side? You'd think he would totally miss it, or bang into the robot's leg with his fist, or something. Also, the way that his mech took a dramatic fall when Quaritch died was also very funny.
7) Why is it that the first time we see Na'vi shooting arrows at the gunships, the arrows bounce off the windows harmlessly, but in the climactic battle they are suddenly able to break through the glass with ease?
8 ) Those animals we see a few times in the movie, those little lizards with the glowing fins that fly around by spinning like a top? Those things were awesome.
9) At the beginning of the movie, Grace refers to the tendrils on the end of Jake's ponytail that allows him to sync up with animals and such by saying, "Don't play with that, you'll go blind." this obviously implies that it is the equivalent of a penis. That means whenever Jake or another Na'vi syncs up with an animal, he's hairfucking it. That bothers me.
10) Why were the bows used as bludgeoning weapons if an enemy got too close to a Na'vi? You'd think it wouldn't be able to take such an impact, and then if they are left without bows they would be pretty shit outta luck.
11) Having to recite that little prayer every time a Na'vi killed an animal must have been really fucking annoying.
12) Another spoiler, I suppose: When Jake syncs up with the Turok (I don't know what it's actually called, but it sounded like Turok and it looks like a dinosaur so there you go), what happens to the pterodactyl he had previously synced with? It was only able to sync with one Na'vi, and Jake threw his shit to the curb. Considering how much of a bond Neytiri had with her pterodactyl thing, that seems like a pretty shit thing to do.
That's about all I can think of right now. If anything else inconsequential to the plot comes to mind, I'll be sure to post it, too.
i know 2d will be available. But wow.
