People keep saying things like "But it's so pretty! Just turn off your brain!" as if that were something I could consciously *do* -- as if thinking about the plot was something I decided to do on purpose, and could just not do if I chose.
I can forgive a bit of dubious science or plot convenience if most of the rest of the movie (or book, or whatever) is so good that the bad part is forgivable. I handwave Star Trek's science because I love its space opera politics. I handwave Doctor Who's science and the recent conceit of everything being All About Earth because I really like some of the stories (although I still loathe RTD's incoherent finales and can't wait for Moff Tiem.). I liked the Underworld movies in spite of all their silliness and ripping off of WoD -- partially because they portrayed an ass-kicking female hero with a noncombatant male romantic interest, which is a rare and precious trope inversion.
It's a lot harder for me to ignore bad characterisation, obnoxious politics or a blatant lack of plot logic. I can't unsee them. No matter how pretty the movie is, I can't enjoy it and I definitely can't immerse myself in it if I *can't believe the story* because it is screaming "hello, I am a bad movie plot".
Everything I know about Avatar and everything I know about my reactions to previous movies makes me pretty sure that I would have about as much fun watching it as you did. So I won't. :)
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I can forgive a bit of dubious science or plot convenience if most of the rest of the movie (or book, or whatever) is so good that the bad part is forgivable. I handwave Star Trek's science because I love its space opera politics. I handwave Doctor Who's science and the recent conceit of everything being All About Earth because I really like some of the stories (although I still loathe RTD's incoherent finales and can't wait for Moff Tiem.). I liked the Underworld movies in spite of all their silliness and ripping off of WoD -- partially because they portrayed an ass-kicking female hero with a noncombatant male romantic interest, which is a rare and precious trope inversion.
It's a lot harder for me to ignore bad characterisation, obnoxious politics or a blatant lack of plot logic. I can't unsee them. No matter how pretty the movie is, I can't enjoy it and I definitely can't immerse myself in it if I *can't believe the story* because it is screaming "hello, I am a bad movie plot".
Everything I know about Avatar and everything I know about my reactions to previous movies makes me pretty sure that I would have about as much fun watching it as you did. So I won't. :)