The special effects are nicely done, but "Iron Man", "Star Trek", "Hellboy", "Terminator Salvation" all had very nice special effects without connecting with a substantial female audience.
"Inglorious Basterds", "The Hurt Locker", "Up in the Air" all had more interesting, innovative story lines and better acting.
The story in "Avatar" is very simple and predictable: Boy meets Blue Alien girl, Boy and Blue Alien girl fall in love, Boy surmounts various obstacles to win over Blue Alien girl and live happily ever after...actually, the story line is very similar to the one in Titanic if you substitute "very rich" for "blue alien".
so why did it click with audiences? it can't just be the 3d, although that seems to be what Hollywood thinks. Is it perhaps that audiences are suckers for a well told love story, even a predictable one?
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