The Big Idea Blog

Avatar didn't win best picture. Because it wasn't.

It was really cool. But so is peanut butter captain crunch. And mood rings. (Still sold in truck stops across Iowa, by the way.)

I saw avatar. In 3D. So did you. Now go watch it in 2D. What did you think? Kinda long-ish.

Here are the key problems with Avatar; the movie.

1) It has one really cool special effect. One.*
2) The story is poor.
3) "Unobtanium?" Really? Ten years and thats the best you can do?


Disagree with #2 above? OK. Name one 'twist' in the movie. Any un-expected plot turns?
Any character growth? {Really? Wasn't he pretty-much anti-army from the opening scene?}


Todays oscar special big idea: Before you spend a million - billion dollars on a project, get the core right. Frosting is good (effects) but there has to be cake. (story)


Avatar is merely an average movie. Neil Patrick Harris however


(*Three-d. Actor capture is only so-so.) ( Why do the characters in "UP" look like puppets, not people? But I digress.)

Spoiler alert.