I need to post more! I will do shortly now I’m on Xmas Holiday 
Anyway, Avatar, the film – let it be known, I have not seen a film more packed with cliché, plot rippoff and tropes (or to put it more nicely, “Homages”, “inspired bys” and “reused plot devices”). The actual avatars were a bit unique at least, and in some places it was much better directed then the rest even if the dialogue script was terrible, and I had fun plotting out what would happen in advance, I guess – kinda cruel in a way though to the film, which was hard to take very seriously. Kinda average, and that’s that I guess – Moon is still my Sci-fi film of the year, actually my favourite film of the year in general. See that instead if you haven’t! 
Saw it in 3D, and not massively disappointed, just in this case wasn’t much special. Oh well!
It’ll be (is?) a hit and miss film for sci-fi fans that’s for certain. At least this is a spoiler-free review 
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Yep, full of cliches it is. Someone just told me today that it was Pocahontas’s plot with a few lines struck off. There are other reasons for which I like it though. A comparison with Surrogates would also be useful.
In general, Andrew’s reading is spot on.
I could add a ton of film comparisons, it’d be spoiler-riffic though, so ignore Souviks post if you want to avoid spoilers
I didn’t find Surrogates terribly fun, sadly, since it was a poor sci-fi film (it largely made next to no sense and meandered along haphazardly, even if the concept would have been interesting it left a sour taste in the mouth!). I saw your comparison, I guess it makes a lot of sense comparing them, just not my cup of tea to reflect on either film much – talk about them and they’ll make sequels (well, Avatar will get a sequel anyway…).
But in any case, see Moon if you can, a much better film.
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