Avatar is Too Obvious

James Cameron’s new movie Avatar is suppose to be the big hit of the holiday season. Now, I’m sure it’s going to make a lot of money.  It’s coming from the writer and director of The Abyss, Terminator, True Lies and Titanic.  Whether it makes enough to break even or even be considered a success is a whole different question.

What bothers me so far besides the blue cat people kissing and the fake PS3-looking cut scenes is how freaking obvious the names are in the movie. Just a few examples:

Pandora - Name of the planet the humans are trying to invade. Or otherwise known as don’t go here, you’ll find a lot of trouble.

Na’vi - Natives.  Let’s drop some letters.

Grace Augustine - So I’m going to guess she’s really graceful and really smart.

Unobtainium - UN-OBTAIN-NIUM. Blood Diamonds circa 2200 A.D.

I was half expecting the main character to be named John Everyman.