and as two of us replied - that's what the point of the film was.
I think you're missing
our point; if you're going to go that route, why not just make it Earth? Why even bother making another planet to act as a metaphor?
Or, if you are going to go that route, why have Pandora in such pristine condition? Is Earth in a state near ruin? If so, then why not show it to us? Hell, I'd actually love that. Cameron did a superb job of showing a nightmarish Earth in brief scenes in the first two Terminator films. They're not even long scenes, but their presence in both films make a big difference to me.
I just think that the metaphor needs more worl- er,
universe-building here to work. You need both sides of the coin for it to really work.
For the record, I'm a stickler for these sorts of details because I'm aiming to go into filmmaking. I've been part of an amateur teen film group for the past three years and while our works are hardly great, they've given me more experience and a higher standard of what I want to aim for in a film. That standard bleeds into the films I watch too.
The actual planet Earth is amazing and something I wish more people in this world would take seriously. I take hours out of every week learning about it, reading about it's present and pass, watching documentaries, etc.. I love it. But that doesn't mean I can't be captivated by Pandora when I like a little entertainment.
Fair enough. Pandora is certainly a gorgeous world to look at visually.