It wasn't that they didn't explain the floating mountains themselves, bonesiii, it was the fact that the mountains could float, but the waterfalls still fell due to gravity.

I just assumed only the rocks had whatever quality allowed them to float. If it's maglev of some kind, that would definately be the case.

As for all this "it's an old story retold" stuff, as a writer, I don't have the luxury of failing to realize that all human stories are retellings of the same sorts of human experiences that countless people have had for millenia. Nothing new under the sun, etc. -- just old things recast in new light for new generations.

At least, it helps me, personally, to keep that in mind, anyways.

what concerns me though is that, while the levitation of these mountains may have a legitimate reason, how could the waterfalls keep going?

I mean seriously, where was the water coming from?

what concerns me though is that, while the levitation of these mountains may have a legitimate reason, how could the waterfalls keep going?

I mean seriously, where was the water coming from?

Where does the water for any waterfall come from? The sky, of course. It's a rain-forest planet, so probably a lotta rain.

Yeah, Foolery, real-world mountains don't flow downriver along with their rivers. Something holds them up. In fact, it's electromagnetism, for the most part, that does it, but through direct atom touching, instead of something more like a magnetic repulsion on a large scale.

(Actually, mountains DO flow downriver... just slooooowly. )

But I still understand the complaint.

I guess that since I'm 14, I've barely seen any movies. I liked it because of the effects and the message it transmits. Not the romantic one. More the biodiversity and imperialism message.

Isn't Avatar just an epic retelling of the Last Samurai?

I mostly liked it for the philosophical implications.