Overrated, Over-hyped, Overblown Garbage

Rating: 1/10 (17 August 2011)

Yes, that's right: Garbage.
If you think special effects and action sequences can make up for tepid acting and a lousy script, then you'll like Avatar.
If you enjoy watching an arrogant, unimaginative hack director pretend to be creative, then you'll LOVE watching James Cameron regurgitate tired old clichés on a screen. You may even want to help inflate his ego even more (as if he needs any more of it) by perpetuating all the hype and blather about how he "reinvented" movies -- just don't mention that you're using "reinventing" as a synonym for "ripping off other people's ideas," because Jimbo doesn't like being reminded of that.
Are you one of those tree-huggers who thinks "Nature" is perfect, and that humans somehow aren't part of it? Do you think that primitive tribal societies are somehow better than industrialized ones? If so, then you'll absolutely adore this obnoxious, preachy, heavy-handed, anti-humanity morality play. Hell, you may even want to paint yourself blue and start a cult.
Just hold off on your sermonizing about how marvelous it is to live "in harmony with Nature" until AFTER you shut off all your electricity and plumbing -- and then sell your car, and everything else you own that was produced in a factory. Because until you DO that, you'll be as big a hypocrite as James Cameron.