Overrated Adventure with impressive CGI and a so-so plot.

Rating: 5/10 (16 January 2010)

Avatar is a well constructed film which has spent a fortune on reportedly breathtaking 3D-CGI effects and scenery. They are not breathtaking, but they are very well done. Overall though Avatar simply fails to impress. The plot is adequate, not great, about the best you can expect from Pocahontas in Space, the love story is tired and predictable. While the action sequences and the well constructed CGI landscapes do look suitably almost real and for a few minutes even make the movie exciting. The 3D isn't enough of a boost to justify the extra 5 dollars on the ticket price and the plot is barely good enough to justify a standard ticket. The acting is bad, the directing is bad, the plot-holes are gaping and you just know the whole thing will end off screen with being nuked from orbit. Avatar is an sub-par movie that has fallen into the classic 21st Century trap. All the effort goes into the scenery and the writers get left behind. Far from Cameron's best.