Did you see "Dances With Wolves"? - Then you saw "Avatar".

Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2012)

Did you see "Dances With Wolves"? - Then you saw "Avatar".
Did you see "Ferngully"? - Then you saw "Avatar".
At least it didn't win the Best Picture Oscar. Somehow that makes up for it being probably the most overrated movie of all time.
Don't get me wrong, it the animation was beautiful to watch; the artistry was outstanding; all of these it did win for. Technically it was incredible, but a good movie's gotta be more than just pretty.
And my sound-bite summaries above... they come from my impression of the trailer before I even watched "Avatar" - and I stand by them. However, I was happen to hear that when a friend of mine took her 14-year-old son to see it (her son who had never seen "Dances With Wolves" or "Ferngully"), he left the movie going on about how we mistreat our environment and the immorality of colonialism and conquest. And I'll admit - he's right. I'd seen this story a hundred times already, but this was his first; and it worked, "Avatar" got the lesson across in a way fit for a 14-year-old. And for that I give it credit.