Cavalry v. Indians... and it was the story which lost the war.

Rating: 6/10 (16 July 2012)

This does contain spoilers.
Technically well made. The animation seen here humanizes the characters as good as classic Disney. Top production values all around.
However, unlike Disney, the animation effects somewhat upstage all else from time to time. This cannot be said to be a major fault as the great visual effects are the big selling point of the film.
The greatest flaw, in my opinion, is with the story. It is the classic mighty modern cavalry v. the stone age natives. The weak natives are predictably doomed. Be it the American Indians being cleared away by the Europeans, the Tibetans being conquered by the Chinese, the Palestinians being eradicated by the Zionists, or the Aztecs being beaten and enslaved by Cortes, etc, witnessing the long-winded slaughter of innocent natives is not exactly enjoyable.
AVATAR fails to make the doomed storyline an asset to the movie as a whole. Different viewers may have other personal tastes, but for me AVATAR is not worth a second viewing.