Beautiful Visuals, Unoriginal Story

Rating: 4/10 (29 April 2010)

So glad The Hurt Locker won Best Picture this year, much more deserving. I couldn't wait to see James Cameron back in action, like a lot of people, but I was really disappointed.
No originality, AT ALL. NONE. Kevin Costner should've gone for a lawsuit, I mean 'Dances with Wolves' was basically the guideline Cameron made while making the movie! The plot was the most ridiculous, so many other stories recycled into this film it was like Frankenstein. Also, 'Unobtanium', or whatever it was called, was the mineral the big bad bad guys were destroying the land for. Cliché, ANYONE? I mean come on, that had to be some kind of joke. Plus, why were the 'evil' humans even after Unobtanium? If it's saving lives back on earth, I'll be honest and say 'Mine Away, Stephen Lang'.
As for the acting, Sam Worthington isn't quite as bad as he was in Terminator Salvation, but he's still stiff as a board and uninteresting as a character. Thank God he was in his CGI Avatar most of the film. Sigourney Weaver is her usual tough broad, not minding lighting up a cigarette in the middle of a presumably gasoline filled complex. The only character that I thought was compelling was Stephen Lang's, and what a Dude he was! Ripped and scarred up, he's a perfect bad guy.
CGI was good, and that was the only reason I gave this a 4 out of 10, Cameron's million's were well spent on creating Pandora.
If you have to see this, go for the visuals and don't mind the giant plot holes.