All that fuss for this?

Rating: 4/10 (7 January 2012)

There's no doubt that, had I seen "Avatar" in theaters, my reaction would've been kinder. You can still get caught up in the world of Pandora on the small screen (to some extent) and appreciate all of the work that Cameron put into realizing it, but that's really the selling point here. If you take away the 3D and the big screen, this is rehash of familiar stories and recycled characters. Seriously, just take the characters from "Aliens" and cast new actors. Even Weaver's playing a bitchier version of Ripley here. Throw in the world's most obvious bad guy and professional-vacuum-of-charisma Sam Worthington (not to mention the big loaders), and you've essentially got the biggest selling movie in history. That's what was so disappointing about "Avatar"; it's wholly derivative. of better Cameron movies.
Serious disappointment.
4/10