Great visuals; plot sucks.

Rating: 2/10 (25 March 2012)

Yes, everyone went all ga-ga when this film came out, and the visual effects are the reason why. Film makers created a magnificently beautiful, imaginative, and well thought out alien world. In that regard, it was the "Star Wars" of the 21st century; special effects were truly ground-breaking.
That said, I must also point out that this film "fell off the radar" fairly rapidly, and there is one reason for that: an incredibly awful plot.
The "plot" boils down to this: Evil, greedy Whites oppress lovely indigenous noble savages. They're out to steal their natural resources for the sake of cash and send in a spy, with the intention of lying, cheating, stealing, and if necessary, killing the natives.
I am SOOOOO sick of that tired old song.
If you're Jewish, you may be tired of hearing about hook-nosed Hebes all being greedy, money-lending cheats. If you're Black, you may be tired of hearing about how you're all dope-pushing, welfare-sucking rappers that don't know who their fathers were. Well, I find this film just as offensive to me, as a White man -- a member of the most discriminated-against minority on Earth -- for pretty much the same reasons.
If you can manage to ignore all that, then by all means, enjoy Avatar. Otherwise: ignore it.