Fooey to the Bad Reviewers

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2010)

For some reason I decided to read the "Hated It" comments before writing my own. Almost without exception this pompous crowd opined that AVATAR was merely "eye candy" and nothing else; e.g., so-so script, acting, storyline, ending, etc.
"Eye candy" has been an feature of film for awhile now, only somewhere about 100 years, when audiences gasped at the moon beings in " A TRIP TO THE MOON". It was certainly scary candy to the early 20th century viewers who ran out of the theater when the train directly approached them on screen. We were still eating movie "candy" when the Mighty Kong climbed the Empire State Building. The rubber suited creatures in "THE TIME MACHINE" had me afraid for weeks. I also caught a buzz on the film that journeyed into the human body in a yellow submarine, certainly a thoughtless piece of fluff. Personally my ignorance is demonstrated by having loved, at 12 years old, a"JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH" and other Jules Verne adaptations, not to mention just about any other flick starring dinosaurs, space creatures and dudes from beyond the grave.
I might also point out an relatively unknown director named Steve Spielberg who has produced an abundance of mediocre fodder full of tricks and sentimental effects that captivated and pulled tears from a sap like me. It seems you cerebral brainiacs see right through those gimmicks that have me leaving the theater with tears and/or smiles.Why, I should've told my kids to dry those eyes and/or wipe those smiles off their faces and get down to some serious business!
Message to the snob egghead crowd who believe themselves above a jolly good time. Stay home. Most of us wouldn't enjoy meeting you anyway. Apparently you were born 30 years old, infertile and over educated. If by some some chance you academics managed to actually parent a pre-teen who you took to the movies and who remained enthralled by AVATAR for the rest of the day, be sure to sit him/her down and instruct your son/daughter that such was just industry junk. I'm sure he/she will be the better for it.
PS: To you nerds who believe me a complete idiot, Read some of my reviews on low budget domestic dramas and other stuff. You see, I really want to pretend I'm as smart as you guys. But you know better because I liked AVATAR.