Amazing entertainment, not much more

Rating: 6/10 (27 August 2010)

Avatar is the best really big blockbuster since LOTR: The Return of the King, also smashing that movie at the box office. It's an amazing film as long as you don't take it too seriously and consider the quality and originality of the story.
Cameron has tried to make an epic that also delivers a message to the audience. One problem is that the story is so weak and unoriginal. Also the message is so easily discernible, it could just as well be written in plain text at the start of the film... Thus it loses much power.
Avatar works much better for you if you turn your brain off. Then you can let yourself be amazed by the incredible visuals, both people and landscapes look stunningly good and lifelike. I can promise with all my heart that you've never seen anything like it! And please watch it in 3D! This movie is made for 3D, and it really shows how 3D can make a movie into an experience you'll remember for a long time.