I don't care what everyone else thinks - I LOVED it!!

Rating: 8/10 (18 September 2010)

We've all heard the hype - the "be-all and end-all" of filmmaking, the movie of the decade, brilliant, stunning, yada yada yada. Here are my two cents: I wouldn't necessarily call it the greatest movie Cameron has ever done, but I think it was still a d**n good movie! People who go on and on and on about character and plot development need to take a chill-pill and stick to Sundance. I don't watch movies to be tormented or reminded about how much the world sucks - I watch movies to be ENTERTAINED. And Avatar entertained me greatly!!! I thought the characters were beautiful and very real. The CGI work, naturally, was completely breathtaking. There were moments when I forgot that I was looking at something that didn't actually exist.
Yes, there are some similarities to certain other films (which will be rammed down your throat ad nauseum if you read any of the other reviews on this site), but if you think about it, isn't that pretty much the basis of any Nicholas Evans movie? Or, for that matter, any romance/action/comedy/drama movie ever made? Repetition doesn't make it bad - telling an old story in a new way is part of what makes film (IMO) so great.
I'm not sure if this counts as a spoiler or not, but I'm marking it as one, just in case: I want to address all the folks who were going on and on and ON about the "unobtainium" and saying how lame it is to call it that. Clearly, you people haven't done your homework. "Unobtainium" is a staple of sci-fi pop culture - a humorous term used mainly in the aerospace industry. It describes a material that is perfect for an application, but does not exist, is extremely expensive, or violates the laws of physics. It is also a general concept term used by sci-fi enthusiasts for any fictional substance that is needed to build a certain device that is crucial to the plot of a sci-fi story. (It is also referenced in certain other movies and video games.) Don't bash something unless you know the history behind it.
Bottom line - GREAT movie! Well worth seeing! Boo to the critics - I never listen to them, anyway. I thought Million Dollar Baby was a complete waste of film...but that's a story for another day. ;)