Titanic is still superior...

Rating: 4/10 (24 March 2010)

Before Titanic was released, Cameron had the idea to do Avatar, but no studio would do the film because of the huge budget and Cameron doubted the special effects ability to show Hometree properly.
However, more than a decade after Titanic, Cameron finally got Avatar done. This is not a tremendous film, because it is merely a special effects movie that takes away from what could have been an original imaginative story.
Plus, I wasn't very much in favor of Sam Worthington being the lead actor. I enjoyed him as Marcus in Terminator 4, but I felt he was wooden and basically could have phoned in his performance with this movie. He seems like he's just reading his lines and not really a part of the film at any point.
Perhaps the most surprising thing in the movie is Zoe Saldana as Neytir, since I've seen her in a few movies as a supporting or lesser-used character, but she has a breakout performance here. She is very unrecognizable due to her being digitally changed to look like a Na'vi.
I was happy about Giovanni Ribisi being a villain-type in the film, but disappointed when he was barely on screen (as he's my favorite actor).
Acting aside, this film is nothing really amazing in terms of special effects. It's all been seen before, and it really just looks like a live-action movie of World of Warcraft. I did originally enjoy the movie, but on repeat viewings I grow to detest it more and more just because the special effects hogs the whole 160 minutes. It takes away from the story and makes me careless about it all.
I will probably only watch this movie due to someone else (a friend, girlfriend, etc.) asking me to watch it. However, I will not watch it on my own because I have no enjoyment watching it. I cannot wait for it to end.