I'm not the biggest fan of 3-D, yet I still had a great time!

Rating: 8/10 (4 April 2010)

It is just a piece of eye-candy, the story isn't special. Its Pochahontas on another planet. But the film still has "marvelous" written all over it. I'm sorry to say that if you rate all of James Cameron's films, this is actually on the lower end. But the fact that I'm rating this as a 8, that just shows how awesome James Cameron is as a director. I'm not counting the documentaries or Pirannah 2 when I make this list of best to worst James Cameron films. T2 (10/10), Titanic (10/10), Aliens(9.5/10), The Terminator (9/10), AVATAR (8/10), True Lies (8/10), and The Abyss (7.5/10). See, its on the lower end. But the visual journey that you are taken through earns all of the film's points.
Now for the bad parts. It could've been about 15 minutes shorter. Titanic was 32 minutes longer than this, and I was fine with THAT length. But surprisingly, this wasn't as good. I guess it all comes down to the plot and characters. You can't just count on the action to keep the audience entertained for the last little bit of the film. Thats another thing, the action in the final act of the film was good, but it just didn't keep me entertained. It was so over-the-top that I got a slight headache. But other than that, it was still pretty darn good.
The final word: It isn't a perfect film, it isn't the best of the year, but its still an above average blockbuster which puts James Cameron back in his place as KING OF THE WORLD (pun fully intended).
As a side note, James Cameron used to be my all time favourite director, as he produced nothing but quality films. But since he hasn't made a film since Titanic, a new guy has become my favourite director. Between Titanic and AVATAR, Christopher Nolan has made all of his feature films, and all of them are high quality. Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige and of course The Dark Knight. Now this film doesn't make James Cameron my favourite director again, but it does make him a possible contender.
8/10. Memo to Mr. Cameron, let someone else write your films. But keep directing them.