Great SPFX but more than that needed for a great movie

Rating: 1/10 (1 January 2010)

I was greatly disappointed by the content of this film. I grant that the visual effects were excellent but not as amazing as many make it sound. The plot was hackneyed and entirely predictable. I found myself repeatedly looking at my watch in the last hour and that is supposed to be the climax of the movie!
This movie preaches a message of environmentalism and animistic spirituality which is not even thinly veiled. After a while, it becomes tiresome and insulting to the audience. I also found the acting too facile and often cartoonish. Supervillainous bad guys who just love profit, evil, death and destruction. Yes, there is corporate greed in the world. The irony here is that Cameron spent hundreds of millions on this for - you guessed it - profit!!
I think most of the favourable reviews are coming from those who are taken with the effects but it takes more than that to make a great movie - especially one over 2 hours long. I do not think it was time or money well spent.