Eye candy

Rating: 8/10 (2 January 2010)

I've read a lot of reviews on here lately saying things like "The best movie of the year" or "James Cameron's best movie" or one that even said "the best movie of the past 30 years". People need to ease back a little and try and see the movie for what it is, eye candy. This is a GOOD movie don't get me wrong but its far from great and its certainly not the best movie of the year or even the best movie of James Cameron's career. It has a couple of big plot holes, some really lame dialog and rips off story points from at least 3 other movies i can think of. Its also very predictable. I'm not going to give away any spoilers but most of the big events in the movie you can see coming a mile away. It is very impressive visually and thats why i went to see it in the theater because i love special effects and it doesn't disappoint there in the least. But for all the James Cameron uber fans or whoever writes these reviews i've been reading, calm down. It reminds me of when Peter Jackson's King Kong came out after all the success he had with the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. All the Peter Jackson fans would have had you believe that Kong was also some kind of masterpiece just because it was directed by there hero but it was far from it. So to make a long story short if you like visually impressive movies and aren't all that concerned with bad dialog or a predictable story then this is the movie for you.