I wouldn't say it's worthy of being the most money making movie of all time, but it looks amazing and it's over two hours of great entertainment

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2010)

Avatar's hype was amazing, so amazing I almost viewed it in 3D at the IMAX here where I live, but I held off of it and decided to view it on DVD. Avatar's effects are a sight to behold, even in regularity, and the action especially near the end is some of the coolest stuff I've personally ever witnessed, but the story is quite weak a lot of the time. Avatar's love story is quite ordinary, the only thing that stands out about it is due to the storyline behind it, otherwise it's nothing really new. I ended up enjoying my time when all was said and done, but it really did lag at certain points in the 1st half, before picking up heavily in the 2nd. Some of the dialog itself was questionable and rather wooden as well, but the characters are cool enough to get past it. People say this is James Cameron's best work, and while it's a great technical achievement and some good entertainment, it's far from his best work, and not worthy to surpass Titanic in my opinion.
Performances. Sam Worthington is very charming and likable as Jake Sully, but some of the dialog he had to spurt out was cringe inducing. His charisma and character are great though. Sigourney Weaver steals the show in my opinion with her hoot of a show. her no bullsh*t approach was great!|Loved the Ranger Rick shot she took at Miles|. Zoe Saldana is good, but her character wasn't well-developed. Stephen Lang is bad ass a lot of the time, but once in a while he got on my nerves.
Bottom line. It was an entertaining blockbuster, nothing more, nothing less. It's not worthy of being the most money-making machine in cinema industry, but I enjoyed my time with it. I think the experience is even better in 3D, but the people who haven't checked it out, ignore the hype and sit back and enjoy the show.
8/10