Unfortunately, Avatar is a film, and has to be judged by different standards. So, the hero is derivative of countless conversion tales, the natives he identifies with a hackneyed mish-mash of African tribespeople and Native Americans, and the villains more cartoonish than the CGI around them. It would be just standard Lion King Disney if it wasn't for the front of green-lite and politics-lite intent. If you can switch your brain to swallowing all of it as a cartoon, Avatar works, and works well: the US military shits on noble savages who are immeasurably more in tune with the land, and it falls on an American to have a Damascene moment and lead the poor masses to victory over the nasty technocracy. Turn the sound off; it's a lot more enjoyable without the encumbrance of a plot that will strain the patience of the most tolerant liberal over nearly three hours. It does look fantastic, when all's said and done.
5/10
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I rather liked it in 3D. I saw it a second time on TV and wished I hadn't though.
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