I said "meh". Neat sets, neat effects. Lousy plot. Typical liberal / conservative stereotypes for characters. There really weren't any original ideas in the whole movie - I found myself saying over and over: "Yep, I saw that when they did it in Aliens/Terminator/Matrix/whatever". I gave it a '5'. Not a complete waste of time, but not amazing, either.
I was glad that Mrs WBill borrowed the DVD from a friend, and I didn't pay $20 in the theater for us to see it on the first go-round.
I too saw it this weekend and was most impressed with the effects. Those were so very awesome.
Wouldn’t give 2 cents for the story tho. But visually it was a stunner....
LOL! I saw clips of Avatar when in a computer store that had TVs. It looked really stupid. A few decent effects. Cameron’s Aliens blows compared to Ridley Scott’s Alien.
My 15-year-old and his friends rented it over the weekend and ended up shutting it off about 45 minutes in. Their review - it was too predictable, stupid, and boring - not to mention it made the military look like a bunch of heartless goons and the poor indigenous people the victims, more enlightened, and basically better in every way.
I actually was really surprised that they shut it off - boys and special effects and all, but he said that they just could not stand another minute of it. I just love that kid!