Go see Avatar

[thrandrall]

The visuals were a lot of fun (esp in 3d) and I always love massive scale military hardware, armored suits, etc - not to mention floating mountain-type landscapes. I'll almost certainly pick up the DVD....

That said, the story was absolutely atrocious. The only redeeming factor was that this version of "The Last Samurai in Space" didn't feature Tom Cruise. I mean, I'm always game for Sigourney Weaver in SF but every other character was so thin I'm surprised I didn't walk out of the theater with a papercuts. Cameron can direct action, but like the Star Wars prequels...not all directors can write (esp good dialogue). Very wooden attempts to weave current political/military catchphrases and themes into a story that could have been so much more...like actually examining the implications of a bio-electrical planetwide network (how much would that be worth earth-side?)...rather than trying to make another trite gaia theme.

And remember, Ebert also gushed over Ep. 1.