Worthy of an Oscar? in what area? Acting is o.k. but nothing special. Plot is worthy of a Saturday matinée movie. Animation nothing special. 3D effects far from spectacular. Star Wars many years ago was better without requiring glasses. Costumes? Music is not bad, but not great. If there was an Oscar for money wasted, it would qualify. Occasionally there is a movie that is so bad that it becomes good. Unfortunately this even misses out on that score. I am a sci-fi fan from way back, but there are no redeeming qualities in this movie. All I can imagine is that the multi-millions spent on Avatar have embarrassed the public into believing that it must be good. It will be interesting to see if the non 3d DVD is anywhere near as popular. I think not.