Just cant understand the kind of things that happen. This movie won best picture and best director award for what reason,just for use of great technology and because it looks immensely beautiful,then award them for best special effects.No one can deny that it has an extremely familiar story. Something that we must have innumerable times.Even a bit of change in its story could have made it an interesting watch.But fellow IMDb members what surprises me is not why it costs so much or how it made so much money but how could it win a Best picture or Director awards? Is this the work of huge studios playing foul,by keeping the juries of these award functions happy through various means? I mean there so many good movies waiting to see the light of the day here is AVATAR taking or should i say being given such credits. James Cameron is an excellent director no doubt who has made some of the best Sci-Fi movies. But how could he go ahead with such crappy story and spent so much on it. But maybe this is what is movie business.Until such movies keep getting made by studios and also end making billions out it ,people, it will be difficult for movies with a good story to get made.