TLDR: It's basically a load of tall blue dudes with cat tails talking English in African tribal accents and hissing at each other likes cats... (way too much) against fantasy world backdrops. The End.

Long version... I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen other movies just so the ideas and plot devices all seem fresh.

The adventure is cheesy and predictable but the action scenes are well sequenced and you can forgive the rampant cheese on the grounds that it's a family movie.

The CGI seemed to have advanced very little since the last outting. And the IMAX 3D I thought was surprisingly weak and underutilized. I was hoping that any dumbed-down storytelling might at least be propped up by stellar 3D but it was disappointing on that front too.

I'm giving this a 4 stars because work clearly went into it and I know underappreciated CGI artists must have worked tirelessly to make all the assets as they do for these kinds of movies.

Given that I'd heard quite a bit of hype over this production along the lines of "best movie I've ever seen" and similar, I had high hopes. My experience was a long way from best movie ever and I really think now, more than ever, James Cameron peaked with Aliens back in 1986.